But there’s one diplomat that Zelensky apparently will not mess with: the ambassador to the United Kingdom, General Valery Zaluzhny.
The former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian armed forces is a very popular figure in Ukraine, is no friend to Zelensky, and has openly admitted that he will run for president whenever an election takes place.
Yesterday (4), a report arose that sees Zaluzhny weighing into the most sensitive matters of foreign policy, which can be understood as the General starting to delineate his governing platform.
“NATO’s reliance on the ‘doctrines of World War II’ and its slow adaptation to new forms of warfare make it unlikely Ukraine will ever join the alliance, said Kyiv’s Ambassador to the U.K. and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
‘For 12 years, I must have personally been working to ensure that we mastered NATO standards, and every year I listened to tales that we were about to join NATO. Unfortunately, we will never join it’, Zaluzhnyi privately told Ukrainian ambassadors in Kyiv on Monday, according to Ukrainian media.”
Seemingly intoxicated Zaluzhny in his days as Kiev’s top general.
“Zaluzhnyi’s unusual rebuke underscores a growing change in the alliance’s relationship with Ukraine. The country has shifted from relying on European military support in the early years of the war to becoming one the continent’s most powerful and technologically advanced militaries — far ahead of Western forces in the mass production of drones, missiles and other key systems.”
Instead of eternally begging to be accepted in NATO, Zaluzhny appears to have opted for a solution that presents the loss as a gain, which is a clever electoral move.
“‘Most likely, NATO will remain in the same form as it is, and will spend 12 years, like Ukraine, transitioning to the standards that need to be achieved in order to be at least half the level of the Russian Federation’, said the retired general.”
North Carolina Republicans have approved sweeping election integrity legislation designed to strengthen election oversight, tighten voter roll maintenance, and expand the ability to challenge potentially ineligible ballots after Election Day.
The measure passed the Republican-controlled General Assembly this week and is expected to be vetoed by Democrat Gov. Josh Stein..
However, Republicans have successfully overridden several of Stein’s vetoes this year, meaning the legislation could still become law if GOP lawmakers once again assemble enough votes.
One of the bill’s most significant provisions would allow county residents to challenge ballots cast during early voting for up to three business days after an election.
“The idea of having an auditor audit county boards of elections sounds innocuous, but it allows the auditor to pick and choose which boards he audits, and it has to be seen in light of what the auditor has done to politicize the administration of elections in North Carolina,” Stein said.
County election boards also would be permitted to invalidate ballots by a simple majority vote.
Current law requires challenges to be filed on the same day an early vote is cast.
The legislation shortens North Carolina’s early voting period for primary elections by one week.
It also establishes a process for removing voters flagged as potentially ineligible through federal databases and expands the state auditor’s authority to review election administration.
The reforms are aimed at strengthening election integrity by ensuring that only eligible ballots are counted while increasing oversight of the election system.
The bill also expands the election-related responsibilities of Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek.
Earlier this year, Republican lawmakers transferred appointment authority for county election boards from the governor to the auditor’s office.
Under the legislation, Boliek would receive additional authority to audit county election boards and other aspects of election administration.
The measure follows months of debate over election procedures and voter eligibility in North Carolina, where Republicans have made election integrity a top legislative priority.
Earlier this year, the GOP successfully overrode multiple Stein vetoes, raising the prospect that the election integrity package could ultimately become law despite the governor’s opposition.
30th WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer signs a copy of his ‘Trump 2.0’ book for The Gateway Pundit’s James Rose at The Trump Kennedy Center following an onstage book conversation
President Trump boldly opens the foreword to former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s electrifying new book, Trump 2.0: The Revolution That Will Permanently Transform America:
“In 2024, we won the most important election victory in the history of our country, and we saved America from destruction.”
“If you want to understand the people, the policies, and the process of my second term in office, read this book.”
“In everything we do, we are fighting for the law-abiding, hard-working people of our country. This is the essence of Trump 2.0. Few people understand it better than my friend and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer,” President Trump writes.
The Gateway Pundit obtained an exclusive interview with former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer following the release of his 2026 presidential book, published by Regnery, an imprint of renowned Skyhorse Publishing.
Sean Spicer told The Gateway Pundit exclusively,
“As much as it pains us that President Trump’s two terms in office were not sequential, President Trump and I agreed that we gained a much deeper understanding of what was at stake in terms of the direction of our country.”
“Before Trump 2.0, we had the worst four years. Millions of Americans were getting canceled and censored. It was very dangerous. I think we need to recognize how bad things had become, and how bad things were getting,” Spicer said.
The magnitude of President Trump’s leadership in restoring law and order cannot be overstated.
“President Trump is the most consequential president in history — launching a new direction for the U.S., reforming the entire U.S. government, and ushering in a new age of American greatness,” Spicer said.
“Where most presidents have one single hallmark issue, President Trump has twenty. The border is now closed; the big, beautiful bill has passed; the president has redefined trade; NATO is transformed for the better. The MAHA movement is probably one of the greatest things to ever happen in this country for our wellness,” Spicer said.
