Wasn’t that the accusation about why he was relieved: that Zelenskyy considered him a political threat?

I’m not saying that to criticize Zelenskyy, to be clear. He’s in an awful position and he’s doing incredibly. I think a midwar election would probably be harmful, given the tribal knowledge that would go missing if a new government were to be elected, and the attention it would take away from the war regardless.

If the Ukrainian people want one, they should definitely have one, but I worry it’s a bad idea to call for one right now. I’m not there though, and this guy has a lot of popular support, he’s certainly got a much better sense of both what the people want and how best to beat Russia than I do.