Republicans' Divided Stance on Russia Is Major Boost for Putin

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Divisions among Republicans on support for Ukraine could prove a boost to Russian President Vladimir Putin as campaigning for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination begins.

Both former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that opposing Russia in Ukraine is not a matter of vital strategic interest for the U.S.


Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Politico in comments published on Wednesday that Trump's nomination by the GOP would be a "geopolitical catastrophe." It could undermine support for Ukraine.

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Republicans who want to win Trump's support may have to oppose U.S. support for Ukraine, according to Paul Quirk, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia, in Canada.

"The basis for this position is not some principled or strategic rationale for accommodating Putin's invasion, or for backing out of the NATO alliance. It is just that President Trump, for reasons that were highly suspicious but have not yet been adequately explained, was extraordinarily responsive to Putin's interests," Quirk told Newsweek.

 

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Putin is probably planning to draw this conflict out until 2024 in the hopes Trump or Desantis become prez.