How Trump Turned Conservatives Against Helping Ukraine – WSJ

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. Billions in potential American aid to Ukraine is stuck in monthslong limbo on Capitol Hill, and to the Trump-loving partisans attending this year s Conservative Political Action Conference, that s exactly as it should be.

I don t want any more funding for Ukraine. That s very important to me, said Sue Errera, a 70-year-old retired jeweler from Seneca, Pa. We need to take care of ourselves first. I don t agree with Putin, he s definitely a dictator, but I don t think he s causing all the problems.

Mark Weyermuller, a 63-year-old Chicagoan retired from the real-estate business, offered a similar assessment. I don t want to fund the war in Ukraine. The whole thing seems shady, he said, adding a charge unsupported by evidence: We don t even know who the good guys and bad guys are, and we know Joe Biden s getting paid off by Ukraine.

It was a message that was echoed by the speeches on the conference stage. Decide, Joe Biden, which country matters more to you: the border of the United States or the border of Ukraine, said Rep. Byron Donalds, a Florida Republican whom former President Donald Trump recently said he was considering as a running mate.

I haven t voted for any money to go to Ukraine because I know they can t win, said Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R., Ala.), one of 26 Republicans to vote against the aid package that passed the Senate on Feb. 13 after an all-night floor debate. Donald Trump ll stop it when he first gets in. He knows there s no winning for Ukraine. He can work a deal with Putin.

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This bodes ill for Ukraine. They are invaded by a great evil and supported in a lesser evil. Ukraine really isn’t in a position to vet who gives them weapons.