The danger will remain: how the results of the US elections will affect Ukraine

The danger will remain: how the results of the US elections will affect Ukraine Angela Figin

It is now difficult to predict the results of the presidential elections that will take place in the United States in the fall of 2024. However, regardless of whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump will be president, there is a Republican Party that has an isolationist instinct, perhaps even an anti-Ukrainian one.

Jim Himes, a Democratic congressman, told Channel about this. He suggested how the US election process could affect support for Ukraine.

The Republican isolationist instinct

Republicans may not retain their majority in the House of Representatives, but they can gain a majority in the Senate.

Isolationist Instinct Republicans will remain an important political concept and will continue to be extremely dangerous for Ukraine, and for freedom and democracy throughout the world. If Trump became president, then I would be very worried because he supports NATO very weakly,” Himes said.

In addition, in the past, the former US President used Ukraine for his own political gain. But he is an extremely unpredictable person,” the Democratic congressman noted.

Trump's empty words

Donald Trump recently made another odious statement. He said he would bomb Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine under his presidency.

I don't take any of that literally Trump says. The very first thing he said 8 years ago was that he was going to build a wall across the southern US border and make Mexico pay for it, Himes recalled.

According to him, every day Trump says things that are fantastic and have no connection with reality, so it is very difficult to predict what he can actually do.

Will Democrats be able to reach an agreement with Republicans on supporting Ukraine

If Trump becomes president, it will be very difficult for Democrats to reach an agreement with Republicans to continue supporting Ukraine. After all, half of the Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against aid to Ukraine, while every Democrat voted “yes.”

This instinct exists in the Republican Party, and in the end, even if Congress was 100% supportive of aid to Ukraine, and there is no such level of support today, the president is still a very important figure in our foreign policy and national security, the Democratic congressman noted.

Congress could pass another relief bill, and the President could veto it.

Unbearably tense presidential election

A jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records. There is now an ongoing debate in the US about whether this will affect the elections at all. At the same time, Republicans are going out of their way to denounce Trump's conviction in the New York court. Almost every Republican in the US Congress is a lackey, a servant of Trump.

If Trump is elected president, much of what the US does will depend on what will happen in Trump's brain every day. This is one of the most shocking things about the ex-president, given the kind of person he is. “I don’t think even his most ardent supporters would say that he is a good man of deep integrity and dignity,” Gimes added.

This will be an incredibly tense presidential election, he said. , no matter how they happen.

Trump's antics and statements on the eve of the election

• US presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to declassify documents from the country's most high-profile criminal cases if he wins the election.
• Trump has already discussed with billionaire Elon Musk the possibility of giving him an advisory role if he returns to the White House.
• Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed at the Libertarian Party convention. This came after he called his opponent Joe Biden a “tyrant”.