Plans of Victory with Biden, Demands for Surrender with Trump

Different Promises from the White House and Trump Tower

On September 22nd, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy arrived in the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly and to present his victory plan to both presidential candidates. Zelenskyy’s visit to the United States comes just weeks before the 2024 election and during an increasingly tense period of American politics. In response to Zelenskyy’s tour of an ammunition factory in Scranton with Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro, GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has demanded that Ukraine withdraw its ambassador to the United States and labeled the visit “election interference”. After not responding to Zelenskyy’s initial offer to meet and criticizing Ukraine’s refusal to “make a deal” with Russia, Trump agreed to a last-minute meeting at Trump Tower after publicly posting a message from Ukrainian deputy ambassador Sienik.

While these developments have highlighted the growing distance between both parties’ stances towards American support for Ukraine, an even deeper divide between Republican…