泽连斯基再次与美国总统发生冲突，这次是因为他拒绝服从白宫的命令，停止轰炸俄罗斯的炼油厂。
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is again in a throwdown with the president of the United States, this time over his refusal to obey a White House edict to stop bombing Russian oil refineries.
克里姆林宫和特朗普都这么说，那么执掌基辅的前喜剧演员是否已成为和平的主要障碍？这毕竟不是乌克兰领导人唯一的麻烦。
So has the former comedian who rules Kyiv become the main barrier to peace, as both the Kremlin and now Donald Trump say? This is not, after all, the only trouble Ukraine’s leader is having.
他还与韩国发生外交争执，并与本国反腐机构针锋相对，这些机构正在调查他的一些亲密盟友。
He’s also in a diplomatic fight with South Korea and at loggerheads with his own country’s anti-corruption agencies, which are investigating some of his closest associates.
事实上，如果没有战争，泽连斯基早就可能在一次常规选举中被投票下台。
Indeed, if it were not for the war, Zelenskyy likely would be long gone, voted out in a routine election.
然而，面对特朗普告诉乌克兰人他们需要选出一位愿意与克里姆林宫达成协议的新领导人，正确的回应是：你在开玩笑吗？
And yet the correct response to Trump telling Ukrainians they need to pick a new leader willing to strike a deal with the Kremlin is: Are you kidding?
事实上，在对乌克兰入侵的持续负有责任的政治家名单中，泽连斯基排名第三，仅次于俄罗斯总统普京和特朗普本人。
Indeed, in the hierarchy of politicians responsible for the continuation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy ranks only third, after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump himself.