Senator pressed on CNN after saying America sided with the 'Axis of Evil'
President Donald Trump is forcing America to cooperate with the "Axis of Evil," Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) stated on CNN following what some have called a White House ambush of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Where does the U.S. stand right now with Donald Trump and J.D Vance and the, the — what happened in the Oval Office and how this is being perceived in capitals across the globe?" asked anchor Dana Bash.
"Well, Dana, I, like I think most Americans, were shocked," said Warner. "I guess in retrospect, if we think back, way back to Monday of this week, when the United States did something unbelievable, or at least this administration did, and in the U.N. voted with Russia, Iran, North Korea, Nicaragua against the absolutely true statement that Russia started the war in Ukraine. America voted with the Axis of Evil on Monday, and people were reeling."
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Later in the interview, Bash returned to his comment.
"You said at the beginning of our conversation that the U.S. voted with the Axis of Evil. Is that what you think this is suggesting, starting with that vote and what we saw today?" she inquired.
"Those words were not mine, let me just be clear," said Warner. "The Axis of Evil is not been my terminology, but it has been used by politicians in the past."
Asked by Bash whether he meant the U.S. is actually aligning with these countries now, Warner replied, "I am saying that the vote on Monday, where we wouldn't even state the truth about who started the war three years ago, when our own intelligence were the folks that picked this up first, and actually, we were ahead of the Europeans on making sure we knew what Putin's view was, to try to take not a bit of Ukraine, but the whole thing, to refute that. Now, three years later, is stunning to me."
"We had a number of the Republicans meeting with [French] President Macron, Democrats and Republicans in the national security leadership," added Warner. "We were all united in trying to make the case [to Trump] we need to stay united with our European allies. I just hope my Republican friends, you know, are willing to state what their quiet views have been in terms of the long-term value of NATO and the Five Eyes and the kind of post-World War II relationships that are key. We've always prided ourselves on having allies and friends, and not simply having client states or customers. I'm fearful that that can be undone."
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