Should the U.S. have some kind of guarantee or return on the billions of taxpayer dollars that have

flowed into that conflict?

Well, Shannon, I have, I mean, I have two problems with that concept.

One, it just looks like an episode of the Sopranos, right?

Give us your minerals, or we're not going to help you fight a bloody butcher.

I mean, is this really what we want the greatest country in history to be known for,

for like, you know, some mafia thing?

Look, we've always stood with the good guys.

We stood with Churchill against Hitler in World War I, and we stood with the good guys.

Even when we've gotten it wrong in Vietnam, we were standing with the good guys against the Viet Cong.

In Iraq, we were going after Saddam Hussein. Now this president is standing with the

bad guy. He's saying Zelensky is the problem with Zelensky with very few resources is trying

to stand up for democracy against a totalitarian butcher.

All right, ranking member of the House Intel Committee, Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut,

criticizing President Trump for his comments about Ukraine.

It comes as we mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, starting the largest conflict in Europe since World War II.

And I will say the lead editorial on the Wall Street Journal. the largest conflict in Europe since World War II.

And I will say the lead editorial on the Wall Street Journal opinion page talks about a brief history of Russia's broken promises and says, in effect, Ukraine has

absolutely no reason to trust anything that Vladimir Putin has to say when he comes

to the possibility of a peace deal or a ceasefire because they point out time and time again

all the times Putin has lied about Ukraine. Meanwhile, President Trump and his administration

refused to say what the rest of the world knows that Putin is a dictator,

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