Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is taking a victory lap after a bipartisan group of senators passed a foreign aid package that included more than $60 billion for Ukraine. He also took a phone call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. McConnell told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that Zelenskyy acknowledged the GOP leader’s struggles with his own party in the push for additional aid when the pair spoke Thursday morning. “Well, he was grateful, because he knew that the big challenge was on my party,” McConnell told moderator Kristen Welker in an interview taped Thursday. McConnell said Zelenskyy also noted that more Republicans supported the sweeping aid package Tuesday than when the Senate passed a similar measure in February, which ultimately stalled in the House. “I think there's a growing feeling in the Republican conference in the Senate that the isolationist path is not a good idea,” McConnell said. In a separate interview Wednesday with NBC News’ Frank Thorp and Ryan Nobles, McConnell said this foreign aid package was one of the most significant wins of his nearly 40-year career, calling it “certainly one of the most important issues I’ve been involved in over all these years.” “And if you look at it from a worldwide point of view, you could argue that it is the most important,” McConnell added. McConnell’s victory comes as he plans to step down as GOP leader at the end of this year. And while this package will pad his list of accomplishments, his legacy will also include shaping the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court after deciding in 2016 that the Senate would not consider then-President Barack Obama’s nominee. McConnell weighed in on the case currently before the court, telling “Meet the Press” that he did not think presidents should be immune from criminal prosecution for actions they took while in office. The Republican leader stood by his comments from 2021 after voting to acquit Trump during the former president’s second impeachment over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. At the time McConnell said, “We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being [held] accountable by either one.” “That’s my view,” McConnell reiterated Thursday. “But my view is only my view. I mean, the court is going to decide.” Read more about McConnell’s “Meet the Press”interview, and watch the interview Sunday. → | 