Former Secretary of State Pompeo says Trump won't let Putin 'roll through Ukraine'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : During a podcast interview just a few weeks after their meeting Trump called Zelensky "the greatest salesman on Earth" for having received U.S. military aid.
54% : In the days following the election Trump also spoke to Ukrainian premier Volodymyr Zelensky in a call that was joined by the world's richest man, Elon Musk.
43% : Pompeo said he believes Trump would come around to that point of view.
41% : "On Saturday, Trump posted on Truth Social, the upstart social media platform owned by his media company the Trump Media & Technology Group, that Pompeo and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley wouldn't be rejoining his new administration.
41% : "On the campaign trail Trump took a more isolationist stance on foreign policy than the traditional, hawkish Republican position.
39% : During the debate Trump said if won the election an agreement would be made before he was even inaugurated.
38% : "Trump has pushed for a speedy resolution to the war.
34% : (Trump spoke to Putin at least seven times since he left office, according to a source cited in a book by journalist Bob Woodward).
34% : "He should never have let that war start," Trump said on the PBD podcast.
28% : In July, Trump said he would be able to pull it off in just "24 hours.
23% : In September, Trump met with Zelensky when he made a visit to the U.S. Trump has not always seen eye-to-eye with Zelensky.
20% : During the debate with his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump twice dodged a question about whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war.
19% : Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump regularly kept the Ukraine issue at arms length.
15% : In his answer he highlighted the cost of the military aid and claimed reports of the death toll from the war were "fake numbers."Now, as a president-elect, Trump is immersing himself more fully in the Ukraine question.
15% : Trump also blamed Zelensky for starting the war.

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