Mike Pence rebukes Trump over tariffs and 'wavering' support for Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : Addressing tariffs - which Trump has made a signature policy of his second presidency while implementing a 90-day pause on exports from most countries after international markets plunged - Pence said they were "not a win for the American people" and warned that their worst effects had yet to be seen.
29% : In one of his most wide-ranging critiques yet on the policies of the president he used to serve, Pence, speaking to CNN, derided the White House's "wavering" support for Ukraine and declared - in direct contradiction of repeated assurances from Trump - that President Vladimir Putin of Russia "doesn't want peace". Pence's comments came in an interview after receiving the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage award in recognition of his refusal to bow to pressure from Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election when he presided over Congress's certification of the results on 6 January 2021.
22% : " He criticized the administration for threatening to abandon support for Ukraine, whose president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump has publicly blamed for Russia's invasion, while repeatedly praising Putin - relenting only recently after the Russian leader rebuffed peace offers and instead ordered missile attacks on Kyiv.

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