There is often good news out there, but you need to search for it sometimes. Trump and his criminal gang are trying their best to demoralize and frustrate everyone into just giving up, but that ain't gonna happen. We are not going to turn over our country to this gang of grifters and conmen. The resistance will never end until Trump and his gang are dead or jailed.
This is Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s middle son. He is 71 years old. He dropped out of college three times. He drinks Dr Pepper and like his father, looks for a McDonald’s wherever he travels.
Since the beginning of the war, his foundation has become the largest private donor to Ukraine: $1.4 billion. Over four years, he has personally visited Ukraine 27 times.
In April 2022, he saw burned-out agricultural machinery all over Ukraine and called the president of John Deere:
“How many combines are available in Europe?”
“Fifteen. All of them were supposed to go to Russia.”
“I’ll take them all. Ship them to Ukraine.”
Then came all the available New Holland equipment in Europe. Altogether, more than 100 tractors and combines have been provided to Ukrainian farmers. Free.
He tested de-mining equipment on his farm in Illinois, detonating explosives beneath rollers. When someone asked if blowing up his own tractors to find a solution was worth it, Buffett replied:
“Stop counting my tractors. If necessary, I’ll blow up a thousand of them.”
When he heard about the "Superhumans" project, the medical program to provide arms and legs for soldiers who have lost theirs, they asked if he'd be willing to kickstart the program with $1 million. Buffett asked how much was needed to build the entire center.
“$14 million" was the answer.
He replied: “Okay. Build it.”
Today, his support for Superhumans has reached $77 million, and the center has treated almost 2,000 wounded soldiers and civilians who have lost limbs due to the war.
But his largest area of spending is neither agricultural machinery nor prosthetics.
It is food: 642 million meals.
He has built, stocked and staffed mobile kitchens that go into areas where civilians, often very elderly, whose homes have been destroyed by Russian bombing.
Real help from a person who has no personal motivation to profit from Ukraine. He simply chooses to help.
Jim Hanemaayer
Since the beginning of the war, his foundation has become the largest private donor to Ukraine: $1.4 billion. Over four years, he has personally visited Ukraine 27 times.
In April 2022, he saw burned-out agricultural machinery all over Ukraine and called the president of John Deere:
“How many combines are available in Europe?”
“Fifteen. All of them were supposed to go to Russia.”
“I’ll take them all. Ship them to Ukraine.”
Then came all the available New Holland equipment in Europe. Altogether, more than 100 tractors and combines have been provided to Ukrainian farmers. Free.
He tested de-mining equipment on his farm in Illinois, detonating explosives beneath rollers. When someone asked if blowing up his own tractors to find a solution was worth it, Buffett replied:
“Stop counting my tractors. If necessary, I’ll blow up a thousand of them.”
When he heard about the "Superhumans" project, the medical program to provide arms and legs for soldiers who have lost theirs, they asked if he'd be willing to kickstart the program with $1 million. Buffett asked how much was needed to build the entire center.
“$14 million" was the answer.
He replied: “Okay. Build it.”
Today, his support for Superhumans has reached $77 million, and the center has treated almost 2,000 wounded soldiers and civilians who have lost limbs due to the war.
But his largest area of spending is neither agricultural machinery nor prosthetics.
It is food: 642 million meals.
He has built, stocked and staffed mobile kitchens that go into areas where civilians, often very elderly, whose homes have been destroyed by Russian bombing.
Real help from a person who has no personal motivation to profit from Ukraine. He simply chooses to help.
Jim Hanemaayer
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