Johnson skillfully played the role of a mediator: thanks to which the United States approved assistance to Ukraine

The United States of America accepted long-awaited assistance to Ukraine. The diplomatic front played an important role in this, in particular, the President of Ukraine, but this, unfortunately, was not the determining factor for the decision.

About this 24 Channel Valery Klochok, head of the Vezha Center for Public Analytics, said, noting that this bill was the result of behind-the-scenes agreements between the current US President Joseph Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump.

Johnson’s role is one of the main ones

President Vladimir Zelensky began negotiations on assistance back in September 2023, when he spoke with Biden at the UN General Assembly in New York, after which he made a visit to Washington, where he met with congressmen behind closed doors – this visit was difficult.

“I remember well that there were many such diplomatic restrained comments, but even then there were the first signals that everything might not go smoothly,” said Klochok.

America experienced almost for the first time in recent decades, a serious political crisis. The catalyst for this crisis is former US President Donald Trump, who is seeking to retake office, and House Speaker Michael Johnson is working in close synergy with him.

However, you have to give him his due. Johnson managed to play a very beautiful political game. Unfortunately, at the cost of the lives of many Ukrainians, but for Americans, domestic politics is much more important,” noted the head of the Tower Center for Public Analytics.

Ukraine has become a hostage to these political battles. Trump's decision was determined by the internal situation in the United States. After all, he also delayed the adoption of the budget for a very long time.

Only when Trump publicly said that it was already possible to vote, when it was clear that the document had been agreed upon with the Democrats, when Joseph Biden said that he was ready to sign, did it show that this bill was the result of behind-the-scenes agreements between the current president and his predecessor, Donald Trump. Mike Johnson played the role of a mediator here, but skillfully.

We should already be working on a new package

There are already statements from some Republicans saying that Ukraine should not count on any more help from the United States, because this will be the last. Of course, this is only the opinion of an individual senator, but given that everything will reset in the fall, this does pose very serious challenges for us.

Therefore we need to work with Republicans and Democrats, Trump and Biden, equally. If Biden is more or less predictable, then with Trump it is very difficult and difficult, because even Europe does not know what is in his head,” added Klochok.

Therefore, Emmanuel’s idea Macron is exactly what Europe needs today, because European countries may be the first to come under attack from Russia.

The USA is preparing the biggest Ukraine aid package

• Washington is also preparing to transfer one of its largest military aid packages to date to Ukraine, worth $6 billion. The funds will be used for the production, in particular, of interception systems for NASAMS and Patriot air defense systems
• Note that this money will allow the United States to purchase weapons produced by American enterprises.