Zelensky is a great diplomat

Since becoming Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky has grown a reputation as a great war leader, almost of Churchillian quality. He certainly knows how to make an eloquent, inspirational speech to stir his compatriots to fight the Russians with courage and determination and belief in their cause. But Zelensky has also become one of the world's great diplomats. He wants to see everyone and everyone wants to see him. Just in a few days he has been to see the Italian prime minister Georgia Meloni and the Pope, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and then Emmanuel Macron, the French president. It's whistlestop diplomacy to get more arms and other help from Europe for his aim to defeat the Russian invasion force. He is so effective that no one says no to him. Scholz promised 2.7 billion euros in arms. He is without doubt one of the most effective politicians and diplomats on the planet right now. And he does it all with humility. It still seems extraordinary how far he has come since being elected president with very little experience and no knowledge of fighting a major war. He deserves to achieve the goal he is after: the end of the war with all Russian troops driven back to their garrisons in Russia.