Ron DeSantis rips Biden's 'blank-check'
Ukraine policy as US announces additional
aid: 'Not acceptable'
Posted By: Dreadnought, 2/20/2023 12:36:25 PM
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called out President Biden for his "blank-check policy" on Ukraine after the president traveled to Kyiv for an unannounced visit shortly before the one-year mark of Putin's assault. DeSantis joined "Fox & Friends" Monday to discuss Biden's first visit to the war zone since the conflict started a year ago, and why the newly allocated half-billion dollars in Ukrainian aid is unacceptable without clearly defined goals. "They have effectively a blank-check policy with no clear, strategic objective identified, and these things can escalate, and I don't think it's in our interests to be getting into a proxy war with China, getting involved
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Pathetic Blaming of Donald Trump for Train Derailment 17 replies
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Ohio while the Biden administration sniped
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Why the 2020 Election was Unverifiable
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Arizona
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Buttigieg mocked for appearing to wear
dress boots while on the ground in East
Palestine, Ohio 23 replies
dress boots while on the ground in East
Palestine, Ohio 23 replies
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg appeared to wear dress boots while surveying the train derailment on the ground in East Palestine, Ohio.
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