Well I guess I'm going to finally give in and watch 3h of that boring/annoying Lex podcast guy

Ok so takeaways. Zelensky is a heroic, articulate leader who clearly is acting in the best interest of Ukrainians, Europe, democracy and global security, while Lex is quite plainly a selfish moron.

Lex blabbers about "his dream" for peace, but not even once does he consider Ukrainian desires. Selfish apologist asshat.

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Zelensky’s comments re: Budapest are particularly damning and I think history will justifiably not be kind to the people who decided to ignore it. Also his comment when Lex said Putin loves his people. 😂 Lex recommends people read Plokhy’s Gates of Europe but it seems like he himself hasn’t, which is likely given how much time he spends daydreaming about Trump and Elon

Plausible deniability by these apologists is becoming ever less plausible.

Definitely seemed completely unprepared and out of his depth but it is noteworthy to have gotten the interview.

Not going to listen, but any cred to lex just for having Z on when Lex is clearly outmatched?

I used to be Lex fan, but he has seemed to be a bit unprepared last couple years (and i find myself wincing), kinda lazy, and he used to over-prepare.