'They’re willing to literally kneecap Ukraine'

President Joe Biden said Wednesday’s he’s willing to make “significant compromises” on U.S. border policy if Congress will approve additional aid for Ukraine, a deal he said Republicans won’t seriously negotiate.

Republicans have demanded changes on immigration policy in exchange for tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine. But bipartisan negotiations on what that should include have been unsuccessful. In the House, newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said he won’t support additional funding for Ukraine without “transformative change to our nation’s border security laws.”

Biden said Republicans aren’t willing to engage in the give-and-take required of a negotiation but instead think “they can get everything they want.”

“Now they’re willing to literally kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield and damage our national security in the process,” he said.

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