The Elections and Ukraine
Supporting Ukraine is good policy and good politics: Ukraine supporters and Champions winning across the board. More details forthcoming, but Ukraine supports winning big on Tuesday.
The Economist: Disillusion with Joe Biden has reached deep levels.
Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory
I don’t know what President Zelensky is thinking, but the sub-title represents a large swatch of opinion both in America and Ukraine concerning President Biden’s escalation-avoidance policy.
Steven Moore: Ukrainian Reactions to Trump's Victory
Ukrainians are not sure what to think about Trump. But they are toasting the departure of Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security advisor.
Steven’s sub-title is more cutting and perhaps more apt.
From the article: Only 10% of the weapons promised in April aid package had arrived in Ukraine seven months later.
Sure, they are concerned about Trump cutting off the flow of weapons from the US, but seven months of the Biden administration slow walking weapons to Ukraine, preceded by six months of Congressional disfunction, has made the Ukrainians pretty accustomed to fighting without US weapons.
The man the Ukrainians see responsible for this is Biden’s feckless National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The best news for today is that this person will no longer be in power. Sullivan did everything he could not to respond to Russia's aggression in 2014 under Obama with his peacemaking policy. In 2022-2024 under him, Russia maintained its impunity