Peloni: Reality is being discussed more and more openly as the cult of God-like perception of Zelensky continues to crumble under closer examination following Trump having described the Ukrainian leader as the less than savory despotic chieftain which has long been clear for anyone willing to weigh the facts fairly.
By Amil Imani| Am Thinker | Feb 24, 2025
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly became a global symbol of resistance.
Celebrated as a heroic leader standing up against a powerful foe, he appeared on television screens worldwide, calling for support and unity in the face of the Russian threat.
However, beneath this image of a brave wartime leader lies a far more complex and troubling reality.
Zelensky’s rise to power and subsequent actions indicate that he is not merely the victim of an unjust invasion but a figurehead influenced by external forces.
As President Trump pointed out in his controversial remarks, the reality is that Zelensky’s actions and alliances tell a different story — one that portrays him more as a puppet of the West than a true statesman.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s backstory is distinctive. Before entering politics, he was an actor and comedian, starring in the popular Ukrainian TV show “Servant of the People,” where he played a high school teacher who unexpectedly became Ukraine’s president.
Although it was a fictional premise, the show resonated with many Ukrainians, reflecting their dissatisfaction with the political establishment and their desire for change. What began as a clever satirical narrative soon transformed into a tragic reality: Zelensky, known for portraying the president on television, became the actual president of Ukraine.
Zelensky’s election in 2019 was fueled by his connection to the T.V. show and the “Servant of the People” political party.
Much like his acting career, this party was influenced by the media. While Zelensky presented himself as an outsider committed to reforming the corrupt political system, his ascent to power was not organic. His campaign was meticulously orchestrated by political consultants and Western interests, making his transition from comedian to president more about foreign influence than democratic choice.
Zelensky’s presidency is closely tied to the history of Western interference in Ukraine.
In 2014, after the removal of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, the United States played a crucial role in destabilizing Ukraine’s government. The infamous leaked conversation between U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, in which Nuland discussed who should form the new Ukrainian government, highlighted the extent of U.S. involvement.
Essentially, the West orchestrated a coup that ousted Yanukovych, whom they viewed as too neutral, especially concerning Ukraine’s relationships with the European Union.
This intervention ultimately established the groundwork for Zelensky’s rise to power. While his administration claims independence, U.S. foreign policy has significantly influenced Ukraine since 2014. As the leader of a pro-Western Ukraine, Zelensky is not simply a product of the popular vote, but also of strategic geopolitical maneuvering by powerful external actors.
One of the most striking contradictions of Zelensky’s presidency is his alliance with far-left groups in Ukraine, particularly the Azov Battalion. Despite being a Jewish president, Zelensky’s government has relied on groups with neo-Nazi ties to combat Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
The Azov Battalion is notorious for its use of neo-Nazi symbols, such as the Wolfsangel and Sonnenrad, yet Zelensky’s government has continued to collaborate with them. This alliance raises serious questions about his commitment to the democratic values he claims to uphold.
Zelensky’s connections to such groups represent a broader issue in Ukrainian politics: the merging of far-right extremism with governmental authority. While Zelensky presents himself as a champion of democracy, his associations with these groups reveal his administration’s corrupt and morally compromised nature. It is not surprising that Zelensky’s government has been labeled among the most corrupt in Europe, with links to neo-Nazi factions further eroding his credibility as a leader of the free world.
While Zelensky’s image as a democratic leader has been central to his global appeal, his actions suggest otherwise. In November 2023, he announced the suspension of Ukraine’s elections, citing the ongoing war and Ukraine’s constitution.
This decision, though framed as a necessary wartime measure, reveals a concerning trend of consolidating power.
According to Ukraine’s constitution, presidential and parliamentary elections are prohibited during martial law; nonetheless, Zelensky’s five-year term expired in March 2024, and he has made it clear that he will not hold elections.
Zelensky’s suppression of opposition voices further signals his authoritarian tendencies. He has shut down political parties that challenge his government, censored critical media outlets, and even threatened journalists with conscription. In one of the most tragic examples of his intolerance for dissent, Ukrainian journalist Gonzalo Lira, a Chilean-American who criticized Zelensky’s handling of the war, was arrested, tortured, and ultimately died in custody in January 2024.
The Ukrainian government, under Zelensky’s leadership, has demonstrated a complete disregard for freedom of speech and human rights.
