I think that he was hoping that this would be -- he believed, no doubt, that this would be an easy, victorious campaign, and it would boost his popularity ratings as he’s starting to go into the 2024 presidential elections.
Yovanovitch analyzes Putin's motivations for the invasion of Ukraine.
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He has become a wartime president, the president that the Ukrainian people needed at this particular moment in time.
Well, I think it just shows that President Trump was using Ukraine as a pawn for his own personal reasons.
I think they underestimated the international wealth and resolve of the United States and the allies and partners that I think President Biden has done a great job of bringing together.