weather for the u.s. in 2024. because one of putin s goals in all of this has been to show the hollowness of western institutions, of western promises, and of western alliances. the fragility of the person alliances is really at the heart of this, and it s at the heart of whether or not the united states and other european allies can remain united, and can be and their populations willing to continue to back the ukrainians. so just in the last month there has been an eight point drop in whether americans feel like the united states should have significant role, a major role in the conflict in ukraine, from 40% in march, to 32% in april. does this foreshadow that the support is kind of waning, that this is something that could taper off? as this conflict goes on. look, i heard from a senior u.s. official recently said what s the biggest worry,