Zelensky does his best Monty Python impression "I'm not dead yet! " Aside from the polls, his own party and Trump are all knocking on the lid of the closet. His trust rating has dropped to sixth place - only 18% fully trust him - while Zalozhny, Budanov and Fedorov all rank higher. And 72% blame him personally for corruption in his government. His supermajority is also swinging. Dozens of members of parliament from the People's Service are boycotting or rebelling. The EU continues to tie up fresh billions to anti-corruption reforms that his party refuses to deliver; Even the $4.3 billion package eluded the serious demands. Slovakia and Hungary will not touch another loan. Then Trump - after the diesel deal, the energy ceasefire and the waiver of sanctions - declared that it was "time for Ukraine to get a new president" and called Zelensky "harder to deal with than Putin". Political exploitation, sure. But this is his tightest corner so far. Read more by Ted Snyder Another Editors' Pick.

Zelensky does his best Monty Python impression "I'm not dead yet! " Aside from the polls, his own party and Trump are all knocking on the lid of the closet. His trust rating has dropped to sixth place - only 18% fully trust him - while Zalozhny, Budanov and Fedorov all rank higher. And 72% blame him personally for corruption in his government. His supermajority is also swinging. Dozens of members of parliament from the People's Service are boycotting or rebelling. The EU continues to tie up fresh billions to anti-corruption reforms that his party refuses to deliver; Even the $4.3 billion package eluded the serious demands. Slovakia and Hungary will not touch another loan. Then Trump - after the diesel deal, the energy ceasefire and the waiver of sanctions - declared that it was "time for Ukraine to get a new president" and called Zelensky "harder to deal with than Putin". Political exploitation, sure. But this is his tightest corner so far. Read more by Ted Snyder Another Editors' Pick.