More on Zelensky threatening nukes. If Ukraine isn't allowed to join Nato, Zelensky will build nukes that nobody but he controls.
NATO Membership Or Nuclear Weapons: Zelensky Stuns Allies With Demand
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-stuns-allies-demand-we-need-nato-membership-or-nuclear-weaponsHe made the ultra provocative comments while speaking before the EU's European Council in Brussels, where he presented the victory plan before European lawmakers. That's when he referenced a recent private conversation with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying he told Trump that his country needs "some kind of alliance" or be "forced to pursue nuclear weapons."
"In a conversation with Donald Trump I said – this is our situation: What way out do we have? Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which for us will be a defense, or we'll need to have some sort of alliance, besides NATO. But today we know of no other alliance," Zelensky said.
"NATO countries today are not at war. NATO countries are not fighting. In NATO countries people are still alive. Thank God. That is why we choose NATO, not nuclear weapons. And Donald Trump heard me. He said you have a just argument," he continued.
At one point in these comments he referenced this historic Budapest Memorandum, a 1994 agreement where Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal from Soviet times in exchange for security guarantees from Russia, the US, and UK.
He also emphasized in a rhetorical question, "Which nuclear states suffered? None except Ukraine… Who gave up their nuclear weapons? All of them? No. Only Ukraine… Who is fighting today? Ukraine."
Following the address, Zelensky appeared alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and sought to downplay the nuclear remarks, saying, "We never spoke about … that we are preparing to create nuclear weapons or something like this."
Russian media also picked up on this moment:
Zelensky himself walked back his earlier comments at a later joint news conference in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, saying: "I said I have no alternative except NATO. That was my signal. But we are not building nuclear weapons."
Meanwhile former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has claimed that Ukraine is working on a dirty bomb. He said the Zelensky government "has everything necessary for that: resources, technology and specialists."
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The other side of the story is, Zelensky is a super salesman. One of the traits of a salesman is to instill fear (often fear of loss) in those people they are trying to sell. Can Zelensky really build nukes? Was his part of the Ukraine war really a sales pitch that got others to join with him because of fear of loss?
Trump Criticizes Zelensky for Helping Start the War in Ukraine, as ‘The Greatest Salesman on Earth’ Now Demands ‘either NATO Membership or Nuclear Weapons’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/trump-criticizes-zelensky-helping-start-war-ukraine-as/In a context where thousands of American citizens are struggling in the aftermath of the Helene and Milton hurricanes, it's outrageous that feeble Joe Biden is still dishing out hundreds of millions of dollars to the 'world's greatest salesman', Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zlensky, to bankroll a war effort in a conflict that he has no chance of winning.
Of course, America first leader and Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has been very critical of this situation, and as election day approaches, he has been stepping up his criticism of Zelensky.
This week, while presenting his 'victory plan' to his countrymen, Zelensky went over board and demanded that 'either Ukraine joins NATO or gets nuclear weapons', in what many understood as some kind of ultimatum to Trump.
As we know, that'll never fly with Trump, who may have felt free to step up his criticism of the embattled Ukrainian leader.
So yesterday (17), Trump for the first time lay the blame on Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia.
This was widely seen as yet another evidence that Trump will shift the present ruinous U.S. policy toward Ukraine when he wins the Nov. 5 election.
Reuters reported:
"The Republican former president has frequently criticized Zelenskiy on the campaign trail, repeatedly calling him "the greatest salesman on Earth" for having solicited and received billions of dollars of U.S. military aid since the war broke out in 2022.
Trump has also slammed the Ukrainian leader for failing to seek peace with Moscow, and he has suggested Ukraine may have to cede some of its land to Russia to make a peace deal, a concession Kiev considers unacceptable."
Trump's comments on a podcast with Patrick Bet-David 'went a step further' than his previous criticism.
Zelensky would be to blame not just for failing to end the war, Trump said, but also for helping start it.
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