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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – US Daily Brief 29-04-22

Executive Summary:

  • Yesterday, President Joe Biden officially sent a request to Congress for an additional USD$33 billion in military and developmental aid for Ukraine.
  • US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand held a joint presser at the Pentagon yesterday. Anand confirmed that the Canadian military had been training Ukrainian armed forces on the use of M777 howitzers.
  • 13:00 ET 18:00 BST: Biden will hold a phone call with his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
  • The House of Representatives yesterday approved a new Lend-Lease program for Ukraine in a vote of 417-10.
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday that the US will ‘strongly support’ NATO membership for Sweden and Finland should they choose to make a formal application to the alliance.
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appeared to nix the possibility of a national gas tax holiday during a presser yesterday.
  • Former President Donald Trump has again attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) - one of his favourite targets within the Republican party.
  • Poll of the Day: Americans increasingly see China as a ‘competitor’ and Russia as an ‘enemy’.


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