Several top Republican foreign-policy pols are sounding the alarm that Russia’s push for Ukraine to hold elections as part of a deal to end the war could lead to subterfuge from the Kremlin. Russian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday without a Ukrainian representative present to discuss an end to the war.
The former GOP congresswoman said on Wednesday that Trump "is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for."
Republican senators went to great lengths on Wednesday to avoid bashing President Donald Trump and his criticism of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but they didn't hold back on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
CNN's Jim Sciutto challenged a conservative commentator to justify Donald Trump's weakness against Russia, and then moved on when he was unimpressed with his response. The TV host started out by asking Republican strategist Brad Todd why the president had made concessions to Russia heading into negotiations to wind down the war in Ukraine after
Republican lawmakers were split Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — but their pushback was muted, underscoring the GOP’s shifting stance on Russia’s invasion.
A clip of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) brutally dismantling the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man to be trusted, as Donald Trump has claimed, is indicative of how the majority of GOP lawmakers are privately appalled at Trump's Russia cheerleading.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) criticized President Trump’s positions on Russia, saying the current GOP leader has little in common with the revered Republican president who presided over the
GOP officials who have supported Ukraine are trying to balance their opposition to Russia while remaining loyal to Trump.
"Did you ever imagine that you would be in a party that stands on the side of dictators?" she said, incredulous.
Kristen Welker opened her interview with Mullin by asking him to acknowledge that Putin was at the very least "responsible for starting the war in Ukraine."
There was a small Republican contingent in Congress that repeatedly sided with Russia’s wishes. Now, evidently, it’s Donald Trump’s turn.