1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Right News, rounded up information, Overload Our Sean Hannity's show 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: eight hundred and ninefold one Sean, you want to be 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: a part of the program. A lot happening all throughout 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: the day today. Going back to Joe Biden's statement and 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: sanctions that he's putting on Russia in light of the 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: invasion of Ukraine and the President's pledge that we will 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: follow through Article five. An attack on one NATO country 8 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: is an attack on all and what that actually means 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: would be interesting. The President reiterated, we are going we 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: are discussed in discussions with oil producing countries, and we'll 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: go into our petroleum reserves, which he's already done. The 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: one thing that I'm kind of a little shocked and expected, 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: and it would have been the most natural answer, is, 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: you know, consider restricting lifting the restrictive policies he put 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: in place on the entire energy sector of our economy, 16 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: bring America back to being energy independent, return America to 17 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,639 Speaker 1: being a net X border of energy to help out 18 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: our NATO and Western European allies. Nobody asked the question 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: if he's going to stop importing oil from Russia. Last year, 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: Biden imported two hundred two hundred and thirty million barrels 21 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: of oil, even a million barrels of oil from Iran. 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: And this Iran deal, now, is that going to be 23 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: part of the deal. A wink nod. We'll open up 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: world markets for you if you just quote cooperate. Remember 25 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: that deal with Obama and Biden and the Mullos in 26 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: Iran did not have any place anytime inspections, so they 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: were meaningless anyway. Joining us now. But it was nine 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: fifteen last night in the middle of my show, I 29 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: got a text from Senator Mark Rubio and it said 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 1: the invasion has started. He was the first person to 31 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: tweet it out, and it altered my show dramatically right 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: from the get go. Senator, I do appreciate the heads 33 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: up on this, and this is well beyond I think 34 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: what everybody was predicting, except maybe people like you and me. 35 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: I expected the worst here, and I think it's as 36 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: bad as I've been predicting. The question is how far 37 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: does Putin's territorial ambitions go, because I don't think he's 38 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: going to be particularly upset at all or give too 39 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: much of a Adam schiff about these sanctions. Well, I 40 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: mean there's two things happening at the same time, so 41 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: that they graving me on the first is that you're 42 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: going to see global oil prices climb, which actually helps 43 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: him right because of their main export as well and 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: natural gas, both of which will go up. And I'm 45 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: guessing and I think there's a reason to believe they've 46 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: probably ordered some cash and gold reserves as a buffer 47 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 1: between now and the time that Europe has to sort 48 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: of capitulate or forty percent of the natural gas going 49 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: in the Europe fifty percent from some countries come from Russia. 50 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: So there comes a time where they're going to have 51 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: to cave in because energy prices will be hind and 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: people will be in the streets complaining, and that's what 53 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: he's bad. I think it's important to the US five 54 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: hundreds and millions stars in all from question ourselves. In fact, 55 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: it's recently as yesterday evening toward commodities by Russian oil 56 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: and so forth, and sort of sit there and wonder 57 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: at the same time as Joe Biden's waging war on 58 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: oil and natural gaps here in America, when under Trump 59 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen, the nation for the first time and 60 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: a long time was exporting more than importing, and now 61 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: in just two years, who reverse that. So it's almost 62 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: it's almost like helping out the blon Yar Prutin, And 63 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: he's one of the things that gave him great confidence 64 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: and moving forward on this. Lets let's go to the 65 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: sanctions that you know, Biden is blocking all these major 66 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: Russian banks. He's going to convene a summit with NATO tomorrow. 67 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: On the energy question, he says that he knows Americans 68 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: are hurting, and he says, we're going to be coordinating 69 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: with all the major oil producing and consuming countries towards 70 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: our common interests to secure global energy supplies. The one 71 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: thing he did not mention is the massive amount of 72 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: natural resources we have in this country because he purposely 73 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: is part of the Green New Deal. Social Ism abandoned 74 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: American energy independence and abandon America being a net exporter 75 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: of energy, something Trump accomplished that hadn't been accomplished in 76 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: seventy five years. Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, look, 77 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: it's for him to announce that we're going to expand global, 78 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: that we're going to expand production is to go to 79 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: war with a squad. You know, just today there's an 80 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: interview out there with John Kerry saying, Oh, I hope 81 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: the stuff with the brain doesn't distract from the global 82 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: warming agenda. I mean, it's it's a radical less the 83 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: center of a far left position, and either he doesn't 84 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: want to take it on or he believes it and 85 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: he wants to go along with him. But you're absolutely right. 86 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: I mean, last year, I think we bought two hundred 87 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: and thirty million barrels of oil from Russia. And when 88 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: he talks about working with the energy producing countries, what 89 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: he's basically saying is at a time when we're producing less, 90 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: he's going to go around and ask other countries to 91 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: produce more. In essence, we can't make Can you explain 92 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: this to me? I really would like to understand it. If, 93 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: for example, you're drilling for oil and the rationale behind 94 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: not drilling in America America is that it's bad for 95 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: Mother Earth. Okay, what is the difference if you drove 96 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: for that barrel of oil in the continental United States 97 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,239 Speaker 1: or in anmir in Alaska, whatever, Or if you drove 98 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: for that oil in Russia, or you drove for that 99 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: oil in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else in the Middle East. 100 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: Can you explain to me why that would it be, 101 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: why it might have any different impact on Mother Earth? No, 102 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: it doesn't. The only impact that has is that if 103 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: you're doing it in America, you're going to have people 104 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: chaining themselves the pipelines and protesting, you know, the people 105 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: that got him elected, people that are volunteering and giving 106 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: money to his campaigns. If it's happening halfway around the world, 107 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: they won't notice that, they won't care. They only don't 108 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: want it to happen here. Look after Europe. What happens 109 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: when you walk away from you know, nuclear energy, coal oil, 110 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: you know in controlling and prinatural gas, and you depend 111 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: on other countries to provide it. You get held hostage, 112 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: and that's what's happened. You now become vulnerable to this 113 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: sort of extortion, which is what you know Putin's holding 114 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: over the head of all Europe right now. Can you explain. 115 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: When the President was asked about China and whether he's 116 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: urging China to help isolate Russia, he said, I'm not 117 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: prepared to comment on that. We've been watching the territorial 118 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: ambitions of China play out. China seemed to give a 119 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: green light to Putin's actions in Ukraine and rationale behind it. 120 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: I'm expecting that probably, well, we're gonna let you take 121 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: over Ukraine and maybe the Baltics, but we're taking Taiwan. 122 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: And we've seen how aggressive president she has gotten. Ironically, 123 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: The New York Times points out today that the Justice 124 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: Department yesterday said it was ending the Trump era effort 125 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: to fight Chinese national security threats and target professors and 126 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: ferret out potential Chinese spies that are in this country. 127 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: And I would assume this is something you're familiar with, being, 128 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, in the position that you're in on the 129 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: intelligence community. Yeah, two things on the China things, is 130 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: he talking to China and do anything about the thing 131 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: with Russia? They're probably not going to come out and 132 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: cheer it on the attack. America will say America provoked it. 133 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: But ultimately what China wants is to be nice to 134 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: rush on this because they expect Russia to be supportive 135 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: of them two three, four years down the road when 136 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: they make their move on Taiwan and on the FBI. 137 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: But cent, why do you think it would be that 138 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: far down the road. Why wouldn't it be soon? It 139 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: could be soon. But I think China's preference with Taiwan 140 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: is to go to them and say, did you guys 141 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: see what happened to Uskrane? Do you see what happened? 142 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: NATO didn't do anything about it, America could do anything 143 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: about it, and no one's gonna do anything about you 144 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: guys might well, so is my interpretation of fighter jets 145 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: over Taiwan airspace on a regular basis? Am I wrong 146 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: to think that this is imminent? Oh? Well, I think 147 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: that it's. I don't think we'll finish this decade without 148 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: them acting on it. There's no doubt about it. The 149 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: reason why I don't think it's overnight, it's because I 150 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: think China actually believe they have a chance to get 151 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: Taiwan to just cave in. Convince Taiwan that listen, you guys. 152 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: I actually think they could walk right in give Here's 153 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: the problem I have explain to me now. The President 154 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: was clear, we will defend NATO, and we will we 155 