ANALYSIS — 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.”
