Decreasing Republican support for Ukraine

They’re pro-Putin. If the GOP wins the House or Senate, they will make it harder to get funds to support Ukraine.

This is the result of a coordinated, deliberate campaign by the right – including Trump’s operation – to undermine Ukraine. This isn’t just happening on its own. https://t.co/jh45pTgPqo
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 3, 2022

This. Another emerging Trump line is Russia and Ukraine need to cut a deal, as though both are equally responsible or at fault. He catches himself here – "we could a had a negotia-" but in Alaska said "we could a had a deal." Putin wants a deal where he gets east/south Ukraine. https://t.co/Zteu2jPL9R
— Jonathan Nicholson (@JNicholsonInDC) July 23, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene takes the stage at the Turning Point USA event and immediately gets the crowd booing the idea they should care about Ukraine pic.twitter.com/hALbBMccT6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2022

"I would far rather go to war over the monarch butterfly than deciphering what guy in a tracksuit gets to run Crimea oceans away" — Gaetz pic.twitter.com/NCYGMHJs3c
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2022

“The GOP is Vlad's cavalry, promising to ride to his rescue.” https://t.co/shbwOqVIP9
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) October 21, 2022

Biden deserves credit for his Ukraine policy

The media is too busy covering Trump to give it to him

Biden’s Ukraine policy may not win an election. But it matters anyway, @EJDionne writes. https://t.co/WK6SEsn0Tp
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 14, 2022

To the Republicans complaining about the billions the US is sending to Ukraine

I’m going to share with a private opinion from a knowledgeable European official I know

Basically, he starts off smiling and saying the US are “absolutely ruthless” with regard to the Ukraine war

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— Gummi Bear (@gummibear737) September 10, 2022

It may be worth saying something out loud here.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is obviously the greatest international security crisis since 9/11.

And, at this point, it’s got to be said that Joe Biden and his team have handled it masterfully. 1/
— Terry Moran 🇺🇸 (@TerryMoran) September 14, 2022

“The U.S. Air Force has nearly four dozen aging F-16s slated for divestment this year. They should be in Ukrainian hands instead.” https://t.co/QuKOBcDTNo
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) September 14, 2022

Foreign confidence in Biden and Trump

Confidence in US president via Pew Research:

Trump, 2020:
Germany 10%
France 11%
Italy 16%
Sweden 15%
Canada 20%
United Kingdom 19%
South Korea 17%
Japan 25%

Biden, 2021:
Germany 78%
France 74%
Italy 75%
Sweden 85%
Canada 77%
United Kingdom 72%
South Korea 67%
Japan 73%
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 10, 2021

How international publics view Biden this year vs. how they viewed Trump in 2020 https://t.co/NKgMCENgtR pic.twitter.com/X3AHxHMTO4
— Richard Wike (@RichardWike) June 10, 2021

Opinion: The world is horrified by the dysfunction of American democracy https://t.co/1VZtEiPAWC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 11, 2021

Global confidence in the US president jumped 58 points from Trump to Biden in a dozen major countries https://t.co/hIG1zNQ9ob
— Politics Insider (@PoliticsInsider) June 10, 2021

Trump administration favors authoritarian Turkish leader

Conflict of interest, too.

The president was discussing an active criminal case with the authoritarian leader of a nation in which Mr. Trump does business; he reported receiving at least $2.6 million in net income from operations in Turkey from 2015 through 2018 With @BenWeiserNYT https://t.co/RhLEe4463n
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 29, 2020

Pompeo shouldn’t talk at the Republican convention

Trump has politicized everything. Pompeo won’t follow guidance he gave his employees.

Pompeo RNC speech while in Israel for official business is worth investigating. https://t.co/kCdhvE2843
— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) September 6, 2020

Secretary of State Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign.

On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the RNC https://t.co/YWpsVAy40D
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 25, 2020

Another State diplomat reached out to blast Pompeo’s RNC address tonight:

Pompeo and Trump “have obliterated the line between government work and politics. Everything in the US government is now bent in service of the president, not the American people.”
— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) August 25, 2020

Rules don't apply to @realDonaldTrump and his merry men. https://t.co/h4taaFOKEY
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 25, 2020

Colin Powell, in 2004, on refusing to attend the Republican convention: "As secretary of state, I am obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in parochial, political debates. I have to take no sides in the matter."https://t.co/fDMG0n96I4
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 25, 2020

The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is launching an investigation into Mike Pompeo's RNC address from Jerusalem for potentially violating rules that prohibit federal employees from engaging in political activities. https://t.co/g2TDlRJ7KR
— Axios (@axios) August 25, 2020

Good. Pompeo is one of the most corrupt members of a stunningly corrupt administration. He should be held to account for that. https://t.co/h9ddl45ECY
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) August 25, 2020

