McConnell Again Warns Against MAGA Isolationism

Politico reports:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is taking aim at his party’s isolationist wing — including Donald Trump — faulting them for undermining tough-on-Russia policies and sending mixed signals to allies.

The Kentucky Republican delivered a rare critique of the president-elect in a Foreign Affairs essay on Monday, warning against the “right-wing flirtation with isolation and decline.”

McConnell urged Trump to reject voices in the party advocating for a retreat from U.S. commitments to Ukraine and NATO and called on the new administration to double down on American military might. “America will not be made great again by those who simply want to manage its decline,” he wrote.

Read the full article. The Foreign Affairs piece is very lengthy and is full of criticism for Obama and Biden. This is the second time in a week that McConnell has warned against MAGA isolationism.

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