Governor Ron DeSantis says protecting Ukraine is not a key US interest
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- 14 Mar 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, broke with Republicans to attack President Biden’s foreign policy and align more closely with Donald Trump as he weighs a presidential bid.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has sharply broken with Republicans who are determined to defend Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, saying in a statement made public Monday night that protecting the European nation’s borders is not a vital U.S. interest and that policymakers should instead focus attention at home.
The statement from DeSantis, who is seen as an all but declared presidential candidate for the 2024 campaign, puts him in line with the front-runner for the GOP nomination, former President Donald Trump.
The venue DeSantis chose for his statement on a major foreign policy question revealed almost as much as the substance of the statement itself. The statement was broadcast on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” on Fox News. It was in response to a questionnaire that the host, Carlson, sent last week to all major prospective Republican presidential candidates, and is tantamount to an acknowledgment by DeSantis that a candidacy is in the offing.
On Carlson’s show, DeSantis separated himself from Republicans who say the problem with President Joe Biden’s Ukraine policy is that he’s not doing enough. DeSantis made clear he thinks Biden is doing too much, without a clearly defined objective, and taking actions that risk provoking war between the U.S. and Russia.
Carlson is one of the most ardent opponents of U.S. involvement in Ukraine. He has called President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine a corrupt “antihero” and mocked him for dressing “like the manager of a strip club.” Read More…
