President Joe Biden seems intent on bankrolling Ukraine’s fight against Russia even more than he has done for the last two years as his time in office dwindles to about six weeks.

The fear is that once President-elect Donald Trump moves back into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the cash and weapons pipeline from the United States to Ukraine will be largely, mostly or even completely shut down.

The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Treasury Department said it would disburse $20 billion — the U.S. portion of a $50 billion multinational loan to Ukraine, backed by Russia’s frozen central bank assets — before Biden leaves the White House.

Also in the AP report, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the funds “will provide Ukraine a critical infusion of support.” The State Department said Tuesday it had approved the sale of a $266 million package to help Ukraine with the long-term operation and maintenance of F-16 fighter aircraft from the U.S. and other allies.

Even before those latest gifts of warfare, the U.S. sent $62 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the war began in February 2022. That figure includes more than $2 billion since Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory.

Trump has called for an immediate ceasefire in recent days and added that Ukraine should prepare to receive less U.S. military aid.

With that in mind, Biden is putting more cash into the pipeline to prop up Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy against Russia and President Vladimir Putin beyond the change in U.S. leadership. The outgoing U.S. President has also eased U.S.-imposed restrictions on how Ukraine can fight the war, easing limits on the use of longer-range American missiles to strike deeper into Russia. The AP reports that Biden had resisted doing so amid fears of provoking Russia into using nuclear weapons against Ukraine or its allies or attacking the West.

The AP also reports that Biden also has permitted Ukraine to deploy antipersonnel mines, which are banned by some countries.

Why not? Biden will be back in Delaware for good in a matter of weeks and the Ukraine mess will be someone else’s problem.

But that someone is Trump, who has been accused by some of having a favorable approach to Putin and by others as an outright Russian asset. We’d like to think those allegations are more about political posturing than anything else, but there is no disputing that the war in Europe will be a significant problem for the incoming Trump team.

So, too, will be the war in Gaza, as Israel continues to try to eradicate Hamas and avenge the killing of more than 1,2000 on Oct. 7, 2023. And if those wars weren’t enough, how about the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Rebel forces needed just 10 days to march into Damasus and end the long rule of the Assad family.

All that and we haven’t even mentioned the instability in South Korea, where martial law was briefly imposed and the ever-present threat of neighboring North Korea, nor the tension between China and Taiwan.

Could you really blame Biden if he handed all this — along with all the unrest at home — to Trump and whispered (or yelled, depending on the day). “Good luck. This is what you wanted. Now you’ve got it.”

Things are happening quickly and seemingly in all corners of the planet. That’s one reason it is imperative that Trump and his cabinet selections are as prepared as possible on Day 1.

We know that roughly half the country is still dealing with an unpleasant election hangover and wants no part of a second Trump term. But that was decided more than a month ago.

With all these wars, the posturing and the instability abroad and at home, Americans as a whole — and not just those who supported Trump — should hope that he and his team can put out some of these fires and that his second term is successful.

The alternative might just be extremely unpleasant.