Sen. Mitt Romney takes swipe at Obama,
Trump in condemning Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine
Posted By: Ribicon, 2/24/2022 10:01:13 AM
Sen. Mitt Romney condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a statement late Wednesday that also took a shot at both of America’s last two presidents, including a famed line thrown at him by Barack Obama. The Utah Republican blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on a decade and more of U.S. weakness, also alluding to former President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy slogan. “Putin’s impunity predictably follows our tepid response to his previous horrors in Georgia and Crimea, our naive efforts at a one-sided ‘reset’ and the shortsightedness of ‘America First,’” he said. Mr. Romney once was ridiculed by Mr. Obama, when the two men faced off
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Consequences If Sweden, Finland Join NATO
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climate change 22 replies
with Putin in ‘important areas,’ likely
climate change 22 replies
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