it's hard to tell with Zelensky whether he says what he says because he has a gun to his head, or because he really feels that way. I used to entirely blame the US for sabotaging peace in Ukraine, and see Zelensky mostly as a victim of circumstance. But then I began to learn more about his personal corruption, his relationship to Kolomoisky, the fact that he recently admitted he never intended to uphold Minsk 2, etc. Dude's weird. Dude literally dressed in suits like a standard neolib until he became president at which point he adopted to the McBane persona, grew out a beard, and dressed in drab military gear because he has an advertising deal with some fashy fashion company. He's pure spectacle. a former comedian who played the lead role in a TV show about a school teacher who becomes president of ukraine... then actually became president of Ukraine. The neo nazis clearly don't like him for being Jewish, but are willing to tolerate him because he makes Ukraine look "progressive" (in a completely superficial way) to its EU/US benefactors... the whole thing is bizarre to me.
He's basically the Trump president as brand but in reverse. Instead of being president and using it to flog your own shitty products, he's a president who will shill everyone else's shitty products or ideology, including war and his selling off his own country.
I thought the US was blocking peace talks.
it's hard to tell with Zelensky whether he says what he says because he has a gun to his head, or because he really feels that way. I used to entirely blame the US for sabotaging peace in Ukraine, and see Zelensky mostly as a victim of circumstance. But then I began to learn more about his personal corruption, his relationship to Kolomoisky, the fact that he recently admitted he never intended to uphold Minsk 2, etc. Dude's weird. Dude literally dressed in suits like a standard neolib until he became president at which point he adopted to the McBane persona, grew out a beard, and dressed in drab military gear because he has an advertising deal with some fashy fashion company. He's pure spectacle. a former comedian who played the lead role in a TV show about a school teacher who becomes president of ukraine... then actually became president of Ukraine. The neo nazis clearly don't like him for being Jewish, but are willing to tolerate him because he makes Ukraine look "progressive" (in a completely superficial way) to its EU/US benefactors... the whole thing is bizarre to me.
He's basically the Trump president as brand but in reverse. Instead of being president and using it to flog your own shitty products, he's a president who will shill everyone else's shitty products or ideology, including war and his selling off his own country.
Its like if fucking Billy Mays was running a country
Honestly, this may be warning out of fear after talking to biden rather than any sort of bravado
Sure, credit where credit is due I guess. Though, at this point I can't really tell USA/NATO interests apart from Ukraine's.