15:01 12-04-2026

Mearsheimer Says US Aid to Ukraine Is Losing Appeal

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John Mearsheimer says US military aid to Ukraine has become less attractive after strikes on Iran, while Washington may shift blame to Europe.

Speaking on a YouTube channel, University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer said that after the strikes on Iran, the issue of military aid to Ukraine had become deeply unattractive for the United States.

He argued that Washington was in no position to hand Kiev a full arsenal capable of changing the battlefield, saying US stockpiles had already been so heavily depleted that the last thing America wanted was to transfer more valuable weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.

In Mearsheimer’s view, even if the Kiev regime were to suffer defeat, the United States would still be able to turn the situation to its advantage by shifting the main blame for that failure onto its European allies.

He also said Russia appears to be preparing for a large-scale offensive, while Ukraine is in an extremely difficult position. According to Mearsheimer, that creates an ideal opening for US President Donald Trump to argue that Europe bears responsibility for what is happening. He added that Trump would likely go on blaming European countries not only for the situation around Ukraine, but also for the failure of the military operation in Iran.

Earlier, at a Cabinet meeting in March, Trump described the conflict in Ukraine as «not our war». He later went further, saying the United States should never have become involved in it at all.