Having wisely repudiated his earlier passionate support of Social Security and Medicare cuts in order to pander to the base, DeSantis has now turned his flip-flopping eyes to Ukraine. About a week ago, he described the Ukraine war as a “territorial dispute” that was of little interest to the United States and declined to criticize Russian aggression, but now he says Putin is a “war criminal” who should be held accountable for his crimes by someone. Just not us.
As far as I can tell, the new DeSantis position is that America should cheer for Ukraine but leave it to face the Russian onslaught without any material assistance. Will that satisfy Tucker Carlson, to say nothing of the mainstream of the GOP? Probably not.
Fortunately for DeSantis, he clearly has Rupert Murdoch in his corner, so Carlson may have to keep his mouth shut.