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Chapter 1: What aid is President Biden sending to Ukraine?
President Biden brushes more aid to Ukraine as another debt ceiling battle in Congress takes shape.
What they've always been trying to do here is just push as many weapons, as much material as they can into Ukraine to strengthen the Ukrainian position.
How does this impact the incoming administration? And will the House speaker hang on to his gavel?
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Tuesday, December 31st, and this is a New Year's Eve edition of Morning Wire. Trump celebrates a crucial win after Texas successfully sues to stop the Biden administration from selling off border wall materials.
The Biden administration has not only ignored the law, they've actually violated the law in many ways. And there's going to be a lot of oversight investigation of what exactly happened to this administration.
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Chapter 2: How does the Ukraine aid impact the incoming administration?
And a powerful union for federal workers sparks controversy in its attempt to thwart Trump.
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With just days left in office, President Biden is sending one last burst of aid to Ukraine, just as Congress gears up for a battle over the debt limit.
Here with an update on these year-end developments is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. So, Tim, let's start with Ukraine. What does that aid package look like?
Well, Georgia, it's a costly one. $2.5 billion in security assistance, which includes artillery, other weapons, and air defense systems. Half of that is coming directly from the Pentagon, while the other half comes from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which essentially lets the U.S. government procure weapons from defense contractors on behalf of Ukraine.
And on top of that, the Treasury Department is releasing $3.4 billion in additional budgetary aid to Ukraine. So that's about $6 billion altogether and brings the total amount of money dispersed to Ukraine under the Biden administration to around $175 billion.
It's pretty clear to anyone watching this that Biden is trying to send as much money as possible to Ukraine before Trump takes office and has a chance to turn off the hose. And in his statement announcing the grant, Biden pretty much admits to this. He said he's directed his administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
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Chapter 3: What legal challenges is the Biden administration facing regarding the border wall?
He posted a statement on his social media platform, Truth Social, calling the agreement a major crucial win for America and our national security. He said he intends to use those materials left to build the wall and, quote, protect our country from violent migrant crime, fentanyl smuggling, sex trafficking, terror attacks, and other heinous nation-ending disasters.
Now, while this controversy blew up in the past couple weeks, the sale of border wall construction materials has actually been going on since last year. According to the White House, the sale was approved by Congress in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
So what was the original intent of the law? Presumably it passed a GOP-controlled House.
Well, according to Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the original intent of the Finish It Act included in the NDAA was to designate that the materials either needed to be used on wall projects or sold to border states to be used on the wall. The Department of Defense sold about 60% of the wall materials to Texas, California, and the U.S.
Chapter 4: What is the latest on the border wall materials sale pause?
Chapter 5: What are the implications of Biden's actions for Trump and his administration?
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With just days left in office, President Biden is sending one last burst of aid to Ukraine, just as Congress gears up for a battle over the debt limit.
Here with an update on these year-end developments is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. So, Tim, let's start with Ukraine. What does that aid package look like?
Well, Georgia, it's a costly one. $2.5 billion in security assistance, which includes artillery, other weapons, and air defense systems. Half of that is coming directly from the Pentagon, while the other half comes from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which essentially lets the U.S. government procure weapons from defense contractors on behalf of Ukraine.
And on top of that, the Treasury Department is releasing $3.4 billion in additional budgetary aid to Ukraine. So that's about $6 billion altogether and brings the total amount of money dispersed to Ukraine under the Biden administration to around $175 billion.
It's pretty clear to anyone watching this that Biden is trying to send as much money as possible to Ukraine before Trump takes office and has a chance to turn off the hose. And in his statement announcing the grant, Biden pretty much admits to this. He said he's directed his administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
And he stresses that at my direction, the United States will continue to work relentlessly to strengthen Ukraine's position in this war over the remainder of my term in office.
So President Biden is pretty openly thumbing his nose at Trump here. What kind of position is that going to leave Trump in when he comes into office?
Well, in terms of the aid itself, this doesn't really change much. Trump and J.D. Vance campaigned on reducing aid to Ukraine and have consistently criticized Biden for doing stuff like this. So Trump's still in a good position to keep that campaign promise and stop the aid to Ukraine.
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Chapter 6: How is the debt ceiling battle connected to Ukraine aid?
So even though this most recent tranche of aid was going to Zelensky with or without Johnson's buy-in, the optics certainly aren't good for an already embattled speaker.
And now listeners will remember, Johnson secured the speaker's gavel after a pretty similar fight over the national debt. Does it seem like history is going to repeat itself?
Well, we'll have to see. On the one hand, Republicans have a razor-thin majority in the House, just 219 to 215. That means Johnson can only afford to lose one member of his caucus and keep his seat. But things have started to look up for Johnson in recent days.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich praised his leadership, and he got support from New York Congressman Mike Lawler, who said that anyone who thinks they can oust Johnson is being unrealistic. But the speaker's biggest boost came yesterday when he got a sweeping endorsement from Trump, who wrote on Truth Social that Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hardworking religious man.
He will do the right thing and we will continue to win. Mike has my complete and total endorsement. Trump stressed that Republicans were the party of common sense and urged lawmakers not to blow this great opportunity we have been given to enact change by wasting time on internal squabbles.
Well, as far as endorsements go, that's a pretty big one for Johnson to get. Tim, thanks for reporting.
You bet.
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Chapter 7: What endorsements is Speaker Mike Johnson receiving?
Chapter 8: What controversies surround federal workers' unions and Trump?
The Biden administration has not only ignored the law, they've actually violated the law in many ways. And there's going to be a lot of oversight investigation of what exactly happened to this administration.
And a powerful union for federal workers sparks controversy in its attempt to thwart Trump.
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With just days left in office, President Biden is sending one last burst of aid to Ukraine, just as Congress gears up for a battle over the debt limit.
Here with an update on these year-end developments is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. So, Tim, let's start with Ukraine. What does that aid package look like?
Well, Georgia, it's a costly one. $2.5 billion in security assistance, which includes artillery, other weapons, and air defense systems. Half of that is coming directly from the Pentagon, while the other half comes from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which essentially lets the U.S. government procure weapons from defense contractors on behalf of Ukraine.
And on top of that, the Treasury Department is releasing $3.4 billion in additional budgetary aid to Ukraine. So that's about $6 billion altogether and brings the total amount of money dispersed to Ukraine under the Biden administration to around $175 billion.
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