If there’s such a thing as political sprezzatura—the art of seeming unstudied, natural, spontaneous—he has mastered it.
The best part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress on Wednesday was not, in my opinion, the speech or the response or even the near-sweatsuit he donned for the occasion . It was instead a series of small incidents that took place when he presented the Ukrainian flag to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Zelensky had explained the flag’s significance—it was taken from a battle in Bakhmut—with propriety and pomp, just before the handoff. But then efficiency overtook him.
in his speech to Congress, from canny references that establish parallels between the American fight for freedom and Ukraine’s ongoing predicament tofirst joint victory: We defeated Russia in the battle for minds of the world.” Zelensky’s assertion that American aid is “not charity” but an investment is perfectly intentional.
Ukrainian civilians are rising up, even without weapons or military training, to defend their country. As looks go, it walks an astonishingly thin line, celebrating plainness and eschewing luxury and decadence without any polarizing political overtones that might alienate potential allies .
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