Trump Slams Biden's Decision To Mobilize Reserve Troops To Europe
Date
7/15/2023 7:14:01 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Former US President Donald trump on Friday criticized incumbent
Joe Biden's executive order on mobilizing reserve troops for
deployment in Europe, Azernews reports, citing Yeni Safak.
"Biden's decision to mobilize reserve forces proves that his
reckless escalation in Ukraine is straining the US military to the
point of disaster," Trump said in a statement.
Stating that Biden "confessed" last week that US military
ammunition was badly depleted and nearing exhaustion, Trump argued
that the US reserves were forced to support Biden's "calamitous"
policy in Europe while its own borders were vulnerable.
"The last thing this incompetent administration should be doing
is pushing us further toward 'World War Three'. Yet Biden has
proclaimed that he will continue sending American treasure and
weaponry to fuel endless war in Ukraine for 'as long as it takes',"
he said.
He reiterated that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24
hours if he becomes president, and said, "Not one American mother
or father wants to send their child to die in Eastern Europe."
- Reactions from Republican lawmakers
Republican Senator Ted Cruz, in a post on Twitter, described
Biden's decision as "reckless and dangerous" and argued that
American soldiers should never be sent to fight in Ukraine.
Senator Mike Lee, on the other hand, pointed out that there is
an active war on NATO's eastern flank and argued that the decision
was a dangerous provocation.
- White House response
"They need to get their facts straight. This mobilization is not
an increase, but to rotate troops," said Andrew Bates, White House
deputy spokesman, said in a statement.
Noting that Republican lawmakers are damaging military
preparedness and military families with an "unrelated political
agenda," Bates said, "American service members and their families
are not pawns."
With the executive order he signed Thursday, Biden authorized
the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) and the Department of
Homeland Security to mobilize up to 3,000 reserve troops within and
around the area of responsibility of the US European Command.
Biden also said in an interview with CNN last week that the
ammunition of Ukraine and the US is running low.
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