What is the mood with the Trump victory? Can Ukraine survive without the Americans? What do you think the chances are of Europe stepping up to replace the Americans?
hi, vaughan. i don't hang out at independence square and quiz chaplains near the rows of little flags or talk with ukrainian officials off record about the best way to flatter donald. all the people i know are hunkered down, going about their business and trying to make the best of a very-bad-about-to-get-worse situation. the focus is on surviving until spring. that's only a couple of months away. depending on ur age and the unit u are serving in, military life is chaotic and sucks. i have zero faith in team usa under trump and not much more in european leaders. but lots of good vibes about ukrainian resilience. they key is staying alive until the weather gets warmer. life in the village is the same as it always was, hand-to-mouth subsistence farming. almost all the kids have cleared out and are either in the big cities, in college or moved abroad. i think there is a widespread recognition that the only way to get out of this mess is to presume on ourselves. that could change if the russians knock out power supply and everything goes black
What is the mood with the Trump victory? Can Ukraine survive without the Americans? What do you think the chances are of Europe stepping up to replace the Americans?
hi, vaughan. i don't hang out at independence square and quiz chaplains near the rows of little flags or talk with ukrainian officials off record about the best way to flatter donald. all the people i know are hunkered down, going about their business and trying to make the best of a very-bad-about-to-get-worse situation. the focus is on surviving until spring. that's only a couple of months away. depending on ur age and the unit u are serving in, military life is chaotic and sucks. i have zero faith in team usa under trump and not much more in european leaders. but lots of good vibes about ukrainian resilience. they key is staying alive until the weather gets warmer. life in the village is the same as it always was, hand-to-mouth subsistence farming. almost all the kids have cleared out and are either in the big cities, in college or moved abroad. i think there is a widespread recognition that the only way to get out of this mess is to presume on ourselves. that could change if the russians knock out power supply and everything goes black