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: will stand by Article five of NATO. Okay, attack on 156 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: one country's attack on all countries? All right, Well, the 157 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: Baltics are members of NATO. So explain to me what 158 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: options that the United States and NATO might have if 159 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: in fact, he goes after a NATO country next, because 160 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,239 Speaker 1: it seems, you know, once he went for the capitol 161 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: last night, it's clear that he wants the entire country, 162 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: and he's going to take the entire country, and he'll 163 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: make up any story that he has to rationalize it. 164 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: So if in fact that happens, I really don't see 165 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: the US and NATO strong enough to stand up to 166 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: and be willing to participate in the war against Putin 167 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: and Russia, even though there really would be no option 168 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: at that point. Yeah, So if he takes all of Ukraine, 169 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: it'll put him right at the border of Poland, Romania 170 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: and so forth. And even now those strikes are conducting here, 171 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: that border could lead to miscalculation at that point if 172 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: they made it. If he made a move against the 173 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: NATO country, one or two things is going to happen. 174 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: There's going to be a war that could be proved 175 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 1: to be catastrophic, or NATO will no longer exist. It 176 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: will be proven to be a paper tiger and just 177 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: a piece of paper. The problem is we have American 178 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: forces embedded in those countries. We would have American casualties 179 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: at that point we would have Americans on the front 180 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: line and the trip wire force. There would be a war. 181 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: I think, you know, NATO has more conventional capacity than Russia, 182 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: but it wouldn't be a conventional war for long before 183 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: Russia escalated the tactical nuclear weapons in the battlefield to 184 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: try to force everyone to the negotiating table, you know, 185 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: escalating in order to de escalate. Yeah, all right, quick 186 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: break more with Senator Rubio of Florida on the other side. 187 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: Then we'll get to your calls eight hundred and nine 188 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: for one, Shan, if you want to be a part 189 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 1: of the program, I know a lot of you want 190 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: to react to all of the unfolding events. Today we continue. 191 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: Senator Marco Rubio from Florida is with us. Of course, 192 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: he's on the Senate inte Committee. So what do you 193 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: think the best move you've you've heard the President outline 194 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: the sanctions that he has in place. I don't see 195 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: them as as that punitive to putin. I would imagine 196 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: that the Chinese probably will make a deal and probably 197 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: be buying a lot more oil and getting their energy 198 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: from Russia as their alliance now gets stronger. Now we 199 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: have to worry about both Russia and China also aiding 200 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: and a betting and assisting Iran in their pursuit of 201 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: nuclear weapons. I think that's very real. Also, yeah, I 202 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: think the two the sanctions on the two big banks, 203 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: the ones they just announced today, those are the ones 204 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: they should have announced three days ago. They should have 205 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: released that in the middle of the speech, like while 206 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: that speech was being run, they should have hit they 207 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: should have announced it in the middle of that almost 208 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: as a message that we're not waiting around. I think 209 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: the second piece now have to be Look, we're not 210 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 1: going to send American soldiers to fight in Ukraine. They're 211 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: not a member NATO, we have no obligation that where 212 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: candid Ukraines' aren't asking fort but there is going to 213 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: be if they remove the government from Kiev, there's going 214 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: to be a government in exile, and we're gonna we're 215 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: gonna work with those guys and we're going to help 216 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: them help themselves. And essence, Ukrainians will fight. And even 217 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: if even if Putin takes over that country, he's got 218 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: to occupy it, and these people are not just going 219 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: to let him roll over. They're going to be shooting 220 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: at him. They're going to be striking at him for 221 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: months and years, for as long as they're there, and 222 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: it's going to create real propsitive. He laid out his 223 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: intentions and his manifesto, if you will, back in July 224 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: and July twelve, to be specific, and he's followed through 225 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: on every level of what he said he was going 226 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: to do. There has been a long troop build up 227 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: on the border of eastern Ukraine, including the military build 228 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: up of Putin. And I guess what I'm wondering is, 229 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: as this was happening, why why didn't the NATO countries, 230 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: including Joe Biden in the United States start arming the 231 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: Ukrainians so that they would have at least a fighting 232 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: chance for what was seemingly inevitable. Well, let me