ruhle starts now. r with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, president biden s surprise visit to ukraine, meeting with president zelenskyy while announcing more military aid. what this historic trip means for the future of the war. meanwhile, some far-right republicans criticize the presidents trip to ukraine. what we are hearing from a small but loud minority. then, ron desantis visits new york city to talk policing and crime. is this the unofficial start to a presidential run? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, i m simone alexander s townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. president biden makes a historic top secret trip to ukraine, as russia s war there nears the one year mark. the presidents trip included a ten hour train ride from the polish border into kyiv. now, this is biden s first visit to ukraine since the war began, and it s the first from a modern-day president to an active war zone with no u.s. military presence on the ground or the ai
word. there is a significant agreement on this important so much larger than just ukraine. it s about freedom and democracy president biden gets tonight s last word from kyiv. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, president biden s surprise visit to ukraine, meeting with president zelenskyy while announcing more military aid. what this historic trip means for the future of the war. meanwhile, some far-right republicans criticize the presidents trip to ukraine. what we are hearing from a small but loud minority. then, ron desantis visits new york city to talk policing and crime. is this the unofficial start to a presidential run? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, i m simone sanders-townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. president biden makes a historic top secret trip to ukraine, as russia s war there nears the one year mark. the presidents trip included a ten hour train ride from the polish border into kyiv. now, this is
he s like a second version of trump. and i don t think that people necessarily want. that but let s see how this works out. basil, i hear you. desantis has leaned very hard into the culture wars. i have noted that i think the culture wars have been the playbook for the modern-day republican party apparatus for a while now. and that might get him traction in the primary. but they think it s a winning message in the general election that is not [inaudible] ? i think first of all the primaries important because that s where donald trump needs to win to get in the race. because he doesn t necessarily want to go up against ronda sentence to make it a one-on-one. i can imagine. can it work? it has worked. to be clear, from state to state, i think that message can resonate. if it s tied to other things. listen, when we talk about the attack against eight african american studies, the anti woke movement.
i m going to advise desantis, i need to see does this message have residents outside of the state, but you and i were talking about on break? i need to see, can i articulate a strong enough message to potential donors as basil pointed, out that this is someone that is palatable with those suburban voters that we know republicans have lost because of trump. can they win them back? that s the only way they can mathematically regain any age, potentially two out-see biden. and i think it will be a tough mountain to climb, but to the point that you raised, simone, it was really, really important. can ron desantis distortion self enough from trump? i don t think he can. he s like a second version of trump. and i don t think that people necessarily want. that but let s see how this works out. basil, i hear you. desantis has leaned very hard into the culture wars. i have noted that i think the culture wars have been the playbook for the modern-day republican party apparatus for a while now.