Ukraine Aid Bill: Why Heritage Said Aid Bill ‘Puts America Last’

Earlier this week, the Heritage Foundation came out in opposition to a $40 billion bill to boost arms transfers, economic assistance, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The stance of the historically hawkish and influential think tank hints at a potentially new path forward for the organization, which is learning to adapt to the conservative movement’s populist turn.

A statement from the group’s political arm opposing the Ukraine aid supplemental bill comes in the middle of a pivot, the Heritage Foundation’s recently appointed president, Kevin Roberts, acknowledged in an interview with National Review yesterday. But that shift is not necessarily a move away from the group’s long-standing assertive posture toward Russia, in the spirit of President Reagan’s peace-through-strength approach, he said.

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Earlier this week, the Heritage Foundation came out in opposition to a $40 billion bill to boost arms transfers, economic assistance, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The stance of the historically hawkish and influential think tank hints at a potentially new path forward for the organization, which is learning to adapt to the conservative movement’s populist turn.

A statement from the group’s political arm opposing the Ukraine aid supplemental bill comes in the middle of a pivot, the Heritage Foundation’s recently appointed president, Kevin Roberts, acknowledged in an interview with National Review yesterday. But that shift is not necessarily a move away from the group’s long-standing assertive posture toward Russia, in the spirit of President Reagan’s peace-through-strength approach, he said.