In Ukraine, the US president relies on diplomacy. His critics speak of him as a weak president. How much does Trump’s “opponent” gain from the current situation?
Never since the Cold War have Moscow-Washington relations been as bad as they are today. For weeks, US President Joe Biden has been warning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and war in Europe. In the event that Russia does intervene militarily in Ukraine, President Biden would be the first to be politically affected, while at the same time his biggest political rival, former President Donald Trump, would benefit.
In an interview with the American network Fox last weekend, Donald Trump stressed, among other things, that President Putin, seeing the “incompetent withdrawal” of the United States from Afghanistan, was discouraged and decided to take action. The former president argued that if he were in the White House there would be no such escalation in US-Russian relations.
President Biden’s popularity is in free fall
If the Russian president withdraws and withdraws Russian forces from the border with Ukraine, then US President Biden will interpret it as a success of his strategy, which, in essence, consists of calls for dialogue and threats of sanctions. It is a fact, however, that President Biden has managed to secure consensus among the 30 NATO member states against Russia. At least so far. A Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, will confirm Trump’s Republicans, who accuse Joe Biden of being a weak president. At the same time, he is accused of giving a gift to Putin when he decided last year not to impose sanctions, paving the way for the completion of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
But even without the unprecedented Russian-Ukrainian crisis, President Biden’s popularity is almost in decline. Nearly 13 months after taking office, only 41.7% of Americans say in a poll on FiveThirtyEight that they are satisfied with the president’s work so far. Since the end of World War II, only one American president has been less popular: Donald Trump. It should be noted, however, that the distance between the two presidents is almost negligible.
A re-election of Trump would hurt NATO
It is a fact that the Biden presidency does not live up to high expectations. Decisive bills were not ratified because they ran into Democratic opposition within the party. At the same time, US inflation is skyrocketing. Experts warn of further increase in prices for energy and fuel due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. In the so-called by-elections, less than nine months from now, Republicans may again bring the House of Representatives, possibly the Senate, under their control again. Maybe Donald Trump will interpret as a encouragement a Republican dominance in the two legislatures and claim the US presidency for a second time.
A possible victory of Donald Trump in the 2024 elections may have consequences for NATO. We recall that as President Trump strongly criticized the NATO alliance, blaming, for example, Germany for not contributing as much as it should or could to their defense. The then president even threatened to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Alliance. A new election of Donald Trump may upset NATO and benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Khan Murray, dpa
Edited by: Stefanos Georgakopoulos
Source: Deutsche Welle
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