Are Biden officials seriously considering giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine?

On his way out of the White House, President Biden is reportedly making a last-minute plea to Congress for $24 billion in aid for war-torn Ukraine to bolster its military support and replenish US stocks that had dwindled.

The White House Office of Management and Budget suggested that Congress could fold the renewed aid into its solution to avert a government shutdown next month, according to a request obtained by Politico Pro.

Several lawmakers saw the proposal Monday and it features $8 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to fund US company contracts to arm Kyiv and $16 billion to refill US weaponry stock, per the report.

Already, some Republicans cried foul over the reported ask.

“Joe Biden just gave away 4.7 billion in your taxpayer dollars by unilaterally “forgiving” loans to Ukraine. Congress must not give him a free gift to further sabotage President Trump’s peace negotiations on the way out the door. Any Biden funding demands should be DOA,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) posted.

Last week, the Biden administration informed Congress of its intention to also forgive $4.65 billion worth of Ukrainian debt.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (photo) has suggested that President Joe Biden may be trying to start a nuclear war in Europe before he leaves office in order to sabotage Donald Trump’s incoming administration. She responded to a thinly-sourced post by conservative influencer Mario Nawfal on the Russia-Ukraine war that read: “WTF: U.S WANTS TO ARM UKRAINE WITH NUKES BEFORE BIDEN LEAVES?!

“In a jaw-dropping twist, Biden officials are reportedly seriously considering giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine.”

Nawfal continued by claiming the Biden administration is “floating the idea of returning nuclear arms removed after the Soviet Union’s fall” and posed the question: “Is this about aiding Ukraine – or is something more at play?”

Greene amplified the post to her four million followers by commenting: “This is INSANE and completely unconstitutional, possibly an act of treason.

“This must be stopped immediately!! Is the Biden admin trying to start a nuclear war and use it as the reason to stop the transfer of power to Trump?”

It is true that Biden recently moved to authorize Ukraine to use American-made, long-range ATACMS missiles to strike inside Russia for the first time – as well as to use anti-personnel mines on its own territory – in order to help his Ukrainian Zelensky as much as possible before departing the world stage.

When Biden’s policy shift on long-range weapons was first announced, Greene was one of a number of MAGA insiders, along with Donald Trump Jr and Richard Grenell, to accuse the president of setting in motion a Third World War.

“On his way out of office, Joe Biden is dangerously trying to start WWIII by authorizing Ukraine the use of US long range missiles into Russia,” Greene wrote, seizing on the opportunity to call for an end to American financial support for Kyiv.

“The American people gave a mandate on Nov 5th against these exact America last decisions and do NOT want to fund or fight foreign wars. We want to fix our own problems. Enough of this, it must stop.”

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