Trump Owes Americans Some Answers on Foreign Policy
Two significant political events will intersect Saturday—the South Carolina Republican presidential primary and the second anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The coincidence goes beyond this weekend. In the grand opera that congressional Republicans have become, no major legislation can pass until Donald Trump sings.
The Trump-denounced border bill failed two weeks ago. Last week brought the unusual spectacle of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who only last month called on Joe Biden to bomb Iran, voting against the bill to fund military aid to Ukraine and Israel.
As did Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, heretofore a prominent supporter of Ukraine. Though the bill passed with 22 Republicans in favor, its future with Republicans in the House isn’t clear because Mr.
Trump’s thinking on Ukraine’s future is unclear. The people of Ukraine themselves must be starting to feel like the gladiators who fought in a walled colosseum to entertain the Romans. They await a thumbs up or down on their fate from Mr.
Trump. So which will it be, Mr. Trump—let Ukraine defend itself, or let it go? At the Munich Security Conference last weekend, Ohio Republican Sen.
J.D. Vance, a Trump surrogate, suggested his camp’s thumb is turning downward on U.S. military support for Ukraine.
“We simply do not have manufacturing capacity to support a ground war in Eastern Europe indefinitely," he said. “And I think it’s incumbent upon leaders to articulate this for their populations." Some believe that if the U.S. pulled its support, that would compel Ukraine to raise the white flag and reach an accommodation with Mr.
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