Expert: US midterms will bring change, but Trump impeachment is unlikely
Foreign policy expert Toms Rostoks says US President Donald Trump's recent actions may be just another crisis in US-Ukraine relations. He says it is too early to judge and the situation after the elections must be watched.
Toms Rostoks, Vice-Rector for Research at the Latvian National Defence Academy and a foreign policy and security expert, believes that US President Donald Trump's recent actions are probably just another crisis in relations between Ukraine and the United States, not a decisive turning point. He spoke on the programme "Krustpunktā" on Latvian Radio. The US midterm elections are held during a president's term in office, and the discussion centres on what they may mean for Washington's course.
The condition behind the assessment
Rostoks's conclusion rests on an assumption: that Trump's recent steps are directly connected to the midterm elections. If so, in his view, this is most likely a temporary tension rather than a fundamental change in relations between the two countries.
Too early to say
The expert stressed that it is still too early to draw final conclusions. He said it is necessary to follow how the situation changes after the elections, as only then will the direction of US policy towards Ukraine become clearer.
What the elections may bring
According to the article's headline, the expert believes the midterms will mark change, but that impeachment of Trump, meaning an attempt to remove him from office, is unlikely. The election outcome and the actions that follow it will be key to judging whether current developments are short-lived or lasting.
