Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Monday stated whether or not President Trump desires Ukraine to win the struggle towards Russia is an “open-ended query.”
“I feel it is nonetheless an open-ended query, as a result of — simply because Donald Trump is saying the correct factor within the final 24 hours, it would not make the final six months go away,” Moulton informed NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill.”
“However hear, I am proud of the place Trump is as we speak. He appears to make choices primarily based on politics, not on precept, even if you simply heard him speaking about this, he wasn’t speaking in regards to the rules of democracies overcoming murderous dictators. He was simply speaking about who pays the invoice,” he added.
Trump recently said the USA will impose “extreme” tariffs towards Russia if the nation doesn’t go together with a ceasefire in Ukraine inside the subsequent 50 days.
“We’re very, very sad with [Russia], and we’re going to be doing very extreme tariffs if we don’t have a deal in about 50 days,” Trump stated amid an Oval Workplace assembly with NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte.
The president signaled he would impose a 100% “secondary” tariff concentrating on different nations that do enterprise with Russia.
For the reason that begin of his second time period, Trump and his administration have pushed for an finish to the struggle in Ukraine however haven’t skilled a lot success.
Russia invaded Ukraine over three years in the past after Moscow constructed up troops on the border. Trump campaigned on a vow to finish the struggle in 24 hours, a timeframe he later said was “sarcastic.”
“Trump’s newfound help for Ukraine is a pointy reversal from when he was parroting Putin’s propaganda—and it’s lengthy overdue,” Moulton said in a post on the social platform X Monday.
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for remark.