Sen. Blumenthal: It’s a ‘Mystery’ Why Is Trump Taking These Insults and Degradations from Putin

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BLUMENTHAL: “White House can stay neutral, it can stay hands off, and Republicans will stand up to Putin. Also remember, in the United States Senate, we have 82 co-sponsors, and we will be adding more. Lindsey Graham and I have worked tremendously hard to build this coalition. 41 Democrats, 41 Republicans. And Donald Trump himself has mentioned sanctions as a potential remedy. The mystery to me is why Donald Trump is taking these insults, the degradation of Putin, in effect, playing him in this very overt and demeaning way. So, I am hopeful that Putin’s continued resistance to any kind of serious ceasefire proposal — Zelenskyy has done everything, literally everything Trump has asked him to do. He’s come to the table, he is ready to do a ceasefire. And of course, it’s in his interest because his people are being murdered by the missiles and drones. But he has come around to do what Trump wants him to do. So I think, yes, Republicans will stand up as long as they’re given a chance to vote. All we need is a vote. We have 82 co-sponsors in the Senate, which is a super veto-proof majority, and I believe they'll stand up."