Despite Trump’s decidedly critical tone toward Ukraine and its president and warm gestures toward Russia, the level of overall American public sympathy with Ukraine and the lack of sympathy for Russia have not changed since the summer of 2024. If the intent of the public spat with Zelenskyy was to sour the American mood toward Ukraine, the latest poll indicates that it was a failure, not only in the continued high level of sympathy with Ukraine but also in that more people rated Trump’s performance as inappropriate than said the same about the Ukrainian president’s performance in that unprecedented meeting.

With only about one-third of Americans supporting his decision to suspend aid to Ukraine, Trump may have helped himself by quickly renewing the provision of aid and getting Ukraine to reportedly agree to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia.

As one might expect, the president has had some impact on his core Republican constituency. But the drop in Republican sympathy with Ukraine from 58% last summer to 45% now is modest if one considers that the Republican president is still in his early honeymoon period.

Trump received more support from Republicans for his aid suspension, with about two-thirds supporting the decision, and 21% opposing it. But while favoring Trump, one might expect more support for a president from his own party on a top and high-profile policy issue this early in his term.

Of course, a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war could impact public attitudes moving forward, especially at a time when polls show more Americans favor a quick end to the war. For now, though, the bottom line is that the American public appears to have made up its mind on Ukraine and Russia and Trump is cutting against the grain.

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    Sad to say this but long ago in school we were taught how war is good for the economy. Lots of American jobs go to making weapons for war.

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      Seems like maybe you had a bad teacher then… It might look good in the short term, but it’s is almost always bad for business (and literally everything else) in the long term.

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      that might be canceled out by drops in foreign weapons orders given the new mistrust (see Portugal canceling their F-35 orders).

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        I’m really happy about that one. They haven’t announced what the alternative is going to be, probably either Rafales or Typhoons.

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        Want me to PM you literal footage of the massacres?

        Or are you referring to the false flag operation which is proven by several hundred witness testimonies including wounded protestors, 2,000 videos, 6,000 photos, and 30 gigabytes of radio intercepts?

        I am sorry but disinformation is not a synonym for reality.

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          Why would I trust anything you say?

          Images and videos can and have been faked, especially in war, with AI it is easier than ever.

          So no, seeing pictures or video sent by someone who I consider a Russian asset won’t change my mind.

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            AI in 2014? What? Not to mention that Western Media even admits Ukraine shot at unarmed locals.

            Will PM you including the western media statements!

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              Faked pictures and footage have been used for centuries, I only said that AI makes it easier than ever.

              EDIT: I got the list of videos, I am not trusting a bunch of random YT videos, especially not since I consider you to be a Russian asset.

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                I sent you message of 10+ videos, a vice news dispatch, and western media statements.

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                  Meh, as I said before, I consider you to be a Russian asset, and have no interest in watching any random yt video you send me.

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      Lmaoo this guy up here accidentally forgot to mention that someone else is massacring Ukrainians right now.

      Also what you posted is the kind of “information” which is absolutely baseless or taken out of context.

      You better change side, those rubles ain’t gonna be worth much soon

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      Maybe Mexico should have invaded Texas after George Floyd.

      Its shocking how so much Russia defending sounds just like the Bush excuses for Iraq. “Well we didn’t find weapons of mass destruction, but the leader was just really awful so we had to, right?”

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        The murder of George Floyd is not comparable to Azov and AFU being sent into a city and shooting at crowds of civilians.

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                Thanks that’s interesting! Another tactic is the ‘fake educating’, where they provide trash evidence and lots of it, and demand that you look at it otherwise you don’t want to learn the ‘truth’. There’s a tankie here who does that.

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                  I mean not every video I have of the Mariupol Massacre is entirely pro-Russia biased.

                  One of them show a bad actor in the form of a anti-maidan separatist whom hid a gun, pulled it out and shot at Ukrainian troops before hiding behind a crowd forcing Ukrainian troops to fire into the crowd to get this bad actor but they end up accidentally shooting a unarmed civilian in the head, the photo of the dead body (or sometimes the video but with the bad actor suspiciously cut out iirc) is often sent out without any mention of bad actor and without context.

                  But videos that take place prior to this incident show Ukrainian troops have also shot at unarmed civilians with little to no provocation nor any bad actor being in play.

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                  Start wearing purple for me nowww

                  So Fio-Fio-Fioletta! Eta!

                  Da-da-dadama ti moia!

                  Eh, podaite nam karetu, vot etu!

                  I mi poedem k ebeniam!

                  🇺🇦 💜 😘🕺🔥🍆

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      Aw 😢

      Have you tried wearing purple?

      (Since I can imagine those not in the know could misunderand this; Gogol is Ukrainian 🙂)

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        I’ll ignore the meaning of the song and what you are trying to imply but only because it is a banger.

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          I get it, comrade. Purple is dangerous. It’s a slippery slope—first, you wear it, then you start questioning rigid masculine archetypes, and before you know it, you’re rejecting authoritarianism altogether. It’s okay. Just breathe. Let go. Wear the purple. 😘

          Let the banger bang 😉 🍆💜

          We can all tell you’re wanting it. You said so yourself!

          🕺

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              So Fio-Fio-Fioletta! Eta!

              Da-da-dadama ti moia!

              Eh, podaite nam karetu, vot etu!

              I mi poedem k ebeniam!

              🇺🇦 💜 😘

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              So Fio-Fio-Fioletta! Eta!

              Da-da-dadama ti moia!

              Eh, podaite nam karetu, vot etu!

              I mi poedem k ebeniam!

              🇺🇦 💜 😘

              Deleted?!? Awww have we shaken your confidence comrade?