U.S. midterms could have ‘negative impact’ on Ukraine if Republicans limit aid: experts
Republican support for aiding Ukraine in the Senate appears more solid, with Minority Leader Mitch McConnellBut cracks still exist and could potentially grow: 11 Republican senators also opposed the May aid package, and prominent freshman candidates have echoed McCarthy’s comments.“We cannot fund a long-term military conflict that I think ultimately has diminishing returns for our own country.”that he didn’t “really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.
He added the rest of NATO, “would try to pick up the slack, but they would never be able to make up for it entirely, or even close to entirely.”found U.S. aid dwarfed European assistance by a nearly 2-1 ratio. Yet it also found that aid accounted for a relatively small portion of the American GDP — less than 0.5 per cent. Poland, by comparison, has set aside close to 1.5 per cent of its GDP for Ukraine.
Kasekamp says lawmakers are feeding that growing discontent instead of rallying citizens to continue supporting Ukraine, which plays right into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hands.
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