The Washington Post reported on 11 January that for the first time a majority of Republicans supported an imminent stop to all funding to Ukraine. This does not mean that it will happen right now. But it is telling that bipartisan support for Ukraine is waning, in spite of Volodymyr Zelensky’s appearance in Congress in December.
The shift in views amongst Republicans is quite dramatic. The number of Republicans supporting military aid for Ukraine fell from 80 per cent in March to 55 per cent in November and to 48 per cent now. The Washington Post says the fall in support reflects pessimism amongst Republicans about Ukraine’s ability to win the war.
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- the end of the bipartisan consensus in US;
- military hardware constraints in Europe;
- and an economic situation not conducive to open-ended fiscal support.
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