Squishy pro-war Republican senators press Trump on resuming military aid to Ukraine

President Trump’s temporary pause on aid to Ukraine has made a small handful of RINOs, ahem, Republican lawmakers, nervous.

Trump paused U.S. military aid and intelligence assistance to the embattled country as he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy work out peace and potential mineral negotiations.

Put the pause has already gone on for too long for some Republicans like Senator Thom Tillis who believes its “bad optics” and “could work in Putin’s favor.”

“It’s a concern for the Ukrainian people. I worry more about how people on the battlefield” feel about it, Tillis said, according to The Hill.

“I know it’s hard for the people in Ukraine. I was just there two weeks ago,” he said.

“I’m hoping and praying that it’s short-lived,” Tillis said of the pause. “I think it will be.”

Republican Sen. Susan Collins was more direct with her opposition to Trump’s pauses.

“I do not think we should be pausing our efforts. It’s the Ukrainians who are shedding blood,” she said, calling the current moment “a critical time for Ukraine.”

The media has been doing its best to drum up outrage over President Trump’s tough negotiation tactics with Zelenskyy. Yesterday the White House slammed a Reuters report claiming the Trump administration was getting ready to strip legal status to 240,000 Ukrainian refugees, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.

“This is more fake news from Reuters based on anonymous sources who have no idea what they are talking about.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the report.

As for Tillis and Collins’ takes? It doesn’t seem they’ll get much oxygen from X users who want to see America come first:

The US has paused all aid to Ukraine!

Im REALLY enjoying this. This is EXACTLY what I voted for! pic.twitter.com/bsd9nkeqQ9

— Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) March 4, 2025

President Trump just paused all military aid to Ukraine.

Remember when Trump said Zelenskyy was “not in a good position”?

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— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) March 4, 2025

RINO/Neocons press Trump to resume military, intelligence aid to Ukraine

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— Skid Willie (@SkidWillie) March 7, 2025

Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered a more reasoned response to Tillis and Collins.

“It’s a pause, importantly, not a stop. I think it’s part of a negotiation,” Thune said. “And I’m hopeful that in the end, that we’ll get folks to the table and be able to negotiate a deal that will bring a peaceful resolution to this three years-long conflict, and one hopefully that will respect the sovereignty of the Ukrainian people.”

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