The US presidential elections have been decided for more than a week and the president-elect is making key decisions that will steer Ukraine’s future. However, Ukraine is missing out big.
From: Kyiv Post By Jason Jay Smart
Key decisions that will drive Ukraine’s future are being made as Republicans flock to Mar-a-Lago. However, inexplicably, supporters of Ukraine, including the Ukrainian government, have decided to sit out the decision-making process.
Rather than be heard as the development of US-Ukraine relations is debated, or while future-cabinet members are selected, Ukraine’s voice is silent, causing one to wonder: Where is Team Ukraine?
President Zelensky’s initial reaction to Trump’s victory was to recall their meeting, this past September, during which the two leaders discussed how to “put an end to Russian aggression against Ukraine,” continuing with praise for his American counterpart: “Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer.”
Now more than a week has passed. Ukraine has failed to follow up with actions to keep Ukraine’s perspective at the forefront of the Trump Team’s decision-making.
A look at conservative television shows a stunning dearth of Ukrainian foreign policy officials or their surrogates. Equally, a glance at conservative news sources belies the fact that Ukraine’s allies are not attempting to reach-out to America’s next president.
According to people at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, DC I have spoken with, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the US spent the past two-and-a-half years closely aligning herself with Democrats and openly ignored Republicans.
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