Obama’s UN Ambassador Susan Rice Claims Trump ‘Throwing Ukraine Under The Bus’ Will Embolden China to Invade Taiwan
Former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice said President Donald Trump’s policy towards ending the war in Ukraine will embolden China to invade Taiwan.
Recently, Trump has sought to reestablish relations with the Kremlin amid ongoing talks to end the invasion of Ukraine. The president has called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” and blamed him for the Russian invasion that was initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During a Sunday interview with MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki, Rice said that forcing Ukraine to give into Russian demands for territory will encourage China President Xi Jinping to launch an invasion of Taiwan.
PSAKI: I just started by the show by talking a bit about some unbelievable comments that Trump has made, where he has essentially attacked Zelensky and in many ways backed Putin a bit in how he’s handled the last couple of weeks. I mean, his attacks against Zelensky include calling him a dictator. He he suggested maybe he started the war. All of these things are ludicrous. But you’ve been in these rooms. How how are you digesting it? And how do you think the world is digesting what Trump is saying?
RICE: Well, not only are Trump’s comments ludicrous, they’re extremely dangerous. And they portend, I think, a very ominous shift in the United States approach to the world. Donald Trump is aligning himself very explicitly with Vladimir Putin, a dictator, as you pointed out in your intro. And also Jen with Xi Jinping of China, because understand that Putin and Xi, along with North Korea and Iran, are an axis of authoritarians. They work together. They are, in effect, allies. And Donald Trump is doing a number of things that benefit only Xi and Putin. For example, calling into question our commitment to the security of our Western allies and NATO, throwing Ukraine under the bus, starting an unprecedented conflict even in terms of tensions, it could ratchet up to extreme levels with our closest partner and ally and neighbor Canada, threatening to invade a NATO ally, Denmark, to capture Greenland, pulling USAID off the field globally suddenly — something that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are dancing about in their respective capitals. Starting trade wars with our closest allies. All of these things only benefit when you distill it all. And she. And what message does that send to Xi Jinping when Donald Trump says to Ukraine that they are the aggressor, they who are in fact the victims of an invasion are somehow the ones who started the war, and that the price for ending the war ought to be that Ukraine gives up territory, has no security guarantees. And oh, by the way, give over $500 billion to Donald Trump in the United States for nothing in return. If I’m Xi Jinping, I’m looking at that going great right now is my time to invade Taiwan. And so this is really, really a dangerous realignment of U.S. national interests. And it’s just shocking to me that Republicans in Congress who know better are seemingly taking a pass as all this seems to be transpiring.
Watch the clip above via MSNBC.
