{"id":2250324,"date":"2024-05-22T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskys-prolonged-presidency-proves-americans-were-sold-a-lie-on-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:32:03","slug":"zelenskys-prolonged-presidency-proves-americans-were-sold-a-lie-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskys-prolonged-presidency-proves-americans-were-sold-a-lie-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky&#8217;s Extended Presidency Exposes Misrepresentation of Ukraine to Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelenskys-prolonged-presidency-proves-americans-were-sold-a-lie-on-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses how President Zelensky extended his term in Ukraine, challenging\u2064 Western views on\u2062 Ukrainian democracy. His decision to maintain power through martial law contradicts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">democratic process<\/a>. The narrative questions the involvement\u2064 of U.S. elites and their financial support in the ongoing conflict with \u200bRussia. \u200cThe article delves into President Zelensky&#8217;s term extension in\u2063 Ukraine, which raises concerns\u200c about\u200d Western perceptions of \u200dUkrainian democracy. His\u200c use of martial law to stay in power\u200c contradicts democratic \u2064norms, prompting scrutiny of U.S. elites&#8217; role and financial backing \u2064in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>U.S. elites <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/16\/whatever-u-s-elites-are-defending-in-ukraine-it-isnt-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">often hail<\/a> Ukraine as a lone bulwark of democracy in the authoritarian wasteland that is Eastern Europe. President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s decision to extend his expiring presidential term by keeping the country under martial law, however, is far from the tidy narrative of Ukrainian democratic behavior the American ruling class and their allies in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">corporate media<\/a> have tried to sell U.S. taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/president\/about-president#:~:text=The%20President%20of%20Ukraine%20is,secret%20ballot%20for%20five%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the President of Ukraine\u2019s official website<\/a>, the Eastern European country\u2019s leader is supposed to be \u201celected by the citizens of Ukraine on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by means of secret ballot for five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky, who first came into power in 2019, was due for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/30\/europe\/ukraine-election-zelensky-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another vote this spring<\/a>. Instead of slogging through an election that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/zelenskyys-approval-rating-falls-91-112900271.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapidly declining approval rating<\/a> might mar, Zelensky opted to extend his term indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine doesn\u2019t need to prove anything about democracy to anyone. Because Ukraine and its people are proving it through their war,\u201d Zelensky declared in a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/21\/world\/europe\/ukraine-zelensky-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> headlined \u201c\u2018What\u2019s the Problem?\u2019 Zelensky Challenges West Over Hesitations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s fundamentally anti-democratic decision <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/antony-blinken-says-there-will-be-no-elections-in-ukraine-until-war-with-russia-is-over-and-all-ukrainians-can-vote?utm_campaign=64466#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earned the blessing<\/a> of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who suggested the election should not commence until \u201call Ukrainians, including those displaced by Russia\u2019s aggression\u201d can vote. American corporate media were also quick to defend Zelensky\u2019s prolonged rule, saying an election is something Ukrainians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/30\/europe\/ukraine-election-zelensky-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201clittle appetite\u201d<\/a> for.<\/p>\n<p>For more than two years, the people running the U.S. government justified throwing billions of American tax dollars at the Russia-Ukraine conflict by claiming it was necessary to defeat Russia and \u201cdefend democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>They routinely ignored and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/03\/u-s-government-helps-pro-ukraine-media-spread-propaganda-and-silence-american-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even tried to silence<\/a> those who warned that the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/31\/how-much-more-will-washington-spend-bankrolling-ukraine-corruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zelensky regime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/20\/as-questions-mount-about-corruption-in-ukraine-the-neocon-narrative-is-unraveling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is corrupt<\/a> in favor of amplifying <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/19\/two-years-and-113-billion-later-d-c-s-america-last-crew-has-no-plan-for-ending-the-russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspiciously optimistic and hollow rhetoric<\/a> about sending more money so Ukraine could send Vladimir Putin packing. <\/p>\n<p>Yahoo! Finance reassured its readers that much of the money flowing to the new proxy war with no definable end will <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/biden-is-sending-61-billion-to-ukraine-much-of-it-will-pass-through-the-us-economy-first-162914531.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cpass through the U.S. economy first.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By that, Yahoo! aims to affirm Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5103815\/senate-gop-leader-mcconnell-aiding-ukraine-americas-interest#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">belief<\/a> that funneling funds to Ukraine through warmongering defense companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/14\/the-ukraine-war-is-good-for-american-business-argument-isnt-just-vile-its-also-a-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">good for Americans<\/a>. An <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/16\/poll-voters-say-stopping-bidens-border-invasion-is-more-important-than-funding-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelming number<\/a> of the taxpayers funding this venture, however, say any big spending should go to securing their country\u2019s compromised border, not Ukraine\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The same politicians and media mouthpieces gnashing their teeth about former President Donald Trump\u2019s First Amendment-protected speech about election shenanigans are calling for more money, more support, and more <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/28\/zelenskys-groveling-pr-offensive-hits-the-dc-unipartys-sweet-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TV time<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/28\/in-case-you-werent-convinced-volodymyr-zelensky-is-serious-vogue-is-here-to-tell-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PR<\/a> for a guy whose presence in power is currently guaranteed by martial law alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-orders-probe-into-russian-linked-church-says-zelenskiy-2022-12-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shutters<\/a> churches and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/30\/world\/europe\/zelensky-journalism-law-free-speech.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">restricts<\/a> the free press,\u201d Federalist Senior Editor David Harsanyi <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/01\/questioning-bidens-ukraine-policy-doesnt-make-you-an-isolationist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> last year. \u201cMaybe you believe those are justifiable actions during wartime, but under no definition are they liberal. Ukraine has never been a functioning \u2018democracy.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s overstaying his welcome without the consent of Ukranain voters makes clear now more than ever that Americans were sold a lie about the reason billions of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-democrat-congressman-uses-national-guard-in-apparent-political-stunt-against-gop-member\/\" title=\"WATCH: Democrat Congressman Uses National Guard In Apparent \u2018Political Stunt\u2019 Against GOP Member\">hard-earned tax dollars<\/a> are still up for grabs to sustain an overseas war. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. elites praise Ukraine as a democratic stronghold in Eastern Europe. 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