According to the Trump 2.0 book jacket:
“President Donald J. Trump’s second term in office will be the most consequential administration in history because of the people and the policies that are markedly different than his first term.”
Indeed, the 47th presidential cabinet is not only composed of America First patriots and Deep State disruptors, but it is also a super team of visionaries fighting every day on behalf of the American people.
In his discussion with The Gateway Pundit, Spicer spelled out the stark improvement in executive staffing during Trump 2.0 compared with the president’s first administration.
“When you think about the difference between President Trump’s two terms, in Trump 1.0, there were a lot of people bent on advancing their own agenda,” Spicer said.
“That is a very different dynamic compared to Trump 2.0. There is now much greater familiarity between President Trump and his senior executive staff. We now have a much greater sense of what is at stake, who we need on the team, and who we need to keep off the White House team.”
“Even more importantly, everybody on President Trump’s staff knows which issues to advance to the president and which issues not to advance.”
“President Trump is approaching his second term with much more confidence. He knows the job; he knows the role; he knows the levers to pull.”
“I do believe the attempts on his life — particularly in Butler, clearly have impacted him. The president is more aware of the finite time we all have to affect real change,” Spicer said.
The president continues to build his legacy as a political giant by fulfilling his campaign promises. President Trump’s popular rallying slogan, “Promises Kept,” encapsulates the Silent Majority of Americans demanding a newpolitics of legitimacy.
A dark era of political cynicism is finally giving way to the light of our Founding Fathers’ ideals. The Trump administration is working tirelessly to transform American government into its original vision of protecting and serving the people.
In Trump 2.0, each chapter of Spicer’s book elaborates on the cutting-edge policy matters shaping the president’s agenda, and the future of American government.
Spicer brings readers inside the room on a variety of hot-button political and cultural issues, including Taking Back the Media; Education, Not Indoctrination; The MAHA Policy Blueprint; Smarter Defense, Cleaner Intelligence; NATO Finally Pays Up, and more.
Spicer writes authentically, in a style that is both gripping and approachable, as he grants readers access to a number of exclusive anecdotes from the Trump years.
Spicer certainly employs his share of humor and wit throughout the book. For example, in the “Acknowledgements” section of Trump 2.0, Spicer writes,
“I owe a big thank you to the Democrats. Your failed leadership, sense of direction, and broken moral compass have paved the road for the MAGA movement. I also want to thank the liberal media.”
“Finally, I want to thank the 77,302,580 Americans who voted the forty-fifth president back into the Oval Office in a landslide victory. Your demand for radical change was heard. Trump 2.0 will not let you down.”
In keeping with Spicer’s statement, the many breakthroughs achieved by President Trump on behalf of American prosperity and an emerging global peace are self-evident.
According to President Trump’s foreword:
“We are rapidly rebuilding the greatest economy in history. We made eight peace deals in 10 months, including ending the war in Gaza. We captured the outlaw terrorist Nicolas Maduro, and with an historic operation in Iran, we are ensuring the world’s number one state sponsor of terror never obtains a nuclear weapon. For decades, presidents have been trying to solve these problems. I actually solved them,” President Trump writes.
Yet even as President Trump and his team positively reshape the international landscape, toppling the world’s most gruesome dictatorships in Latin America and the Middle East with very few civilian or American casualties, the American left refuses, in lockstep, to bestow any credit upon its own government for such major accomplishments that should unite all Americans.
Rather than properly settle our national elections and legislative matters through robust debate on policy issues, the left has proven itself completely spineless and without a leader during the Trump era.
The de facto current leader of the Democrat Party, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, offers no platform more sophisticated than diminishing President Trump’s power at all costs, even when it stands against the will of the American people.
“The Democratic Party, in its current state, has just one agenda item: to oppose anything that President Trump supports. Full stop,” Spicer said.
“Once you understand that, it’s clear the Democrats don’t have any agenda for the American people. Their entire agenda is to work against one man, President Trump.”
“Right now, Republicans need to focus their efforts on maintaining the majority in both chambers of Congress in the midterms,” Spicer said.
If the Democrats do achieve a Congressional majority, they will likely once again pillage our taxpayer dollars on another failed impeachment charade rather than pass meaningful legislation.
Conclusively, the Democrat Party’s lethal and illegal tactics during President Trump’s first term and the ignominious “Biden years” prove the Democrats cannot be afforded federal power in this day and age.
On the other hand, as our glorious MAGA movement builds a newfound momentum, Spicer’s Trump 2.0 serves to remarkably encompass all the unprecedented progress forged by patriots in the past decade.
No longer will our nation’s executive branch be obstructed by unelected bureaucrats, rogue intelligence leaders and rogue cabinet members sabotaging the ways in which we exercise our Founding Fathers’ government.
By the grace of God, and by the mandate of the American people, President Trump, his team, and all patriots have at least 2.5 more years to transformationally save America.
