'Dishonors the decades-long bipartisan commitment': Democrats slam Trump for his European takedown
Source: Politico
In a Monday sitdown with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns, Trump expressed skepticism that Ukraine would prevail in its war against Moscow.
By Gregory Svirnovskiy12/09/2025 10:35 AM EST
President Donald Trump’s comments expressing skepticism about the leadership of Ukraine and its European allies aren’t sitting well with top Democrats, who on Tuesday ripped the president for his handling of Russia’s war against Kyiv.
In an exclusive White House sitdown with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns on Monday for a special episode of “The Conversation,” Trump admonished European countries as “weak” and “decaying,” endorsed new elections in Ukraine and teased that the transatlantic NATO alliance “calls me Daddy.”
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and key ally to former President Joe Biden, labeled Trump’s conduct in the region “unpredictable, chaotic and destabilizing.”
“This latest statement from President Trump dishonors the decades-long bipartisan commitment in the United States and here in Congress to stand up for democracy and human rights and to stand shoulder to shoulder with our NATO allies,” Coons said on CNN on Tuesday morning. “As the president just referenced, they’ve stepped forward.”.....................
Trump’s remarks came on the heels of a new National Security Strategy the White House released last week, which largely refrained from criticizing Russia while suggesting the “administration finds itself at odds with European officials who hold unrealistic expectations for the [Ukraine] war.”.....................................
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