Sen. Mitch McConnell praised President Donald Trump for walking back a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine while chastising “isolationists and restrainers” in his orbit for moves that he said undermine U.S. credibility abroad.
The latest broadside from the former Senate GOP leader, who has emerged as a foil to Trump on Ukraine and other defense issues , came after Trump said Monday that aid would again flow to Kyiv after the Pentagon paused some weapons shipments. The Kentucky Republican dinged both the administration’s restrictions on aid and a military budget he has called insufficient.
“Today, the strategic incoherence of underfunding our…
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