More Americans say the United States has provided too much aid to war-torn Ukraine, a shift in opinion due in large part to a growing partisan divide, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest polling.
As Russia’s invasion approaches its first anniversary, Americans largely back some sort of aid, but support for the Biden administration’s approach is fading, especially among Republicans, according to the survey released Tuesday. The poll found that about a quarter of Americans now say the United States is providing too much support to Ukraine, up six percentage points since September and 19 points since March, shortly after the war began. Meanwhile, 31 percent say it is giving the right amount. One-fifth of Americans would like to see the United States give Ukraine additional assistance, according to the poll conducted Jan. 18 to 24 among 5,152 U.S. adults. Over 20 percent said they were not sure.
The share of Americans who believe the United States has provided too much support through economic assistance and weapons is greater among Republicans, 40 percent, even as GOP leaders remain divided. Before becoming House speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) warned that a GOP-controlled House would oppose more aid for Ukraine, a signaling of the “America First” mantra that has galvanized former president Donald Trump’s base despite the aggression of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, other Republican leaders, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), have remained steadfast in their support of Ukraine.
“The United States and our friends and our partners have done enough to prevent Ukraine from losing, . . . but we’ve not yet done enough to help Ukraine actually win,” McConnell said in remarks on the Senate floor last week. “A protracted stalemate is neither in Ukraine’s interest nor ours.”
The latest polling comes a week after President Biden announced his latest tranche of support, 31 premier battle tanks – the M1 Abrams. Congress has approved more than $110 billion in aid since the war began last February.
Biden has vowed to support Ukraine “as long as it takes” amid the first land war in Europe since World War II. Pew’s poll found that 4 in 10 adults approve of his administration’s response to the invasion.
At several points, Washington has hesitated to provide some bigger-ticket items, such as the Patriot missile system, the most advanced air defense weapon in the U.S. arsenal. However, the United States has relented on some items as Russian missiles have pummeled Ukraine’s electrical grid, cities and more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the West to provide greater support and not back down in the face of Russian aggression, making the appeal in person before a joint meeting of Congress in December.
“Your money is not charity,” Zelensky said at the time. “It’s an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.”
(c) 2023, The Washington Post · Meryl Kornfield
The point of a military budget is to defend against the enemies of the US. If we can destroy the Russian army, which has been one of the US’ 2 main enemies for 100 years now, by giving a tiny percentage of that budget to Ukraine and not having US troops die, while receiving Russian technology to examine and data on our weapons performance to improve them, that’s the best investment of the military budget ever. not to mention, once a country structures their military around US equipment, they need to buy more ammo, equipment, and support from the US, which tends to keep them from doing anything that would annoy us enough to cut them off. Look at Turkey- they’re not necessarily our friends, but because they have US fighter jets and want to buy more, we’re using that as a negotiating tool to make them approve Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
Russian Ministry of Defence: We found over 20,000 documents relating to the U.S. biological and chemical programmes in Ukraine – Jan 31, 2023
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has repeatedly noted the signs of the implementation of ‘dual-purpose programmes’ by the USA and its allies outside their national territories, including within the operation of the bio-laboratories funded by the Pentagon or its contractors.
The materials confirm that the Pentagon aimed at creating elements of a biological weapon, and testing it on the population of Ukraine.
AND NOW YOU’LL UNDERSTAND WHY THE US POLITICIANS ARE SENDING TANKS, WEAPONS, $100s OF BILLIONS TO UKRAINE.
Putin said that would happen, he actually analyzes the West correctly. Plus biden leaves Americas border wide open to known criminals and traffickers but wants Ukraines border secure? US is getting more invaders than Ukraine is.
Ukraine is absolutely NOT and kind of a “democracy” or a “free” country in any way or form at all by even the most remote stretch of imagination. The severely evil dictator stud, Zelensky, tightly rules over it with an iron fist. He himself is a horrid Toeiva guy, who brazenly flaunts his Toeiva in public and forces Toeiva acceptance on the whole country. He has outlawed all political parties except his own and has outlawed all media news outlets except his own. A major component of his security & military forces is the gigantic group of contemporary Nazis in the country. These severely evil thugs, Yimach Shemam V’Zichram, are either direct continuations of the Nazi soldiers & officers who came there in World War II or are other wicked people who decided to become “spiritual heirs” to those World War II ones. The famous swastika flag & other swastika icons are brazenly displayed among them.
Deadly skirmish. Send the help. The grade of history is judged.
Furthermore, Ukraine has become the hub & epicenter of heavy rings of the very worst corruptions of numerous western government leaders & other elites & officials. With the endless amounts of VERY big $$$$$$$$ flowing through the money laundering and countless other criminal channels, it has become a GIGANTIC “cash cow” for all these severely wicked elites, which they absolutely cannot afford to loose.
Therefore, all this massive support for Ukraine in this war has nothing whatsoever to do with its promoted propaganda of “defending freedom” or “fighting for freedom.” The only “freedom” that is being upheld is Zelensky’s “freedom” to continue to make his big-in-public Toeiva parades, Rachmana Litzlan!! The only “freedom” that is being upheld is the corrupt elite’s “freedom” to continue to rake in the big-under-the-table-money. The only “freedom” that is being upheld is the severely evil handler’s “freedom” to continue to traffic millions of kidnapped “disappeared” children into the most horrific sinister exploitations, Rachmana Litzlan!!
Plus he converted to Christianity in order to marry his shiksa
After Zelensky finishes building his monster mansion in Monaco, then we can stop sending him our cash.