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Republicans have mostly stayed quiet while President Donald Trump has upended U.S. foreign policy, seeming to embrace longtime adversary Russia while launching trade wars and verbal attacks on allies in Canada, Mexico, European NATO countries and, especially, Ukraine.

Rep. Don Bacon speaks at the Nebraska Walk for Life at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, who represents the Omaha-centered 2nd Congressional District, has been a rare exception.

“When he says he doesn’t know who started the war — that’s total baloney,” Bacon said this week in an interview with The World-Herald. “Putin’s murdered every one of his opponents. And we’re calling Zelenskyy a dictator?”

The retired Air Force brigadier general has recently given critical interviews about Trump’s Ukraine intervention to CNN and to CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” posting links on the social-media platform X, formerly Twitter.

Bacon also has crafted posts …

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