
Trump has suggested a workable and novel way to help Ukraine. Let's consider it
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The Russian-Ukraine war is in a critical moment. The debate over providing additional funds to the Ukrainians is stalled in Congress. So how can we help Ukraine and resolve the impasse?
Michael Allen is a founder and managing director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC. Allen has spent his career in the national security arena including in the White House, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the private sector. Allen is a frequent commentator on national security and foreign policy issues on CNN, MSNBC and Fox and is the author of "Blinking Red, Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11." (Potomac Books, 2013). He is @michaelallenJMA on Twitter.
How to resolve the impasse and help Ukraine? Of all people, former President Donald Trump has suggested a workaround -- convert the cost of the weapons transfers into a loan. Trump even specified that the loan would bear no interest and would only be paid "if Ukraine ever strikes it rich."