A Democratic lawmaker praised the Trump administration on CNN Tuesday for backing Ukraine over Russia following news that a 30-day interim ceasefire agreement had been reached.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement from Saudi Arabia following eight hours of negotiations with Ukraine. He said the next step was to get Russian buy-in, "and we hope that they'll say yes."
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called it "good news" that the U.S. "is undoing the pause on aid, undoing the pause on information and intelligence sharing with Ukraine."
He continued, "It was curious to me why we were being tougher on Canada, Ukraine and Greenland than we were on Russia and Iran. We got confused, obviously, for a moment. So, that's good news that we're undoing those pauses. I think it's also smart that Ukraine is agreeing to the ceasefire and putting the onus on Russia to do it, as well. So, this is a good development at the moment, and I'm glad that the president and his team had figured out that it's Ukraine that's our ally and not Russia."
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CNN's Boris Sanchez also asked about Donald Trump's trade war with Canada.
"Pivoting to your point about being tough on Canada...the premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, is now rolling back that 25% surcharge that he wanted to implement on energy imports into three U.S. states...Do you think Doug Ford blinked? Is this emboldening Donald Trump's vision for his trade war with Canada?" Sanchez asked.
"Yeah. Look, I mean, that's what happened, obviously in Latin America when he did the same thing," Moskowitz answered, referring to the dust-up over the Panama Canal. "But this chaos is not something that the markets are going to be able to absorb. I mean, you know, we're down, obviously — from when Donald Trump took office — in the stock market. I remember Donald Trump talking a lot about having dinner with Hannibal Lecter; I don't remember him telling the American people, 'Just a little bit of pain.'"
Moskowitz said he hoped the "full-blown trade war" would be defused soon.
"I read that Ford and the treasury secretary are going to talk. Talking to our allies is a good thing. Again, Canada being an ally —we're being tougher on Canada than we are on Iran."
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