These actions evoke authoritarian regimes that suppress opposition and silence the press under the guise of national unity or security. Zelensky’s refusal to permit elections, coupled with his persecution of journalists and political opponents, portrays a leader more focused on retaining power than on upholding the democratic values he professes to support.
Zelensky’s stance on NATO has also contributed to escalating the conflict with Russia. While NATO’s expansion eastward in defiance of promises made to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990 has been a significant point of tension, Zelensky’s aspirations for Ukraine to join NATO have exacerbated the situation. NATO’s consistent encroachment on Russia’s borders, coupled with Zelensky’s insistence on aligning Ukraine with the West, has placed Ukraine in the crosshairs of Russian military aggression.
From Russia’s perspective, the desire for a neutral Ukraine is understandable.
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis showed the United States’ willingness to verge on war to prevent Soviet missiles from being stationed just 90 miles from its shores.
However, Zelensky and Western leaders have overlooked Russia’s concerns about NATO’s expansion and the threat it poses to Russian security. Instead, Zelensky continues to advocate for closer ties with NATO, despite the risks to his country.
While many in the West have criticized those suggesting dialogue with Russia, President Trump has advocated for a more pragmatic approach. Trump’s understanding of Russia’s desire for a neutral Ukraine is a crucial perspective in the pursuit of peace. However, Zelensky has chosen to continue an endless war, perpetuating suffering and destruction while ignoring the possibility of a peaceful resolution.
Trump’s call for diplomacy with Russia isn’t about siding with Putin, as many critics claim, but about finding a resolution to an unwinnable war. Zelensky’s refusal to negotiate, despite the rising toll of human life and destruction, underscores his role in prolonging the conflict. If the world hopes to see peace in Ukraine, Zelensky’s leadership must be reconsidered, and his war-driven agenda should be scrutinized.
The global narrative surrounding Zelensky as a hero fighting for democracy warrants examination. His rise as a television comedian, his connections to extremist groups, his authoritarian tendencies, and his role in prolonging the war all indicate a leader far removed from the idealized image presented in the media. Zelensky is not a man of the people; he is a product of geopolitical manipulation, a puppet utilized by the West to advance its interests.
The world must look beyond Zelensky’s façade as a martyr and recognize him for what he truly represents: a leader swayed by external influences whose actions have contributed to ongoing conflict, suffering, and oppression. Achieving peace in Ukraine will require more than just the withdrawal of Russian forces; it will also necessitate Zelensky’s removal and a reevaluation of the factors that have fueled this devastating war.
Image: President.gov.ua, official portrait, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) // CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed
Hi Michael In the next scene in the car, one of the girls tells Jack Nicholson that he was so cool back there but he replies, “I didn’t get my toast, did I?
https://youtu.be/hdIXrF34Bz0?si=Iw878RJ9rPjUH6FA
Hi, Sebastien.
“Trump won and you know it
Trump won and you know it
The fake news will never show it
‘Cause it’s true
Trump won and you know it’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkA2_nijiyE
from 2005! 20 years ago during the second intifada. That’s what woke me up! That and Palestinian Media Watch. And they are talking as though this has never happened before. I remember the antisemitism was intense back then. And, in fact, every time the Pals went to war, i.e., massacring the innocent. Scary what short memories the public has. Though it’s clearly worse now, more institutionalized.
@Michael Maybe Trump should have held off giving him dinner until after the signing. Zelensky had nothing to lose.
Here is the crux of the current feud, LIVE:
https://www.ndtv.com/video/trump-zelensky-news-heated-arguement-breaks-out-between-trump-zelensky-908513
If I were scoring this as a “presidential” debate, I would say the Ukrainian leader had a bad night (Trump’s staffers literally ate his linch); but after seeing the shennanigans in DC, California and NYC this past eight years, the discussion looks almost amicable.
The principal people in the room are all actors, literally…
but save your uniforms.
https://youtu.be/pklr0UD9eSo
https://youtu.be/JwULmgZy7aA
“On the first day of Peacetime, Lyndon said to me,
There won’t be a World War III.
“On the second day of Peacetime, Lyndon said to me,
Save your uniforms;
There won’t be a World War III….”
@Felix
And he has been given a platform too by the editors on this site
As have you. “Freedom of speech for me but not for thee, eh?” Reminds me of the unofficial slogan of nearly every leftist I’ve ever met, “What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.”
Or the punchline to the joke about the Hungarian peasant having the benefits of socialism explained to him during the transition period immediately following the war: “But I have two pigs!”
“The left has run out of fascism bullets.”
– John Stewart
@Felix
As have you. “Freedom of speech for me but not for thee, eh?” Reminds me of the unofficial slogan of nearly every leftist I’ve ever met, “What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.”
Or the punchline of the joke about the Hungarian peasant having the benefits of socialism explained to him during the transition period after the war:
“But I have two pigs!”
Adam has shown continuously that he is on the side of the neofascists in Ukraine
And he has been given a platform too by the editors on this site but should be asked is he a neofascist because he is certainly supporting a neofascist in Ukraine
@Adam
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears
I just saw Zelensky saying with bashful puppy dog eyes that it’s not for anyone but the Ukrainian people to say whether he should resign and Fox interviewer, Brett Baier changing the subject to quote politicians INSTEAD of asking, “umm, HOW? Didn’t you SUSPEND elections, abolish political parties, and nationalize all news services?”
Oh, I know. .
“The witches’ role in the play is to tell Macbeth a prophecy in three parts about the fact that he will become Thane of Cawdor and then the King. This prophecy can either be seen as the inevitable future, or as the thing which spurs Macbeth on to commit regicide.”
– random online source
@Adam
And cashing all the billion dollar checks. Ukraine is and has been the most corrupt nation in Europe, making any transfer of money into or out of that corrupt nation suspect and flagged for investigation. Yet, billions of dollars of war goods and cash were sent to that nation, under the authority and responsibility of Zel, only to hear from his own lips that after three years, half of the money is missing. But we are to believe that Zel, the great man, the man collecting all the checks, and demanding all the aid is not responsible for this fraud, not accountable to those who gave him those funds, and not guilty of filling his own coffers or those of his political allies or controllers.
Even more revealing than the corruption which surrounds him is the tone of recrimination with which he has abused and discredited the state of Israel. His comments disparaging Israel for not supporting his inclination towards national suicide was not even the worst of it either, as he has voted again and again in condemning Israel and championing the Pals, calling for a TSS, sending billions of dollars to Hamas, all since the October 7 massacre. A great man would take no part in such things, and there have been such great men who stand out in the world – men such as Javier Milei, among others, and in whose company Zel has no place of being counted or of being described as a “great man”.
From the Parallel Universe” Zelensky is a great man. A fearless leader utterly devoted to his people’s wellfare, He has shown enormous courage circlingthe globe speaking to legislators and executive officers, soliciting money for his country to enable it to resist Russia’s brazen aggression.
Peloni
I am quite sincere in this offer, as I am in not tolerating your further ad hominem.
END QUOTE
Your offer is proferred with one hand, while the hornery hand of submission is in the other. So absolutely NO!
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH
@Felix
Oh, I think you want the room next door.
That’s a line from
https://youtu.be/uLlv_aZjHXc?si=zz5aQ1IrjaI3H27s
“TROTSKYITE” is very definitely a consciously used term used to belittle and confuse about the historical role of Trotsky.
Consider for a moment and ask why?
Trotsky with Lenin and their Bolshevik Party led the working class to overthrow capitalism.
Marx had warned them…A spectre is haunting Europe etc
Now it had happened. And the capitalist class has never forgiven or forgotten.
Poor foolish fellow Peloni has never understood these historical happenings and so misunderstood everything. I was not in the slightest offended. It was not about me. I fight in the tradition of Trotsky to defend the Russian Revolution, including against the usurpers of the Revolution…the counter revolution of Stalinism.
I am almost certain the Stalin witch hunt against Trotsky in Stalinist Russia invented the term
People today have imbibed it perhaps even unconsciously after millions of mentions – like the term The Palestinians!
So I calmly attempt to put them straight
@fquigley
This comment by Edgar presents an important opportunity for you to enlighten us on the subject which you have danced about for more than two decades on this site. Perhaps you would use your wealth of knowledge on the subject to do more than abuse your fellow bloggers and write an essay on the topic which might enlighten what you find so enchanting about Trotsky, why he was so important, why he has been overshadowed by history, and why such knowledge might be useful in the fight against Israel’s enemies today. If you do so, I will publish it, with the caveat of offering my own comment, as others will offer their own, without such abusive retorts from you as you have demonstrated below.
