A year into the conflict, Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security advisor, clarified that the goal of that administration was “to strengthen the hands of the Ukrainians on the battlefield so that they are in the strongest position with the most leverage when they get to the negotiating table to ultimately achieve an outcome that restores Ukraine’s full sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Pointing to the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities and looking from the outside in, former Vice President Mike Pence told CNN he believed “that some of the isolationist voices in and around this administration” who tried to convince Trump not to go through with the attack “may have lost some of their footing with the president.” Instead, they characterized Trump as a pragmatist best defined by the axiom of “strong opinions loosely held.” His movement toward Ukraine was not the “flip-flopping” of political convenience, the person said, explaining instead that the “strong-opinions-loosely-held” approach reflects a willingness to adapt as “the facts on the ground change.” The holdup in this case?
Author: Philip Wegmann, Real Clear Wire
Published at: 2025-07-20 22:36:37
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