Ukraine Has Long-Term American Problem
And the problem isn't Trump or Republicans, it's much more serious
“Crimea is Russia and I’m not apologising for that.”
If you haven’t heard of Hasan Piker, this is your chance to do so, because he is the author of the statement you just read.
A radical left-wing American influencer of Iranian descent with an enormously popular Twitch channel, Piker represents a new caste of political internet personalities. Across platforms, he commands an audience of roughly 11.3 million followers.
And this matters.
A new survey by Pew Research Center focuses heavily on how Americans view the Russia–Ukraine war, Donald Trump’s handling of it, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Vladimir Putin. Broadly speaking, the findings suggest that the average American remains pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin, skeptical of Trump’s approach to the war, and negative toward Russia overall.
But buried beneath the headlines is a finding that may prove far more important in the long run than the current political climate itself:
