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Retiring US Senator Cardin 'very concerned' about Trump and human rights

Dec 23, 2024 View Original Article
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  • Politician Portrayal

    -11% Negative

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74% : But Donald Trump, in his first presidency, he used the Magnitsky sanctions quite frequently and that was helpful," Cardin said.
38% : "I don't want to prejudge, but I am very concerned that protecting human rights may not be as important as other objectives he's trying to get done," Cardin told Reuters in an interview, when asked about Trump, a Republican, who returns to the White House on Jan. 20.Cardin, 81, is leaving Congress at the end of this month after nearly 60 years in public office, the last 18 as a U.S. senator from Maryland.
37% : Trump, in his first term, had sought to slash foreign aid by 50%, but dropped the idea after both Republicans and Democrats pushed back.
34% : Trump in his first term, from 2017-2021, pulled the United States out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, praised autocrats such as Hungarian nationalist leader Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and spoke out against funding humanitarian aid in major conflicts.
33% : "So I recognize that Donald Trump likes to think of himself as a deal maker," Cardin said.
32% : During his successful campaign for re-election this year, Trump vowed to swiftly end the conflict, without giving details on how he might do so.
25% : Cardin said the Senate, which is about to shift from a thin Democratic majority to Republican control, will have to push back against Trump, as it has in the past, and noted Trump's willingness to impose Magnitsky sanctions during his first term.Enacted in 2012, the Magnitsky Act mandated that the U.S. government restrict travel and freeze assets of individuals who committed gross violations of human rights in Russia.
11% : Cardin said Trump could be too eager to establish relations with autocratic leaders or cede too much in ending Russia's war on Ukraine.

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