Trump's Case Against Unconditional Foreign Aid Falls on Deaf Ears in Senate

Despite former President Trump making his position on unconditional foreign aid clear, Republican senators nevertheless moved a bill to send $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan forward on Sunday.

In a 67-27 vote, the Senate advanced a foreign aid supplemental spending bill with the help of 18 Republicans.

“From this point forward, are you listening U.S. Senate (?), no money in the form of foreign aid should be given to any country unless it is done as a loan, not just a giveaway,” the former president said on Truth Social in all caps. “It can be loaned on extraordinarily good terms, like no interest and an unlimited life, but a loan nevertheless. The deal should be (contingent!) that the U.S. is helping you, as a nation, but if the country we are helping every turns against us, or strikes it rich sometime in the future, the loan will be paid off and the money returned to the United States. We should never give money anymore without the hope of a payback or without ‘strings’ attached. The United States of America should be ‘stupid’ no longer!” 

The next Senate action is expected on Monday sometime after 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT), when lawmakers are due to hold two procedural votes: one to adopt the foreign aid package as an amendment to an underlying House bill; and a second to limit debate ahead of a final vote on passage, which could come on Wednesday, according to aides.