The War Over the Ukraine War.

Voters will see Ukraine and foreign policy generally as a character test, one that may benefit Biden if he faces Trump in the general election, Celinda Lake, Biden's chief pollster in 2020, tells Newsweek. Key figures (clockwise, from top left): Biden and Trump, here at a 2020 debate; Russian leader Vladimir Putin; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis; Biden addressing troops. They note that while Biden's job approval numbers are low, polls show he's running even with Trump, and most Americans believe the U.S. should continue backing Ukraine - for now, at least. The isolationist wing of the Republican Party's increasing appetite for cutting - if not eliminating - U.S. support for Ukraine is at odds with the more traditional GOP view, which has been critical of Biden for failing to do more to push back against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [Extracted from the article]

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