Trump has decided on candidates for key foreign policy positions: what Rubio and Waltz said about Ukraine

US President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly decided on key members of his foreign policy team - Senator Marco Rubio is being considered for the post of Secretary of State, and Congressman Mike Waltz is being considered for the post of National Security Advisor. UNN has collected what they have said about Ukraine in the past.

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According to Bloomberg, Rubio defended Trump's position that Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be stopped as soon as possible, calling for negotiations.

I’m not on Russia’s side - but unfortunately the reality of it is that the way the war in Ukraine is going to end is with a negotiated settlement. And I want, and we want, and, I believe Donald Trump wants, for Ukraine to have more leverage in that negotiation

Rubio is considered a hawk on foreign policy, especially towards China and Iran. Supporting Ukraine, he has previously stated that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine should be "brought to an end," the BBC reports.

Like other Trump foreign policy advisors, he has called China a real threat, saying that the United States must realize the seriousness of the challenge posed by China. Rubio has taken an aggressive stance against China's emergence as an economic power and has supported Israel's war in Gaza and its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has been a staunch supporter of NATO. He served on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee.

Mike Waltz, who was elected National Security Advisor, is a former Green Beret and combat veteran.

The next president should act urgently to bring the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East to a swift conclusion, and finally focus strategic attention where it should be: countering the greater threat from the Chinese Communist Party

As CNN notes, both Rubio and Waltz are more traditional on foreign policy than some of the more isolationist members of Trump's broader coalition. On the important issue of Ukraine, Waltz has criticized the Biden administration's policy of arming Ukraine to repel a Russian invasion, calling it "too little, too late." But this year, he also supported Trump's position that it was time for Europe to bear the burden of supporting Ukraine, as the United States needed to focus on its own borders.

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