Some Republican senators who helped pass billions of dollars in foreign aid, despite opposing similar legislation earlier this year, credit former President Donald Trump’s support — or at least his lack of opposition — for their change of heart.
“He was literally the center of all this,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin said.
A Truth Social post, shared three days before the Senate passed the original version of the $95 billion aid bill to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, provided some of the blueprint for the current aid package being considered by the Senate. In it, Trump called on Senate Republicans to only consider aid to Ukraine if it was structured as a loan.