{"id":2268961,"date":"2024-06-16T14:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-defends-trumps-position-on-ukraine-putin-only-invades-ukraine-when-democrats-are-president\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T18:09:45","slug":"tom-cotton-defends-trumps-position-on-ukraine-putin-only-invades-ukraine-when-democrats-are-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-defends-trumps-position-on-ukraine-putin-only-invades-ukraine-when-democrats-are-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton Supports Trump on Ukraine, Claims &#8216;Putin Only Invades Under Democratic Presidents"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftom-cotton-defends-trumps-position-on-ukraine-putin-only-invades-ukraine-when-democrats-are-president%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=2268961&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--><p>Senator Tom Cotton defended former President Donald\u2063 Trump&#8217;s stance on Ukraine\u200d in a CNN interview with \u2062Jake Tapper, \u200casserting that Ukraine only \u200cfaces invasions when Democrats are leading the U.S. Cotton referenced Trump&#8217;s comments at a\u200b rally where he criticized \u2063Ukraine&#8217;s\u2062 continuous requests for U.S. aid amidst\u2062 their conflict with Russia. In\u200b the discourse surrounding U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>, especially with Ukraine, the Democrats and Republicans \u2064often\u200b have differing views and interpretations. Senator Tom Cotton&#8217;s comments are an example of how Republicans \u200cmay defend or justify\u200b the previous administration&#8217;s stance, policies, or remarks\u200b regarding international relations.<\/p>\n<p>During his presidency, \u200cDonald Trump&#8217;s handling of Ukraine was a \u200ctopic of significant\u200b debate and was even central to his\u200c first impeachment trial. Trump and his \u200bsupporters argued that his administration was\u200d robust \u2064against Russia, citing \u2062the\u2063 provision of lethal aid to Ukraine. Conversely, \u200bcritics argued that Trump&#8217;s approach to Ukraine was problematic, particularly\u200b when it came to allegations that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-pelosi-and-schiff-weakened-ukraine\/\" title=\"GOP Senator: Pelosi and Schiff Weakened Ukraine\">withheld military aid<\/a> \u2064to pressure Ukraine into investigating\u200b his\u2064 political rival Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks at rallies, such as criticizing Ukraine&#8217;s requests for U.S.\u2062 aid, \u2062resonate with a\u200c segment of the Republican base that is skeptical of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-joe-biden-not-tommy-tuberville-who-brought-the-culture-war-to-the-military\/\" title=\"Joe Biden, not Tommy Tuberville, initiated the military 'culture war'.\">foreign\u200b aid<\/a> and\u2063 intervention. In defending Trump, Senator Cotton might emphasize\u200d a\u200b viewpoint that aligns with a \u200cmore isolationist or America-first approach, arguing that the U.S. should not be entangled in prolonged foreign conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200c perspective \u200dreflects broader discussions within U.S. \u2064politics about the role and extent of American involvement in international affairs\u2014debates that\u2062 become\u2064 particularly pointed when discussing nations like Ukraine, which are strategically important yet also represent complex foreign policy challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) defended former President Donald Trump\u2019s position on Ukraine during an interview over the weekend, noting that the country is only invaded when Democrats are in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d when asked about comments that Trump made at a rally where he noted that Ukraine seemingly never stops asking the U.S. for assistance in their war against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important to look at the context of what\u2019s happened in Ukraine over the last 10 years,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cI have noticed that Vladimir Putin only invades Ukraine when Democrats are president. It happened under Barack Obama. It happened under Joe Biden. It didn\u2019t happen with Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send,\u201d he continued. \u201cOne reason why Joe Biden \u2014 or why Vladimir Putin thought he could get away with going for the jugular in Ukraine is because of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, which projected weakness and indecision. It was just a few weeks later that he began to mass troops on Ukraine\u2019s border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton said that Trump supports Ukraine and wants them to win but he believes that Europe should \u201cdo more and, in fact, should care more, because it is in their backyard. It is on their borders. I think that too. Europe should be doing more of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that European leaders and Democrats here in America didn\u2019t care for some of the language or rhetoric he used,\u201d he later added. \u201cI would say that was necessary to get tough on foreign leaders who are our putative allies who had been free-riding off of American military strength for 35 years. And what you saw is European leaders actually finally investing in their common defense. That\u2019s something they will do again when President Trump is back in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The only time Putin invades Ukraine is when there is a Democratic president.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden following Barack Obama\u2019s example of weakness has unleashed chaos in the world and hurt America and our allies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZZpW3DIpBJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZZpW3DIpBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1802357044978041318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) supported ex-President Trump&#8217;s Ukraine stance in a CNN interview, stating invasions occur under Democratic presidencies. 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