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WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) – The 2024 Republican presidential race could turn into a contest between isolationists and foreign policy hawks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent his strongest signal yet, but he has shown support for Ukraine. USAof national doesn’t believe it’s in his best interest, analysts and strategists and campaign aides said Tuesday.
The war in Ukraine creates a new battleground for the declared and undeclared Republican 2024 candidates that could shape the party’s engagement with the world for years to come.
Past on one side the president Donald Trump and there’s DeSantis, who is testing the waters for a run for the White House.
Although the governor has yet to officially declare himself a candidate, he and Trump are the clear frontrunners in the Republican race. Both of USAHe assessed the support of Ukraine and other allies as a waste of resources and said that the leaders should pay more attention to the issues inside the country.
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On the other hand, UNpast of ambassador A number of announced and likely Republican challengers, including Nikki Haley and former Trump vice president Mike Pence, have declared themselves Russia and including China USAwho is ready to stand against his enemies of Ukraine they showed as strong defenders.
According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, it’s the Republican electorate that is divided over whether the United States should support Ukraine and how the nation should engage with the world more generally.
Once the party of foreign policy hawks, Republicans, especially since Trump took office in 2016, have become increasingly wary of foreign entanglements and allies. military they were more cold-blooded to support.
The ideological shift in the party that led the United States to war in Iraq and Afghanistan two decades ago was revealed on Monday when conservative TV host Tucker Carlson tweeted responses from Republican candidates and possible hopefuls to questions about the war in Ukraine.
“Many vital US national even though he has interests… Ukraine and Russia getting further involved in the territorial dispute between them is not one of them,” DeSantis said in response.
Some Republicans were quick to respond.
In a statement on Tuesday, Haley reiterated her support for Ukraine. “America of Ukraine he is in a better position with his victory,” he wrote.
Republican senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, both former presidential candidates from DeSantis’ home state, have criticized isolationists within their own parties.
Russia Referring to President Vladimir Putin, Graham wrote on his Twitter page: “When it comes to Putin, you pay now or you pay later.”
“DeSantis’ comments are very reminiscent of the Republican tradition of so-called isolationism that predates World War II. It was really indifference to the security of Europe”, – President said Dan Fried, a former senior State Department official under George W. Bush who is now with him. Atlantic Council think tank in Washington.
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Republican voters are divided on the issue.
In a February Reuters/Ipsos poll, 55% of Republicans said the United States should support democracies when they are attacked by non-democracies. Self-identified Republicans split 50-50 on whether the United States should continue sending weapons to Ukraine.
Iowa Republican State Committeewoman Trudy Caviness said, “People care about foreign policy, but I think it’s of Ukraine it’s a kind of confusion in its financing”.
“What I hear (from party members) is that we should give them what we have promised them so far and then move on.”
Pollsters, analysts and campaign aides interviewed by Reuters said DeSantis’ adoption of a more isolationist approach could pave the way for more hawkish candidates to appeal to a significant portion of the Republican electorate, which prefers a more hands-on US foreign policy.
Several potential candidates, including Haley, Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have made their foreign policy experience a key part of their pitches to voters.
DeSantis Trump‘s brand of foreign policy, he risks turning off some white-collar Republicans who are eager to go further than the former president.
A February Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 46% of Republicans without a college degree said the U.S. should provide arms to Ukraine, while nearly 59% of those with a college degree said the U.S. should provide arms to Ukraine.
However, many will vote for personalities rather than policies, pollsters said. This would give the eventual winner of the Republican nomination significant power to shape the party’s future foreign policy preferences.
“I think leadership is very important on issues where voters can be a little bit sure what they think about them,” said Republican strategist Sarah Longwell.
By Gram Slattery report; Additional reporting by Arshad Muhammad; Edited by Ross Colvin and Cynthia Osterman
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2023-03-15 08:10:35
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