The United States will allocate hundreds of millions of dollars in the 2021 budget to fight Russia. This follows from the document about financing of the work of the government, which was approved by the President of the country Donald Trump .
“Priority attention in the budget is given to financing the program, which will ensure the US military advantage against China and Russia, including the development of high-quality ammunition, unmanned systems, hypersonic missiles,” the document says. A total of $ 300 million will be allocated to fight Beijing.
According to the calculations TASS , total The Department of State will channel $ 290 million” to counter Russia’s influence and attempts to sow distrust of democratic institutions. ” Of these, $ 24 million will be allocated to counter “Russian propaganda and disinformation”.
In the budget for 2021, Trump also approved a stimulus package in volume $ 900 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby ending the debate between Democrats and Republicans. In particular, the Congress agreed to pay $ 600 per person, while Trump demanded $ 2,000 each.