From NBC Connecticut, June 1; since then, the situation has improved only marginally:
"Face the Facts: Chris Murphy talks about Trump administration
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) has been all over the national media, pushing back against President Trump’s policies...
Mike Hydeck: Busy week in Washington, as usual. Just this week, President Trump talked about, first he said a couple of months ago that he thought Vladimir Putin was tapping him down the line. This week, he said he's playing with fire. He's announcing possible sanctions on Russia. First, do you think they'll work? And second, was he tapping him along?
Chris Murphy: Well, I actually haven't heard Trump talk at all about real sanctions or any new military aid for Ukraine. I mean, as far as I can tell, Donald Trump wants Vladimir Putin to win this war. He has delivered absolutely no consequences to Putin, and Putin basically knows the score here. Trump has said, 'I'm not giving Ukraine any more weapons.' Probably by the late summer or fall, Ukraine will literally run out of bullets, and Russia will be able to march straight into Kyiv. And so Putin has no reason to sit down in the negotiating table, so long as Donald Trump is saying, 'I'm not going to help Ukraine any longer.' So for whatever reason, Donald Trump has decided to lose this war. That's terrible for the United States. It's terrible for Ukraine, but that's the direction that we're heading.
Mike Hydeck: So he signaled that he wanted to ramp up sanctions in Russia. You don't believe that? The president said that this week.
Chris Murphy: I certainly haven't heard him say that. I've heard him say that he's disappointed with Vladimir Putin, but there's a sanctions bill pending in the United States Senate. I don't think he's endorsed it.
Mike Hydeck: So you're on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. You've made several trips to Ukraine. What can you tell us about the situation on the ground there right now? And we watched how the president of Ukraine, was embarrassed in the White House by President Trump. It seems as if they've made amends. Has there been any progress toward Ukraine - as far as this administration is concerned?
Chris Murphy: I don't think they've made amends. Just this week, Donald Trump was back on social media insulting President Zelenskyy. I mean, the facts are just the facts. Donald Trump is siding with Vladimir Putin in this war. He has suspended all new military aid for Ukraine. He refuses to impose sanctions on Russia. He is publicly insulting on a regular basis the president of Ukraine. He wants Russia to win this war. That's terrible for the United States, because Russia likely won't stop at Ukraine. It will invade a NATO ally; that'll be American men and women who are fighting and dying overseas. And America just, you know, we look weak. We look weak when we allow Russia to run over us like this, and that's bad for our interests all over the world..."
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