Former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY.) suggested on Monday that President Trump refused to accuse Russia of being the only invader that caused the war in Ukraine.
McConnell declaredIn a statementThe third anniversary of the war, “human catastrophe rests solely on Vladimir Putin,” and if the Ukrainian forces set their arms, they mark “Putin's purpose will not stop with Kiev.”
“It's just as embarrassing to misunderstand this fact as it costs money,” McConnell said.
He also criticized what the Biden administration's “shameful hesitancy and semi-measurement” was in response to Russian invasions, but without specifically naming Trump, he would defeat the Russian attacks. He warned that refusing to acknowledge US interest in the United States is “even more dishonorable.” ”
“Refusing to acknowledge Russia as an undeniable, unprovoked aggressor is more than an unsightly moral equivalence. It reflects a serious misconception about the nature of negotiation and leverage,” he said. said.
McConnell, chairman of the Senate Defense Budget Subcommittee, issued a statement a few days after suggesting that Ukraine would launch a war with Russia and be called Ukrainian President Voldimia Zelensky.
The Russian army invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after Putin said it was necessary to protect the Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine and contain the expansion of NATO.
When asked by a reporter whether he would use the same word for the Russian president, Trump refused to call Putin a “dictator.”
“I don't use those words lightly,” Trump replied Monday during a joint press appearance with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.
Trump and Macron discussed efforts to end the three-year war.
These comments voted against a UN resolution that denounced Russia as an invader of war, with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Israel and Hungary.
Dedicated to pushing his last two years in the Senate back to his party's isolationist, McConnell hopes Putin's “softening is just as naive as today as 1939.” He said he was there. Europe's first hesitation to stand up against Nazi Germany.
“The US is right to seek an end to this war, but it is not at all about constraining Russian ambitions, ensuring Ukraine's sovereignty, and strengthening America's credibility with both allies and enemies. ” he warned.
“Instead, such hollow peace will lead to further attacks,” he said.
McConnell seeks Ukraine's outcome that “the axis of invaders from Beijing to Moscow,” including Iran and North Korea, “deals with the credibility of American deterrence and makes our interests even more vulnerable.” “He said.
“Without a clear and determined commitment to leadership and order that underpins our prosperity and security, the American enemy will receive exactly what they want,” he declared.