tell 233 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: you something that the Ukrainians have inflicted more punishment already 234 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: on the Russians and the Russian thought they were going 235 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: to have, and they're going to do more of it. 236 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: These guys are brave people. Eventually they'll be overwhelmed by 237 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: just the sheer volume. You know. I will say the 238 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: US now lately, not not under Obama, but now under 239 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: Trump and then most recently leading up to this, and 240 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: the UK most recently Lithuania have been providing some of 241 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: this weaponry they're seeing out there. But let me ask you, 242 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: because I have the numbers in front of me. The 243 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: Russia has nine hundred thousand troops armed forces, Ukraine two 244 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: hundred and nine thousand. If you look at tanks, Russia 245 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: has got nearly three thousand, and Ukraine doesn't even have 246 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: a thousand artillery. Russia has four thousand and six hundred 247 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: and eighty four versus eighteen hundred for Ukraine army attack helicopters. 248 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: Ukraine has thirty five and Russia has four hundred. Armored 249 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 1: personnel carriers. Russia has sixty one hundred and Ukraine has 250 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: six hundred. I mean they don't even have an air 251 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: force and Russia has one thousand jet fighters. Yeah, there's 252 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying in Ukraine. There's no way Ukraine 253 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: could win a straight had up conventional war, but what 254 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: they can do is inflict a tremendous amount of punishment, 255 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: especially an insurgency. Yeah. I don't know, people know a 256 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: lot about Ukraine, but you're going to see, you know, 257 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 1: old men or that haven't seventies and eighties out there 258 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: shooting at these guys. I mean, these guys are not 259 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: just going to lay around and let the Russians occupy 260 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: and govern that country. And even now I think they've 261 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: had more success than the Russians thought they were going 262 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: to have against them. Obviously, we'll learn more and as 263 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: the facts come out, but already, even as we speak, 264 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: they've inflicted far. This has been much longer and harder 265 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: so far for Putin than he thought it was going 266 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: to be. His defense people probably knew that, but they 267 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: don't tell them because they're afraid to give him bad news. 268 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: And now it's bearing out. But ultimately, look to waitful, 269 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: Why am I seeing this a little bit differently? It 270 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: looks to me like Putin doesn't have a care in 271 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: the world. Looks to me like Putin calculate, made a 272 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: calculated decision. He's been playing chess the whole time, and 273 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: he knew that there would be little to no resistance 274 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: to take in over the entire country, and he used 275 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: as a pretext the recognition of these two regions to 276 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: send in so called peacekeeping forces surrounds the entire country 277 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: and then bombs every area pretty much within the country, 278 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: including the capital. It doesn't seem like there's any fear 279 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: on his end at all. No, I don't think he 280 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: had any fear going in. And I'm not sure how 281 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: much of this real time information he's still getting. I'll 282 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: sure he's getting some of it. My point being is 283 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: that now you've got to run the place right now. 284 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: If anyone knows how painful it can be to occupy 285 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: a country doesn't want you there, it's the United States 286 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: who've had to go through that in multiple places, and 287 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: it's Russia who had to feel that in Afghanistan as well, 288 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: And you're gonna have to face that factor. He's gonna 289 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: have to face that factor. And he's also gonna have 290 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: to face the factor that even as we speak in Russia, 291 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: there's a growing number of people in Russia that are protesting, 292 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: like why am my is my son? I don't know 293 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: if you've seen some of these pictures, some of these 294 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: a sixteen year old kids, seventeen year old kids that 295 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: he sent over there as cannon fodder. I mean, they're 296 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: gonna be some bodybacks coming back and some angry Russian 297 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: mob my mom asking why did my son die to 298 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: take over a country that doesn't want it? Senator, we 299 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: really appreciate your heads up last night and coming on 300 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: last night and coming on today and on tonight again. Uh, 301 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: this is a fluid, unfolding situation, obviously, Senator Marco Rubio 302 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: of Florida, thank you, sir, as always, we appreciate you 303 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: being with us. Thanks for having quick break right back, 304 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: holding them accountable. Sean gets the answers no one else does. 305 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: America deserves and know the truth about Congress had twenty 306 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: five to the top of the hour eight nine one 307 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: sewn you want to be a part of the program. 