The viral video showing Zelenskyy belly-dancing in a red costume is digitally altered. The actual dancer is Vusal Mekhtyev, a Russian man, whose face has been replaced by that of Zelenskyy.​​ Donald Trump Jr shared a post with the fake video and wrote: "Zelenskyy should really just go won the war without our endless $$$. Let's see how that works out."
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