U.S. Politics. I said this in May on this forum, "U.S. politics will have an impact on Ukrainian strategy if the war is not settled by the 2024 election. The state of US politics is such that, whichever position one party takes, the other party stakes out the exact opposite. Regardless how Ukraine polls now with Americans, the two parties will corral their voters into the paddock they're supposed to be in."
American partisan politics has been nothing but Star Bellied Sneetches since 1988.