Washington, D.C. – E be like say money no go start to dey smell as one big fish don splash $130 million (£100 million) help US troops wey dey suffer for government shutdown wahala. Gist wey dey flow say this big money na from one anonymous donor wey President Donald Trump gree say na gist wey him dey avoid mention. But, no worry, we go soon gist you who be dis mugu.
Na for last week, Trump talk say dem go use dis money help offset some military pay wey dey hang due to di shutdown wey don dey last since last month. You sabi how e be when salary dey delay; dem go fit see who go talk first for barracks. E mean say soldiers wey dey work for di country no go fit chop their full pay. Sha, dem don find way to take compress am.
According to one Pentagon spokesperson, Sean Parnell, di money go tackle di salary and benefits matter for di military. Na im talk say dem fit collect donations from private sector but e get rules wey go guide how dem dey use di money wey dey come from unknown sources. This one don raise wahala as some law makers dey vex say e fit turn di troops to pawns for some people wey fit use money control them.
Trump don drop some hint say di donor na Timothy Mellon, one billionaire wey sabi wahala and dey cover him face like ghost for public eye. Him don dey shine small small for di political scene lately after him drop some serious cash for Trump side line. So wetin be di wetin? E be like say him money plenty but e wan dey lay low, no publicity; na im make big man dey hide di name like movie wey dey suspense.
Some peeps dey side-eye dis donation matter because according to dem, e fit be illegal under di Antideficiency Act wey dey stop federal agencies from jacking up funds without consent from Congress. If dem no do am well, wahala fit follow dem – fines, suspension, or even jail. Na wetin dem dey call big boy problems.
As e be now, di US military dey pay around $6.4 billion every two weeks for soldier salaries, so with dis $130 million, e be like say dem dey use band-aid cover big wound. Nancy senators dey talk say na bad idea to allow anonymous people dey drop serious cash for military matter. Wetin we go fit do now? We go just dey watch how dis drama go play out.
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