The US Right's Zelensky Problem
Yesterday, the Never Trump, Not Quite Zelensky Hot Air blog quoted Don Jr: According to senior officials, [Biden's Lend-Lease] proposal, which includes $20.4bn in military aid, $8.5bn in economic aid and $3bn in humanitarian aid, is needed to "enable Ukraine's success over the next five months of this war". Responding to the report, former president Donald Trump's eldest son suggested that the fund sent by the US would be "looted by corrupt politicians". "Hard pass. How about we use it to help Americans in need? Or to perhaps secure our border? Maybe get our energy sector going again? Education? No, instead we’ll give it to one of the most corrupt countries in the world, where I’m sure most will be looted by corrupt politicians," he wrote on Twitter. A little over a week ago, Tucker Carlson said, "Inflation is higher than it's been in generations, maybe than it has been ever, depending on how you measure it," Carlson sai...