{"id":2005608,"date":"2023-08-19T06:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T10:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-military-and-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T06:31:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T10:31:12","slug":"up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-military-and-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-military-and-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate: Trump, DeSantis, and 2024 GOP hopefuls&#8217; views on military and Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fup-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-military-and-ukraine%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=2005608&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--><h2>The First\u200b Republican Presidential \u200dDebate: Up For Debate<\/h2>\n<p>The first \u2064Republican presidential \u2062debate is fast approaching on August 23rd, where candidates will \u2064hope\u200c to close the gap on former president Donald Trump and \u2064separate from the rest of the pack. In this series, \u200bUp For Debate, the Washington Examiner will look \u200dat\u200c a key issue or policy every day up until debate \u2064day, and where key candidates stand. Today&#8217;s story will examine U.S. support of Ukraine\u200c against Russian\u2062 aggression.<\/p>\n<h3>Denouncing Military&#8217;s Emphasis \u2062on \u2064Diversity and Inclusion<\/h3>\n<p>By \u200cand large, the Republican Party has denounced\u2063 the military&#8217;s emphasis on diversity and inclusion \u200dwithin its ranks under the Biden administration. GOP critics argue that focusing\u2064 on the individual identities \u200dof \u200bthose within the service\u2062 both limits or reduces military \u2062readiness while\u200c also contributing\u2064 to the recruiting struggles facing nearly every service branch. Current DOD leaders\u2062 have stood by the policies, arguing instead that diversity of viewpoint helps create \u2063a more inclusive environment while citing \u2062a \u200bnumber of contributing factors to the recruiting situation, including less familiarity with the military among recruiting-aged individuals, a smaller\u2064 percentage of them who are eligible\u2064 to service due to health\u200d and drug requirements, as well as a tough labor market.<\/p>\n<h3>Denouncing Pentagon&#8217;s Decisions<\/h3>\n<p>GOP leaders have also denounced the Pentagon&#8217;s \u2064decisions, under the Biden administration, to focus on\u2062 climate change, allow transgender individuals to join the military, as\u2064 well as\u200d the department&#8217;s \u2063policy\u2063 on reimbursing the travel expenses associated \u200bwith traveling\u200c out-of-state \u2062for an abortion due to local laws enacted after the Supreme Court&#8217;s reversal of Roe V. Wade.<\/p>\n<h2>Where Trump, DeSantis, and Rest\u200d of Republican 2024 Field Stand on Key Issues<\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest ways the GOP \u2062field has differentiated themselves from\u200b one another\u2064 is via their stance on continuing United States aid to Ukraine. Some argue they would stop \u2063aiding Ukraine \u2014 the Biden administration has provided Ukraine with more than $113 billion,\u200b including more than $40\u2063 billion \u200din military equipment since Russia invaded in February 2021 \u2014 while others have blamed Biden for not doing enough\u2064 to\u200d support their freedom.<\/p>\n<h3>Cut or Reduce Support for Ukraine:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I know [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky very well, and I\u200b know [Russian President Vladimir] \u2063Putin very well, \u200beven better. And I had a\u200d good relationship, very good with both of\u200b them. I would tell Zelensky, no more. You got \u2062to make a deal. I would tell Putin, if\u200c you don&#8217;t make a deal,\u2062 we&#8217;re going \u200bto give him a lot. We&#8217;re going to [give Ukraine] \u2063more \u2063than they ever got if we have to. I will have the deal done in one day. \u2062One day,&#8221; Trump responded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ron DeSantis<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;While the U.S. has many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-military-and-ukraine\/\" title=\"Debate: Trump, DeSantis, and 2024 GOP hopefuls' views on military and Ukraine.\">vital national interests \u2014\u200b securing<\/a> our borders, \u200baddressing the crisis of\u2063 readiness within our military, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-defending-ukraine-from-russia-is-not-a-key-us-interest\/\" title=\"DeSantis says defending Ukraine from Russia is not a key US interest\">achieving energy security<\/a> and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of\u2063 the \u2064Chinese Communist\u2063 Party \u2014 becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one\u2063 of them,&#8221; DeSantis told Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy\u2019s \u2064campaign\u2062 told the Washington Examiner that he does not believe \u201cwinning\u201d\u200d in Ukraine is a \u201cvital\u200b U.S. interest\u201d\u200c and said he\u2019d \u201cend the war \u2063by ceasing \u2064further U.S. support for Ukraine and negotiating a peace treaty with Russia that achieves a vital U.S. security objective: \u2063ceasing Russia\u2019s\u2063 growing military alliance with China.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Continue Support:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tim\u2063 Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Scott told NBC that \u201cdegrading the \u2062Russian \u200cmilitary\u201d is a \u201cvital interest\u201d of the U.S., which is why he supports arming Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Nikki Haley<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations believes it is of vital \u200bU.S. interest to support Ukraine, unlike many of her opponents, and that President Biden has been \u201cfar too slow and weak in helping Ukraine,&#8221; she said during\u200c a speech at American Enterprise Institute.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Both former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Gov.\u200b Doug Burgum support aiding Ukraine, and while Pence and Christie traveled to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-line-for-senior-job-at-state-sanders-aide-accuses-biden-of-illegal-military-action\/\" title=\"In Line For Senior Job at State, Sanders Aide Accuses Biden of Illegal Military Action\">war-torn country<\/a> in recent months, including meeting with Zelensky.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Republican presidential debate on August 23rd aims to narrow the distance between candidates and former president Donald Trump, as well as distinguish themselves from other contenders. 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