<p>The biggest critics of President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to achieve peace between Ukraine and Russia have been &#8220;wrong&#8221; on foreign policy for decades, according to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO).</p>
<p>During an interview on &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377012120112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Sunday</a>,&#8221; Schmitt delivered a retort after being pressed to respond to critiques from his colleagues across the aisle following Trump&#8217;s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eric_Schmitt</a>: The people who are most critical of <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#8216; pursuit of peace &#8220;have been wrong, for the last 30 years, about every single foreign policy issue under the sun.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/JMkr8ljDEy">pic.twitter.com/JMkr8ljDEy</a></p>
<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1957081966991339558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;The people who are most critical have been wrong for the last 30 years about every single foreign policy issue under the sun,&#8221; Schmitt told anchor Shannon Bream.</p>
<p>As an example, Schmitt took aim at Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser under former President Joe Biden who had also been interviewed on the program on Sunday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I mean, you just had Jake Sullivan on,&#8221; Schmitt said. &#8220;Jake Sullivan just presided over, in the last four years, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia that he&#8217;s now critical about President Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sullivan also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-biden-adviser-bragged-of-quiet-middle-east-one-week-before-hamas-attacked-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragged</a> in October 2023 about the Middle East region being &#8220;quieter&#8221; than it had been in two decades — just days before Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel.</p>
<p>&#8220;So, these Wilsonian adventurers who think America can be everywhere all at once all the time have been wrong about everything,&#8221; Schmitt said.</p>
<p>Democrats have argued that Trump is being played by Putin, but Schmitt rejected the idea that a peace agreement is not attainable just because the Alaska meeting did not immediately end the conflict.</p>
<p>&#8220;I look at this from a realistic point of view,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The diplomacy that President Trump is engaging in, which has been very successful since he took office, is about engaging people that, you know, maybe aren&#8217;t your best friends in the world, but you&#8217;re trying to get to a peace deal. That&#8217;s exactly what this was.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders are expected to huddle with Trump at the White House on Monday. Another meeting with Putin could follow.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to take time,&#8221; Schmitt said. &#8220;So, that meeting led to the next meeting, which is going to happen on Monday, which will likely lead to the next meeting. That&#8217;s how that typically works. I think for some people so used to the 24-hour news cycle, maybe that isn&#8217;t fast enough, but that&#8217;s how the real-world works.&#8221;</p>
<p>Schmitt contended Trump is trying to be a uniter, unlike Biden.</p>
<p>&#8220;We just didn&#8217;t see that the last four years. Joe Biden was out to lunch and his only plan was to send $200 billion of American taxpayer funds over there without a plan,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And so President Trump, I think, is seeking peace. He&#8217;s bringing the parties together. And that&#8217;s what diplomacy is all about. That should always be our first option, and that&#8217;s where we&#8217;re at right now.&#8221;</p>

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