so now you are saying it is obama's fault for not sending in the military to engage russian troops in Crimea, right next to Russia, and the military difficulties in engaging Russia so close to its border? and the holy hell that could have caused? we did not have a treaty with Ukraine, they were not part of NATO, and it was not a direct invasion, it was much more complicated than that, and if you had a clue you would know that and not be grasping at straws now in order to defend your weird defense of trump's bribery. shame on you for that kind of irrelevant mud-tossing. by the way, russia was still there when trump took over with a republican house and senate and what did he do that obama did not do? oh, yeah...right, he actually cut aid to Ukraine from Obama levels. quit spinning.
and goddamn, it is one thing to sanction a country economically, AS PART OF US POLICY, BUT ONLY A GODDAMN TRUMP DEFENDING [Unwelcome language removed] CAN COMPARE THAT TO WITHHOLDING FUNDS JUST FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES OF THE PRESIDENT OR ANY AUTHORITY- THAT IS CALLED BRIBERY!!!
are you trying to make ridiculous points?
from FOX NEWS..NO LESS-
The Bush administration gave the least amount of aid to Ukraine, compared (so far) with the Trump administration and the Obama administration. During President George W. Bush’s eight years in office, from 2001 through 2008, the U.S. government provided about $1.1 billion to Ukraine, government figures reveal.
Congress almost doubled the amount of aid provided to Ukraine during President Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House, supplying $2.1 billion.
The amount began to spike in 2010 -- the same year that Ukraine held a presidential election. But the biggest jump came between 2015 and 2016.
In 2015, the U.S. gave about $314 million to Ukraine; in 2016, that skyrocketed to $523 million, 63 percent of which went toward the military.
The increase came almost two years after an incredibly tumultuous year for Ukraine, which was thrust into a violent revolution in February 2014 when pro-European, anti-Russian protesters marched in the nation’s capital, Kiev, ultimately overthrowing the Ukrainian government and pro-Kremlin leader.
Less than one month later, the Russian military seized control of Crimea and, via a
dubious referendum, annexed the peninsula.
Lawmakers approved another significant chunk of aid in 2017 --
the first year of Trump's term, giving Ukraine $446 million. In 2018, that slipped to $350 million.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/money-to-ukraine