Rep. Don Bacon says Biden is all the time 'late' with Ukraine assist for Russia struggle

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) criticized President Joe Biden's dealing with of the USA's assist to Ukraine to its struggle with Russia, saying he's all the time "too late."

Bacon's assertion is available in mild of the information of a potential switch of F-16 jets from the U.S. to Ukraine. Bacon claimed that all through the struggle in Ukraine, Biden has been no less than 4 or 5 months "too late," with the F-16 jets being "six months too late," based on a brand new interview with Fox News.

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"As you talked about it, each step of the best way, [Biden] says no, no, after which 5 or 6 months later says sure," mentioned Bacon. "However that is not very useful for Ukraine. They want these programs sooner."

The struggle in Ukraine has lasted for over a 12 months, starting when Russia invaded the smaller nation in February 2022. Bacon acknowledged that it's in "our nationwide curiosity" that Ukraine wins the struggle, however that Biden and his workforce "do loads of hand-wringing" of their assist.

"They do loads of second guessing, and triple guessing, and so they're not very aggressive," mentioned Bacon. "I feel they give the impression of being weak within the eyes of the world.

The information of Biden supporting coaching Ukrainian pilots on fighter plane, together with the F-16, has reached Russia, with Russian Deputy International Minister Alexander Grushko claiming that Western international locations are sticking to "an escalation state of affairs, which carries huge dangers for them."

Two Ukrainian pilots already went to Arizona in early March to work with the U.S. navy to coach by way of a simulator. A navy official advised the Washington Examiner on the time that the "familiarization occasion" was a primary between U.S. and Ukrainian pilots and that the Ukrainians didn't fly any U.S. craft.