“I can’t guarantee anything,” Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said Sunday when asked if the United States would continue aiding Ukraine if former President Trump is re-elected in November.
Asked on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” if he could guarantee that the United States would remain in Ukraine if President Trump returned to the White House, Sullivan said: “Listen, I can’t guarantee anything, but… That’s actually a good thing…President Zelenskiy.” “I mentioned Afghanistan because…this is too much lost.”
Sullivan referenced comments from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday’s NBC News, saying that the recent House-passed funding for Ukraine signals that “we will not become another Afghanistan and the United States will remain in Ukraine.” He said he would send it.
“I think we need to look at how we got into the situation in Ukraine. I strongly believe that the weakness coming out of the Biden White House, they are cutting defense spending in terms of the president’s budget. Sullivan continued. “Their energy policy oozes weakness, and their failure to withdraw from Afghanistan is emboldening.” [Russian President Vladimir Putin] Begins invasion of Ukraine. ”
The Senate is scheduled to consider a massive foreign aid bill passed by the House over the weekend, which would allocate about $61 billion to Ukraine, as well as funding to Israel and U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific region. is. The bill also includes a package of other national security measures, including a possible ban on the TikTok app.
The bill followed months of warnings from the Biden administration that without additional aid passed by Congress, Ukraine would struggle against Russian forces. The aid remained stalled for more than a year amid sharp divisions among lawmakers.
Ahead of the weekend’s vote, former President Trump questioned why European countries were not providing more aid to Ukraine, without directly addressing the House’s policy.
According to a tracker by the World Economic Institute, the total amount of European aid to Ukraine is actually exceeded U.S. aid.However, much of this comes in the form of financial and humanitarian aid. According to trackers, the US provided significantly more military aid to Kiev.
President Trump has expressed reluctance in recent months to allow the United States to provide aid to Ukraine, arguing that it is not in America’s vital interests. But during a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion, the former president expressed his openness to Republicans approving aid to Ukraine in the form of loans. suggested.
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