This question feels cringy because Newsmax clearly has an agenda in asking it.
But more esteemed media outlets have agendas too. The fact that an agenda is driving a question doesn’t mean it’s not a good question designed to produce a newsworthy response.
And if Zelensky had given any answer here except the one he gave — “I don’t know” — it *would* have been newsworthy. Either Democrats or Republicans would have come away offended.
Such is the line foreign leaders have to walk when negotiating U.S. foreign policy amid a “cold civil war” between the two major parties. Watch, then read on.
