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Ben Wikler: “Much of the aid we give Ukraine is spent in the United…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell - March 7 Audio Only

Published | Video Starts at 25:59

Yeah. So there's this obsession Donald Trump has with getting paid back. Now, that misses a lot of the point. And that is Much of the aid we give Ukraine is spent in the United States. Its armaments, its foundries that are working 24 hours to provide the stuff. That point aside, what we get back is we get what you just described. (25:59–26:03)

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Asserts that U.S. aid to Ukraine is largely spent domestically.

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