SCOOP: Just a few months ago, SecState Mike Pompeo approved updated restrictions on State Dept employees’ political activities – rules that seem to govern himself, too. Now he’s going to appear at the Republican National Convention. Weird, no? My latest: https://t.co/np9LjsGT7V
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) August 24, 2020

“Longtime State Department employees I spoke to are furious with Pompeo’s decision to feature in the Republican Party’s showpiece.” https://t.co/RyZ26gV84i
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 24, 2020

It is unprecedented in modern times for a Secretary of State to address a political convention. This is not wise at a time when our chief diplomat should be focussed on restoring America’s lost global credibility. https://t.co/BGYlJULy3w
— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) August 24, 2020

Pompeo's speech to the #RNCConvention2020 makes a mockery of the memo warning against this behavior that he issued to State Department officials. What kind of example does this set? pic.twitter.com/FERoMFXser
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 24, 2020

“We should not be using American diplomacy for partisan political purposes,” a State Department official critical of Pompeo’s upcoming RNC address told me https://t.co/JYP2q8rUV7
— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) August 24, 2020

What is depressing about Pompeo’s legacy at State is he knows better. He graduated first from West Point and went to Harvard Law. Still he plays down to the ignorant autocrat tearing away at the heritage of America’s political and constitutional norms. https://t.co/tfT74NekAt
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 24, 2020

Trump’s bad calls with foreign leaders

New, alarming reporting by CNN's @CarlBernstein: Trump's handling of highly classified calls with foreign heads of state helped convince some senior US officials "that the President himself posed a danger to the national security of the United States." https://t.co/zppF95cYeb
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 29, 2020

More on the Russian bounty story

The White House has denied that Trump and Pence were briefed but I think that’s just another lie. If it’s true, that shows a real failure in Trump’s intelligence structure. Notice that Trump has not denied the substance of the story – Russia paid for deaths of American soldiers. Its appalling that he spoke at West Point while he is allowing Russia to pay for our soldiers to get killed.

Also notice that Trump has done nothing about it. He is Putin’s puppet. I wish we knew why. Sad!

Analysis: Here are the events that preceded the intelligence community's conclusion about the bounties, and what Trump has said about Russia since then https://t.co/T0LtaoGKhI
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2020

long pattern

as Mueller reported, Russia helped, Trump campaign welcomed it and didn’t report to FBI

Mueller didn’t exonerate Trump

he laid out extensive evidence of obstruction of justice

partisans’ refusal to accept/acknowledge those facts don’t make them any less true https://t.co/IXMnzPEL6o
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 28, 2020

This is a fascinating statement by @realDonaldTrump. No one is saying Russians attacked US troops. The multiple press reports state Russia paid bounties for militants to kill US troops. Did @POTUS intentionally misdescribe what Russia did in order to deny it?#SundayThoughts https://t.co/cMSDs5Y0O8
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 28, 2020

Stop it. Trump was briefed. He may not have paid attention to it or read the PDB he was given but he was briefed. He did nothing while Putin put a bounty on our American Troops. Note, this White House has not denied the underlying intelligence. #putinspet https://t.co/sr98scobkx
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) June 28, 2020

New: @barbarastarrcnn reports there were some efforts at protecting US forces in Afghanistan because of the intelligence re Russian bounties.

If the threat was serious enough to increase force protection, why wouldn’t the president be briefed?
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 28, 2020

Trump denies being briefed by US Intel that Russian intelligence officers with GRU recently offered money to Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there.

Of note: zero condemnation for Putin, Russia, GRU below.

Will US respond? https://t.co/QH8aJ2h1j9
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 28, 2020

This x1000 https://t.co/VPKhAsPAvC
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 28, 2020

The president is pushing to invite Russia back into the G8. It was expelled for annexing Crimea. It still controls Crimea. https://t.co/pkMeKxLOCn
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 28, 2020

Hi. It’s the President’s Daily Brief guy.

Let’s look at the logic and the implications of the claim that neither Trump nor Pence were briefed on the intelligence assessment that Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill US/coalition troops in Afghanistan.

1/10 https://t.co/Laafqaocg3
— David Priess (@DavidPriess) June 28, 2020

"Not briefed on the exactly the stuff that the NYT says was briefed" means

The NYT said the waiter offered vanilla ice cream

"We did not say that vanilla ice cream was available."

Was any ice cream on the menu you offered?

"no comment"

Did the president eat it?

"no comment" https://t.co/9VTGv95unh
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 28, 2020

1. This asserts a *briefing* never occurred.

-But was the information known to the President and VP? Anyone in DC knows the difference between these two things.

