WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken dressed his 4-year-old son as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a Halloween event with President Biden on the White House lawn Monday night.
Biden gave the young “Zelensky”, who was wearing a dark green sweatshirt, a box of M&Ms bearing the president’s seal – after asking Congress earlier this month to provide another $61.4 billion for the actual deal, on top of the $113 billion already allocated to help Kyiv resist the 20-month invasion Russia.
Blinken was accompanied by his wife, Biden’s White House cabinet secretary, Evan Ryan, and their 3-year-old daughter, who wore the blue-yellow scheme of the Ukrainian flag.
The US diplomat’s grandfather, Moritz Blinken, was born in the capital of Ukraine, then part of the Russian empire, in 1900 and immigrated to the US with his family when he was 4 years old.
Blinken’s ancestors were, like Zelensky’s, Ukrainian Jews.
The secretary of state orchestrated an extraordinary show of support as Congress debated the latest spending request for Ukraine, which faces resistance from fiscal conservatives who say the US government is running its largest non-pandemic budget deficit – $1.7 trillion – in fiscal year 2023, which ends Sept. 30. .
Secretary of State Antony Blinken dressed his 4-year-old son as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a Halloween event at the White House on Monday night. Anadolu via Getty Images Blinken was accompanied by his wife, White House cabinet secretary Evan Ryan, and their 3-year-old daughter, who wore the blue-yellow scheme of the Ukrainian flag. AP
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has outlined a plan to approve $14.3 billion in military aid for Israel to respond to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas separately from a larger request for Ukraine.
The Senate is more likely to approve the request as a package, creating uncertainty about the path forward.
The 80-year-old Biden was without candy Monday for nearly 90 minutes.
Blinken dressed her children in support of Ukraine as Congress debated the latest spending requests for the country. AP President Biden and first lady Jill Biden hand out candy and books during a Halloween trick-or-treat event on the South Lawn of the White House. Getty Images
He dressed as himself and wore a baseball cap with the presidential seal.
Decorations hanging from the White House balcony include a large image of the first dog Commander, who had seriously injured a member of the Secret Service in a bite incident.
Despite the heavy rain and chilly 58-degree temperature, no staff brought an umbrella for the nation’s oldest commander-in-chief, who turns 81 next month.
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