Wherever you stand on the Ukrainian cause, and I’m reservedly sympathetic, it’s clear that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an inexplicable error in his now-infamous press conference with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Trump doesn’t care very much about Ukraine’s future. That’s the reality. So, whether Zelensky was right or wrong on factual or moral grounds is largely irrelevant. The United States is his greatest patron. You take what you can get. Publicly challenging Trump, who was elected by American taxpayers, is self-destructive insanity, especially when your nation’s future hangs in the balance and you hold near-zero leverage.

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