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Published · transcript-backedVolodymyr Zelenskyy: commitment
6 Jan 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #456 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom
“I didn’t want, nor did I intend to cause any scandals to arise because otherwise you can freeze the support and that’s it.”
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- Speaker
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- commitment
- Recorded
- 6 Jan 2025
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Yes, I got it. The lobbying for such decisions involves some companies that make these decisions, but I can’t be open about it and I couldn’t speak loudly about it. I didn’t want, nor did I intend to cause any scandals to arise because otherwise you can freeze the support and that’s it. And that’s why when we talk about corruption, we must ask who is involved? If we had 177, and if we get the half, where’s the half? If you will find the second half, you will find corruption. There is a perception of corruption. People like Donald Trump and Elon Musk really care about fighting corruption. What can you say to them to gain their trust that the money is going towards this fight for freedom, towards the war effort?…
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