Rep. Mike Turner says "you can't be America first and pro-Russia" as negotiators seek to broker end to war in Ukraine
Source: CBS News
November 30, 2025 / 3:48 PM EST
Washington GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio expressed concern Sunday that the White House-backed proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine is too pro-Russia, while urging that any peace arrangement must look at Russia as a "skeptical adversary."
Turner said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the president's "goal of peace is incredibly important," while acknowledging comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio's supporting a sovereign Ukraine as negotiators gathered in Miami on Sunday morning.
The team of Ukrainian negotiators began meeting Sunday morning with Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law. Witkoff is expected to travel to Moscow later this week.
As the meeting kicked off Sunday, Rubio outlined that "the end goal is obviously not just the end of the war," but also "securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity at real prosperity."
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-turner-ukraine-russia-peace-plan-face-the-nation-11-30-2025/
Skittles
(168,840 posts)alrighty then
William Seger
(12,098 posts)... only TEMPORARILY secures "an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity at real prosperity." Giving up the Donbas, reducing their defense forces, and disallowing NATO membership will mean that Putin will certainly try again to take the whole country.
DemMedic
(556 posts)That were not already compromised, and agents of Putin. I'm confused as to why Ukraine and the EU are even playing along with this.
OhioBack2Blue
(79 posts)they are getting nervous. I am not sure why though, national Dems keep ignoring Ohio.
Even Indivisible's Ohio effort is pitifully inadequate, unorganized, and wimpy.
FakeNoose
(39,731 posts)... in the last several years that's it's hard to care any more.
Sorry, but please prove me wrong.
maxsolomon
(37,966 posts)"America First" just means Trump First.
L'etat, c'est moi.