I used to work with a guy whose drug-addict sister was like that to him. And yet he'd still giver her absurd (5 figures) amounts of money. He knew he was enabling her, but he did it anyway.
I don't even think it's that they're stupid as much as they know the person they're dependent on is a pushover.
That said, the stupidity from Zelensky was failing to realize Trump isn't a pushover.
I used to work with a guy whose drug-addict sister was like that to him. And yet he'd still giver her absurd (5 figures) amounts of money. He knew he was enabling her, but he did it anyway.
I don't even think it's that they're stupid as much as they know the person they're dependent on is a pushover.
That said, the stupidity from Zelensky was failing to realize Trump isn't a pushover.