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Biden sends more military aid to Ukraine. How much is enough?

Left, Right & Center

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352865, News

3.95K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day, despite trudging through a brutal war with Russia. Though the countries have been fighting for six months, many Ukrainans would say the war started when Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014.

The Biden administration is helping keep Ukraine in the fight by announcing it will send $3 billion more in aid to buy more weapons.

But how long can President Biden continue sending aid to Ukraine before the public loses interest? Will this escalate tensions and put the world in danger of nuclear threats? And what does this mean for the existential fight for democracy?

It’s been two weeks since the FBI removed boxes of classified documents and records from former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago. Yet the National Archives released a letter this week about other classified materials recovered from the property this past January.

Should Americans be worried about potential security threats from these documents? And was Trump being careless after moving out of the White House, or were his actions more nefarious?

Plus, President Joe Biden announced he is canceling $10,000 in student debt for anyone who earns less than $125,000. For low-income families who received Pell Grants for college, they’ll see $20,000 in debt relief. But does Biden have the authority to do this, and will it worsen inflation?

Host David Greene discusses with Elizabeth Bruenig, staff writer at The Atlantic, on the left; Tim Carney, columnist at the Washington Examiner, on the right; and special guest Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian/Ukraine/Eurasia.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is David Green.

0:02.4

I'm the co-founder of Fearless Media and I'm your host here on Left, Right and Center.

0:06.4

This is the show where we take on all of the political issues, even the complicated ones

0:11.3

that might be dividing your own family these days.

0:14.4

So Ukraine observed its independence day this week in the middle of a brutal war with

0:19.8

a country that denies its independence.

0:22.4

We're six months in now since Russia's invasion in February, but many Ukrainians will say

0:26.9

that this war has been going on for years now.

0:29.9

Since Russia illegally annexed Crimea and invaded Ukraine's east in 2014.

0:34.4

That really is the important context for President Biden's big announcement this week of $3

0:39.7

billion in aid to help Ukraine buy more weapons to try at least to keep them firmly in the

0:44.6

fight.

0:45.6

Now, unless Ukraine somehow wins and repels Russia altogether, which sadly seems unlikely

0:51.5

anytime soon, this war could simmer on for who knows how long.

0:56.6

That might, sadly, be Russian President Vladimir Putin's goal.

1:00.6

So how long can President Biden keep sending help?

1:03.2

Will the American public at some point lose interest in this war and will new faces in

1:07.6

Congress and maybe the White House mean Ukraine is eventually abandoned?

1:11.4

Well, let's bring in our Left, Right and Center panel.

1:13.5

I am your host at the center.

1:15.0

On the left, we have Elizabeth Brunig, staff writer at the Atlantic.

1:18.5

On the right, we're joined by Tim Karni, columnist at the Washington Examiner and Senior

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