Žemaitaitis does not mince words. Why do most other Lithuanian politicians mince words, even though they know that they are destroying Lithuanian society by diverting our main efforts into empty Napoleonic adventures?

"Remigijus Žemaitaitis continues his tour of Lithuania. In meetings with voters, he focuses most of his attention and criticism on President Gitanas Nausėda and the decision to increase defense funding. R. Žemaitaitis calls it a "scam" and "the height of morondom." He explains that G. Nausėda will supposedly take people's deposits. R. Žemaitaitis also offers his own solutions on where to get the money - to lift sanctions on the transit of Belarusian fertilizers.

 

In some places, fewer people gather, in some places there is a shortage of chairs - like in Radviliškis.

 

While there is a break between sessions and the Seimas meetings are not taking place, R. Žemaitaitis is touring Lithuania.

 

"We voted for him, we fully support him," said the interviewee.

 

"Support, rejoice. They say they want to throw him out, we will not let them," said another interviewee.

 

"We want him to succeed, to wish him that he really does not give up," – the woman assured.

 

R. Žemaitaitis’s main topic is money for defense.

 

“5–6 percent of the gross domestic product is allocated for defense,” R. Žemaitaitis explained during the meeting.

 

When the cameras are not filming, R. Žemaitaitis does not wrap himself in cotton wool. LNK Žinios obtained an audio recording of one such meeting.

 

“I understood that this was a scam. I immediately understood that this was a pure attempt to involve people, to intimidate,” R. Žemaitaitis said during the meeting.

 

President Gitanas Nausėda announced that political leaders had agreed to increase the defense budget to 5–6 percent a couple of weeks ago, after the State Defense Council. R. Žemaitaitis’ coalition partner, Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas, and other politicians also participated in this council. R. Žemaitaitis’ criticism is directed at the president.

 

“There was a president in Lithuania who allocated 31–33 percent of the budget to defense. Who was he? Smetona, who ran away across the stream,” said R. Žemaitaitis during the meeting.

 

“As they said, Žemaitaitis is screaming, but I say, I will scream even louder, because what we are doing is the height of morondom,” said R. Žemaitaitis during the meeting.

 

R. Žemaitaitis tells people that in order to achieve such percentages, VAT, excise duties and other taxes should be increased.

 

“The point is, that’s all. Everything, the price automatically goes up. When the price goes up, what does Lithuania become? Uncompetitive,” R. Žemaitaitis indicated during the meeting.

 

He says he will not support it.

 

“In the second place, I hear people say, we will use second-tier pensions, right,” R. Žemaitaitis assured during the meeting.

 

Also, that the president wants to take people’s deposits.

 

“When he shot, I sat down as it should be. He proposed... to nationalize the deposits. They say: we will take deposits from you, maybe villagers, you don’t understand, I will use your money,” – R. Žemaitaitis spoke during the meeting.

 

“What, has another nationalization started? 1939, 1941?” – R. Žemaitaitis said during the meeting.

 

“No, I am not intimidating. I am saying that the schizophrenia that has been unleashed on Lithuania must come out and say that there is no threat of war. Stop intimidating those people,” – R. Žemaitaitis said.

 

But, according to R. Žemaitaitis, “if we really want to go to war” – he makes his own proposals. One of them is to lift sanctions on the transit of Belarusian fertilizers through Lithuania.

 

“Then we allow transit, we earn money. What do we do? We invest the money we earn in the army, in defense,” – R. Žemaitaitis explained during the meeting.

 

“That is very good. The sanctions are completely useless. The Belarusian sanctions package has turned against us – Lithuania. Russia continues to conduct trade relations with America,” said the leader of Nemuno Aušra.

 

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys has said that trying to scare people with social instability is a harmful activity and has considered what effect R. Žemaitaitis’s speech has on people. According to G. Paluckas, “Remigijus speaks sharply, but there is really no actual effect.”

 

“We voted for Žemaitaitis, we voted, not enough of us though. We need to vote more. Not for the social democrats, where they lied. "My wife cursed Blinkevičiūtė," the meeting participant said."

 

Most Lithuanian politicians feel unsteady at the trough, as in many other places in Europe. Therefore, they try to portray themselves as very militant in order to attract our attention and prolong their pleasure. Hence the 5 percent, 6 percent, 100 percent, boom boom, hurrah...