Anthony Sacramone reviews an episode of a recent TV series about a high school history teacher who became president that stars the lawyer-turn-comedian who is the current president of Ukraine.
“In short, no one believes what is in fact the truth: A common man without guile or political experience is now the most powerful person in the country, thanks to a popular assent collated by the internet, the same medium that brings you cats falling off pony walls and Russian disinformation. Can you blame them?”
He says it’s funny, endearing, and probably has more heart than many comedies.
In April 2019, when Zelensky won national election, the BBC summarized his victory.
With nearly all ballots counted in the run-off vote, Mr Zelensky had taken more than 73% with incumbent Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind on 24%.
“I will never let you down,” Mr Zelensky told celebrating supporters.
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Experts say his supporters, frustrated with establishment politicians and cronyism, have been energised by his charisma and anti-corruption message.
May the Lord give him many years to fulfill this promise.
https://rumble.com/vy3j8h-tucker-carlson-tonight-highlights-32122-exposing-nazi-ukraine.html
Here’s what I’ve been able to find on some of Carlson’s claims in that segment (which is hacked together, so I looked up the full segment to see context was given).
German news agency DW reports:
“Three pro-Russian TV channels have gone off the air in Kyiv after pro-Western President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a Ukrainian security council decree imposing sanctions for five years on eight media and TV companies.
The Kyiv stations affected were ZIK, NewsOne, and 112 Ukraine.
Their broadcasts were only available Tuesday night via the video hosting platform YouTube, reported the Russian news agency TASS.
It identified the channels’ owner as Taras Kozak, a lawmaker and member of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform for Life party, quoting him as describing Zelenskiy’s move as “an act of blatant censorship.”
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-zelenskiy-bans-three-opposition-tv-stations/a-56438505
If Carlson had identified Ukrainian opposition parties are pro-Russian (I think he denied that), he would have lost his audience.
National Review has written about shutting down other political parties. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/zelensky-suspends-opposition-parties-in-ukraine-with-russia-ties/