WEBVTT - TV: Foreign Policy Failure 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:04.880 What the world's going on in Ukraine? Is what worth 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.399 three coming? Well, I don't know, but we're going to 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:11.840 talk about why all this is happening tonight. But I'm right, 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:26.240 welcome to I'm right. Let's talk about foreign policy. Russia 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.160 just announced that it is carving out a big chunk 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.760 of Ukraine. This is the beginning of a Russian invasion 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:36.040 of Ukraine. As he indicated, an asked permission to be 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:40.320 able to do from his DOOMA. So let's begin. So 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:44.480 I'm going to begin to impose sanctions and response far 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.640 beyond the steps we and our allies and partners implemented 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:51.560 in twenty fourteen. And if Russia goes further with this invasion, 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:56.040 we stand prepared to go further. As with sanctions, who 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.880 in the Lord's name does putin think gives them the 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:04.000 right to declare new so called countries on territory that 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:08.760 belong to his neighbors. We have no intention of fighting Russia. 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.800 We want to send an unmistakable message, though, that the 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.240 United States, together with our allies, will defend every inch 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:20.559 of NATO territory and abide by the commitments we made 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.280 into NATO. We'll probably have more to say about this 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.479 and moves on. I'm hoping Diplumas is still available. Thank 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:38.759 you all very much. Okay, that was Joe Biden from today. 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.040 Pause there for a second before we get to that. 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.880 Let's have a talk, maybe a hard talk, depending on 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.280 who you are, depending on how God made you. Maybe 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.720 this is gonna hurt. Maybe you're just gonna understand it. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.760 Maybe you'll disagree. Nevertheless, what I'm about to say is true. 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:59.200 I want you to picture a board room. There's a 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:03.720 big meeting, big conference room, and what's happening here. What's 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:08.880 happening is Company A is getting together with Company B, 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.560 and they've decided they're going to merge together. And they 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.640 have to figure out who they want to lead this 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:20.480 new super company. And they've got it narrowed down to 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:25.720 two candidates. Just too and Candidate A. And maybe this 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:30.520 is going to hit close to home. Candidate A not 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.400 a people person. Not that he doesn't like people, he 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.600 just is not very good at dealing with people. He 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:41.960 doesn't understand timing, he doesn't understand how to have a conversation. 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.560 Maybe makes jokes at inappropriate times. He just you know, 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.239 someone like this, Maybe you're like this, And again most 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.960 of this is God given. He just doesn't understand people. 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:54.480 But boy, he knows both companies like the back of 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.239 his hand. Either math, we got the accounting here, profits 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.960 look good, we got the quarter here, got logistics here? 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.639 Do you ask him? Dates and times and locations? He's 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:05.720 all over this. I'm gonna get to foreign policy in 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.440 a minute. And then you have candidate B. Candidate B. 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.000 He's charming guy. You know someone like this, Maybe you 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.520 were like this. Oh, dates and times, locations, I don't know. 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.840 He didn't even study, but he walks in that boardroom 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:24.160 and he knows everybody's name. Even if he doesn't, he 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.600 fakes it. Everyone gets a winning smile, A hug, Marty, 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:31.079 hush your kid? Oh may he plays football? I played football? 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:36.480 What position? What guy's going to get that job? Most 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:40.600 of the time now probably depends on what kind of 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.160 person you are. It's who you're rooting for. But I 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.120 will just tell you, having spent enough time in this world, 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:51.400 mister personality generally gets that job. Fair. I don't know 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.400 what's fair. I don't believe in the word, but mister 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.640 personality gets the job. Now, where's all this coming from. 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.520 It's supposed to be about foreign policy and Ukraine and Russia. 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:07.240 And it's a people world. It's a world about knowing people. 