Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced a Republican backlash this spring when he told Fox News that further U.S. entanglement with what he called a “territorial dispute” in Ukraine was not a “vital national security interest.”
quickly clarified that Russia had invaded and that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a war criminal. But in a private conversation, the governor celebrated the controversy as a win, according to one conservative policy leader who met with him in Tallahassee.
“If you look at where we are at this juncture in the 21st century, what the Soviet Union was to us, that’s really what China represents in terms of the threat to the free world,” DeSantis said during an interview with Nikkei Asia in Japan. “In many respects, the Chinese Communist Party is stronger than what the Soviet Union was, certainly economically.
Other foreign policy observers note that DeSantis has been careful as he has positioned himself for the coming presidential primary battle. The governor has been critical of the failed democracy-promoting goals of the global war on terror launched by President George W. Bush, citing his experience as a Navy legal adviser in Iraq.DeSantis has repeatedly avoided direct questions about whether U.S. forces should defend Taiwan if China invades, citing the current U.S.
He has been a vocal supporter of the United States backing Israel, repeatedly traveling to the country and criticizing Trump in 2017 when he delayed an eventual decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. He opposed the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran and its efforts to reopen relations with Cuba. He was a vocal critic of Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.
“I do think he [DeSantis] will project a strong America, and if I was his advisers, that’s what I would be working on,” Trott added.
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