Republican lawmaker slams Trump over Ukraine and warns of broken ‘legacy’: ‘First to surrender’ | EUROtoday

Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon lambasted Donald Trump over his proposal to finish Russia’s warfare in Ukraine, warning it might be the president’s “legacy.”

The president’s 28-point peace plan has been criticized as being favorable to Moscow, demanding Kyiv cede extra territory, restrict the dimensions of its navy, and conform to by no means be a part of NATO. Trump has requested Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to just accept the proposal by Thanksgiving.

Bacon was considered one of a number of GOP lawmakers to criticize the peace plan. “They’re pushing a surrender plan on Ukraine and one that will keep Ukraine vulnerable to Russian attacks in the decades to come. It looks like Russia wrote it,” he wrote in a social media submit Saturday.

Earlier within the day, the Tennessee lawmaker posted a picture on X with the phrases: “In the war between Ukraine and Russia, the first to surrender was America.” Bacon warned within the caption: “This will be President Trump’s legacy if he forces this surrender plan on Ukraine.”

Bacon, together with the bipartisan co-chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued a press release rejecting the peace plan as “unacceptable.”

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“The proposed ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine appears to favor the interests of the aggressor — Dictator Vladimir Putin — over the sovereignty and security of a democratic Ukraine. That is unacceptable. This framework does not offer a genuine path to lasting peace, but instead, demands the surrender and capitulation of Ukraine to Russian aggression,” the group mentioned.

They warned that accepting this proposal would “undermine European and NATO security, weaken Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, and fail to address Russian aggression.”

Bacon joined a number of distinguished lawmakers on each side of the aisle in criticizing Trump’s proposal.

“Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool,” Kentucky GOP Senator Mitch McConnell wrote Friday. “If Administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the President ought to find new advisors.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, mentioned the one applicable phrase to explain the president’s plan is “capitulation.”

“Let me be as clear as possible: Ukraine needs and deserves security guarantees, not one-sided concessions,” he added in a Saturday submit. “Any serious peace deal must ensure Ukraine remains free and sovereign with the fullest ability to defend its territory.”

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The president advised reporters Saturday that the peace plan was “not my final offer.” However, he warned that if Zelensky didn’t settle for the plan by the deadline, “then he can continue to fight his little heart out.”

“I would like to get to peace. It should have happened a long time ago. The Ukraine war with Russia should have never happened,” Trump mentioned exterior the White House. “One way or the other, we have to get it ended.”

Top U.S., Ukrainian and European officers will maintain talks over the proposal at a summit in Geneva on Sunday, based on Zelensky.

The Ukrainian president mentioned in a video Friday: “Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice, either losing its dignity or the risk of losing a key partner, either the difficult 28 points, or a very difficult winter.”

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the proposal. If Ukraine doesn’t conform to the plan, Russia would finish the warfare “through military means, through armed struggle,” Putin mentioned, based on NBC News.