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:13.040 What makes people tick, Why people do what they do, 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.960 what they might do next, What they want to hear 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.760 from you, what they don't want to hear from you, timing, 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.080 When do I make that joke? When do I show strength? 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:26.080 When do I show empathy? It's a people world. And 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.440 again I want to stress this. Maybe that's not you. 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.920 I do believe most of this is God given, just this, 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.000 but it is a people world out there. Why is 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:42.440 America's foreign policy so embarrassing? Let's be honest, there's there's 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.640 no defense of it. Decades now we have embarrassed ourselves 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.680 consistently on the world stage. Why what's that happening? Not 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:53.520 all these smart people right Harvard Yale. I was educated here, 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:57.320 I went to West Point. Why are so many of 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:02.520 these people lost when it come comes to foreign policy. Well, 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.120 they've never lived in the real world. Therefore they don't 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.279 know people. Oh, they know all the dates and locations. 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.479 I wrote my master's thesis at Harvard on Ukraine in 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.640 the various regions. Oh no, I know you didn't. I'm 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:16.279 sure you can draw the lines on a map with 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.120 your eyes closed, but you don't have any idea what 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.600 makes people tick. That's why America sucks at foreign policy. 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:26.799 And there's a second part of it, and this part's 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:30.240 going to come into play today. It is time to 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:37.400 acknowledge a bitter truth. America's democrats, the left, not historically, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:42.719 but today, they despise the United States of America. And 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.440 if it looks like they're always giving something up to 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:49.600 America's enemies or cowtowing to America's enemies, it's because they are. 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.520 But why are they? It's because they see America the 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.760 same way our enemies see America an evil racists, you know, 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.720 all the things, an evil place that really shouldn't be here. 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.960 We are, after all, uniquely terrible. They see America the 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:08.359 way our enemies see it. Look back to point one, though, 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:13.159 it's a people business. And how long? How long have 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.279 I been warning about these things? Now, let's do a 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:17.800 rewind before we get to rush a Ukraine. Let's just 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.640 do a rewind. And I want you to understand when 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.839 I recap some of these things that may even seem 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.520 old or stale, I want you to understand something something 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:30.960 I've been warning you about people were watching. The evil 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:36.039 wolves of this world were watching when we completely botched 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:40.159 an Afghanistan withdrawal. And look, we know from all the 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.159 reports coming out now, stuff that you've known forever, you 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.560 couldn't screw it up any worse than we screwed it up. 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.440 It's not just that it looked like it was done 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.680 by a bunch of America haters. It looked like it 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.480 was done by a bunch of children. It looked like 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.440 a plan that a bunch of five year olds would 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.520 put in place and no security. I won't be fine. 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.520 Just throw everyone on the planes. Guys, Oh what it 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:06.159 went wrong? The world watched. The world watched after we 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:10.760 botched that Afghanistan withdrawal, as thirteen of our warriors were 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:16.239 incinerated by ISIS. The world's wolves were watching. The world's 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:22.680 wolves were watching when we responded to that by killing civilians. 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.040 We sent a reaper drone and drone strike ten civilians. 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.720 The wolves were watching that. They were watching, and they 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:35.520 were making decisions, because again, the world is not dates 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.960 and locations and borders. The world as people. There people 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.520 analyzing our people, what we've done, what we will do 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.760 in the future. When Joe Biden got up and said 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:50.320 this after our guys died. It's not just that you 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.560 were watching and got mad, or I was watching and 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:57.040 got mad. Vladimir Putin, Jijan Ping, pick your terrorists. They 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:05.240 have TVs too, They were watching Thy God bless you all. 