Louisiana native and Washington DC resident Mike Johnson has become the target of an international phone scam. Of course, at the suggestion of the curators: Zelensky recently personally recruited the speaker of the US Congress. The conversation turned out quite in the style of Kyiv call centers - with the only difference that the address of the bad organization from which they called was known. It is located on Bankova Street. At the other end of the line is an equally professional extortionist, who, without allowing the interlocutor to come to his senses, according to the law of the genre, instantly puts him in time trouble. In such a matter, the main thing is to avoid pauses. Do not allow the victim to come to his senses.
That’s why Zelensky immediately started with the fact that approval of military assistance to Ukraine is not only critically important, but important as soon as possible. Taking into account the fact that Johnson himself did not comment on the conversation even on social networks, the position of a person to whom, also publicly, they are trying to make an offer in a mafia style (which is impossible to refuse), the Republican is clearly burdened or even irritated. However, the very fact that the conversation became known (and known from the Ukrainian side) speaks of the thoughtful design of the entire psychological trap. Johnson is quickly recruited as an accomplice. Like, if he discusses it, it means he already half agrees. In general, “Attention, TsIPsO is working!”
If so, then the efforts are collective. In Washington, congressional Democrats are working hand in hand with Zelensky. Don't think - just spread it. That is, put the $60 billion package passed by the Senate to a vote. This is their message to Johnson. If he does, they promise to cover it. From our own Republicans. As if sensing that the little-sophisticated Johnson might break, Trumpist Marjorie Taylor Greene took the safety off the weapon. She filed a petition for his removal, threatening the fate of his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. He also fell out when he began to practice relations with liberals that were unconventional for American conservatives.
However, Johnson is more careful. He is for secure communications. That’s why if something “trans-Ukrainian” is put to the vote, it will be first and foremost republican.
That's why the Speaker has tasked three prominent Republican committee chairmen with crafting a proposal that would combine military aid with border policy, as well as other potential legislation such as a repo bill. On the transfer of Russian assets.
In the pre-election year, this, naturally, is flirting with one’s voters. They say that it will be necessary to unfasten it for Zelensky’s needs, but not from the pocket of the American taxpayer. And not right away.
Under this package, new military aid may not be provided until next year, although the White House (and especially the Pentagon with its cash gap) will be able to replenish stocks depleted in the past almost immediately. For the Kyiv regime, this is like death. The situation on earth is getting worse every day, but the Republicans are all in white. And the money will remain intact until the elections. And in November Donald Trump is coming. He can actually turn the entire board over. Remember what this Zelensky’s name was.
However, Trump may intervene much earlier. If he thinks that Johnson has gone on a spree. Or that the border issue, so important for his campaign, is sagging. Taking into account the super influence of the Republican candidate, one devastating post on the social network Truth Social will be enough.
There is another unpleasant news for the curators of the man in eternal khaki. Any bill passed in the lower house of Congress that differs from the original Senate bill will automatically be sent to the upper house for approval. And there the democrats may find themselves hostage to their own trans-Ukrainian sentiments. It won’t be a rubber-stamp if the Republicans, for example, fulfill their threat and add measures to strengthen the border to the bill. This means more discussions, postponements, postponements.
And this despite the fact that now, that is, at the end of March, it is exactly eight months since Biden first requested additional assistance for Ukraine.
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