Trump vs. GELENSKY: Not all Republicans stood up for Trump
Only Putin can benefit from diplomatic rupture.
Washington. While American Democrats almost unanimously condemned behavior US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD VANCE After Friday's meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny, not all Republicans stood for Trump after a quarrel in the White House oval office.
According to some, both sides have suffered and benefits from this diplomatic rupture now only the Russian President can Vladimir Putinwrote the Axios server.
They look different on the quarrel
The Republican Congressman Mike Lawler, who stressed that such a hot exchange of views should take place behind the closed door, described Friday's « catastrophe » in an oval office.
According to him, it was diplomatically short -sighted to quarrel in live broadcast and will hurt further negotiations. « Unfortunately, Vladimir Putin is the only winner, » Lawler added.
The Republican Congressman Don Bacon opposed Trump.
« Ukraine wants independence, a free market and a government of law. It wants to be part of the West. Mask We also hate our Western values, « wrote Axios Bacon and Friday described as » a bad day for American foreign policy « .
On the other hand, the second highest -built Republican in the House of Representatives Steve SCALIS was built behind Trump and Vance.
On the social network X, he said that Trump is fighting for peace and is the only one who can force Russia to negotiate a « serious and permanent peace agreement ».
The most sharpest of the Republicans opposed the influential Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said in an interview with Fox New Želenskyj It must fundamentally change his approach or withdraw.
According to Graham, the leader should be Ukraine At the first occasion to justify and say that he « heard it ».
« Not even Penny, » wrote the Republican Senator Roger Marshall on the X Network, referring to further US aid to Ukraine and published a video from Friday's meeting in an oval office.
Help for Putin
Democrats stopped Greeny. « Trump and Vance are doing Putin's dirty job … Democrats in the Senate never cease to fight for freedom and democracy, » wrote the leader of the Senators of the Democratic Party Chuck Schmer on the X Network.
He described Trump's and Vance's behavior in Friday's meeting Democratic member of the House of Jesús « Chuy » García as « embarrassing » and « shameful ».
Greens flew to Washington on Friday for an agreement that would ensure a share of the Ukrainian mineral wealth and, according to Trump, compensated by the United States to date Kiev in defense against Russia. Greeding in exchange requires security guarantees from the US and then he is willing to negotiate with Russia for peace.
The meeting in an oval office on Friday grew up in a quarrel. Both Trump and Vance emphasized that Ukrainian leadership must focus on diplomacy in order to end the « destruction » of his country and that it is necessary to stand up to Putin to arrange peace.
Trump shouted that the Ukrainian President would play with the Third World War, and together with Vanc described the behavior of the Greeny people disrespectful and reproached him that he was not grateful enough for American help.