Trump’s flip-flop on intervening in Iran to aid protesters — and farcical acceptance of the Ayatollah’s word that his regime had stopped murdering them — as well as his recent invitation to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to join his Gaza “Board of Peace” have also divided the GOP in recent days. “Following through on this provocation would be more disastrous for the president’s legacy than withdrawing from Afghanistan was for his predecessor,” McConnell said, warning Trump was “incinerating the hard-won trust of loyal allies in exchange for no meaningful change in US access to the Arctic.” GOP leaders have also broadly warned that Trump was weakening NATO to the benefit of Putin and throwing Ukraine’s defense further into jeopardy. Trump upped the ante following those criticisms by threatening on Saturday to impose a tariff of up to 25% on eight of the U.S.’s closest allies in Europe if a deal isn’t reached by June for the U.S. to take over Greenland.
Author: Alex Griffing
Published at: 2026-01-19 21:17:01
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