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Former U.S. Vice President Mocked Trump's Policies

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Former U.S. Vice President Mocked Trump's Policies
Mike Pence
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Putin "understands only force."

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for his "unstated" support for Ukraine and ridiculed the American president's repeated assurances that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin supposedly "wants peace."

"If the last three years have taught us anything, it's that Vladimir Putin doesn't want peace; he wants Ukraine. And the fact that we've been following the ceasefire agreement that Ukraine agreed to for almost two months now, and Russia continues to delay and make excuses, confirms that view," Pence said in an interview with CNN.

Pence also said Putin "understands only force," so the U.S. should make clear its continued support for Ukraine.

"That's why at this moment, we need to make clear that the United States will continue to lead the free world to provide Ukraine with the military support it needs to repel a Russian invasion and achieve a just and lasting peace," he said.

Pence also added that he believes the Trump administration's "unstable support" over the past few months "has only emboldened Russia."

He is convinced that if Putin succeeds in Ukraine, it's only a matter of time before Russia invades Putin's country

"I stand by the old Reagan doctrine that if you're willing to fight our enemies on your soil, we'll give you the means to fight them there so we don't have to fight them," he said.

Pence said the contentious Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in February was "unfortunate."

"I thought President Zelensky acted unwisely in making his argument to the media in the Oval Office, and I thought the way the president and the administration responded at that point was unfortunate," he said.

At the same time, he believes that the meeting between Trump and Zelensky at the Vatican "seems to have renewed the dialog."

He also added that the subsoil agreement signed by Ukraine and the U.S. last week "sends a deafening signal to Moscow that America and Ukraine are here for the long haul."

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