Did Ukrainian Soldiers Burn an Image of President Trump in Effigy?
A Fiery Investigation into Political Pyrotechnics and Dollnamic Diplomacy
Based on the accents in the video as analyzed by Dr. Ksenia Turkova and the political analysis from Dr. Sebastian Gorka, I do not believe that this video is authentic. The soldiers in the video have Russian accents and the average Ukrainian soldier knows that President Trump sent Javelins to Ukraine. This is likely a Russian PSYOP.
The original video is here.
Dr. Ksenia Turkova’s YouTube Channel is here.
Dr Sebastian Gorka’s America First Show can be found here,
Dr Gorka’s paper on Surgical Strength can be found below.
Good piece, Ryan, except for your use of Gorka as an expert. I know you try to skate a thin line regarding politics, but we are in the middle of a critically important election in which the Republican candidate is not only currently on trial (an historic first) but has made the refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of the current presidency a litmus test for party loyalty and is the first president in our history to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. It is not an exaggeration (in my view) to see this election in terms of democracy at serious risk.
Gorka, according to Wikipedia “was permanently banned from YouTube for repeatedly violating the company's policy on spreading misinformation related to the 2020 presidential election.” He was a member of the Trump administration and it is very odd that you give credit to the Trump administration for arming Ukraine, but never mention his “perfect phone call” in which he tried to withhold American aid in order to strong arm the Ukrainian president into providing damaging political information about his rival, Joe Biden.
So I understand your desire to remain politically neutral, and it is something you generally do very well, but I think you stepped right into a steaming pile of bias by using this guy.
MAGA/ America First is no longer supporting Ukraine. If they were, Ukraine would have funded last fall.
The Trump administration may have held those policies in 2018, but this is no longer true.
Disappointed you didn’t present this information. It is dishonest. Exactly what you say you are fighting against.
Ryan, I don’t understand your motives on this issue. You need to come clean on this.