US flag on Independence Square in Kyiv. Archive photoMOSCOW, 27 Oct. By 2024, concerns about the fate of Ukraine in the United States will fade into the background due to the presidential election, writes Edward Luce, a columnist for the Financial Times.
"The US is going into recession. Economists are almost unanimous that America will not escape this fate in 2023. This would sharply threaten the chances of Biden or another Democratic candidate to defeat Donald Trump or a Trump-like Republican in 2024. Republicans in Congress will work in tandem with the recession to darken the gathering clouds over Biden. As the hour of reckoning approaches in 2024, the fate of Ukraine will fade into the background compared to the future of America.
According to the author, the interests of Washington and Kyiv will begin to diverge as 2024 approaches. He emphasizes that due to financial assistance to Ukraine, inflation in the United States is rising. The observer adds that «the peak of Western unity» has probably already been reached, while the States are facing «an existential test of democracy for strength.»
Trump's son ridiculed Zelensky's «special ability» «The hotter American politics gets, the greater the temptation to freeze Ukrainian politics,» he sums up. Earlier, Biden said he intended to run for a second term, but has not yet made a final decision. Last week, he announced that he intends to decide on re-election after the November congressional elections, and expressed confidence that he was able to defeat former US President Donald Trump again. recession. The allocation of funds to help Ukraine has repeatedly become a cause of disagreement between representatives of Democrats and Republicans. So, in September, the representative of the Republican Party from the state of Colorado Lauren Boybert said that the United States is «not an ATM» for disbursing funds. to Zelensky’s mistake, which threatens to deprive him of the support of the West