Whatever your views of Assange (which will generally be coloured by whatever media you frequent), it was reported widely at the time that his main concern was unjustified extradition to Sweden 'to face unfounded charges'. These charges would be summarily dropped and this would open the doors immediately for removal/extradition to the USA which is what the USA government has been looking for all the time.
Until today, he was still potentially facing extradition to Sweden as the UK political lobby had called for the severity of the Swedish charge to take precedence over the US case. However, by dropping their case, Sweden have left the door open for the US ...
Assange's assertion that removal to the USA was the main aim, is now coming to fruition ... whether as a result of a correct legal system or as a result of political shenanigans in the background. What he now has to do is claim he has Asperger's or similar as otherwise he hasn't got a hope.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
