WILMINGTON, Del. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined FOX News Sunday with Shannon Bream this weekend to discuss escalating tensions in the Middle East as well as the importance of continuing to ensure Ukraine has what it needs to win the war against Russia, emphasizing President Biden and Vice President Harris’ strong leadership to unite partners from around the world to support Ukraine. They also discussed the possibility of the bipartisan border deal passing in the next Congress.
Senator Coons: Well, let’s be clear, Shannon. Vice President Harris put out a forceful statement, as did President Biden, that I join in saying that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, is a murderous terrorist who had American blood on his hands from the attack on the American Marine barracks back in the 1980s. [And] he’s killed thousands of innocent civilians: Lebanese, Syrian, as well as Israeli; and as you said in your question, they have been raining rockets and missiles onto northern Israel since October 7. So, I think Israel is justified in their strikes against Hezbollah. The call for a cease-fire is really because of a concern that a ground invasion of southern Lebanon by the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] might well turn into a long and grinding war of attrition, and concerns that Iran may well now retaliate, but President Biden and Vice President Harris are clear that we will stand by our ally, Israel, and defend them against attacks by Iranian proxies or direct attacks by Iran.
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Shannon Bream: Were you encouraged by the meeting between President Trump and President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy? Because they came out of it and seemed that they had, met, you know, had some kind of meeting of the minds; that they heard each other. President Trump said, you know, it hasn’t changed where he is overall on trying to get this thing ended. But even President Zelenskyy – and he talked with our Griff Jenkins, too – sounded like he felt like it was a good meeting.
Senator Coons: I’m glad they met. It’s important that there be conversations between President Zelenskyy and both Republican and Democratic leaders of our nation, and candidates to be the next president of our nation – but in the clip that you’re showing right now, President Trump said, ‘I’m a very good friend of Putin’s.’ And you could see Zelenskyy sort of stiffen up and go, ‘Well, I hope you’re a better friend of Ukraine than you are a friend of Russia under Putin.’ So, it was a strikingly awkward moment. Putin is a war criminal. Putin has carried out horrific attacks in Ukraine. We should not have a president of the United States saying that he is seeking to be a better friend of Vladimir Putin.
The full interview can be watched here.