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.000 May God protect us troops and all those standing watch 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:16.480 for America. We have so much to do within our 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:24.040 capacity to do it. We just have to remain steadfast, steadfast. 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:30.600 We will complete our mission, and we will continue after 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:35.640 our troops have withdrawn to find means by which we 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:41.360 can find any American who wishes to get out of Afghanistan. 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:44.480 We will find them and we will get them out. 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:52.480 Ladies and gentlemen gave me a list here. The first 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.680 person I was instructor to call on was Kelly o'dono' NBC. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.800 What do you think Vladimir Putin was thinking when he 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:09.760 watched that? What do you think? Jiji and Ping was thinking, 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.559 what do you watch that? I know it's a punchline. 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:16.560 Now to you, to me, I warned you about this. 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.320 This is me. This is a clip of me. You 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.280 know I love playing these. This is a clip of 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:24.680 me from back in August. You should feel embarrassed. On 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.920 behalf of your nation because we look terrible to the 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.320 rest of the world right now. There's not a way 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:35.240 to put it. This is in international, international embarrassment. America 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:39.320 has been the global superpower for your entire lifetime, it has. 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.439 We took over that rule right about the end of 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.600 World War One. That's when we really became top dog, 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.000 and we've been top dog ever since. It's about one 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:53.000 hundred years. The world is looking right now and they're asking, 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.920 are they still top dog? I mean, this is not 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.599 what the top dog does. This is is what some 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:07.800 fading power does. The world was watching and now where 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:11.000 are we today? Where are we? Well, Vladimir Putin is 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:15.600 still Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin has always been one of 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.560 these old school Russian throwbacks who looks back at monsters 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.959 like Stalin and admires them, and he looks back at 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.400 the size of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet Union, 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.160 and he wants it. And once he get that back, 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.760 he used Russia as some strong man on the world 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.000 stage who who should have a lot more than they 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.240 currently have. And he's always wanted it. Remember it, Vladimir 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:46.000 Putin didn't stop being some tyrant during Donald Trump's presidency. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:51.920 He wanted it then, too weird. He did nothing aggressive 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:57.079 during Donald Trump's presidency, but now he feels completely comfortable 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:02.000 declaring two different regions of Eastern Ukraine to be Russia. 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.720 Idem it necessary to make a decision that should have 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:10.040 been made a long time ago to immediately recognize the 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:15.000 independence and sovereignty of Donne's People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.960 Those who seize the power and keep the power in Keef, 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:23.360 we demand to stop hostilities immediately. Otherwise, all the responsibility 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:29.080 for the possible continuation of the that will be on 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:36.080 the consciousness of the regime that is a link in Keef. Okay, well, 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:37.800 we all know what he's doing there. I say, it's 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.480 a war of self defense. All the tyrants do that thing. 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:44.360 But it feels completely comfortable, and why wouldn't it Because 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:46.520 it's way more than just Joe Biden. It's not like 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.280 we just have some daughtering old fool as president and 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:53.480 everyone else around him it's pretty switched on. How childish 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.640 do we look, how amateurish, how weak do we look 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.800 that In response to the tensions, the coming threat, we 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:05.960 sent Kamala Harris to Europe. The purpose of the sanctions 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:10.240 has always been and continues to be deterrence. But let's 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:14.240 also recognize the unique nature of the sanctions that we 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.719 have outlined. These are some of the greatest sanctions, if 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.439 not the strongest, that we've ever issued. Do you feel 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:23.880 that this threat that has them looming is really going 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:29.439 to deter him? Absolutely strongly believe. And remember also that 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:33.040 the sanctions are a product not only of our perspective 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.760 as the United States, but a share perspective among our allies, 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.760 and the allied relationship is such that we have agreed 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.000 that the deterrence effect of these sanctions is still a 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:50.160 meaningful one, especially because remember also we still sincerely hope 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.000 that there is a diplomatic path out of this moment. