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February 5, 2024Allocation of American aid to Ukraine this year “is becoming increasingly unlikely” because of Donald Trump.
Journalist Gideon Rachman writes about this in the Financial Times.
The consequences of this decision could be “catastrophic,” as Ukraine is already suffering from a shortage of ammunition, leading to increased casualties, decreased volunteer inflow, and the inability to plan future operations. Europeans will not be able to fill the gap in American weapons until at least 2025, making the second half of this year potentially very dangerous for Ukraine.
Jack Watling from the Royal United Services Institute, who often visits the front, believes that the consequences of the ammunition shortage “will first be felt slowly, and then quickly.” He says that “when the consequences become very obvious, it will be too late.”
“Trump and his supporters in the Republican Party don’t seem to care. They are evidently willing to risk Russia’s victory – if it even slightly increases Trump’s chances of defeating President Joe Biden in November. Perhaps he will even be pleased with a Ukrainian defeat – if it happens before the presidential elections and allows him to make his favorite statements about the weakness and failure of the Biden administration,” writes Rachman.
In his estimation, Trump simply doesn’t want to give Biden anything “that looks like a victory” before the elections. But he notes that Trump “could not do any of this alone,” and the decisive factor is “the acquiescence of Republicans in Congress.”