(LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump pledged to end the war in Ukraine at a victory rally yesterday afternoon.
“I will end the war in Ukraine. I will stop the chaos in the Middle East, and I will prevent World War III from happening,” Trump said Sunday night at the CapitalOne Arena in Washington, D.C.
The promise fits with Trump’s longstanding criticism of endless foreign wars and nation building. Russia first invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and since then the United States has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into backing Ukraine.
So far, Trump has signaled he will continue to break with the more interventionist wing of his party, by appointing Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence.
His secretary of state nominee, Senator Marco Rubio, opened his confirmation hearing with a criticism of neoliberalism and a defense of American sovereignty.
Rubio said in part:
Time is running out to chart a new course. We must abandon the post-Cold War consensus, break multinational corporations’ tariff taboo, reinvest in domestic production, and – crucially – regain control of our borders. In short, we must put the interests of our nation before the interests of our elites. The longer we fail to do so, the greater a disservice we will do to the American citizenry: the very people who voted us into office and, in doing so, entrusted their welfare to our hands