r/MadeMeSmile • u/SushiJuice • Mar 03 '25

Wholesome Moments A real man of the people

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u/emordanalap Mar 03 '25

The dichotomy between this man and other world leaders is stark. May they rise to the occasion with his example.

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u/Effective_Tea_6618 Mar 03 '25

Who would've thought the president of Ukraine, of all places, could be this iconic

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u/rivalpinkbunny Mar 03 '25

People forget that he ran on an absurdist ticket as “that guy who plays the president on tv”… literally. Nobody expected the most transformative leader in the world in at least a generation. It’s been truly remarkable to watch.  

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u/scotty899 Mar 03 '25

As his people were slaughtered, he stood up and grew into a remarkable leader.

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u/darksoulsnstuff Mar 03 '25

Weird way to put that. This is a guy who has been hell bent on improving things in his country for over a decade.

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u/scotty899 Mar 03 '25

Sorry. I should have expanded. He doing exemplary work as a leader in front of the entire world.

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u/Big_Test7918 Mar 03 '25

Ok 1. He came to power in 2019 and that's less than a decade, as far as I know. 2. First of all, I don't know much about Ukraine before the war, but since they didn't manage to build up the army and prepare for a possible attack by Russia, I also doubt that he did much else useful

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u/InvestigatorTrue7054 Mar 03 '25

ya but still europe used it as scapegoat why to push for nato membership when country like Russia openly opposed it.

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u/FlyRepresentative592 Mar 03 '25

Putin has been interfering with Ukraine since long before a NATO push.

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u/darksoulsnstuff Mar 03 '25

Yeah sure, used it as scape goat to stand up for the values of freedom and democracy. Crazy

Ukraine as an independent country has every right to request to join a DEFENSIVE alliance, something Russia wouldn’t have a problem with if they didn’t have obvious bad intentions.

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u/LampshadesAndCutlery Mar 03 '25

Why is it that you see a problem with Europe wanting Ukraine to be able to join NATO so that Russia is forced to stop raping and massacring Ukrainian citizens?