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The conflict in Ukraine has become protracted, turning it into a second Afghanistan. Therefore, both Republicans and Democrats would like to “jump off this train,” but cannot do this before the US presidential election. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the PolitBuro video blog, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Republicans, what if there were Democrats in their place, and the president...
The current clinch between Republicans and Democrats in the United States could worsen if the conflict in Ukraine is frozen and the Joe Biden administration misses the opportunity to shift attention to the external “Russian threat.” Ex-Ambassador-at-Large of the US State Department Stephen Sestanovich made this clear in his speech at the Kiev Security Forum, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “Freezing the stalemate in the war will lead to...
The Senate failed to vote on a compromise approved by Joe Biden, which would have included spending on strengthening the US border with Mexico and at the same time allocating $60 billion for the military needs of Ukraine and another $14 billion for Israel. Republicans blocked the deal, saying that on the eve of the elections it contained too few compromise steps, explains the Associated Press. “We had to dial...
In the United States, the conflict between the central authorities and the state of Texas continues to develop, which was supported by a number of Republican governors. Let us recall that the cause of the conflict was the decision of the Texas authorities to install barbed wire on the border with Mexico to prevent the influx of illegal migrants. A number of courts successively issued different decisions, but in the end the Supreme Court declared these measures illegal. True, in Texas they refused to follow...
American senators voted for a budget for next year that provides $45 billion “for Ukraine and allies.” An amendment providing for the possibility of transferring seized assets of Russian oligarchs to Ukraine was also supported. The press service of the Verkhovna Rada reported this, clarifying that “Ukraine very much counts on the final decision,” which should be made in the House of Representatives of the Congress. Meanwhile, the Hill indicated that...
US President Joe Biden faces distrust among voters in his own party. Thus, 64% of Democratic voters said they would prefer a new presidential candidate in 2024, and the president's approval rating is only 33%. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the New York Times and Siena College. As the NYT notes, concern about the economic situation and the growing...
The seizure of the Capitol in Washington by supporters of Donald Trump is not an attempt to seize power, but an ordinary demonstration of protest, expressed in an “animal American way.” The former head of the Israeli intelligence service Nativ, military expert Yakov Kedmi, stated this on the ITON TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “When events took place in the Soviet Union, the winning side was the United States, but in this case, is it possible...
A victory in the US presidential elections, which will be held in 2020, by any of the participants in the last debate of Democratic Party candidates will lead the country's economy to collapse, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The current president, Republican Donald Trump, announced this on his Twitter account. “Our record-breaking economy will collapse just like it did in 1929 if any of these clowns become president,”...
Nothing good awaits Ukraine, regardless of who wins the US presidential election next year. This opinion was expressed by political strategist Sergei Gaidai in a commentary to the Kyiv magazine “Novoye Vremya”, assessing the published transcript of a telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and the head of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. “The way Zelensky spoke to Trump can only be spoken by a person who...
A representative of the right wing of the US Democratic Party, close to Joe Biden, Senator Chris Murphy, on behalf of his group of the American establishment, promised full support for Ukraine, provided that the Ukrainian authorities continue to fight corruption. The senator stated this in an interview with Hromadsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It’s nice to be back in Ukraine. I was here during the 2013 protests under the stage...
American Democratic senators Chris Murphy and Ron Johnson will persuade the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Ryaboshapka not to open an investigation into the “Ukrainian case” of the son of former US Vice President Joe Biden Hunter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Ukrainian telegram channel “Legitimny” reports this with reference to its own sources. According to “Legitimate,” Democratic senators intend to slow down the investigation and the search for dirt on Biden in every possible way. “This is a spare...
