2024 candidate - i think i m safe to say that - he weighed in on - the war this week in a way w have not traditionally heard republicans. he told tucker carlson it is a territorial dispute an protecting ukraine is not vital interest for the u.s.. what s your reaction first, i want to know why h changed his mind because i ve seen clips of him saying the exact opposite tw years ago. so, what changed his mind? you know more about politics i america than i do. i want to know the answer to that first but second, of course he s wrong. this is not a territoria dispute. this is an invasion, unprovoke invasion, of a sovereign country. there has been annexation. we set up the united nations t stop things like this. we do not want to go to an anarchic world where it s just okay to invade your neighbor and annex territory. that is really bad for our interests around the world and the second part, i think h
gain an inch, he s apt to take a mile basically, if america won give him any pushback, i think they will continue to expand russian influence. if we had a policy which wa firm, that armed ukraine wit defensive and offensive weapon so that they can defen themselves, i think putin woul make different if he had reagan-esque policy of strength, i think you would see people like putin not wanting to mess with us. that was then, but now in his latest attempt to out-trum trump, he s come out against supporting ukraine and the war against putin s invasion in response to a surve question from fox news hos tucker carlson, ron desantis wrote that while they have man national interests, becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute betwee ukraine and russia is not on of them. those comments from him have already started to dra criticism today from republicans on the capitol hill it s not a territoria dispute in the sense tha anymore you would be a
find a national republican politician who s happy wit florida governor ron desanti right now. desantis came out agains military aid to ukraine last may, calling washes war of aggression, a territoria dispute. his remarks were met with swif backlash from the most hawkish part of the party, including lindsey graham, john corner and even marc rubio. it s not a territoria dispute. any more than it would be territorial dispute if the united states decided it might invade say canada, or take ove the bahamas. just because someone claims, something does not mean it belongs to them. this is an invasion. credit where do - of course, donald trump agrees desantis - he s following up, saying it s a flip-flop. he was totally different whatever i want, he want claire mccaskill is a former how the republican party becam