one of the republicans who advocates the continuation of military aid to ukraine is mike pentz, trump's vice president. he condemned the russian invasion and war crimes and criticized trump for his remarks. so, we discuss it with igor eisenberg, a professor at new york university. mr. igor, i welcome you to the broadcast of marathon, please tell me why there is such a heterogeneous position of the republican candidates regarding the ukrainian issue, in your opinion, i congratulate you and the audience, i would say that this position is quite uniform, with the exception of two candidates, which, about one of them, mike pence, your commentator said that candidate halley, a former representative of the united states to the un, and a former governor of south carolina, she also supports the provision of aid to ukraine, and she eats. who, who says that ukraine should be helped, because these are american values, because ukraine is fighting for common values, mike pentz has slightly different explanations, but they are two candidates who support aid to ukraine, all the others do not , so that

should be helped, because these are american values, because ukraine is fighting for common values, mike pentz has slightly different explanations. but here they are two candidates who support aid to ukraine, all the others do not support it, because even if the desantes calls putin a war criminal, he is against it to the bone , in fact, because he believes that it is not a priority problem for the united states, aggression russia against ukraine, which is in the usa , there are other problems, and trump has nothing to say about it at all, because trump, literally before the invasions, he called putin a genius, that putin declared the independence of the so-called dpr and lpr, and now he literally two weeks ago he said that if he would stop the war, so he. would give russia a part of the territory of ukraine, which is necessary, necessary, necessary to agree, so there will be and there will be peace, everyone will be satisfied, well, why, yes, because the republican party is very, very strong moved to the right, most of its members share very right-wing, i would say, even many people share ult

among them there are good candidates, for example, the former vice president for donald trump, mike pentze has such small ratings, i just don't understand why americans don't listen to him , he was the vice president, he doesn't have a media, which for trump, probably, yes, but ron desantis also doesn't have a media, but he's 30 % dials, well, i don’t know, but he probably says simple things, maybe some, well, the way donald trump used to say, well, ah, i don’t know, in one word, but also about the elections, so the ratings, the disapproval rating of the current president , the united states of america joe biden reached the highest point for all his time tenure, that is, the disapproval rating , that is, americans do not want him to be the president of the united states of america, this is evidenced by the data of the poll, which was conducted on behalf of the nbc news channel, according to the study, the disapproval rating of the american leader increased to 56%, and at the same time 41%. respondents said they approve of his actions, i.e. only 41%. in addition, according to the survey, 5

carolina governor nikki haley, senator tim scott , entrepreneur vive kremaswamy, former vice president mike pentzformer new jersey governor chris christie and north dakota governor duckberg. former us president donald trump participated in these. debates, like the first ones, will not be taken. now, according to polls, he is ahead of his rivals for the party nomination by at least 40%. trump himself will hold an election rally in the suburbs of detroit this evening to enlist the support of working-class voters. the ukrainian issue was one of the leading foreign policy topics in the first republican debate, and although foreign policy is not usually a priority for americans when it comes to electing a president, on the eve of the debate the ukrainian community in california held an action to explain why the issue of ukraine is important. in bakersfield, the home town of house speaker kevin mccarthy, activists raised the ukrainian flag and held a demonstration. khrystyna shevchenko attended the event. in the center of the republican city of bakersfield, california, there are ukrainian flags, poster

today, mike pence is running for president of the united states in 2024. mr. pentz played a pivotal role in undertaking visits to asia, europe, all to enhance critical partnerships with u.s. allies. vice president hence was instrumental in shaping the treatment administration policies in venezuela and he has been an outspoken critic of the chinese democratic party. the chinese communist relationship with the united states. we are very proud and he is the first presidential candidate giving a presidential speech here. we invite the present educators do presenter security views here. we could not be happier that bike -- vice president has is the inaugural speaker. please help me welcome mike pence. >> thank you for your hospitality. thank you for the great leadership we provide here at the hudson institute. you read the introduction just the way i wrote it. but all kidding aside i am truly grateful. not only for your career, your career in public service but i am so grateful that you're more than 60 years, the hudson institute has shaped our public discourse in the mi