'Time for a GOP revolt': WSJ urges senators to force Trump's hand [View all]
Source: Raw Story
May 26, 2025 5:49PM ET
The conservative Wall Street Journal urged Republican senators Monday to stand up to President Donald Trump and force through action against Russia — even if their leader opposes it. In a column titled “Time for a GOP Senate Revolt on Sanctions Against Putin,” the editorial board of the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper complained that Trump was unlikely to stand up to Putin.
But, the writers added, his party’s senators could do it despite him. The column was written after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the worst attacks against Ukraine yet — and Trump seemed surprised. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!” he said over the weekend.
The editorial board wrote, “Mr. Trump may be the only person in the world still surprised by how Mr. Putin is behaving. The Russian is the same man he’s been for two decades, bent on reconstituting as much of the old Soviet empire as he can get away with. Ukraine is his obsession.
“He’s not going to modify his ambitions merely because Mr. Trump alternates between begging for peace and scolding outbursts on social media.” It went on to call Trump naive about Putin, expecting to talk the Russian leader into peace without taking any real action. But, it said, there are others in the GOP-controlled Senate who aren’t as naive. “The good news is that the U.S. Senate still has some genuine realists when it comes to Russia,” the board wrote.
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