308 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: I just see this differently than I guess a lot 309 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: of other people are seeing this. I see Vladimir Putin 310 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: planning every single solitary step of this, knowing predicting the 311 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: West and NATO and our Western European allies reaction, and 312 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: I think it went exactly as he had planned. That's 313 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: my take. I saw zero Hedge pointing out the China 314 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: jets are approaching Taiwan yet again and going over airspace. 315 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: But don't worry that hard hitting news show the view 316 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: Joy's Joy Behar is devastated at the invasion by Putin 317 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: because it might impact her vacation to Italy. You can't 318 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: even make this up. Well, I'm scared of what's going 319 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: to happen in Western Europe too. Yeah, you know, you 320 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: just you plan a trip, you want to go there. 321 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: I want to go to Italy For four years I 322 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: haven't been able to make it because of the pandemic. 323 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: And now this, you know, it's it's like, who's gonna 324 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen there? Yeah? Too? Yeah? I mean, and 325 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: you know, this guy, he's a singular sensation in a 326 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: certain way, you know what I mean. I don't know 327 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: that the whole that he has that much support in 328 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: his country, like you say, and maybe that has to 329 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: be addressed because we've seen this movie before. This has 330 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: impacted my vacation schedule. Oh the thought of it. You know. 331 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: There was a tweet out from John Berman over at 332 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: fake News. CNN didn't age particularly well. The Ukrainians will 333 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: fight like hell, if every Ukrainian takes a gun, Russians 334 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: don't have a prayer. I mean, the military can fight, 335 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: but Ukrainians they're really ready as of today, Okay, they 336 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: didn't look too ready to me. We now see in 337 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: Europe natural gas up sixty percent as of last night, 338 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: and I go back to the you know this ridiculous, 339 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: you know, return of nuclear weapons by Ukraine with the 340 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: promise of the United States and Russia and others in 341 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: Great Britain that oh no, no, no, you're giving up 342 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: nuclear weapons. But it's going to work out well for 343 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: you in the end. Thomas Friedman, I think nine days ago, writes, 344 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: the Ukraine's story is far from over. But if Vladimir 345 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: Putin ops to back away from invading Ukraine even temporarily, 346 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: is because Joe Biden, that guy whose right wing critics 347 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: suggest is so deep in dementia he wouldn't know Kia 348 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: from Kansas or the AARP from NATO, has matched every 349 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: Putin chess move with an effective counter of his own. Like, 350 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: how can you people be this dumb? I can't believe 351 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: they're in this industry of ours and they're that dumb 352 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: and ignorant. Anyway, eight hundred and nine four one, Sean, 353 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 1: if you want to be a part of the program, 354 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: Bonnie is in the great state of Florida, where we 355 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: should be. Bonnie, how are you glad you called? Hi? Sean, 356 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking my call. How are you doing. 357 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: I'm good, Thank you for calling. I'm just trying to 358 00:18:54,840 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: keep my literal anger in frustration over bite me what 359 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: she's doing. He's so smart in making all these strategic moves, 360 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: but Putin is just plowing right ahead. My god, why 361 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: would it surprise you? You show me where Joe Biden 362 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:25,479 Speaker 1: has made a single decision that has worked out well 363 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: for the people of the United States. Name one it hasn't. 364 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: I can't think of one. And I read news hours 365 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: and hours and hours and hours every day. I can't 366 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: think of one, and no neither can I, you know, 367 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: and the media today, the most obvious question is this, 368 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: if you want to beat Putin, we're not getting get 369 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: into a shooting war with him and the idea that 370 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: he's committed to Article five of the NATO Alliance and 371 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: an attack on one country as an attack on all. Now, 372 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: Ukraine is not part of NATO, Okay, understood, but okay, 373 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: the Baltics are. And the same rhetoric that Putin used 374 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:13,479 Speaker 1: in a lead up to invading Ukraine, he's using that 375 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: same language as it relates to the Baltics and even 376 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: other countries. And my question is do we really believe 377 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: that NATO and Joe Biden, under any circumstances are going 378 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: to stand up to this guy militarily and really break 379 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: him economically. To me, what Joe Biden should have said today. 