The war in Ukraine provides a new battleground for declared and as yet undeclared Republican 2024 hopefuls that could shape how the party engages with the world for years to come, those people said. | Reuters
On the other side, a slew of declared and likely Republican challengers – including former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence – have portrayed themselves as steadfast defenders of Ukraine, willing to stand up to U.S. foes including Russia and China.
The ideological shift of the party – which led the U.S. to war in Iraq and Afghanistan two decades ago – was laid bare on Monday when conservative television host Tucker Carlson posted on Twitter responses from Republican candidates and possible hopefuls to questions on the war in Ukraine. “DeSantis’s comments very much recall the Republican pre-World War Two tradition of so-called isolationism, which was really an indifference to European security,” said Dan Fried, a former top State Department official under President George W. Bush who is now with the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington.In a Reuters/Ipsos poll in February, 55% of Republicans said the United States should support democratic countries when they are attacked by non-democratic nations. Asked whether the U.S.
By embracing Trump’s hands-off brand of foreign policy, DeSantis risks turning off some of the white-collar Republicans that are most eager to move on from the former president.
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