Sam Stein: The Domestic Politics Around Ukraine Have Shifted Dramatically

LEMIRE Sam Stein Mika ░░░░░░░░ from The Wall Street ░░░░░░░░ editorial really powerful really ░░░░░░░░ really right on But ░░░░░░░░ wanted to ask you ░░░░░░░░ the last line this ░░░░░░░░ that well if Trump ░░░░░░░░ to sort of kowtow ░░░░░░░░ Moscow here he would ░░░░░░░░ a heavy political price ░░░░░░░░ he would in the ░░░░░░░░ and Western capitals But ░░░░░░░░ question is is that ░░░░░░░░ true here at home ░░░░░░░░ is a pressing question ░░░░░░░░ would he pay a ░░░░░░░░ price from fellow Republicans ░░░░░░░░ of whom have sort ░░░░░░░░ abandoned Ukraine as the ░░░░░░░░ have gone on Would ░░░░░░░░ pay a political price ░░░░░░░░ the American public at ░░░░░░░░ Polls suggest they do ░░░░░░░░ Kiev We don t ░░░░░░░░ how strongly they feel ░░░░░░░░ now multiple years of ░░░░░░░░ war into the war ░░░░░░░░ do you think STEIN ░░░░░░░░ I go back and ░░░░░░░░ on this On the ░░░░░░░░ hand I think it ░░░░░░░░ undeniably true that the ░░░░░░░░ politics around Ukraine shifted ░░░░░░░░ It used to be ░░░░░░░░ there was widespread support ░░░░░░░░ in the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ s dissipated clearly If ░░░░░░░░ look at any public ░░░░░░░░ survey there s antipathy ░░░░░░░░ his war especially from ░░░░░░░░ supporters and even in ░░░░░░░░ of conservative media Then ░░░░░░░░ it s not hard ░░░░░░░░ imagine a scenario in ░░░░░░░░ let s say some ░░░░░░░░ of capitulation to Putin ░░░░░░░░ And then over the ░░░░░░░░ subsequent months we continue ░░░░░░░░ see images out of ░░░░░░░░ of Russia violating terms ░░░░░░░░ the agreement of atrocities ░░░░░░░░ like the one we ░░░░░░░░ up to today of ░░░░░░░░ in Kiev of people ░░░░░░░░ suffering And it s ░░░░░░░░ hard to imagine headlines ░░░░░░░░ of how poor this ░░░░░░░░ negotiation actually was of ░░░░░░░░ how much of a ░░░░░░░░ it was to Putin ░░░░░░░░ of the atrocities that ░░░░░░░░ occurred because of what ░░░░░░░░ has done And in ░░░░░░░░ case you can easily ░░░░░░░░ that this would be ░░░░░░░░ political blunder for Trump ░░░░░░░░ But that s a ░░░░░░░░ term proposition not a ░░░░░░░░ term one and so ░░░░░░░░ m not totally convinced ░░░░░░░░ the journal.”