The Daily Populous Monday January 6th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by Silly-avocatoe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is "deaf" and should be spoken to only from a position of strength, not subjectivised.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman

Quote: "He [Putin – ed.] is actually ‘deaf’, even if he speaks to you. He is deaf by his very nature. Do you understand the difference? You know, for instance, when you talk to Musk, you are talking to an innovator, a scientist, about rockets, you talk about how to save on costs, and how they land… And on the other hand, Putin does not launch rockets to save money, but to kill people. Do you think you can talk to Putin about technology? Your guys were interviewing him, and he told them about tribal history…

You know what Musk is about? Technology, Mars, artificial intelligence. And this guy Putin is standing there bare-a**ed, pontificating about tribes. You’ve got to understand, you think that when you do interviews, like Mr Tucker who did an interview there, that… That you’re about to ‘make them friends’. How could you… What does this have to do with friends? He’s different. A mammoth stands before you."

Details: Zelenskyy stressed that it is important to talk to someone who listens and hears, and to do so when this will give peace and tranquillity to the world.

"I love President Trump’s message when he speaks. I think that we share a position on peace through strength. That is very important. It means that if you are strong, you can speak. And we need to be strong. And Ukraine has to be strong. Strong enough. Otherwise, what for? So, he… Like You-know-who, like Voldemort, who must not be named… He thrives, subsists and lives on being subjectivised. Instead of isolation, he is invited to step out into the light," Zelenskyy said.

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BotrytisMaximus on January 6th, 2025 at 09:39 UTC »

Just to clarify - by calling him mammoth he most likely meant old and delusional (refusing to move on with current times), not big.

suvlub on January 6th, 2025 at 07:48 UTC »

* "deaf", "bare-a**ed", "mammoth" and "Voldemort".

Would be way funnier if it was actually a single quote, but alas, it isn't.

Snoo-61716 on January 6th, 2025 at 07:20 UTC »

surely it should be Vlademort