American support for Ukraine is not only the right thing to do, but it could help deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan, according to Sen. John Curtis.
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — American support for Ukraine is not only the right thing to do, but it could help deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan, according to Sen.
John Curtis.</p><p>The Utah Republican spoke to several hundred people at a U.S. Global Leadership Coalition conference on threats to U.S. security at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City Friday and said when it comes to the <a href="https://www.ksl.com/news/stream/russia-ukraine" rel="follow" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, it's "not hard" to tell which side the U.S. should be on.</p><p>"We have to stay focused on who our friends are," Curtis said in response to a question about his support for Ukraine during a panel discussion. "This is why Ukraine is so easy for me: This is not hard to tell who are our friends and who are not our friends."</p><p>"Putin is not our friend," he added, drawing a round of applause to his rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "And that that is news is troubling, right?"</p><p>U.S. support for Ukraine seemed a given in the wake of Russia's invasion in early 2022, but President Donald Trump has appeared to side with Putin in the conflict, berating Ukrainian President V
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