The defense of our nation, the freedom and safety of European NATO treaty allies to the contrary. In a test vote Sunday, the Senate voted 67-27 to support moving ahead with the $95.3 bill to aid Ukraine as well as Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian aid in Gaza. In fact, I would encourage them (Russia) to do whatever the hell they want,” concerning our NATO allies who hadn’t contributed, or were delinquent in what he deemed appropriate financial support to the alliance. Now, as Tillis works on this latest bipartisan aid bill for Ukraine, Trump is doing all he can to scuttle it. Tillis said it was Trump’s staff – not the former president who has had a long-established antipathy toward NATO.

Source: New York Times February 12, 2024 05:04 UTC