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:13:02.000 What do you know? What? Okay? All right, thank thank 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:05.320 you for those specifics, Madam Vice President. You know, could 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.679 you at least give us some kind of a heads 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.600 up here about prices? Are we going to be okay? 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:14.320 Here at home? Here was her voice of inspiration. Can 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.040 you explain to Americans what exactly will they face it? 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.040 This happened, as the President talked about in his speech. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.880 We are aware that again when America stands for her 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:28.280 principles and all of the things that we hold dear. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.680 It requires sometimes for us to put ourselves out there 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.840 in a way that maybe we will incurse some cost, 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:41.160 and in this situation, that may relate to energy costs, 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:45.800 for example, but we are taking very specific and appropriate, 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:49.199 I believe, steps to mitigate what that cost might be 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:57.400 if it happens. Okay, again, back to what we started 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:02.440 out with. It's really all about people foreign policies, not 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.679 about dates and borders and locations. That's not about I 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.079 know this historical fact. What about the czar in the 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:15.720 year thirteen. It's about people. They're watching us, We're watching them. 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.000 Do we have the people in place who've spent enough 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.120 time in the real world to understand the thoughts the 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:26.320 ambitions of Vladimir Putin of why he does what he does. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:30.080 And it goes the other way too. When our president 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:35.040 and vice president get up and speak, they're watching and 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:39.200 they're making plans based on the things they see when 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.840 we embarrass ourselves in places like Afghanistan where they're watching, 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:47.080 when we stop a keystone pipeline here but allow Putin 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.520 to go through with his nord Stream too, pipeline they're 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:55.360 watching and they're laughing behind closed doors, these chumps, these Americans. 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:59.400 It's a people business, it's a people world. And on 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:03.280 top of the America hating stuff. That's why we've been 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:08.320 in International Embarrassment Forum policy wise for decades now. All 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.840 that may have made you uncomfortable, but I'm right. 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I'm going to stand up 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.720 to He's a bully, just like the president. And I 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:40.720 know he doesn't want me to be president. But to 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:46.320 tell you what, when I'm president, thinks you're going to change? Oops? 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.880 Joining me now, Francis Martel, she's, of course the Breitbart 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:55.160 News International editor. All right, Francis, I'm sure you know 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.120 how I feel about Joe Biden. But set all that 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:03.640 stuff aside. Why I did Vladimir Putin feel completely comfortable 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.399 making a move like this. He's been off the quiet 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:10.639 for the last four years. Why now, Well, the easy 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:14.600 answer is that Biden told him to feel comfortable. In January, 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:18.360 at a breast conference, Biden said that if an engaged 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:22.400 in a minor incursion quote quote unquote, Biden wouldn't act. 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.840 So he straight up said, you know, please do this. 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:30.240 I am not going to intervene. Can you help me 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:33.760 explain because everyone remembers that that Joe Biden, Well, if 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.800 it's a minor incursion, and we were horrified. Everyone was 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.359 horrified by it, and it was obvious how Vladimir Putin 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.720 would view something like that. But do you think these 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.280 kind of completely idiotic, insane looking moves from the White 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:51.840 House are planned? Is this Joe Biden's very feeble brain malfunctioning? 