{"id":227425,"date":"2023-01-16T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=227425"},"modified":"2023-01-16T05:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T05:32:45","slug":"top-20-most-cringeworthy-zelensky-pr-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/01\/top-20-most-cringeworthy-zelensky-pr-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 Most Cringeworthy Zelensky PR\u00a0Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

14 Jan 2023 –The US empire\u2019s proxy war in Ukraine has had many jaw-dropping instances of imperialist sociopathy, propagandistic audacity and brazen journalistic malpractice that we\u2019ve discussed in this space many times, but one of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding this war has been the way the nation\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelensky has been turned into an ever-present corporate mascot for the most aggressive ad campaign ever devised. The way the most powerful institutions in the western world have been throwing their puppet in everyone\u2019s face to sell the empire\u2019s proxy warfare puts Ronald McDonald to shame.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are 20 of the cringiest moments of establishment PR using Zelensky to market the McProxy War to the western world, in no particular order.<\/p>\n

1. A House Republican introducing a bill to place a bust of Zelensky in the US Capitol building<\/h3>\n
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House Republican Introduces Resolution to Place Bust of Zelensky in the Capitol
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and other conservative GOP members blasted the idea
by Dave DeCamp@DecampDave<\/a> @RepMTG<\/a> @RepThomasMassie<\/a> #Zelensky<\/a> #Zelenskyy<\/a> #Ukraine<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/E62LAoSOdK<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7kF0keUkWl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n