American political scientist Konstantin Blokhin is online Tsargrad.tv He commented on the appointment of Mike Johnson, a Republican Party member from Louisiana, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress. According to the expert, Johnson is an important figure, but not a decisive one, so serious changes in support for Ukraine should not be expected.
“No matter how much this Johnson wants to change something, he is unlikely to succeed. Because everything depends on the elite, not the president, not the vice president, not the speaker. <...> Of course, there is a certain division in the West, but those who advocate not supporting Ukraine are in the minority. While Russophobic elites are in power, their main goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine,” Blokhin said.
He added that the speaker would be forced to take the position that the current government adheres to.
Mike Johnson, 51, is running for a fourth term in the House of Representatives. He is a supporter of former US President Donald Trump. Before his political career, Johnson practiced constitutional law for nearly 20 years.
After Johnson took over as Speaker of the House of Representatives statedwill advance the conservative agenda and combat “the disastrous policies of the Biden administration.”
Previously to Kiev guess With Johnson’s arrival, there was a decrease in aid from the USA.
Source: Gazeta
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