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‘You can’t make this up’: Poll touting high Zelenskyy approval deemed ‘not credible’

February 20, 2025 | | Print Article

Tensions between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are ramping up amid negotiations to ultimately end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump blasted Zelenskyy for being a “dictator without elections” who lost massive amounts of U.S. aid and was responsible for millions of unnecessary deaths. The U.S. president also blasted Zelenskyy for having a four percent approval rating. That percentage was widely contested by the media and even X’s “community notes” which claimed Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 57 percent.

As it turns out, the source of the 57 percent approval claim is suspect, at best.

“Claims that Zelensky has an approval rate of 57% are from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology which received USAID funding for its polling,” X account Amuse stated. “It is run by a VERY patriotic Ukrainian named Anton Hrushetskyi. It is unlikely the polling is credible. The US intel community estimates support at around 4% which is the number Trump has been citing. Don’t bet against Trump.”

X CEO Elon Musk quoted the post adding, “It should be utterly obvious that a Zelensky-controlled poll about his OWN approval is not credible!!

“If Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he would hold an election. He knows he would lose in a landslide, despite having seized control of ALL Ukrainian media, so he canceled the election.

“In reality, he is despised by the people of Ukraine, which is why he has refused to hold an election. I challenge Zelensky to hold an election and refute this. He will not.

“President Trump is right to ignore him and solve for peace independent of the disgusting, massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers.

Redacted Inc. host and former Fox & Friends host Clayton Morris did a little digging of his own and found corroborating information.

“You can’t make this up. I did some digging this morning and it turns out that the Ukrainian organization that says Zelensky has a 57% approval rating is called the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. And it just so happens to be a partner of USAID, the U.N. and the WHO,” Morris stated on X. “I’d be curious to know how much USAID paid them.”

The news of the seemingly bogus poll spread like wildfire as the White House canceled a press conference with Zelenskyy amid their ongoing feud.

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