Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) mentioned he thinks President Trump is “selling out” Ukraine to Russia in talks to finish the three-year struggle.
Moulton joined CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday night, when she requested the lawmaker why Trump is keen to name Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator however not Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Because Trump is selling out Ukraine to Russia, and this is just truly an unbelievable turn of events,” Moulton replied. “I mean, the fact that we’re three years into a war that at first, many people predicted wouldn’t happen, and then everyone predicted Russia would win in a few weeks, it’s absolutely remarkable that Ukraine has held on for three years.”
Trump, each on the marketing campaign path and through his first month again in workplace, has maintained that ending the struggle was a precedence.
Nevertheless, he has reversed course from former President Biden, who was a staunch ally of Ukraine. Trump blamed Zelensky for the struggle and argued it by no means would have occurred if he had been in workplace as a substitute of Biden.
Trump referred to as Zelensky a dictator who has finished a poor job main the nation and has sidelined Ukrainian officers as he ramps up peace talks with Russia.
He’s made it clear that he’s strengthening his relationship with Putin, inflicting bipartisan concern each for the area and broader worldwide impacts, together with with China.
Moulton expressed shock that the U.S. can be siding with Russia over the matter and criticized Trump for strengthening ties with Putin.
“What no one in the world ever imagined is that Ukraine would be betrayed to Russia by a President of the United States, but that’s what’s going on today,” he mentioned.
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for remark.
