Tracey, an American fighting in Ukraine, got angry at social media posts from his friends back home calling for Washington to cut its support to Kyiv.

US President Donald Trump has repeated money should be spent at home rather than abroad, part of his "America First" programme that has invigorated many, including Tracey's friends.

"Being on the ground in Ukraine and seeing that angers me. It really pisses me off because it's just irresponsible," he told AFP, asking for his surname to be withheld.

"We have many issues in the US. The war in Ukraine is not the reason those things are happening," he said, a message he hoped would be heard in his home state, the Republican-led South Carolina.

The United States has been Ukraine's biggest military backer since Russia invaded in February 2022, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said it would have lost the war without that support.

But in the US, 67 percent of Republicans believe Washington is doing too much to assist Kyiv -- compared to 11 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of independents -- according to a December 2024 Gallup poll.

One of Trump's first acts in power was to........

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