Smart guy, that Zelensky. He did not fall into a Trumpist trap

 Zelensky is wise and nimble, way beyond his years. https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-shut-down... Given the sour taste in his mouth when Trump used supplying Javelins as leverage to force Zelensky to find dirt on Hunter Biden, he showed the ability to be a diplomat while delivering bad news. He also avoided creating an incident or falling into a right-wing trap of some fantasy that if Trump had been president, there would have been no war or military resistance. . I wonder if in the back of his mind, Zelensky was thinking, that if Trump were president, sure there would have been no war because he would have let Russia waltz right in all the way to Kyiv given Trump's bromance with Putin. and Ukraine would have been run by Putin's quisling restoring its Soviet-style satellite status and handing over the part to their own country to be annexed to Russia..

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Zelenskyy shuts down Newsmax interviewer who tried to get him to say there would be no war if Trump were president

Right-wing outlet Newsmax interviewed Zelenskyy, saying many Americans think Trump as president would mean "this invasion would not have happened."