Some Senate Republicans are giving President Donald Trump political cover as he sides with Russia’s narrative of its brutal war in Ukraine, but some Senate Democrats expressed shock at what they call a reckless U.S. foreign policy heel turn.
Trump’s broadsides against Ukraine and its embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, follow critical remarks of America’s traditional European allies by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Collectively, the Trump administration’s actions and words appear to be a reorganization of the world order.
“We can make a deal with Russia to stop the killing,” Trump told reporters Wednesday night on Air Force One after speaking at a Florida event for investors hosted by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. “I think the Russians want to see the war end. I do, I really do.”
He then revealed his thinking about potential peace talks, which for now, have been exclusively between Trump administration and Russian officials, saying Kremlin officials “have the cards a little bit because they’ve taken a lot of territory.”
Earlier Wednesday, Trump fired off a social media post in which he called Zelenskyy a “modestly successful comedian” and a “Dictator without Elections,” while also making several false claims about the war. A day earlier, speaking at his Mar-a-Lago resort, the president appeared to suggest Ukraine bore responsibility for the war, saying, “You’ve been there for three years. You should have ended it. You should have never started it.” […]
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