An “America First” foreign policy does not go over well at the Council of Foreign Relations, the publisher of the journal Foreign Affairs whose website features a brief essay adapted from a speech delivered in Kyiv, Ukraine, by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III. Austin’s essay is about “the enormous stakes in Ukraine’s fight for freedom.” It is an effort to tie U.S. national security to Ukraine’s victory in the war with Russia. It is a plug for Biden’s policy of becoming what Austin calls “the arsenal of Ukrainian democracy.” “America’s security,” Austin writes, “demands that we stand up to Putin’s aggression.” The essay is a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump--just a few days before the 2024 presidential election.
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