Eric Levitz

So I think they don't or a significant segment doesn't. And I think that there's really two really distinct reasons for that, depending on what part of the right you sit on. Among hardline American social conservatives, there is just outright fondness for Putin's Russia that's been this presence within the movement since about 2013, when Putin enacted what he called an anti-propaganda law.

It was also simultaneous with a broader crackdown on LGBT rights within Russia. American social conservatives, who at the time were dealing with an Obama-era advance in gay rights and social liberalism, really took inspiration from this, and Putin in the years after really started casting himself as a defender of traditional Christian morality against an increasingly decadent West.

It was also simultaneous with a broader crackdown on LGBT rights within Russia. American social conservatives, who at the time were dealing with an Obama-era advance in gay rights and social liberalism, really took inspiration from this, and Putin in the years after really started casting himself as a defender of traditional Christian morality against an increasingly decadent West.

It was also simultaneous with a broader crackdown on LGBT rights within Russia. American social conservatives, who at the time were dealing with an Obama-era advance in gay rights and social liberalism, really took inspiration from this, and Putin in the years after really started casting himself as a defender of traditional Christian morality against an increasingly decadent West.

And so there's a part of the American right that simply likes and supports Vladimir Putin, sees him

And so there's a part of the American right that simply likes and supports Vladimir Putin, sees him

And so there's a part of the American right that simply likes and supports Vladimir Putin, sees him

as kind of representing god's side in this new cultural cold war in which ukraine is kind of the front for this decadent european pro-gay cultural movement and that putin is essentially pushing back against this and so that informs their views of the ukraine russia conflict and thus their views of zelensky

as kind of representing god's side in this new cultural cold war in which ukraine is kind of the front for this decadent european pro-gay cultural movement and that putin is essentially pushing back against this and so that informs their views of the ukraine russia conflict and thus their views of zelensky

as kind of representing god's side in this new cultural cold war in which ukraine is kind of the front for this decadent european pro-gay cultural movement and that putin is essentially pushing back against this and so that informs their views of the ukraine russia conflict and thus their views of zelensky

Yeah, so I think that this is a very marginal force on the level of the American population as a whole. I think about 8% of Americans have expressed a positive view of how Vladimir Putin handles world affairs. I think that it's overrepresented, though, an oversubscribed view among Republican elites. And, you know, particularly, I think those... in the general orbit of J.D. Vance.

Yeah, so I think that this is a very marginal force on the level of the American population as a whole. I think about 8% of Americans have expressed a positive view of how Vladimir Putin handles world affairs. I think that it's overrepresented, though, an oversubscribed view among Republican elites. And, you know, particularly, I think those... in the general orbit of J.D. Vance.

Yeah, so I think that this is a very marginal force on the level of the American population as a whole. I think about 8% of Americans have expressed a positive view of how Vladimir Putin handles world affairs. I think that it's overrepresented, though, an oversubscribed view among Republican elites. And, you know, particularly, I think those... in the general orbit of J.D. Vance.

And so to this segment, Zelensky is a sinister figure who maybe some of them will allow that he's doing the right thing for Ukraine because Ukraine needs America to intervene, although not all of them would say that, but they pretty much uniformly see him as fundamentally irresponsible and potentially inviting a nuclear war.

And so to this segment, Zelensky is a sinister figure who maybe some of them will allow that he's doing the right thing for Ukraine because Ukraine needs America to intervene, although not all of them would say that, but they pretty much uniformly see him as fundamentally irresponsible and potentially inviting a nuclear war.

And so to this segment, Zelensky is a sinister figure who maybe some of them will allow that he's doing the right thing for Ukraine because Ukraine needs America to intervene, although not all of them would say that, but they pretty much uniformly see him as fundamentally irresponsible and potentially inviting a nuclear war.

Yeah, like I said, I think it's a little bit that, and then there are, you know, for the purposes of telling a compelling narrative, I think, but also maybe it's felt, you know, figures like Joe Rogan have actually really had a strong emotional and negative reaction to Zelensky. So Rogan has implied that he's addicted to cocaine and said that, you know, Zelensky is basically...

Yeah, like I said, I think it's a little bit that, and then there are, you know, for the purposes of telling a compelling narrative, I think, but also maybe it's felt, you know, figures like Joe Rogan have actually really had a strong emotional and negative reaction to Zelensky. So Rogan has implied that he's addicted to cocaine and said that, you know, Zelensky is basically...

Yeah, like I said, I think it's a little bit that, and then there are, you know, for the purposes of telling a compelling narrative, I think, but also maybe it's felt, you know, figures like Joe Rogan have actually really had a strong emotional and negative reaction to Zelensky. So Rogan has implied that he's addicted to cocaine and said that, you know, Zelensky is basically...

trying to orchestrate World War III.