Trump's first Cabinet picks decidedly not isolationists: Ukraine, Israel breathe a sigh of relief
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Despite his own isolationist musings, the first picks of President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration hail from a decidedly more traditionalist wing of the Republican Party.
Together with New York Rep. Elise Stefanik — set for the role of ambassador to the United Nations — the trio is expected to further a staunchly pro-Israel agenda.
Ukrainian advocates are also somewhat relieved.
"Kyiv looks at these appointments with some quiet relief — they clearly know there's room for engagement," one source familiar with Ukrainian operations told Fox News Digital. They added that after a Biden administration that they believe has been overly fearful of escalating U.S. involvement in the war with Russia, "a not insignificant number of senior Ukrainian officials are cautiously optimistic about what a change of pace might look like.
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