{"id":1301426,"date":"2022-02-16T00:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1301426"},"modified":"2022-02-16T00:53:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:53:54","slug":"gop-sen-sullivan-russia-ending-standoff-with-ukraine-a-head-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-sullivan-russia-ending-standoff-with-ukraine-a-head-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sen. Sullivan: Russia Ending Standoff with Ukraine &#039;a Head Fake&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-sen-sullivan-russia-ending-standoff-with-ukraine-a-head-fake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1301426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2016\/05\/Sullivan-514-Thumbnail.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tuesday on \u201cThe Hugh Hewitt Show,\u201d Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) weighed in on Russia, reportedly claiming to be pulling troops away from the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n<p>Host Hugh Hewitt asked Sullivan if Russian President Vladimir Putin was going away or if it was a \u201chead fake\u201d by the authoritarian.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sullivan called the move a \u201chead fake\u201d and warned that the United States should be \u201cready for something much bigger. He described Russia as \u201ca mafia state acting as a gas station.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a head fake, and I think we need to be ready for the head fake,\u201d Sullivan advised. \u201cAnd what I\u2019ve been saying all along is we need to be ready for something much bigger. And it\u2019s what I call the. It\u2019s the new era of authoritarian aggression led by Putin, let by Xi Jinping. And I think it\u2019s going to be with us for decades, Hugh. And I think we need a new mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody talks about great power competition. It\u2019s not great power competition,\u201d he continued. \u201cRussia, in my view, is not a great power. It\u2019s a mafia state acting as a gas station. But it is an aggressive power, and so is China, and we\u2019re not ready for this right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday on \u201cThe Hugh Hewitt Show,\u201d Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) weighed in on Russia, reportedly claiming to be pulling troops away from the Ukrainian border. 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