Zelensky on coke

[Salvijus]

Not sure if this deserves a thread of its own but it's really funny nonetheless. 

 

[Leo Gura]

He is in a very stressful position. He has difficultly sleeping. He might have a cold or jet-lag and taking something to help him with that. Doesn't mean it is coke. Irresponsible to call it coke.

Obviously he is not snorting coke in the middle of a live interview.

Jimmy Dore is an epistemic pervert with an agenda.

Zelensky has done a great job for his people.

Edited October 23 by Leo Gura

[Ulax]

I love Zelenskey, except for his policy about men not being able to leave the country. That is unforgivable

[Wilhelm44]

Jimmy is cringe, making fun of the way Zelensky pronounces the word 'voting', and then says he sounds high. He sounds totally sober, just tired.

[Atb210201]

He is out sooner or later.

We're close to it.

Your tax money goes straight into his nose lol.

Edited October 23 by Atb210201

[Thought Art]

Jimmy doré is a parasite 

[Christoph Werner]

@Leo Gura

On 10/23/2026 at 11:26 AM, Leo Gura said:

 

Zelensky has done a great job for his people.

Leo, the “he’s just stressed / jet-lagged / has a cold” explanation is the standard damage-control line. It doesn’t address the pattern that multiple people around him (including former staff) have described for years: sudden shifts in demeanor after short bathroom breaks, especially before important appearances. That observation isn’t unique to Jimmy Dore.

More importantly, the real issue isn’t whether he did coke in that moment. The real issue is the actual record of what this war has done to Ukraine under his leadership.

Ukraine went into this war already in a severe demographic crisis. Since 2022 the population has dropped from roughly 40+ million to around 30 million through deaths, injuries, emigration, and collapsed birth rates. Hundreds of thousands of young men are dead or maimed. An entire generation that would have been needed to rebuild the country is being consumed. A country does not have a future without its young people. “Fighting for freedom and democracy” becomes an empty slogan when the demographic base required to live that freedom is being destroyed.

Zelensky was a professional actor and comedian before becoming president. That skill set is useful for selling a narrative. It does not automatically make someone a competent wartime leader looking out for the long-term survival of his people. Ukraine was already one of the more corrupt countries in Europe before the war, and large parts of the war economy have only intensified those problems.

Wars are not primarily “country versus country.” They are fought with the bodies and futures of ordinary people. The population pays the price in blood, trauma, and collapse while external actors (arms industries, financial interests, geopolitical strategies) extract advantage. From that perspective, continuing a war that cannot restore the pre-2022 borders and is steadily hollowing out the country is not “doing a great job for his people.” It is serving other interests while the Ukrainian people carry the cost.

Many Ukrainians themselves are exhausted and want an end to the fighting. Pretending that any criticism of the current course is just propaganda or bad faith doesn’t change the demographic and human reality on the ground.

[Leo Gura]

23 minutes ago, Christoph Werner said:

More importantly, the real issue isn’t whether he did coke in that moment. The real issue is the actual record of what this war has done to Ukraine under his leadership.

There would be no Ukraine left under worse leadership.

You are not appreciating the difficulty of his position and situation.

Criticizing Zelensky is downright shameful.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Thought Art]

On 2026-10-23 at 5:30 AM, Ulax said:

I love Zelenskey, except for his policy about men not being able to leave the country. That is unforgivable

He has a country to defend 

[Ulax]

15 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

He has a country to defend 

You could use that argument to defend using 3 year old child soldiers