Politics is a fickle business, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lost the favor of sensible Americans, who demand that our focus and resources be devoted to the US homeland, not far away, intractable wars.
This Zelensky fall from grace stands in stark contrast to the constant adoration he enjoys from the legacy media platforms of Washington and New York. After all, even before the war in Ukraine, he was fawned over by the US corporate media for his indirect role in spurring the first sham impeachment of President Trump.
Since the Russian invasion, he graduated to the circles of a true global celebrity, feted by Hollywood elites as he scampered from Davos to Washington, demanding an endless flow of arms and money into his stalemate war. Hat in hand, Zelensky has never made a compelling case why this ancient, regional rivalry in the Black Sea involves a critical national security interest to the United States.
Nonetheless, the powerbrokers of America rallied to his cause, as it propped up the Washington War Machine that had been idled by President Trump’s first term. After Trump wound down the misbegotten global military adventures he inherited, the defense contractors, lobbyists, and DC think tanks desperately needed a new armed intervention. So, eastern Ukraine morphed into their new Gold Rush.
But Zelensky’s recent dust-up in the Oval Office with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance showcased for many Americans the reality of Volodymyr’s greed and lack of appreciation. America has been borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars—money we do not have—to send to Kyiv, with almost zero accountability for how the weapons and money are used. Regardless, Zelensky showed up to the White House in a sweatshirt and protested like an ungrateful child. […]
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