380 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: I have now spoken with all of the energy producing 381 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: corporations and companies in the United States, and I have 382 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: told them all that I, as of immediately, as of 383 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: twelve o'clock today, I have lifted all restrictions on exploration 384 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: and production of energy, and I have asked every single 385 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: company too. He wouldn't use them to warp speed production 386 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: of energy so that we can get our energy supplies 387 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: of which we have so much, to our allies around 388 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: the world, so they are no longer dependent on Russia 389 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: and Vladimir Putin. That's what I would have done today. Man, Now, 390 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: am I talking about and putting one boot on the 391 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: ground and Ukraine? No, Ukraine's a corrupt country. I understand that, 392 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: but it was also a sovereign country. And how far 393 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: do his territorial ambitions go I don't know. And as 394 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: it relates to China, the message I would send to 395 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: China today, he said I can't talk about it. I 396 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: would say, I'm going to send the message to China. 397 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: They've been showing they have territorial ambitions against Taiwan. Now, 398 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: is he going to announce that he would help defend Taiwan? 399 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: I doubt it, And I don't think I wanted one 400 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: single American boot on the ground in Taiwan either. But 401 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: I would say, as of today, I have had I 402 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: had to have phone calls with all of our allies, 403 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: and we are prepared to immediately and all imports from 404 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,959 Speaker 1: your country. As soon as you show one more hostile maneuver, 405 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: I'd say, thank you all. God bless America and God 406 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: bless the people of Ukraine tonight. That's that's what I 407 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: would have done. But I'm what do I know? I'm 408 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: just a talk show host. I'm not the president. Yeah, yes, 409 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,400 Speaker 1: I wish you were. You're gonna run anytime soon? Why 410 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: why would you hate me that much? Bonnie? You see 411 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: what they do to you see what they've done to 412 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: the entire Trump family. Who wants that headache? God bless 413 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: you though, thank you. Um, it's sad Bill in New Jersey. Bill, 414 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: you're on the Sean Hannity Show. Congrats again to our 415 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: New York affiliate wo R one hundred years of incredible broadcasting. Bill, 416 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: How are you great? Sean? But you know honestly, as 417 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: as a third generation American, as an ethnic pole, my 418 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: heart to blee for the Ukrainian people today. I know 419 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: that it is. It has to be awful. You know, 420 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: I really don't understand certain mindsets. And when I wrote 421 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: the book in two thousand and four, deliver Us from Evil, 422 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: and I was researching the last century and one hundred 423 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: million human souls Mao China, Stalin and Russia and Hitler 424 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: and Germany and Mussolini and fascism and communism and imperial 425 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: Japan and fascism and the killing fields in Cambodia. I've 426 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: concluded that it's really hard for good people, and I 427 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: think most people are good to understand real evil. There 428 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: is real evil in this world. That's why I called 429 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: the book deliver Us from Evil, Defeating terrorism, despotism, and liberalism. 430 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: You're calling liberals evil. Now I'm saying that liberals have 431 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: the wrong philosophy to deal with evil, because only is 432 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: one way to deal with evil, and that's from a 433 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: position of strength. In spiritual warfare. It would be the 434 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: strength of your belief, your faith if you're a Christian 435 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: and Jesus Christ, if you're dealing with military strength, if 436 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: we're dealing with a country, then you're talking about military might. 437 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: It's called peace through strength, the meanest, toughest, baddest kick 438 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: ass military on the face of the earth, so that 439 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: nobody would dare ever mess with you. And you know what, 440 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: every time a Democrat gets elected, our military might begins 441 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: to dwindle. And every time a Republican gets elected, we 442 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: start to have to build it back up again. And 443 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: we did so under Donald Trump, and we'll have to 444 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: do it again in twenty twenty five, when hopefully a 445 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: Republican is back in the White House. Well, that's part 446 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: of the problem. Biden does not understand that oil is 447 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: a strategic weapon, whether it's the Cold War or an 448 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: increasingly hot war. That's why they cool the strategic oil reserve. Basically, 449 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 1: Biden pursued a policy of unilateral disarmament as far as 450 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: the petrochemical industry was concerned. Allowed Germany into a position 451 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: where up to forty percent of the German gas supply 452 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: comes from Russia. He pushed them. He pushed all of 453 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: all of our Western European allies and all the Arnato 454 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: allies into Putin's arms. He did it. In fact, I 455 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: mean you say unilateral disarmament. I'd say it a little differently. 456 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: He artificially reduced the world supply at a dramatic rate, 457 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: and in doing so, he compromised our national security, our 458 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: economic security, hence a forty year high in inflation. And 459 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: we could we would have been in a position to 460 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 1: easily ratchet up production now and the lead up to 461 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: all of this, and start supplying all of our partners 462 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,719 Speaker 1: and allies around the world with all of their energy needs, 463 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: and that would have bankrupted Putin. And all he did 464 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: was drive up the price of energy worldwide today over 465 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: one hundred bucks of barrel for oil. He's making all 466 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: of the OPEC nations rich, again, begging them. It's pathetic. 