represent. Michael McCall Texas, one of them Republican Party The Hawks, the most outstanding foreign affairs, announced he will retire on Sunday, while warning that as the Russian invasion escalates Ukraine“We have to be very careful not to participate in the cliffs of World War III.”
McCall He made a statement to ABC News when he discussed the invasion of Russian drone airspace in Poland last week, which led to NATO fighting for aircraft to intercept vehicles. Russia said it was a mistake, but Poland and other European countries believed it was intentional. President Donald Trump said, “It could be a mistake.”
McCall Said this move caused an alarm. “We have never seen anything like this lately,” the MP said. “So my concern is that the escalation and temperature rise here, we have to be very careful not to participate in the cliffs of World War III.”
McCall Long-standing Trump stance on Russia and its invasion Ukraine He said he believes the president is “waking up” Russian President Vladimir Putin “is not negotiating in good faith.”
Trump has repeatedly praised Putin and cut military aid over the years Ukrainealthough he turned the direction and supported new growth. He invited Putin to Alaska to discuss the ceasefire Ukraine But the Russian president has not yet promised it.
“I think he is manipulating the president as a KGB official.” McCall Putin, who has worked in Russian intelligence services, said. “The more Putin stimulates the president, I think defending NATO and Ukraine. ”
Former counter-terrorism prosecutor and former chairman of the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, McCall,63 is part of the older generation of foreign policy hawks who try to oppose young Republicans who are more suspicious of interventions elsewhere in the world.
McCall Become one of at least 10 House members without seeking a higher office, a statistics including peers Republican Party Hawk Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is increasingly criticizing Trump’s reaction to Putin.
McCall He said he would end his tenure, but “I’m looking for a new challenge in the same space that will be national security, foreign policy, and just in another area.”
