[redshawk]

“My guess is the Ukrainians weren’t really offering him a job, but teasing him that he was a busybody meddling in their affairs.”
.....
Or stroking his ego to pump him for more information. ...?

[Sacajaweau]

The guy that offered him the job said it was a joke and it sounds like they were both drunk at lunch.

Zelensky fired the guy after he returned from the UN Meeting in NYC.

[pnut22]

I have no doubt they offered him a job. He fits the definition of useful tool perfectly. Of course he also fits useless tool well.