I am quite sincere in this offer, as I am in not tolerating your further ad hominem.
FELIX-
I do NOT see why you expect others to be as deeply immersed in the life of Trotsky who have never seen or heard much-if anything- about him.
*****That he was a leader of Communism and also a Jew, caused much hatred of Jews and accusations that the Revolution was a Jewish plot to rule the world. ******
*****I recall elders in my Community talking about it although at the time I had no idea who he was. This discussion cropped up from time to time, even years after he was murdered***** .
****Stereotypical calumny straight from the pages of “The Protocols of The Elders of Zion”, still widely believed****.
I assume by now you’ve seen the passage I referred to, regarding me as an ignorant buffoon. YOU wrote it Not I. Why should I NOT be offended.?
PELONI even highlighted it and pointed out that it was an ad hominem attack.
I regard it, as I am involved as far worse. A grievous uncalled for, insult
@Reader
Quite so. Sebastien has made this point previously.
@fquigley
Felix,
Even if you are right about Israel needing a Trotskyist party in order to solve its problems – where will you get the people to form such a party?
No one these days gets an education that Trotsky’s generation received, you cannot find anyone who is this idealistic and willing to give his life for a cause, and last but not least – how many people even know these days who Trotsky was or are willing to find out, and those who think they do are totally brainwashed?
You cannot step into the same river twice.
Because of this, this generation will have to reinvent the wheel or, barring that, will have to come up with their own solutions however painful that may prove to be.
@fquigley
This is an ad hominem remark. Did I warn you about such banter?
I am not going to take lessons on what you might consider insulting. I had no such intent to offend you when using the term, contrary to you describing me and Edgar as ignorant, or me as being a bafoon. You will stop this line of logicless abuse or I will stop it for you. I have been tolerant and patient, but I will not only moderate your comments, but delete any offending remarks without alert forthwith.
FELIX-
I quote “A TROTSKYIST Party to lead Israel and expose the historical ignorance of this buffoon Peloni and others like Edgar who are immersed in the same ignorance”
Including this post it’s 15th, scrolling down at the end of your post to Sebastien Zorn…date February . 27th 2025 at 12.59 pm.
Just yesterday in fact.
Edgar
You have been silent on and have not even raised an objection to Sebastien Zorn calling Leon Trotsky a “murdering bastard”… given that Trotsky backed by Lenin in Moscow was primarily responsible in his leadership of the Red Army for putting an end to the Pogroms of 1918 to 1921, especially of the year 1919. You have continued to associate with Zorn even as you ignore his horrific Calumny of Trotsky. You thereby do dishonour to the, some historians estimate, 300,000 dead Jews of the Pogroms of those years.
This is the background and reality of my deepest difference with Sebastien Zorn. And your silence tells it’s own story.
Meanwhile Peloni does not once refer to this pivotal role of Trotsky and Lenin in the assistance to the Jews and ending of their murders
It may seem a minor issue but is a major issue I noticed Peloni used the term TROTSKYITE which is a term of insult used by the Pogromists of Ukraine and by the Stalinists of the Moscow Trials. It is also common in the American Right. The actual true word is Trotskyists.
Edgar
I definitely did not call you that..I admit calling or referring to Peloni exactly as that because his ignorance about the most basic Russia history astounded me
FELIX_
I take GREAT exception to your calling me “a buffoon”. I never call you anything but “friend” .This will cease as from NOW…
If those interested look up THINK ISRAEL and look for Joseph’s long Q and A with them they may learn something’
In or around 2017 I had some email exchange with Nurit Greenger,(A sour sarcastic type) who is/was prominent with them. -She’s -or was- a freelance Journalist of strong pro-Israel, views. and has had articles in all the major Israeli papers.
I vaguely recall reading years and years ago about a dispute between Joseph and Ken Livingstone, the mamzer who was Lord Mayor of London about some big Arab terrorist advocate against Jews and Israel, whom he invited to some big do there. A name like Al Kardudu..or something like.
Sorry for garbled info but I put them down as they came to me. No idea as to dates or which follows which except for the Livingstone thing.
SEB you must be talking about Joseph Norland.
@Sebastien Zorn
I know.
I tried to find his 23 Reasons article but it is not archived – the links are dead or absent:
https://www.israpundit.org/23-reasons-to-not-create-palestine/#respond