President’s critics are divided on why they oppose his policies on the war, but polls suggest support among Americans for backing Kyiv is holding up
The White House takes pride that it put together a coalition of countries to oppose Russia. Perhaps more importantly it held together the Nato alliance when many sceptics believed it would fray as the going got tough, particularly as winter approached and Russian energy supplies dwindled.
Some on the right are sceptical about the amount of money being sent to Ukraine. Several want answers about how it is being spent; others want it stopped completely.Former president Donald Trump has claimed that Biden’s policies have brought the world to the brink of another global war. He has suggested in cryptic terms that he could end the Ukraine conflict quickly if he was in power.
Just before Christmas the Biden administration said it would send to Ukraine its most advanced air defence weapon, the Patriot missile system. And then in January the president announced the US would, after months of internal dialogue, send 31 Abrams tanks. “Helping equip our friends in eastern Europe to win this war is also a direct investment in reducing Putin’s future capabilities to menace the United States, threaten our allies, and contest our core interests.”McConnell said it would “massively wear down the arsenal that is available to Putin for future efforts to use bullying and bloodshed to redraw still other borders down the road”.
Some in the US have contended the Ukraine conflict is essentially a proxy war between Nato and Russia.
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