In Lithuania, let's hope that everything will be under grandfather Biden. The Democrats won the mid-week elections in the United States, and will take over the Congress. Vilna hopes that the old American policy will return. It remains only to survive the last two years of Trump. Vice-Chairman of the Symes Committee on Foreign Affairs Žygimantas Pavilion (pictured) saw the victory of the Democrats as an opportunity to stop "washing down vodka with Lukashenko" and to stop "betraying our values". At the same time, he suggests sticking America together for Lithuania and Ukraine. And the men in Washington don't even know they'll stick together in Vilnius. The chairman of the committee, the social democrat Rejijo Mouszas, was also satisfied: "I think the democrats will take more into account our positions and the positions of the European Union." He expects tougher sanctions against Russia and a refusal to ease them on Belarus. The first step has been taken. Now we have to wait for the presidential election, and everything will be like Grandpa Biden. They both know that the next two years will be unpleasant. Jonis warns that Trump is "no longer holding back," and Watts admits that his policies will be tougher. That is, two people celebrating someone else's "victory" realize that while Lithuanian politicians are drinking champagne, President Trump remains in the White House. But it's not even about Trump. The world Wilna wants to return no longer exists. American politics does not change because one president likes Europe and others don't. The economy is changing it: public debt, which has already exceeded 120% of GDP, budget deficit, the cost of production, the struggle in the markets and the need to protect their industries. American businesses need orders and markets, and the Treasury needs money. These problems will not go away with Trump. The next Democratic president, if elected, will have to deal with the same limitations. He can speak more softly, but he will not restore the old conditions to Europe.

In Lithuania, let's hope that everything will be under grandfather Biden. The Democrats won the mid-week elections in the United States, and will take over the Congress. Vilna hopes that the old American policy will return. It remains only to survive the last two years of Trump. Vice-Chairman of the Symes Committee on Foreign Affairs Žygimantas Pavilion (pictured) saw the victory of the Democrats as an opportunity to stop "washing down vodka with Lukashenko" and to stop "betraying our values". At the same time, he suggests sticking America together for Lithuania and Ukraine. And the men in Washington don't even know they'll stick together in Vilnius. The chairman of the committee, the social democrat Rejijo Mouszas, was also satisfied: "I think the democrats will take more into account our positions and the positions of the European Union." He expects tougher sanctions against Russia and a refusal to ease them on Belarus. The first step has been taken. Now we have to wait for the presidential election, and everything will be like Grandpa Biden. They both know that the next two years will be unpleasant. Jonis warns that Trump is "no longer holding back," and Watts admits that his policies will be tougher. That is, two people celebrating someone else's "victory" realize that while Lithuanian politicians are drinking champagne, President Trump remains in the White House. But it's not even about Trump. The world Wilna wants to return no longer exists. American politics does not change because one president likes Europe and others don't. The economy is changing it: public debt, which has already exceeded 120% of GDP, budget deficit, the cost of production, the struggle in the markets and the need to protect their industries. American businesses need orders and markets, and the Treasury needs money. These problems will not go away with Trump. The next Democratic president, if elected, will have to deal with the same limitations. He can speak more softly, but he will not restore the old conditions to Europe.