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    It’d be a better analog if everything else Zelenskyy has done as president wasn’t eclipsed by Russia invading. Would he have been considered a good president if that hadn’t happened? We’ll never know.

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      He stepped up as a leader when his nation needed him. That is one of the best qualities to have. Anything else is just whatsboutism that can be applied to anyone.

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        Nobody is questioning his bravery or accomplishments, but peacetime politics require particular skills.

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          The US is in far from normal times. It may not be a military war (yet) but this sure as hell isn’t “peacetime”

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      Would he have been considered a good president if that hadn’t happened? We’ll never know.

      A quick glance back shows very much no. However, he stepped up for the war.