Americans have coughed up $183 billion for Ukraine to defend itself from Russian troops, and it recently received the green light from the White House to expand the use of Pentagon weaponry vastly, but the country’s disapproval of the United States is surging to a new high.
In a revealing Gallup survey, President Joe Biden’s agreement to virtually every request from Kyiv has been met with sinking approval in Ukraine of America.
Since 2022, when Ukrainian approval of the U.S. hit a high of 66% as Russia expanded its war, it has been on a steady downward trend and now stands at 40%. Disapproval has surged to 37%, just shy of the 2016 high of 41%.
“The goodwill the United States built up in the early months of the war has been lost. The next few months — and the new U.S. administration — could shape the war and determine whether Ukraine will continue on a path to joining Western alliances in the next decade,” Gallup said.
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to help end the war, even promising that it could happen before Inauguration Day.
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Biden, meanwhile, has vastly escalated American involvement and approval of the war, recently allowing U.S. missiles to be used against Russian targets and this week reversing policy to approve of the use of land mines.
Russia has responded with suggestions of a nuclear attack, and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv was closed this week as fears of retaliation have increased.