Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is once again moving the goalposts, this time casting serious doubt on whether Ukraine will hold democratic elections this year by demanding unrealistic security guarantees and ceasefires that everyone knows won't happen.
According to reports, Zelensky insisted that "no one is clinging to power" and claimed he's ready to hold elections – but then immediately added the impossible conditions that there must be a ceasefire and security guarantees before any vote can take place. Translation: there won't be any elections, and Zelensky gets to stay in power indefinitely.
This is the same pattern we've seen from the Ukrainian leader for months now. Make promises about democracy and accountability, then create impossible preconditions that ensure the status quo continues. Meanwhile, American taxpayers are expected to keep writing blank checks to support a government that won't even hold basic democratic elections.
Convenient Excuses for Avoiding Democracy
Let's be honest about what's happening here, Patriots. Zelensky knows that holding actual elections might threaten his grip on power, so he's using the ongoing conflict as a convenient excuse to avoid the democratic process entirely. It's the oldest trick in the political playbook – create a crisis, then use that crisis to justify suspending normal democratic procedures.
"No one is clinging to power," Zelensky claimed, while literally clinging to power by refusing to hold elections without impossible preconditions.
This should be a wake-up call for President Trump and the America First movement. Why are we continuing to funnel billions of dollars to a government that won't even commit to basic democratic principles? How can we justify supporting a leader who keeps making excuses to avoid facing his own people in free and fair elections?
The American people deserve leaders who will put America's interests first, not rubber-stamp endless spending on foreign governments that can't even guarantee they'll hold elections. It's time to demand real accountability – both from Zelensky and from anyone in Washington still pushing for unlimited Ukraine funding.