467 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: The fact that he's even talking to the Iranians is pathetic. 468 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: The fact that he imported tun and thirty million barrels 469 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: of oil from Russia last year himself was pathetic. And 470 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: we have more natural resources than the entire Middle East combined. 471 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: Why what difference, somebody explained to me, if he's so 472 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: afraid of these New Green Deal socialists and the climate 473 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: change cult alarmists in this country, tell me the difference 474 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: between importing a barrel of oil from Russia, the Saudis, 475 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: the OPEC nations, or extracting it on our own in 476 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: this country because we have enough resources. Number One, we 477 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: don't have to care about the Middle East except for Israel, 478 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, the Straits of Hoor moves. We don't 479 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: have to worry as much about Iran. We don't have 480 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 1: to worry about Russia. Russia will be broke, Putin will 481 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: be bankrupt, and hopefully change would then come and he 482 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 1: would not have the means and he would not have 483 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: the motivation to do what just happened. Joe Biden helped 484 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: make Russia and Putin rich again, and he's not lifting 485 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: a finger to fix what he damaged, and that, to 486 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: me is the biggest fallacy in all of his response 487 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: to date. We're going to talk to oil producing nations, 488 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 1: and what are you going to say to them? Are 489 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 1: you going to tell them that we're going to produce 490 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: enough energy? Can you tell our allies in Europe we 491 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: will mass produce energy immediately and we'll get it to 492 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: you within a month, two months, three months? How long 493 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: would it take to ratchet up to our full capacity? 494 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: That's what I would have done, and I've been saying 495 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: it in the lead up to this entire situation, because 496 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 1: it was obvious where this was headed. You didn't have 497 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: to be a brain surgeon to figure it out. When 498 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: China does take Taiwan, remember you heard it here first. 499 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: Not that it's something we'd ever be proud of being 500 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: right about. I don't want sovereign countries invaded by these 501 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: these dictatorial, power hungry regimes. But if we are foolish 502 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: and reject what history has taught us, and this is 503 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: where I go back to the last century, over one 504 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: hundred million people slaughtered in the name of you know, 505 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: communism and Mao and China and Stalin and Russia and 506 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: Nazism and fascism and imperial Japan. It's if you doubt 507 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: that could happen again, you're not living in the real world. 508 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: You know. A lot of the economy, a lot of 509 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: the conflicts we have are all based on a fundamental formula, 510 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: which is that's all predicated on a foundation that energy 511 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: is the lifeblood of the world's economy. And then that 512 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: becomes problematic because you need to protect the free flow 513 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: of oil energy at market prices, and a lot of 514 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: the conflicts in the world come from that very equation. Now, somehow, 515 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: some way, some genius inventor comes up with a real cheap, 516 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: effective way to to to produce energy. It would be 517 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: transformative and probably would end a lot of the world's conflicts. 518 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: There was this guy that wrote this book. I always 519 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: would go to the invention convention. I forget the guy 520 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: was from New Orleans. I forget his name. And I 521 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: read his book and he had this theory that if 522 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: we could tack, if we could somehow attach or tap 523 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: into the gravitational pull of the Earth, that they would 524 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: be enough endless free energy for every And I thought 525 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: about it for a long time, and I thought, first 526 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: my first thought was Wow, that could be the answer 527 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: that would transform the world. Then my next thought was, yeah, 528 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: but evil people will find a way to misuse that 529 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: technology as well and use it to kill other people. 530 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: I think the guy's name was Joseph Newman, of my 531 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: name is my recollections. Right, that's gonna wrap things up 532 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: for today. While the very latest on Russia's invasion of 533 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: Ukraine tonight with reporters all throughout Ukraine. Peter Doocey also 534 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: joins us. We'll check in with Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg 535 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 1: Jack Keen will join us tonight, Dan Hoffman, Mark Meadows, 536 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: Kaylee mcinaney, Senator Rubio, and a man who is in 537 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: Ukraine trying to rescue Americans because Joe won't do it. 538 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: It's all happening nine Eastern tonight, Hannity on Fox News. 539 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: We'll see you then back here tomorrow. Thank you for 540 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: making this show possible.