Republicans Are Mum After Trump Turns on Ukraine

United States President Donald Trump continues to criticize Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming that he is refusing to hold elections and allegedly manipulating former President Joe Biden. Trump has reiterated that it is the Russians who want to end the war. Most congressional Republicans who have supported Ukraine so far are also reluctant to publicly oppose Trump.

Republicans appear to have 'blown a circuit' after Trump remarks: MSNBC analyst

President Donald Trump's decision to call Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator" and accuse him of starting the war with Russia after President Vladimir Putin after the Russian strongman invaded his country appears to have initiated a revolt among key Republican lawmakers.That is accordi...

As Trump turns toward Russia and against Ukraine, Republicans are mum - The Boston Globe

President Trump's reversal on Ukraine is also defiant against members of his own party. But the response from the GOP on Capitol Hill has been muted.

Mike Pence lashes out, but most Republicans mum as Trump savages Ukraine and Zelensky

Will Republicans in Congress do something about it? Probably not

Republicans Are Mum After Trump Turns on Ukraine

“As President Trump makes an abrupt pivot toward Russia, upending generations of American foreign policy, he is also defying members of his own party in Congress, many of whom have spent their careers arguing for a hawkish stance against Moscow and strong backing for allies in Europe facing its most immediate threats,” the New York Times reports. “But the response from Republicans on Capitol Hill has been muted, in some cases to the point of sil…

Donald Trump has taken a hard line on Volodymyr Zelensky, first blaming Ukraine for the war and then calling the president a dictator. While the president is going against the Republicans’ core foreign policy principles, the party’s congressmen who previously stood by Ukraine are not standing up to him. Congress could keep the Trumps in check, but despite the Republican majority, they seem to be bowing to the president there as well. According t…