McConnell Blasts ‘Restrainers’ in Pentagon as Trump Resumes Ukraine Aid

Pentagon needs to follow Trump’s lead, GOP senators say after Ukraine aid fracas

Senate Republicans on Tuesday emphasized that Trump administration officials need to follow the president’s lead on foreign policy, after President Donald Trump publicly overrode a Defense Department-instituted halt on weapons for Ukraine.The public back-and-forth indicated discord between the president and the Pentagon. Trump on Tuesday appeared to suggest he was out of the loop about the Ukraine military freeze; when a reporter asked him who h…

McConnell blasts ‘restrainers’ in Pentagon as Trump resumes Ukraine aid

McConnell blasts 'restrainers' in Pentagon as Trump resumes Ukraine aid

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) praised President Trump on Tuesday for announcing that he would send additional weapons to Ukraine and blasted “isolationists and restrainers” at the Department of Defense (DOD), possibly taking aim at the Pentagon’s No. 3-ranking official. “I’m glad that President Trump wants to resume deliveries of lethal capabilities to Ukraine. America’s policy of providing lethal support to Ukraine began…

McConnell on Continuing U.S. Lethal Assistance to Ukraine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement Tuesday regarding the delivery of weapons to Ukraine: Read More …