Sen. Tom Cotton: I've Noticed That Vladimir Putin Only Attacks Ukraine When Democrats Are President

Posted • June 19, 2024: Cotton: "I think it's important to look at the context of what's happened in Ukraine over the last 10 years. I have noticed that Vladimir Putin only invades Ukraine when Democrats are president. It happened under Barack Obama. It happened under Joe Biden. It didn't happen with Donald Trump. In fact, the weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send. One reason why Joe Biden — or why Vladimir Putin thought he could get away with going for the jugular in Ukraine is because of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, which projected weakness and indecision. It was just a few weeks later that he began to mass troops on Ukraine's border."

"President Trump has said that he believes and supports Ukraine's survival and strength. But he also thinks that Europe should do more and, in fact, should care more, because it is in their backyard, ot is on their borders. I think that too. Europe should be doing more of this. But what we all want is a return to the peace and stability that we had when President Trump was president, not the war and chaos we have seen over the last four years."