2. Who *did* know?

3. I see no reason to take DNI's word on anything. https://t.co/gCsELHKM9U
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 28, 2020

Yep on all of this. There’s also the credibility problem — having denied so many things later confirmed, often by POTUS himself. (Including one involving McEnany less than a week ago on testing.) https://t.co/CvhjMBPXTi
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) June 28, 2020

The explanation is either irresponsibility or a lie. Neither is good. https://t.co/3vC3xdJTpr
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 28, 2020

I don't get how this isn't at the top of every news website, on the front page of every newspaper, and the lead of every news broadcast. https://t.co/xjTWZlHfEn
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) June 27, 2020

.@PressSec says neither Trump nor Pence were briefed on US intelligence that a Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces.
But she doesn't deny the validity of the US intel itself, as first reported by the NYT pic.twitter.com/E0Ju499Gcs
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) June 27, 2020

Yesterday the @nytimes reported, and Wash Post & WSJ confirmed, the explosive story that (1) Russia paid bounties for militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan & (2)@realDonaldTrump knew but did nothing.

I note @POTUS has not denied the allegations. He’s focused on TV ratings. https://t.co/es3SSak7sg
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 27, 2020

What’s coming next: “We have put bounties on people’s heads too. The U.S. is not so innocent.”

He’ll NEVER stand up to Putin. https://t.co/gysOTUi37W
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 27, 2020

This strikes me as a very good question. Either he already knew, in which case he’s lying, or his reaction to a story about bounties on American soldiers is a quick 18 . https://t.co/fbGYFiwAHw
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 27, 2020

Watch @JoeNBC's message to #MAGA @realDonaldTrump supporters 👇

"Think about this – you're being told that they notified the British government, but they didn't even tell the President of the United States. Now, I just ask: How stupid do they think you are?"#PutinsGOP pic.twitter.com/HuigJm7mlh
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) June 29, 2020

Trump won’t stop Russia from harming the US

Trump does nothing to stop his pal Putin

Keep in mind that AFTER being briefed on this intelligence, Trump once again pushed to have Russia readmitted into the G8. https://t.co/C8T1fUYWSg
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) June 26, 2020

Stop for one second and read this.

Donald Trump was briefed in MARCH that PUTIN had put a "BOUNTY" on U.S. troops -$$$ for killing US troops – and Trump has done NOTHING for THREE MONTHS about it.

SOLDIERS/VETERANS/MILITARY FAMILIES WHO CHEER AT TRUMP EVENTS…WAKE THE FUCK UP! https://t.co/NLWQzW92GQ
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 26, 2020

A Russian hacking group with ties to Russian intelligence (aptly named Evil Corp) is deploying new ransomware and officials are warning that it could be used to wreak havoc on election infrastructure.https://t.co/UJu1bsMCXm
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) June 26, 2020

Russia reportedly made the proposals during peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban https://t.co/NaXFH7PjPc
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 26, 2020

The most consistent feature of Trump’s foreign policy is an unwillingness to confront Russia. He’s gone back and forth on North Korea, even China, and has had occasional conciliatory words for Iran, but has never wavered on Russia. https://t.co/CRdqRpyXeA
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 26, 2020

Why does Trump suck up to Putin? I assume he owes Russia a lot of money.

Just so I have the white supremacy straight,

a black football player respectfully kneeling is TREASON, but a white President allowing a fucking BOUNTY on US soldiers is PATRIOTIC?
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) June 27, 2020

Trump owes money to China

This is a conflict of interest that is affecting US foreign policy.

THREAD

The news that Trump is in deep debt to a state-owned bank in China — a bill that comes due during the next president’s term — sheds some light on a seeming puzzle: why does Trump keep praising China's leader as the COVID-19 pandemic gets worse?https://t.co/pUwy5TFrHh
— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) April 24, 2020

Trump fired the Peace Corps

I bet he just used the coronavirus as an excuse. Trump has no interest in helping other countries. He’s not even interested in helping all Americans. He only cares about his cult.

In other times, the firing of the entire peace corps— with no benefits, no place for them to shelter, no protection at all- would have been a national scandal. Now it’ll barely register on this crazy Friday.
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) March 21, 2020

Typical for the @SecPompeo: ALL current Peace Corps volunteers to be immediately evacuated and fired. Directed to self-quarrantine (e.g. not go to parents' homes) but State provides no assistance once they are off the plane. Don't qualify for unemployment. https://t.co/Yf1dmHHGPq
— David Burbach (@dburbach) March 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/1241082107147030534?s=21

It is such a failure of imagination that the Trump Administration can’t think of something constructive for 7000 talented public servants to do in the middle of a public health crisis.

Firing them is so painfully stupid. It’s all hands on deck time https://t.co/jTePYcfy31
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 22, 2020

. @SpeakerPelosi We need a press conference with every member who was a Peace Corps volunteer— starting with @donnashalala — to point out the utter destructive outrage that Trump has recalled all Peace Corps volunteers and fired them. This is simply criminal.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 22, 2020