DeSantis Says ‘Blank Check’ For Ukraine With No Clear Objective Not Acceptable

Florida Governor Ron DeSantisOn a national tour, some suspect that this could be a prelude for a 2024 presidential campaign, and said the Biden administration was throwing money at Ukraine, without specifying a clear goal.

The comments were made during an interview on Fox News Channel. “Fox & Friends,” This was the first time that the Republican spoke out extensively about the war in Ukraine. The Biden administration contributed nearly $200 billion to its funding. As he spoke, President Joe Biden surprised Kyiv by visiting. To show support from the United States for the country in the midst of its war with Russia’s one-year anniversary.

“They have, effectively, a blank-check policy with no clear strategic objective identified,” DeSantis spoke out about the Biden administration.

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DeSantis mentioned recent reports by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, that China, which has sent non-lethal military assistance to Russia, might be planning to send weapons. This comes at a time when tensions between China and the U.S. are already boiling over after China sent a spy ball above the U.S. earlier in the month.

“These things can escalate and I don’t think it’s in our interest to be getting into a proxy war with China getting involved over things like the borderlands, or over Crimea,” DeSantis said. “So I think it would behoove them to identify what is the strategic objective that they’re trying to achieve. But just saying it’s an open-ended, blank check, that is not acceptable.”

DeSantis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives between 2013-2018 and was elected as the governor of Florida in 2018. He said that there are legitimate concerns about Russia posing threats to NATO countries but also said that it is no longer the military power it used to be. Although estimates vary, Chairman of the Joints Chiefs General Mark Milley believed last November that Russia had lost at least 100,000 soldiers during its brutal war with Ukraine.

“They’ve shown themselves to be a third-rate military power, I think they’ve suffered tremendous, tremendous losses,” He said. “I’ve got to think the people of Russia are probably disapproving of what’s going on. I don’t think they can speak up about it, for obvious reasons.”

DeSantis claimed that China’s former ally Russia is the real threat. China, Beijing also flexed on the U.S. and pledged support for Russia in recent weeks.

“Russia has been really, really wounded here and I don’t think that they are the same threat to our country – even though they are hostile – I don’t think they’re on the same level as China,” DeSantis said.