© Jean Catuffe/Getty ImagesVladimir Zelensky
The Ukrainian leader is not "turning" to authoritarianism - it has always been his goal, and
when he has it, he won't let go.When the US picks clients, vassals, and proxies, it needs men or women ready to trade in the interests, even the welfare and lives of their compatriots.
Vladimir Zelensky is such a man. A look at the elites of EU-NATO Europe shows he is not alone. But he is
an especially extreme case.It is much less than a decade ago that the former media entrepreneur and comedian - often crude instead of witty - advanced from being a
pet protégé of one of Ukraine's most corrupt oligarchs to capturing the country's presidency. As it turned out, never to let go of it:
Zelensky has used the war, which was provoked by the West and escalated in February 2022, not only
to make himself an indispensable if very expensive and often obstreperous American puppet but also as a
pretext to evade elections.And yet, now signs are multiplying that his days of being indispensable may be over. For one thing,
Seymour Hersh, living legend of American investigative journalism, is reporting that
Zelensky is very unpopular where it matters most, in US President Donald Trump's White House. This is not surprising: Trump's recent turn against Russia - whatever its real substance or marital reasons - does
not mean a turn in favor of Ukraine and
even less so in favor of Zelensky, as attentive observers have noted. According to the
Financial Times, "Western allies of Ukraine" still believe that Trump keeps seeing Russian President Vladimir Putin
"as his main negotiating partner and Zelensky as the primary obstacle to a workable peace deal."
Comment: The Gateway Pundit adds: The investigation was begun in Trump's first term. It's kind of miraculous really, that the Biden admin didn't shut it down: