It’s also just stupid, even in terms of purely cynical political gain. Three years ago it was certainly politically advantageous to virtue signal support for Ukraine. But we can see which way the wind is blowing now. The US wants to ditch project Ukraine and they are currently in the process of unwinding the heroization propaganda surrounding Zelensky. This public humiliation ritual was just the latest part of that image tarnishing.

And the veil that has hidden the ugly reality of what has been going on in Ukraine for these past years will be slowly lifted by the media so that the US can say “it’s not our fault the war was lost, look how corrupt they turned out to be”. And many of the European leaders, as well as the Democrats and “progressives” in the US, who insist on tying their political credibility to the sinking ship that is Zelensky may well be dragged down along with him.

If you’re going to be a rat at least be a smart one. Know when it’s time to jump ship.