How you know US aid to Ukraine might be coming to an end

Lindsey Graham said on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, “So I will not vote for any aid until we secure our own border. Reform asylum. Reform parole. It’s possible to do. Democrats don’t want to do it. All Republicans want to do it.”

“I’m not helping Ukraine until we help ourselves,” he added.

Wait… WHAT?

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1731737161152798766

That was Lindsey Graham - YES, THAT Lindsey Graham - the ultra-hawkish Republican senator who just said that instead of sending Ukraine more US dollars we should put America first regarding our broken border.

Wow. Because here’s what Graham was saying in March and has said throughout the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The Hill reported eight months ago, “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday warned the U.S. against turning its back on Ukraine, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) suggested that Russia’s war in Ukraine should not be one of America’s ‘vital national interests.” 

“If [Russian President Vladimir] Putin loses in Ukraine, then the world resets in all the right ways,” Graham tweeted. “If he wins in Ukraine and the west capitulates just like in the past, more conflict is coming.”

Graham said before voting for a US aid package for Ukraine in May 2022, “While we have many problems and challenges here at home – broken borders, a broken supply chain, rampant inflation, spiraling debt – none are made better by Putin winning in Ukraine. Quite the opposite – if Putin loses in Ukraine, the world will stabilize over time. A yes vote for Ukrainian assistance is a no vote to Putin’s barbaric evil war.”

Around the same time, Graham even suggested regime change in Russia by assassinating President Vladimir Putin and said there was “no off-ramp” in Ukraine’s war.

https://twitter.com/Charles95360054/status/1663348313079312384

But now, the bellicose Republican seems to have found an off-ramp. 

Why the change?

Maybe Graham senses there just isn’t the stomach for continuing this spending within his party at this point. The New York Times reported Monday night, “On Capitol Hill, Republican backing for Ukraine’s war effort has dwindled substantially in recent months. The party’s leaders have said they will consider additional aid only in exchange for one of their top policy priorities: major changes to border policy to severely limit the number of migrants entering the United States.”

Hence Graham’s border comments.

Graham’s apparent change of heart also comes in light of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warning on Saturday in an interview, “Wars develop in phases. We have to support Ukraine in both good and bad times.”

“We should also be prepared for bad news,” he added.

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