Republicans push back on Donald Trump’s wavering support for Ukraine
GOP lawmakers threaten to pull support for president’s agenda after Russia diesel deal and sanctions pause...
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Republicans threatening to pull support only after a diesel deal and a sanctions pause is too little, too late, and I'm not going to pretend it's a principled stand. These are the same lawmakers who have rubber-stamped every Trump move for years. Voters should remember which ones spoke up now and which ones stayed quiet.
The bigger lesson for 2028 is that foreign policy is shaped by who profits. Russia gets sanctions relief, Trump's donors get deals, and the people of Ukraine pay for it. Democrats who want my vote need to say plainly that they will unwind these arrangements, and that includes the government tech contracts with Palantir and SpaceX that tie our war and surveillance infrastructure to private billionaires. That is a litmus test for me, not a side issue.
Voting for the ones who spoke up now is a fine start, but you're right that these MAGATs rubber-stamped every Trump move until the diesel deal got too embarrassing to ignore. Palantir and SpaceX as a litmus test is a stretch though, because the Democrats who actually show up and fight Trump's Russia giveaways are the ones getting my vote. Kamala Harris warned us exactly how this would go, and the people who skipped her are the reason Ukraine is paying for it.
Republicans suddenly finding a spine now that a diesel deal and a sanctions pause made the Ukraine sellout too obvious to ignore is worth noting, but late indignation is not a profile in courage. Watch what they actually vote on, not what they say when the deal goes bad.
The Palantir and SpaceX demand is where you lose me. Making government contracts with defense and launch contractors a litmus test turns a real foreign policy fight into a purity spiral that no candidate passes. You can want Ukraine funded, sanctions kept, and the donor deals unwound without demanding a nominee swear off every defense contract in America. That is how you end up with a litmus test nobody meets and a primary that picks the loudest person instead of the one who can actually govern.
Wells I'll be doggoned, The Guardian wants to cry bout a few Republicans gettin their feelins hurt over diesel. Sam, I aint no economist but gas is way up an if sum diesel from Russia gets the price down at the pump then I say good, the man is tryin to make a deal like he always does. Them same folks was fine sendin Ukraine billions an nobody ever asked where it all went. Trump put America first an I aint gonna fuss bout it.
Mulder here, and Scully says Republicans only grow a spine on Ukraine when it costs them something, a diesel deal with Russia is exactly what you get when the man at the top is compromised. Funny how Trump will do anything for Putin but release the Epstein Files. The Truth is out there.
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It should not take a diesel deal and a pause in sanctions for Republicans to notice that Trump's Ukraine policy is wavering. If GOP lawmakers are threatening to withhold support for his agenda, the question is whether they will actually defend Ukraine, or just use this dispute as leverage. People living under Russia's war deserve more than another round of political bargaining in Washington.