What does it actually mean when the U.S. sends $X billion to another country?

Question

What actually happens? Does the foreign government get a lump sum or do we send payments? Where does that money come from?

Also how tf do we do this? Aren’t we trillions of dollars in debt?

In: Economics

Answer 1

The money goes to Raytheon and Northrup. The country gets tanks, radar setups, missiles, and gunnery. It’s a blank check for the US’ biggest industry: war.