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THE TRUMP SAGA TRUMP ... A DANGEROUS FOOL! CNN: ‘Never in my life’: Ex-Army Commander calls out Trump campaign for 'using Kremlin talking points' PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTxhdZIWG-s Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
‘Never in my life’: Ex-Army Commander calls out Trump campaign for 'using Kremlin talking points' CNN Sep 26, 2024 17M subscribers ... 477,618 views ... 8.5K likes #CNN #News CNN’s Danny Freeman talks to Lt. General Ben Hodges (Ret.), former Commander of US Army forces in Europe, about Biden’s pledge to provide support for Ukraine, and alternatively what Trump and some in the Republican party have been saying after Ukrainian President Zelensky visited an ammunition factory with Democratic officials. #CNN #News Transcript 0:00 President Biden meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky just moments ago. Biden just announced an additional $2.4 billion in military aid for Ukraine after hearing President Zelensky's plan for a victory on the battlefield. His next meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris. We're standing by for them to address supporters when they sit down together. As a wait to discuss all of this, we have retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commander of U.S. 0:25 Armed Forces in Europe, Ben Hodges. 0:28 Lieutenant general, 0:28 thank you so much for joining me today. 0:31 I want you to take on this Department 0:33 of Defense unveiling 0:34 of a $2.4 billion security package for Ukraine. It includes expanded air defense drones, defense drones and training for Ukrainian F-16 pilots. President Biden also authorized 5.5 billion in presidential drawdown authority. So looking at all of that together, what impact will the surge of assistance have on Ukraine's ability in this war? Well thank you. 1:00 Obviously, this is all very good news. And it will, give Ukraine not only the physical capability to continue their fight to defend their country against Russian invaders, but it also sends a signal to Ukrainians and to Russia that the United States is, in fact, going to continue to support Ukraine. So these are the positive things. The frustrating thing, though, is that these are the kind of decisions that should have been made two years ago. if the administration would make it very clear that we want Ukraine to actually win this war because it's in our strategic interest, this is not charity. One of the things that we know that President Zelensky has been hoping for is a lifting of the restrictions on firing these long range weapons, that would go deep inside of Russian territory. Do you expect, the administration will lift some of these restrictions? Well, they certainly should, because, that would enable Ukraine to strike places 2:00 from which the attacks are originating that are killing innocent Ukrainian civilians every single day. So this is about helping Ukraine defend itself. The problem is, the administration, I think, is excessively concerned or has an excessive fear that Russia might use a nuclear weapon in response. I think there is almost zero chance Russia uses a nuclear weapon, because there is no benefit for Russia to use a nuclear weapon. And the administration continues to hesitate, though, because of the Russian, you know, the President Putin, for example, coming out saying they've changed the doctrine about nuclear weapons. That is only the continuation of Kremlin efforts to cause us to continue to hesitate. It it's working. we should we should change the policy, allow Ukraine to defend themselves. Zelensky has gotten himself into a bit of hot water with the speaker of the House and former President Donald Trump, over a recent visit 3:01 to a Pennsylvania munitions factory, notably with Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro. Senator Bob Casey, also a Democrat, and others. I wanted to get your take on this because, listen, Zelensky is here specifically to advocate, as he has advocated on behalf of his own country, to get American help in this war. But what kind of challenges can American domestic politics pose to that effort? Well, first of all, this is a gigantic non-story. it's a political effort by the, Trump campaign and his supporters in the Congress to diminish, the support for Ukraine. You know, never in my life did I imagine that the Republican Party would be using Kremlin talking points, talking about how Ukraine has already lost Russia after ten and a half years, controls only about 18% of Ukraine, and they've lost over half a million soldiers. So the idea that somehow Ukraine is losing that is a total fairy tale. 4:01 But also this visit to the ammunition plant and Scranton, Pennsylvania is important for a couple of reasons. Number one, it reminds everybody that American factories and American workers are producing this ammunition. This is good for the United States. It also counters the, statement by Senator Vance a few months ago that America doesn't have the industrial capacity to compete against Russia, which is absolute nonsense. And then finally, of course, President Zelensky was out in Utah a couple of months ago, with a Republican governor. There were no calls for, investigations after that. So I think this is already a nothing story. And we should focus on helping Ukraine defeat Russia because it's in our strategic interests.

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