Chaos on Capitol Hill is a poor omen for all nations hoping for American help in a crisis, including Taiwan. Including Australia.
We know that the US has failed to win most of its own wars since World War Two. Now we have to wonder whether it can marshal enough staying power to support an ally fighting a war for survival.
This is a poor omen for all nations hoping for American help in a crisis. Including Taiwan. Including US treaty allies like Australia.To be fair, Washington had earlier agreed to exceptional levels of assistance to Ukraine. The Congress last year approved $US113 billion in military and other support, according to the non-partisan experts at the Committee for a Responsible Budget. That’s more than total aid from all European nations combined.
As it stands today, however, a minimum of 70 of the 221 Republicans in the House are opposed to further assistance to Ukraine. Which is why the Speaker of the House, Republican Kevin McCarthy, was obliged to dump any new funding for Ukraine as a condition of mustering enough support to fund the US government. The Republican caucus is where the problem lies.
Why did Republicans swing away from Ukraine so decisively? The answer in two words – Donald Trump. “The former president so dominates the party’s consciousness that his doubts about Ukraine aid have had an enormous effect on Republicans as a whole,” says Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican member of Congress and now commentator for CNN.
Trump is posing support for Ukraine as a negotiable in domestic political squabbles. The Congress should “refuse to authorise a single additional shipment of our depleted weapons stockpiles” until the administration hands over documents from its investigation into the business affairs of the Biden family.In other words, Trump has politicised support for Ukraine as a partisan plaything. Much as he politicised American commitment to NATO in his time as president.
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