Rumours of Zelensky's card deficiency have been greatly exaggerated
The American voter is a moron, but he is not a totally depraved and immoral individual. He still likes to see good triumph, even though his grasp on what is "good" may be increasingly shaky. It was never that strong at the best of times.
It does however help him to be faced with an example of clear-cut Satanic evil in the guise of the dead-eyed Eurasian crap-goblin Putin and his unprovoked four-year-long invasion and brutalisation of Ukraine.
Even the dopey American voter, dim as his lights are regarding anything that involves geography, has a loose grip on the idea that Putin is the bad guy here.
Even the dopey American voter, dim as his lights are regarding anything that involves geography, has a loose grip on the idea that Putin is the bad guy here.
This is reflected in the fact that explicit support for Russia is practically non-existent in the US political system, with no senators or Congressmen supporting Russia and the vast majority (80-90%) putting their name repeatedly to measures, like the recent "Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act," which passed 86–11. (Those who voted against it generally did so for technical reasons, as the act gave Trump new tariff powers that would help fuel more MAGA corruption.)
But, despite this natural pro-Ukrainian stance, covert support for Russia in the US political system is strong, especially at the top and in the person of Donald Trump.
Of course, the fact that their President is a Russian glove puppet is not automatically clear to the American voter, who, remember, is definitely a moron. But it is certainly clear to anyone else with an above-room-temperature IQ. Trump's pattern of behaviour on Russia is unmistakable and it confirms that he is a Russian asset, presumably through copious kompromat going back to the 80s.
Of course, the fact that their President is a Russian glove puppet is not automatically clear to the American voter, who, remember, is definitely a moron. But it is certainly clear to anyone else with an above-room-temperature IQ. Trump's pattern of behaviour on Russia is unmistakable and it confirms that he is a Russian asset, presumably through copious kompromat going back to the 80s.
"Yes, master, I obey"
This tension between a wholly Kremlin-aligned President and a political system that still reflects basic normie morality has been skilfully played on by Ukrainian President Zelensky at a key point in the US political calendar.
Under constant pressure from Trump in his threadbare disguise as a would-be "peacemaker," Zelensky has always said he would agree to an "energy ceasefire" if the Russians did so too. Zelensky says this even though such a ceasefire would hinder Ukraine's war efforts to bring Russia to its knees.
But why does Zelensky adopt this counterintuitive position? It is because he needs to prevent Trump from framing him as a "stubborn, pro-war" leader who is "corruptly benefitting" from the war (essentially a Kremlin disinfo narrative that Trump has "laundered" to the low-IQ American voter on an industrial scale for years). Such framing, if successful, would reduce the natural support for Ukraine in the US political system. Zelensky also adopts this position because he knows the Russians won't keep any ceasefire and that this conflict will ultimately be decided by strength and conflict, resulting in the defeat of one of the antagonists.
Zelensky's usual balanced reticence then provoked Trump to reveal his intemperate eagerness to serve his master Putin, with the US President spurred into making an ad-hoc diesel-deal with the Kremlin, while also pushing Zelensky to resign; meanwhile unilaterally announcing a completely made-up "ceasefire" without talking to any of fighting parties. In short, Trump's incoherence even started to register with low-IQ American voters, while also having knock-on effects in Europe.
Despite the absurdity of Trump's position, Zelensky calmly maintained his framing as being open to any true ceasefire by immediately complying, knowing full well that the Russians would openly defy Trump's chimerical truce and mock him into the bargain. Accordingly, the Russians kept striking Ukraine's energy grid.
Trump then responded like a true total Kremlin asset. He simply brushed aside the Russian attacks that had violated his "ceasefire," continued to blame Zelensky for the war, and then started to undermine Ukraine's ability to defend itself by reducing Starlink coverage and intelligence sharing, increasing the friction with the rest of the US political establishment.
Effectively Trump punished the side that attempted to abide by his imaginary "truce" while rewarding the side that didn't.
This spotlighted Trump's blatantly pro-Kremlin alignment and emphasised the tension within the US political system at a key moment in US politics. The effect will be to demoralise and weaken the political party that Trump—and, through him, Putin—has hijacked in the Midterms, while also red-pilling millions of normie Republicans that their President is a pathetic tool of a criminal state.
This spotlighted Trump's blatantly pro-Kremlin alignment and emphasised the tension within the US political system at a key moment in US politics. The effect will be to demoralise and weaken the political party that Trump—and, through him, Putin—has hijacked in the Midterms, while also red-pilling millions of normie Republicans that their President is a pathetic tool of a criminal state.
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Colin Liddell is the Chief Editor of Neokrat and the author of Interviews & Obituaries, a collection of encounters with the dead and the famous. Support his work by buying his book here (USA), here (UK), and here (Australia), or by taking out a paid subscription on his Substack.
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