Joe BidenDemocratic PartyWeapons and military aid
Send Ukraine the supplies it needs to fight
“And now Americans are going to send Ukraine the supplies they need to keep them in the fight.”
- Promised
- In plan
- Legislated
- Funded
- Delivering
- Delivered
Where it stands
On 30 December 2024 the President said the Department of Defense had allocated all remaining USAI funds from the April supplemental. When the administration left office, about $3.86bn of drawdown authority was still unused, according to the Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve.
What has happened
- Promised. The President signs the national security supplemental and speaks at the White House
- Delivering. The President says the Department of Defense has allocated all remaining USAI funds from the April supplemental evidence
About the cost
The words name no amount. The Act he had just signed provides $60.78bn in its Ukraine division (Public Law 118-50, Division B), not all of it for Ukraine itself.
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- Version 1, 20 October 2026: Quote checked word for word at its source on 21 October 2026
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Related promises
- RepublicansEnd US funding of the war in Ukraine“We're done with the funding of the Ukraine war business. We want to bring about a peaceful settlement to this thing,”
- RepublicansMake weapons for Ukraine, sent through NATO“So, in a nutshell, we're going to make top-of-the-line weapons, and they'll be sent to NATO.”
- RepublicansPatriot systems for Ukraine within days“Well, we're going to have some come very soon, within days, actually, because a couple of the countries that have Patriots are going to swap over, and we'll replace the Patriots with the ones they have.”