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.040 What do you make of this? I think it's part 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:58.240 of their worldview. They believe that all dialogue is better 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.680 than nothing. That talk he's better than acting. And so 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:04.639 this all started last summer when they decided to remove 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.399 sanctions on the North Stream two pipeline, which would have 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:11.040 made Russia really rich. The development of it made Russia 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:13.440 really rich. Now they have the money to do things 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.760 like invade fighting shows to lift those sanctions and have 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:20.280 a nice conversation with Boutin, and then he decided to 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.520 say that he's not going to get involved in the 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.000 event of a minor incourasion. So first he made him rich, 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:29.200 and then he said that he wouldn't act in the 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.879 event of something like this, and the other aspect of 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.760 this is just the complete disrespect towards Ukrainian President Zelenski, 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.440 which I think is based on the fact that Zelenski 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.560 was a sitcom actor before becoming president, not part of 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.520 the establishment, not in the club, and is being treated 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:48.320 like a child in all of this. Basically, what should 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.720 we make of this Zelenski character. I don't know anything 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.680 about him. I imagine most Americans don't. What do we 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:57.600 make of him? Well, he, like I said, he was 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.520 part of a comedy troupe and then he played the 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:03.240 president sitcom and the Ukrainian people were so sick of 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:07.119 their establishment that they chose him over the incumbent, who 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:11.000 was an oligarch. Poroshenko was a chocolate air and I 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:16.080 think the average American, especially those more sympathetic to President Trump, 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:20.920 who was also a reality TV star, understand frustration that 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.960 led to him being elected. And so I think we 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:27.240 should look at him and realize that he is a 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:32.280 manifestation of how much Ukraine rejects the global establishment that 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:35.440 I think a lot of Americans do also, And during 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:38.960 his tenure, Zelenski has kind of been very true to 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:43.760 that sentiment as well. He's been very aggressive against the 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:47.800 leaders of France in Germany and against Biden frankly, so 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:49.960 he has also said, you know, I don't even want 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:55.480 to be part of this. Okay, chocolate air sounds really cool. 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:57.119 I just have to point that out. But setting that 0:19:57.200 --> 0:20:01.480 aside for a minute, where does Zelenski go from here? 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:04.280 I understand I'm asking a lot of opinion questions here, 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.320 but okay, you have Vladimir Putin, he gobbles up a 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:11.560 couple eastern regions. Is Zelenski going to be standing at 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:13.920 the head of a Ukrainian army daring him not to 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:16.200 come any further? Does he pack it up and head 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:20.600 off to the islands somewhere? Where do you go from here? Well, 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.240 Zelenski was on the front lines last week, so he's 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:28.240 not moving back. On Saturday, Zelenski said that he's interested 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:31.040 in developing nuclear weapons, so this is a lot of 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.320 big talk. Of course, it's possible that at the last 0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:37.199 minute he could retreat. Remember the president of Afghanistan did 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:39.200 the same thing. He came out setting he's going to 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:42.080 fight the Taliban and hopped into a helicopter and has 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:46.320 not been seen essentially, so it's possible. But Zelenski has 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:50.120 been very aggressively saying, you know, I'm sticking to this fight. 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.200 I'm not scared, and if you keep abandoning me, I'm 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:58.240 going to pursue wear weapons here. Okay, Francis, you brought 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:00.199 up nord Stream two and I saw it to day. 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:04.360 Germany basically put the pause on that, which would hurt 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.480 Russia badly financially, because you brought up how much money 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:10.320 that brings to Russia. How much faith are we supposed 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.480 to have in Germany to maintain those sanctions when, as 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:16.560 far as I understand it, Germany needs Russia's gas as 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:20.480 much as Russia needs the money. Well, absolutely, you nailed it. 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:23.280 I have no faith that these sanctions are going to stick. 