You're raising the volume of your voice, not the logic of your argument, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in between the bullying barrage of US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance. Whichever way one leans in your support of the two presidencies in the recent public spat, this one statement is the one that seems to have since taken social media by storm.
This may be for several reasons, which of course must include, but is not limited to the inevitable gun fodder it offers to Trump's opponents.
Broadly speaking, the reasons may be grouped in two as those that deal with what was said in the altercation itself, and those that draw on and refer to the meanings that the conduct of the three leaders may imply.
Ethics,…
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Star South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2025-03-07