Quotes
For people who are concerned that Trump is going to sell Ukraine down the river, I think his main priority is going to try and find some kind of equitable peace,
said a former Trump administration official who had been in contact with the campaign and transition team
Kyiv is quite calm and quite comfortable with the national security officials announced so far. Those pushing a narrative of anxiety in Kyiv are doing this for their own purposes and are doing Ukraine a disservice."
Quote from Daniel Vajdich, a Republican foreign policy expert and president of Yorktown Solutions, which advises Ukrainian state entities and engages with officials in Kyiv
I think we're in for a long haul and I think our nation's leadership needs to begin telling the American people, 'I'm sorry. We don't have a choice. We're 15 years into what is going to be a multi-generational war because we're talking about defeating an idea,
Waltz said about Afghanistan at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2017.
If [Rubio] channels Trump’s approach rather than pursuing his own agenda, he could redefine the state department’s role in a way that is both respected and effective abroad. Rubio knows that his future prospects are tied to his ability to execute Trump’s policy, not personal ambitions,
said Jason Beardsley, senior coalitions adviser for Concerned Veterans for AmericaWhat no one can ever do for me, including this administration right now, is articulate a counterterrorism plan that’s realistic without us there,
Waltz said in an interview days after the withdrawalMight as well give Liz Cheney the State Department,
Smith wroteDid Biden/Harris pressure Israel once again to do less than it should?"
he questionedKyiv looks at these appointments with some quiet relief — they clearly know there's room for engagement,
one source familiar with Ukrainian operations told Fox News DigitalRubio is no longer quite the Rubio many remember from 2016.
But, ... he addedThe picks leave me wondering whether Trump will deliver on his sometimes restrained foreign policy promises, including his stated desire to end the war in Ukraine sooner rather than later and to see Israel wrap up its wars,
he saidMarco is qualified. He's been on Foreign Relations in the Senate for many years. I'm happy because he knows Latin America which is a region that's often forgotten,
Navarro said
You are hearing a sigh of relief from America's allies abroad. These are people who are qualified. Mike Waltz is a Green Beret. He served in combat. He served our nation, so he's also not just opining as somebody who was in academia,
Farah Griffin saidHe first served under Barack Obama, and at the time, people called Obama the 'Deporter in Chief.' You know, he deported more people than Trump,
Farah Griffin said.jpg)
I'm kind of worried about the Stephen Millers of the world. I'm worried about Lee Zeldin, the Administrator of the EPA, who voted against climate based policies, which will affect our children, which will affect our grandchildren,
Hostin saidThe imperative that Israel has at some point to address it, even though there's a real threat there of a full-scale war with Hezbollah, which militarily is a lot more challenging and destructive."
Back in May, the senator warned
Israel has no choice but to eliminate Hamas. And America's role is to resupply Israel with the military materials they need to finish this job,
Rubio said, advocating for continued U.S. support to IsraelThe next time you hear the "ceasefire" crowd described as "peace activists" remember how many of them cheered the launch of hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. They don't want a ceasefire, they want Israel destroyed."
In a post in April, Rubio saidHamas is a terrorist organization created for the express & explicit purpose of driving every Jew out of the region & replacing Israel with a fundamentalist Islamic Palestinian state stretching from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Israel has no choice but the eliminate Hamas."
In October 2023 Rubio wrote on XA "cease fire" right now would prolong the war. Hamas would use it to steal humanitarian aid, move their fighters to better fighting positions, move hostages to new hiding places and arm their rocket launchers for attacks inside Israel."
In October 2023, he statedI think we should expect and understand what Israel has to do as well,
he continued