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Zelensky is just a MI6/CIA/MOSSAD puppet

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This clip is from an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience where Rogan interviewed Gavin de Becker, a security expert and owner of the Gavin de Becker and Associates security firm. The clip was posted on a Bluesky account with the username Bil Gladen, which is likely a play on Osama Bin Laden, the founder of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization. The claim put forward in the caption is highly suspect on its face; not only does it appear to suggest that the British, American, and Israeli intelligence agencies are collaborating with one another to prop up Zelenskyy's government, but the claim is completely unsupported by the attached video clip. In the clip, de Becker argues that Zelenskyy holds the position he does because of the influence of the oligarch who, according to him, funded and promoted a television program in which Zelenskyy played the president of Ukraine. While de Becker does appear critical of Zelesnkyy and suggests his persona is inauthentic, he makes no mention of him being an operative for any of the aforementioned agencies. Indeed it would be strange for de Becker to make such a claim given that his company has been contracted by the CIA for security operations in the past.

No reputable news organizations have suggested anything close to the user's claim, and EU vs DISINFO has identified similar claims as originating from Russia as part of a campaign to deligitemize Zelenskyy's administration.

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The source backing up the claim that Zelensky is just a MI6/CIA/MOSSAD puppet is a post on the bsky.app of Joe Rogan's podcast interviewing Gavin de Becker who is an American security expert and author. The user who posted this 2:45 minute clip of The Joe Rogan Experience name is Bil Gladen, and his profile picture is Bin Laden merged with a cartoon-like face. According to bbc.com, Zelensky was formerly a comedian and also named his party after his most notable series, Servant of the People. He was heavily funded by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, who funded Zelensky's campaign and been under investigation for fraud and money laundering. Despite the worries that Zelensky came out of nowhere, Becker's claim that he is "a construct, like Epstein is a construct" is something that is more of a theory rather than can be proven at this moment. Becker also never said who Zelensky was a "construct" to, so the claim that Zelensky is Mossad, MI6 or CIA affiliated is just another interpretation of Becker's interview with Joe Rogan, which in it of itself is an interpretation of Zelensky as well. The bottom line is that Becker never mentions MI6, Mossad, or the CIA, he rather lists some facts to back up his theories of Zelensky being a plant. A more accurate title to this claim would be "American Security expert Gavin de Becker claims that Zelensky is a constrict" as that was his main point by the end of the 2:45 clip, not that Zelensky was a CIA/MI6/Mossad puppet. 

Post by @bilgladen.bsky.social — Bluesky

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky: The comedian who became a wartime leader

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