Top Republican senators tell THE WEEKLY STANDARD they don’t know what a Donald Trump administration will mean for Ukraine, but they plan on urging his team to support the country in its fight against Russian aggression regardless.
Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin exchanged compliments throughout the election and on Monday agreed to improve U.S.-Russian relations. In July, the Trump campaign reportedly pushed to soften the Republican party’s position on providing lethal defensive aid to Ukrainians fighting Russian-backed rebels, despite long-time Republican support for providing such aid. Several lawmakers said Tuesday that they were unsure where the president-elect would ultimately shake out.
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