Berlin. In Kiev, people are looking tensely at the US. A Trump election would threaten the country’s existence. What would Harris’ election mean for Ukraine?
O US Elections affects many countries outside of America, especially partner countries. For the Ukraine is the way out threatening existence. The outgoing president Joe Biden was like a guardian angel. With change now inevitable, a new beginning emerges in Ukrainian politics.
Capital Inside by Jörg Quoos, Editor-in-Chief of the FUNKE Central Editorial Team
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“We will be President Biden’s leadership always grateful be”, wrote the president Volodymyr Zelensky in X. He supported his country “at the most dramatic moment in its history.” He sincerely hopes “that America’s continued strong leadership will prevent the success of the Russian evil. He cannot be certain of that.”
A Democratic president offers the greatest prospect continuityespecially the vice president Kamala Harris. About a month ago, she was invited by Zelensky to the peace summit in Switzerland followed. Zelenskyj can judge them by their words:
- Kamala Harris announced a relief package of more than 1.5 billion dollars at the;
- and asked “To face dictators”of course this meant the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.
- To Zelensky, she said, “the United States shares your vision“The end of the war should not be determined without Ukraine.
Harris establishes fire protection for Ukraine
His reasoning was remarkable: “America is not on Ukraine’s side out of charity, but because it is in our strategic interests to meet the Kremlin chief’s conditions.” Vladimir Putin for peace negotiations she rejected as absurd. “He doesn’t ask for negotiations, he asks render about.”
Putin poses a direct threat to American interests in Europe. For many political and military officials in Washington, it is therefore a value in itself that Putin. Ukraine War does not win. Zelensky hopes for the influence of such security circles. He knows: “Not everything depends on us.” just end the war also depends on finances, weapons, political support, unity in the EU NATOin the world”.
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Grab Trump by his vanity?
With Harris, he knows where he stands; in Trump’s vice presidential candidate JD Vance too. He argues that supporting Zelenskyj & Co. is “unnecessarily expensive.” He has called Ukraine’s return to its pre-invasion borders “fantastic.” And by that he means utopian. As recently as 2022, he said in a podcast interview with Steve Bannon, a longtime Trump adviser, “I don’t care what happens to Ukraine anyway.”
Ukrainians know that the word Ukraine does not even appear in the Republican Party platform. They are working on strategies to win over Trump. He cares about his image – a strong leader – and wants to enter the business world. Rebuilding Ukraine promises a Billion dollar business become. And the admission that the USA Failing to protect Ukraine would dwarf the embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan. That should be incompatible with Trump’s ego.
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Zelensky can be very engaging. He congratulated Trump immediately after his appointment and arranged meetings with him to clarify steps towards “a just and truly lasting peace.” He advocates against total heteronomy. When it comes to Trump, he cannot be sure that he will not do so. business with Putin at the expense of Ukraine, with Harris even more so.