Almost 50% of Americans believe aid for Ukraine not worth it: Poll
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The pollster expressed that 53% of Americans believe the $43 billion has been worth the cost while 45% do not believe so.
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US President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in the White House on September 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP)
According to a poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Wednesday, 45% of Americans believe that aid extended to Ukraine by the United States has not been worth the cost.
Ipsos Public Affairs polled 3,242 persons from all 50 American states and the District of Columbia from September 7 to September 18.
The pollster expressed that 53% of Americans believe the $43 billion has been worth the cost while 45% do not believe so.
More than two-thirds of Democrats (69%) believe that US backing for Kiev has been worthwhile, while 61% of Republicans disagree. The independents have different opinions on the subject, where 51% believe it is worthwhile, while 47% do not.
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When questioned about providing F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, 55% of Americans favored the proposal. However, the same proportion of Republicans are opposed to it.
"Majorities across the board oppose sending cluster munitions, perhaps because the question wording revealed that several NATO allies have banned them (61%)," the pollster highlighted.
According to the study, 49% of Americans say their government should press Ukraine to hold peace talks very soon in order to end the crisis in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, 47% say the United States should assist Ukraine for as long as necessary.
A recent joint poll conducted by ABC News and The Washington Post indicated that the American public has been increasingly concerned over US support for Ukraine.
Currently, 41% believe that the United States is doing too much to support Ukraine, marking an increase from 33% in February and 14% in April 2022.
Meanwhile, 50% believe that the United States is doing the right amount or too little, representing a decline from 60% seven months ago and 73% during the early stages of the war.
Without US support, Ukraine stands no chance in war: Ukrainian MP
Ukraine would almost surely lose its war against Russia if the United States quits supplying Kiev with military aid, member of the Ukrainian parliament Aleksey Goncharenko made it clear on Sunday.
"Without the support of the USA, we have almost no chance of holding out," Goncharenko wrote on Telegram.
His words came a day after US Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed cutting military aid to Ukraine from the financing bill in order to avoid a government shutdown.
But on Tuesday, for the first time in its 234-year history, the House backed a resolution "to vacate the office of the speaker" with a 216-210 vote setting the stage for an unprecedented contest to replace McCarthy a year before the presidential election.
The House Speaker warned that favoring "Ukraine over America" may lead to "real problems". He also pointed out that were it not for the aid to Ukraine, US lawmakers may have enacted a last-minute budget plan to extend government financing beyond September and prevent a potential shutdown.
The White House announced on Sunday that US President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill, set only to last 45 days, which had passed by Congress to ensure ongoing government funding until November 17.
