Austin to Congress: Ukraine Funding or Your Sons Will Fight the Russians: Report
Former Raytheon board member reportedly made Congress an offer it couldn't refuse
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, posted on X that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave Congress an ultimatum during a classified briefing on Wednesday: Either you give President Biden the $61 billion that he wants for Ukraine, or your family members will have to fight the Russians.
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Carlson posted: “The Biden administration is openly threatening Americans over Ukraine. In a classified briefing in the House yesterday, defense secretary Lloyd Austin informed members that if they don’t appropriate more money for Zelensky, “we’ll send your uncles, cousins and sons to fight Russia.” Pay the oligarchs or we’ll kill your kids.
The Trends Journal reached out to the Pentagon for comment.
Elon Musk responded: “Did he really say this?”
Carlson wrote: “He really did. confirmed.”
Austin was in Poland in April 2022 when he told reporters that he wants “Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine” He said the ultimate goal is that Russia should not have the ability to “very quickly reproduce” the equipment that it lost during its fight with Ukraine.