Pence: Isolationists lose influence at Trump, praises Ukraine and Iran politics

Pence: Isolationists lose influence at Trump, praises Ukraine and Iran politics

The former Vice President Mike Pence commented that he had the impression that the isolationists could have lost in the Administrations by President Donald Trump He particularly praised Trump's harder rhetoric to Vladimir Putin and the decision to bomb Iranian nuclear systems.

Trump's course towards Russia

Since his separation from Trump after the 2020 election, Pence has often criticized the handling of the president with Russia and his hesitant support for Ukraine. In an interview with CNN reporter Kate Bolduan, however, he expressed the hope that Trump "begins" that Putin has no interest in a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine. He also welcomed Trump's decision to cancel the previous break for the arms delivery to Ukraine, including air defense missiles.

"Although I have expressed concerns in the first 100 days in relation to the presidents' ongoing hope for a negotiated solution, I welcome his decisions this week and his rhetoric," said Pence.

Isolationist votes in the administration

pence pointed out that Trump's sharper criticism of Putin and the support for the Ukraine may be due to the fact that Trump has turned away from those isolationists in his area who had criticized the direct military intervention of the United States in the efforts of Israel, Iran's nuclear ambitions. "I think what may have changed is that some of the isolationist voices in and around this administration recently sentenced the president's correct and courageous decision to start a military attack on Iran," said Pence. "I think you may have lost influence with the president."

Trump's leadership claim

pence emphasized that Trump was "not an isolationist" and added: "His tendency is to lead. I think he understands that America is leading the free world." He also asked Trump to provide the Ukraine offensive skills and urged the Republican majority leader in the Senate, John Thune, to vote a cross-party Russian sanctions law. Thune said on Wednesday that the Senate could possibly take up legislation before the August break.

Although the Republican legislators want to avoid the White House to advance on this topic, Pence explained: "I spoke to Trump's language fluently for four years" and noticed that Trump said on Tuesday he "looked very closely" on the law. Pence suggested that this could strengthen Trump's Position opposite Putin.

fema, tariffs and upcoming elections

pence distanced herself from Trump's minister of home protection, Kristi Noem, who again confirmed their intention to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) on Wednesday after the devastating floods in Texas. At a meeting of the Fema Review Council, Noem said that disaster aid should be managed by the states and municipalities, and not by the Federal Authority.

"The response time at the federal level was too slow," said Noem, the former governor of South Dakota. "It takes longer for resources to get to the Americans in the crisis, and for this reason, this entire authority must be abolished in its current form and converted into a reactionable agency." Pence agreed that the states played a leading role in disaster relief, but noted that Fema provides an important expertise and personnel to bring resources directly to the Americans concerned.

"I think it is important that the federal government is there to quickly make the resources available to the needy Americans, and that should continue," continued Pence.

The former Vice President, who has long been a critic of tariffs, asked the congress to claim his authority, while Trump has high fees on most of the people who entered the United States. "I think it is absolutely important that the congress in the spirit of the separation of powers regains its control over the determination of industrial, tax and customs policy," said Pence.

pence connected his request to the congress to review Trump in the area of tariffs, with praise for the extensive law on economic policy, the Trump signed last week . It supports the tax reductions from 2017, shortens the expenditure and sets work requirements for Medicaid and more.

"I believe that if the congress intervenes in the area of customs policy, which Republicans can also sell new legislation," he added. "I think that combined with the narrative of how you expanded these tax cuts, Planned Parenthood Defunded, Medicaid reformed and rebuilt our military, is a winning message for 2026 and beyond."