Biden pelkää vaaleja. Midterm kolkuttaa.
Sinänsä hauska kun jutun otsikko on kuinka sota voi vahingoittaa Amerikkaa, niin jutussa ollaan lähinnä huolissansa demarien/bidenin vaalimenestyksestä.
Why a Russian invasion of Ukraine would hurt Americans too
And while it is not his prime intention, Putin would cause significant damage to Biden's prestige and inflict real-time consequences on Americans in an already tense midterm election year -- including with likely new hikes to already soaring gasoline prices that often act as an index of voter anger and perceptions about the economy.
Trump's comments over the weekend were clearly intended as signal to Republicans of how to go after Biden should a Russian invasion take place. The GOP has spent months building a midterm election message centered on the idea that Biden is weak and incompetent and that the world has lost respect for the US with the departure of the strongman Trump.
Biden conveyed a direct caution to Putin about the US actions -- including sanctions that could cripple the Russian economy if an invasion goes ahead -- in a telephone call on Saturday. But his frequent contacts with the Russian leader risk leaving him open to accusations of appeasement if Putin ignores US warnings and marches into Ukraine anyway.
Republican leaders also want to stress high prices for gasoline and basic goods, mostly brought on by the pandemic, to portray Biden's economic management as a disaster despite some of the strongest jobs numbers in decades. So many of the cascading events that would result from a Russian invasion of Ukraine could play into their hands.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/biden-putin-russia-ukraine-analysis/index.html
