think the president is right, whether it is days, weeks or months, the formal membership will have. a nato summit coming up in june in madrid. it can t be said enough, how vladimir putin s war has pushed more countries into nato, the opposite of what he wanted. rich, let s shift gears and shall we do our own pivot to asia. a lot and the president heads out later today, to making his first trip to asia, he s got two stop, south korea and then japan. and this of course comes as the shadow of the war in ukraine really focuses on china. what do you think are the goals and objectives here for the president on this trip? well, the fact that he s visiting two allies says it all. just as in europe where we have a nato-centric policy for dealing with russia, so too in asia, we have a partner and ally-centric policy for dealing with china. that s the importance of going to south korea and japan, our two most capable and important
voted fort second bill. senate majority leader schumer says he would try to support both and not clear if it gives more money to the fda. elsewhere, the senate did vote unanimously to confirm the new ambassador to ukraine. she is currently ambassador to slovakia and changing posts. the first diplomat to fill this position in ukraine since 2019. when former president donald trump ordered the removal of marie yovanovitch. the confirmation came on the same day the u.s. embassy reopened in kyiv. you can see the flag going up there. the state department says operations are limited and only a small contingent of about 140 will return for now. u.s. diplomats in ukraine are currently working from poland but have been making day trips to ukraine. in recent weeks. the senate is expected to hold a final vote on the $40 billion ukraine aid package later today. senate majority leader schumer has locked in the votes fort
checks and balances in russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of iraq. i mean of ukraine. corrected. anyway. 75. now, that s a freudian slip, and also note almost an admission there, certainly an awkward piece of video, i think we can all think about the u.s. soldiers and families who lost their lives in iraq in that war, and those injured or killed on the ground. not laughing at that. still ahead, we ll have a look at what is fueling the latest massive sell-off on wall street. plus, a landmark victory off the field for u.s. women s soccer. that s next on way too early. and allegedly, that s new york city. but you can t see it. fog and rain over the big apple as we start our day. t our day.
its own way. it s so divided on the matter of trade, we don t have a serious trade policy. and you were mention to mention north korea, and also suggested they wouldn t be surprised if pyongyang would test a new weapon system while the president was in the region. former president george w. bush made an awkward flub at an event in dallas yesterday. according to the dallas morning news, the event was an examination of the state of democracy and the safety of american elections following january 6th but when speaking of the war in ukraine, the former president misspoke. in contrast, russia elections are rigged, political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated from participating in the electoral process. the result is an absence of
much-awaited trip to asia, where the president hoped to put china it a the forefront of his foreign policy, finally gets to. exactly. he s been wanting to go to asia the entire time. it s where they wanted to focus most of their foreign policy brainpower. then you have afghanistan and the pullout there and then ukraine. this is the first time they can turn their eyes there. the goal is to rally allies together to try to back up and battle china with trade and other issues. something that s important for folks to remember is that this seems like he is going to seoul and going to japan to see buddies. that s not really what it is about. this is about china and making sure that when it comes to the trade partnerships there, their influence there, they re trying to get back in. the united states has been wanting to do that. president obama wanted to do this. changed a little with president trump. that s what they re hoping to do, drive a wedge between china and the rest of the indo-pacif