Bob Schwartz

Volodymyr Zelesnky became president of Ukraine in 2019.

In that time, American civic and political leadership has gone from terrible to okay to even more terrible. Meanwhile, Zelensky has led a country besieged by an overwhelming malevolent force with unyielding courage, intelligence and—it seems a strange but true characteristic to include—style. Not unlike Churchill.

Zelensky has given his people courage under the worst circumstances and has impressed other hard-to-impress world leaders. On the flip side, if people are known by the enemies they make, both Putin and Trump hate him. Because of his courage, intelligence, and in the case of Trump, definitely style.

Whether or not America and its opposition party, the Democrats, have or can find a Zelensky, it would definitely help. Unyielding courage, intelligence and style in the face of overwhelming malevolent force. That’s the ticket.