- With oil and gas costs climbing and a low job approval rating, it may be tough for President Biden to convince NATO allies to send heavy weapons to Ukraine.
- Americans have largely supported the war effort. But that’s not necessarily because they approve of the way Biden is handling the situation.
- Experts say pessimism over high fuel and food costs could lead to falling support for Ukrainian aid.
MADRID – President Joe Biden had hoped to use this week’s NATO summit as a platform to plead his case for maintaining support for the war in Ukraine.
But domestic upheaval over abortion rights, gun violence and economic turbulence threaten to overshadow Biden’s message at home about the urgent need to send Ukraine more weapons to protect itself from Russian attacks.