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:27.400 I think the second drops from the new cycle, they're 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:30.720 going to go back to business as usual. But it's 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:33.399 also notable that you know, we the United States had 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:36.439 sanctions on north Stream two that were worse for Russia 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:39.280 than anything Germany could have done, and Biden lifted them. 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:43.639 So those sanctions are still not coming back. Biden came 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:46.400 out and said he was doing new sanctions on targeted 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:51.280 individuals today, whatever that means. But there's no reason to 0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:54.440 trust that Germany's gonna pick to these sanctions. It's just 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:58.399 not economically viable for them, good greateful. What about the 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:01.399 other European nations ESPEC, actually the big boys, big boys 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:05.119 like France, UK. Where do we actually fall as far 0:22:05.200 --> 0:22:07.680 as our faith in them goes? With all this nonsense? 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:10.960 Oh yeah, you're asking the wrong person. I have no 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:14.359 faith in any of these Western European governments to do anything. 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:18.520 I don't either, you know, they don't. They came out 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.399 and they talk. They are part of the club. And 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:24.520 again Zolensky is not. They were, you know, buddy buddy 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:27.520 with Paul Shanko, the Chocolate Air. Not so buddy buddy 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:32.040 with Zolenski. Zolensky mouthed off pretty badly at them last week, 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:37.080 giving them no real reason to feel especially friendly towards him. So, 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:40.160 you know, right now, the only actor that I'm most 0:22:40.280 --> 0:22:43.960 interested in here is Turkey because Ernolan, the president of Turkey, 0:22:44.160 --> 0:22:46.880 is an Islamist who's still mad about the Crimean war, 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:50.480 still pretty anti Russian, and is a NATO member. So 0:22:50.800 --> 0:22:56.040 at this point That's where I'm looking for any real action. Okay, 0:22:56.320 --> 0:23:00.639 Turkey another country most Americans don't know much about. What 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:04.240 kind of military capability are we talking about should Turkey 0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:06.800 get involved, obviously with other nations and try to fight 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:11.720 off some Russians. Well, drones. The big answer here is drones. 0:23:12.240 --> 0:23:16.200 When Armenia and azer Baijan had their big skirmish last 0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:21.200 year in Nagorno Karabak, Turkey sold a drones that ended 0:23:21.280 --> 0:23:24.119 that war in days. The drones just blew everything up 0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:28.440 and that war was over. So if Ukraine purchases this technology, 0:23:28.520 --> 0:23:29.960 this is going to be a lot more painful for 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.080 the Russians then it would be otherwise. We don't know 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:35.720 yet if that's going to happen, but obviously there's interest 0:23:35.880 --> 0:23:38.320 on gifts part, and kind of have to wait and see. 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:42.400 All right, as long as I'm nerding out on details, 0:23:42.440 --> 0:23:44.119 I can't help it. I get an expert like you 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:48.000 on and I want to know Russia's military capability. I 0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:50.639 know Russia's a big boy. I know about the nuclear technology. 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:52.440 I know they're really good in space and so on 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:54.520 and so forth. As far as their ground troops go, 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:57.800 from what I understand, they have a very small but 0:23:58.040 --> 0:24:01.080 very very quality group of full time troops, and the 0:24:01.200 --> 0:24:04.280 rest are a bunch of khanscripts who don't necessarily want 0:24:04.320 --> 0:24:07.720 to be there is that, correct, that's about it. Yeah, 0:24:07.840 --> 0:24:10.520 And something that I'm very interested in here is the 0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:13.440 sentiment of the Russian people. The Russians don't want this. 0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:15.800 They're just like us, right, they want a better economy, 0:24:15.960 --> 0:24:19.280 they want jobs. And Alexi Navalni, who was one of 0:24:19.280 --> 0:24:21.720 the big opposition people there, came out today and said 0:24:22.080 --> 0:24:24.280 Ukraine is just going to be another Afghanistan for US, 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:27.160 and like, how relatable is that? Right as an American? 0:24:27.960 --> 0:24:29.960 So I don't think the Russians are even going to 0:24:30.160 --> 0:24:32.720 want to be recruited into this war, Like what kind 0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:35.760 of moral is that military going to have? At the 0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:39.600 same time, you know, the Ukrainians aren't a major military power, 0:24:39.840 --> 0:24:42.879 so I'm not saying that, you know, the Russians are 0:24:42.880 --> 0:24:45.520 going to get obliterated, but there's going to be a 0:24:45.600 --> 0:24:49.119 moral problem for sure. And in terms of like the 0:24:49.240 --> 0:24:51.200 training and ability, there's going to be an issue there. 0:24:52.920 --> 0:24:56.000 Francis Martell, thank you so much. I appreciate you. Thanks 0:24:56.000 --> 0:25:00.240 so much for having me. How about that all got 0:25:00.280 --> 0:25:02.600 a little bit smarter and we're gonna keep getting smarter 0:25:02.680 --> 0:25:05.200 because Miranda Divine joins us. Next she wrote the book 0:25:05.200 --> 0:25:10.280 about Hunter Biden's laptop. It was all about Ukraine. What's 0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:13.119 the connection here? What are we missing? Let's ask Miranda 0:25:13.160 --> 0:25:16.560 Divine about that next. But let's talk about home title 0:25:16.640 --> 0:25:19.879