@DavidZaikin Tucker Carlson openly roots for Russia. So he would not invite someone to talk about Ukraine if it were not to help Russia in their war. https://t.co/opdCUZB9wm
Just a reminder: while in office, Mendel physically confronted and harassed journalists (video attached). She did not hold the position for long, but during that time she was involved in multiple cringe-worthy scandals and controversial statements.
Some of my colleagues in D.C. have been texting me for a while asking what happened to her. The answer is simple: nothing happened to her — she was always like this. Inside Ukraine, she was never taken very seriously. Somehow, though, she managed to build credibility abroad, especially in the U.S., and gained a large following on Twitter.
Zelenskyy’s team was very different when he first took office compared to what it is today. But even back then, they quickly realized hiring her was a mistake, and she was let go.
The only real difference now may be that she is acting openly as a Russian asset. Or perhaps she is simply trying to use this scandal to gain legal status in the U.S. as someone claiming political persecution.
Мендель це людина-тінь свого минулого. Усе, що вона має — приставку екс у згадках. На цьому «екс» вона намагається вибудувати свою субʼєктність.
Заради хвилини хайпу та згадок у медіа вона готова йти навіть проти власної країни та народу. Неважливо, що скажуть. Аби говорили.
Жалюгідне видовище.
"Five years ago I was kicked out of my job as presidential spokesperson (more of a North Korea-style public worshipper) because of my incompetence and endless scandals, so now I’m openly taking revenge on my own entire country during a war of extermination and participate in hostile war propaganda -- also because I have no talent, no principles, and nothing meaningful to offer beyond cheap opportunism and trash talk."
Iuliia Mendel’s first book, published in 2022, gave a mostly positive picture of Volodymyr Zelenskyy: an imperfect leader, but one who stood up to Russia and defended Ukraine.
Now, only a few years later, she is telling a very different story. When interviewed by Tucker, Zelenskyy is suddenly corrupt, compromised, and supposedly keeping the war going for his own benefit.
So what changed?
Did Mendel suddenly remember a completely different version of events? Is she just trying to sell her upcoming, gossip-heavy book to people who already want to believe the worst about Ukraine? Or is there another agenda behind this sudden reversal, perhaps coming from the Kremlin?
Both stories cannot be true at the same time. And when someone changes their story this much, the real question is not just what they are saying now, but why.
By the way, this is President Zelenskyy's former press secretary, @IuliiaMendel . An adequate person would obviously not wear a ribbon bearing the name of a Russian propaganda media.