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Ukraine: More Than Half Of Americans Think Russia Wouldn't Have Invaded If Trump Was President

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Updated 10:22 28 Feb 2022 GMTPublished 17:48 26 Feb 2022 GMT

Ukraine: More Than Half Of Americans Think Russia Wouldn't Have Invaded If Trump Was President

A majority of Americans think Vladimir Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump was still president of the US.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

A majority of Americans think Vladimir Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump was still president of the US.

On Thursday, February 24, the Russian president sent troops across the border, marking the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

However, a new survey, conducted for the Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris, and released on Friday, February 25, has revealed more than half of members of the public in the US think the invasion wouldn't have gone ahead had Trump still been president.

The poll consisted of 2,026 registered voters, and took place between February 23 and 24, The Hill reports.

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A total of 62% of those who took the poll think that Putin wouldn't have decided to invade Ukraine had Trump been president. It was discovered that the result was made up of 38% Democrats and 85% of Republicans.

Although 38% stated that no matter who was president of the US, Putin would have invaded either way.

59% of voters expressed the belief that a weakness was spotted in Joe Biden, which encouraged Putin to send troops across the border. However, 41% disagreed.

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At 5.30pm GMT on the first day of the invasion, Biden held a public address following a meeting with leaders of the G7.

Calling Putin an 'aggressor', Biden said the invasion was 'unfolding largely as [the US] predicted'.

Biden revealed a series of sanctions that have since been enforced on Russia, which were created 'to maximise the long term impact' on the country and 'to minimise the impact on the United States and our allies.'

From cutting off Russia's largest bank and 'four more major banks,' the US has also been 'adding names to the list of Russian elites and their family members that [it is] sanctioning as well'.

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If you would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Appeal, which will help provide food, medicines and basic medical supplies, shelter and water to those in Ukraine, click here for more information 

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Donald Trump

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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