He has no cards.
Posted on 11/23/2025 2:18:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.
It is another make-or-break moment of wartime leadership for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
Late last week, the Trump administration delivered to Mr. Zelensky a 28-point peace plan that many Ukrainians and their Western allies have called a wish list for Russia, a reward for its aggression and a betrayal of Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader was given seven days to either accept it or potentially watch the United States walk away from any remaining support.
President Trump appears to be doubling down on his statement earlier this year that Ukraine doesn’t “have the cards” to keep fighting, with Mr. Zelensky’s government now under pressure from battlefield losses and a major corruption scandal. But through nearly four years of war, analysts say, Mr. Zelensky has often played weak hands wisely.
While he has publicly acknowledged that the American proposal poses one of the gravest challenges ever to Ukraine, it has also inadvertently strengthened Mr. Zelensky at home, at least for the time being. The 28-point plan has shifted the focus away from a graft scandal that has reached his inner circle and threatened to paralyze his government, allowing Mr. Zelensky to reprise his most successful role: as rally-er in chief.
“When Zelensky is cornered, he tends to go on the offensive,” said Viktor Shlinchak, the head of the Institute of World Policy, an analytical research group.
Perhaps in his tightest corner yet, Mr. Zelensky must decide how hard to push back on a settlement proposal that could bring a pause in the fighting but make it harder for Ukraine to ensure its long-term survival. To find a way through,...
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He has no cards.
“Will Zelensky Rise to the Occasion?”
Are they talking about his politicking, or piano playing?
no cards but Z leetle grifter has another 100 mil in stolen funds
““When Zelensky is cornered, he tends to go on the offensive,” said Viktor Shlinchak, the head of the Institute of World Policy, an analytical research group.”
Gee! You think?
Maybe if we got him a little stool to stand up on?
Point 29.
Give back the 100 mil you little weasel.
Maye he should play the piano with his tiny penis on worldwide TV 24/7 to raise support???
There’s no way out.
Circumstances dictate a change in status.
I think he will continue to throw his entire nation into the vanity bonfire of the globalists for as long as possible.
The time for Zel being asked what he’ll do has mostly passed. Now he’ll get told what to do.
The European peace plan was just released
It’s Laughable
Zman has a smug half billion to coast on for the rest of his life, thanks to the US Treasury. Nice gig he got there.
The real question is will he wear a suit and tie?
+1
The European peace plan was just released
It’s Laughable
Yeah, run to the Democrats and RINOs to sabotage Trump’s peace efforts again.
Zelensky has already requested funds from the EU to continue the war for at least two more years.
Zelenski has no intention of stopping the war or looking for peace.
This must mean he and his supporters are benefiting (financially) from the war and could care less about the Ukrainian lives lost in the process.
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