“There is a small minority of such extreme Trumpists who are of the opinion that Ukraine should never be supported under any circumstances,” says reporter Tuomo Hyttinen from the US House of Representatives.
The Republicans can get a so-called color straight in the November elections, estimates Kauppalehti’s editor who follows US politics Tuomo Hyttinen In Iltalehti’s USA studio.
In the United States, in addition to the president, the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate are elected. The result could be decisive for Ukraine.
– The United States has been the most significant supporter of Ukraine. The president cannot make major financial decisions alone, but it needs the support of Congress from both the Senate and the House of Representatives. We already saw that the US support package for Ukraine ran out at the end of last year, and a new funding decision was only made at the end of April, says Hyttinen.
“A small minority of extreme Trumpists”
Ukraine’s arms aid packages have been stuck in the House of Representatives more than once due to the radical Trumpists’ quadruple braking.
– There is a small minority of such extreme Trumpists who are of the opinion that Ukraine should never be supported under any circumstances.
According to Hyttinen, similar groups will be elected to the congress this time as well.
– The Republican Party is Trump’s party. There is a certain ideological test that must be passed and approved by Trump in order to get there as a candidate. Trump has shown that even though he is just a presidential candidate, he is capable of torpedoing legislative projects that the parties have jointly negotiated. Trump’s influence will only increase if he wins and Republicans win the House and Senate.
According to Hyttinen, “the Democrats are in trouble” in the Senate, but the race for the House of Representatives will be “really, really tight”. He considers the result of the presidential election to be the decisive factor for the House of Representatives.
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