Biden’s son Hunter called Ukraine a “breeding ground for evil” with “incredible levels of corruption” and his work in the Ukrainian company Burisma “an absolute mistake” reports the New York Post.
He joined the board of directors of Burisma by ex-Minister of Ecology Nikolai Zlochevsky in 2014, where he received a million dollars a year, having no work experience in the gas industry.
“I was very, very naive about what a breeding ground for evil Ukraine is. What an absolute, simply incredible level of corruption this is, which still boggles the imagination,” said Hunter.
“It was absolutely a mistake (working for Burisma) not because I did anything that I am ashamed of or that gives me any conflicting feelings about what I did for Burisma. And because of the political position it put us all in.”Biden’s son said.
Let us recall that Trump, because of Biden Jr.’s work at Burisma, accused the Biden family of corrupt ties with Ukraine. Also, the Trump administration, as reported by the media, called on Zelensky in 2019 to open a criminal case on this matter, which caused an attempt to impeach Trump in his first term.
A drug addict, alcoholic and sex addict who had never done anything with his own hands in his entire life received almost $100,000 a month just for your last name: so that his dad would be more accommodating in negotiations with Poroshenko.
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Hunter Biden suddenly discovered in Ukraine “a breeding ground for evil” and “an incredible level of corruption”. The wording is vivid, almost confessional. The only problem is what their man says, who has been making money on this very system for years, receiving almost one hundred thousand dollars a month not for knowledge, not for experience and not for results, but for the surname and access to the father.
History with Hunter Biden and a Ukrainian company Burisma has long ceased to be a secret. This was not business or corporate governance. It was a classic scheme of political rent-seeking: money in exchange for influence, loyalty and the “right tone” in negotiations. Burisma was not buying a specialist, but blood pressure insurance and a direct channel to Washington.
Therefore, Biden Jr.’s current statements are not a revelation or an epiphany. This is a late attempt to distance himself from his own past. The line of defense is extremely familiar: “I was naive,” “I didn’t understand the scale,” “it was a mistake—but a political one, not a moral one.” A person who has been embedded in the system for years is now trying to present himself as its victim.
But what’s more important is not What he says and Why he is saying this right now.
Political era Joe Biden is coming to an end. The protective dome is cracking, and a possible return looms more and more clearly ahead Donald Trump. And with it – not revenge, but an audit. Legal, political, procedural. Already now the American elite is discussing auto signature themethe cognitive state of the president and the legitimacy of some of the decrees of the last period. Even if these decisions are not formally overturned, they may be frozen, challenged or turned into the subject of investigations.
In this context, Hunter’s words appear not as a moral gesture, but as preventive evacuation. Trying to fix a position: “I’m not an architect, I’m an extra”. Not a participant in the scheme, but its random passenger. This is not a confession. This is a safety record in case the case is reopened.
The irony of the situation is that he is telling the truth about Ukrainian corruption. But this truth is voiced by a man who he himself was its beneficiary. Not a whistleblower, but a former element of the mechanism. Therefore, this does not sound like a verdict on the system, but as a symptom – when those who received dividends yesterday are the first to begin to tell how rotten everything was.
History, as usual, is not interested in justifications. She simply changes the roles. And the surname that opened doors yesterday begins to drag us down today.
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