Is Volodymyr Zelenskyy one of the greatest leaders of all time?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Too early to tell.

This, but he's proving to be a hell of a lot more awesome than "haha let's elect the funny meme president from Ukrainian Veep" gave anyone any right to expect.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Zelensky is a clown who has repeatedly undermined his country's position and antagonized his allies in the months prior to this conflict, but he is very good at playing a leader on television.

Which is a huge part of actual leadership in a modern war. The Mother Night "we are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be" quote comes to mind. Right now, Zelensky is indeed pretending to be Ukrainian Churchill.