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Trump Jr. Joins GOPers in Slamming Neocon Hawk's 'Ukraine in NATO' Gamble

© AP Photo / Virginia MayoTwo men do construction work around the flags at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Two men do construction work around the flags at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.07.2023
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Previously, Senator Graham said he would be working with Republican and Democratic senators to pass a resolution pushing for the admission of Ukraine into NATO. Leaders of the alliance are gearing up to convene for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next week, with US officials indicating earlier that Kiev was not yet eligible to join the bloc.
NATO membership for Ukraine would result in the US being dragged from fighting a proxy war into “a direct war with Russia,” ex-President Donald Trump’s son has warned.
© Photo : TwitterScreenshot of Twitter post by Donald Trump Jr.
Screenshot of Twitter post by Donald Trump Jr. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.07.2023
Screenshot of Twitter post by Donald Trump Jr.

"Sending American kids to die on the other side of the world for… what, exactly???" he tweeted on Sunday.

Trump Jr.'s post referenced an earlier tweet made by US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), where the lawmaker argued that giving Ukraine NATO membership is "vital to the future security of Europe and the world."
© Photo : TwitterScreenshot of Twitter post by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Screenshot of Twitter post by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.07.2023
Screenshot of Twitter post by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Graham had also doubled down on his support for the Biden administration's latest decisions regarding a new package of military assistance worth $800 million to Ukraine. As part of the most recent package, the Pentagon also announced the planned transfer of cluster munitions to Kiev. However, Graham appeared convinced that thrusting such lethal weapons to the regime led by President Volodymyr Zelensky was exactly the sort of "tools' they "need".
A man demonstrates fragments of cluster munition that were used to shell Kupyansk - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.07.2023
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US Congressman on Decision to Send Cluster Bombs: No One in Biden Admin Seeks Peace in Ukraine
Sen. Lindsey Graham's proposal to congressional colleagues to potentially introduce and pass a resolution urging Ukraine's admission into NATO has already sparked tremendous backlash.
Republican 2024 presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy accused the Republican lawmaker of “marching us to the brink of nuclear war” on Saturday for pushing for Ukraine’s NATO membership. Referring to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as Joe Biden's "bully-friend", he tweeted that ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania, membership for Kiev in the alliance "should be a hard red line.”
© Photo : TwitterScreengrab of Twitter post by Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Screengrab of Twitter post by Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.07.2023
Screengrab of Twitter post by Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
"This is madness," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had tweeted. She insisted that such moves could "bring us to the brink of World War 3."
"Absolutely not. This is exactly wrong - as usual - and could very well lead us to war with Russia, something no one should want," Republican Senator Rand Paul said in a statement on Friday.
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado tweeted that surely Lindsey Graham was aware that NATO membership for Kiev would spell "American troops on the ground in Ukraine."
© Photo : TwitterScreensgrab of Twitter post by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).
Screensgrab of Twitter post by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.07.2023
Screensgrab of Twitter post by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).
Ohio GOP Rep. Warren Davidson lashed out at Lindsey Graham's effort, branding it, "essentially a declaration of war."
"HARD NO... Epically bad idea. Low zero," tweeted Davidson.
Conservative commentator Carmine Sabia echoed these thoughts, tweeting that it appeared that Sen. Lindsey Graham was "in love with the idea of WWIII".
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Germany Set Against Ukraine’s Bid for NATO Membership - Reports
In the run-up to the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is touring European countries in an effort to lobby for his country’s entry into the US-led military bloc. Earlier in June, the comedian-turned-president said that Kiev hoped to receive a clear invitation to join the bloc at the alliance's gathering in the Lithuanian capital on July 11-12.
However, while the Brussels-based bloc has said it would not slam its door on any country joining it, NATO members have been reluctant to add Ukraine to the bloc anytime soon. Germany intends to insist at the summit that Ukraine should not be granted NATO membership, UK media reported on Saturday, citing a source within the bloc. Berlin ostensibly planned to urge other NATO members to focus on "security assurances to Kiev", in order not to risk a war with Russia.
"Berlin is stand-offish at the prospect of offering immediate membership," and wants "a process and time to develop guarantees to essentially block membership," the source was cited as saying.
US President Joe Biden himself has been giving ambiguous statements about Ukraine’s potential future NATO membership, saying recently that his administration would not “make it easy” for Kiev to join. US officials this week indicated Ukraine was not yet eligible to join NATO, and no one should expect the alliance to grant them membership after the summit in Vilnius.
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky give a joint press conference in Kyiv, on April 20, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.07.2023
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Despite Zelensky Protestations, NATO Statesmen Understand ‘Zero Likelihood’ for Ukraine to Join Bloc
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