1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, Radio News. 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm John Tucker and I'm Karen Moscow. Here 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: are the stories we're following today, Karen. 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 3: President Trump takes center stage in Davos this morning. He's 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 3: going to be addressing the world's financial elite. By video link, 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 3: Bloomberg's Amy Morris brings us a preview of what Global 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 3: Wall Street is expecting. 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 4: People are optimistic in pockets. 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 5: New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin at Davos says, 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 5: most everyone there is already optimistic about the Trump administration, 11 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 5: but they do have some questions. 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 4: The geopolitical landscape is probably the biggest one tariff's in particular, 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 4: and obviously the knock on effect of questions around tariffs 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 4: is going to be inflation. 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 5: The forum says President Trump will address the gathering that 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 5: will be followed by a dialogue. Amy Morris Bloomberg Radio. 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 3: Thanks Amy. And in that dialogue he's going to feel 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: question from several executives, including Blackstone, Stephen Schwartzman, Bank of 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 3: America is Brian Boinihan and Banco Santander a chair and 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 3: a boten. You can catch the entire conversation at eleven 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,839 Speaker 3: am Wall Street Time on Bloomberg Radio and Television. 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 2: Well, John, President Trump is downplaying the national security risk 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: posed by TikTok after offering this social video app, are 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,639 Speaker 2: aprie from legislation that would have forced it to shut down, 25 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: and Trump spoke with Fox's Sean Hannity. 26 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 6: People want to die. 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 7: But those that say they know, say, say, a spying 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 7: app for the communist Chinee. But you can say that 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 7: about everything made in China. Look, we have our telephones 30 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 7: made in China for the most point. We have so 31 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 7: many things made in China. So why don't they mention that? 32 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: You know? 33 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 7: I mean, it's interesting thing with TikTok is you're dealing 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 7: with a lot of young people, so they love it. 35 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 7: Is it that important for China to be spying on 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 7: young people, on young kids watching crazy videos? 37 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 8: Are they? And? 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: Under an executive order signed during his first day in office, 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: the President delayed a TikTok man in the US by 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: an additional seventy five days. 41 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: And in that same Fox interview Karen, President Trump doubled 42 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: down on his decision to pardon people who attacked police 43 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: during the January sixth riots. He said the capital convicts 44 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 3: were treated like the worst criminals in history. 45 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 7: Most of the people were absolutely innocent, Okay, But forgetting 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 7: all about that, these people have served horribly a long time. 47 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 7: It would be very very cumbersome to go and look, 48 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 7: you know how many people are talking about fifteen hundred people, 49 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 7: almost all of them are should not have been This 50 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 7: should not have happened. 51 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 3: On Monday, Trump pardoned and commuted the prison sentence or 52 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 3: ordered the dismissal of charges in all of the fifteen 53 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: hundred plus capital riot criminal cases. 54 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: The acting Defense Secretary is deploying one thy five hundred 55 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: more troops to comply with President Trump's declaration of a 56 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: national emergency at the southern border. John Robert Celessis says 57 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 2: he had also approved the use of military aircraft to 58 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 2: assist the Department of Homeland Security with deportation flights of 59 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: more than five thousand illegal aliens detained by Customs and 60 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: Border Protection. 61 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 3: And Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to 62 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 3: Panama as part of a trip to Latin America as 63 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: soon as next week. This trip underscores President Trump's seriousness 64 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: about taking back the Panama Canal. A source of say 65 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 3: Rubio also plans to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. 66 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: John Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelenski says any effective peacekeeping force 67 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 2: deployed in his country will need to include US troops. 68 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: In an interview with Bloomberg's editor in chief John Michelthwaite 69 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: at Davos, Zelenski said that as European allies don't have 70 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: enough soldiers to pose a realistic deterrent to. 71 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 8: Putin, it can't be without the United States. 72 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 9: I will explain you why even if some European friends 73 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 9: think that. 74 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 8: It can be, no, it will not be. 75 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 9: First of all, nobody will risk without United States. The 76 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 9: second that's what can divide NATO, divide EU and USA. 77 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 8: That is a goal and dream of Putin to lie 78 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 8: this unity. 79 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: And Zelanski's comments come as Trump threatens to impose financial 80 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 2: penalties on Russia if it doesn't end the war soon. 81 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: For the full interview, head over to the Bloomberg Talks 82 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: podcast feed featuring our most important conversations from Bloomberg Radio, Television, 83 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: and the Bloomberg Terminal. 84 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 3: And Karen Let's turn out of the wildfires in Los Angeles. 85 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 3: Fire crews are making progress on stopping the threat from 86 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: an enormous new blaze. This one's north of Los Angeles 87 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 3: for students to evacuate. It prompted inmates to shelter in place. 88 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 3: The Hughes fire has expanded to more than ten thousand acres, 89 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 3: but the blaze is now fourteen percent contained. Los Angeles 90 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 3: County Fire Chief Anthony Moroney says quick mobilization of resources, 91 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 3: including aircraft, had given fire crews a fighting chance. 92 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 10: The situation remains dynamic and the fire remains a difficult 93 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 10: fire to contain, although we are getting. 94 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 3: The upper hand, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Moroney. 95 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: The wildfire stoke fresh fears in the region already devastation 96 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 3: by two weeks of deadly infernos. They've killed twenty eight 97 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 3: people and destroyed nearly fifteen thousand structures and left thousands displaced. 98 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: The Palisades and Eaton fires which caused the bulk of 99 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 3: the discretion, and they're still burning, but now more controlled 100 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: at seventy percent and ninety five percent containment. 101 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 2: And then John, there's more details emerging involving President Trump's 102 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: plan to make the US an artificial powerhouse. The Information 103 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: is reporting SoftBank Group and open Ai each plan to 104 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 2: commit nineteen billion dollars of capital to the one hundred 105 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: billion dollar project known as Stargates, so that would be 106 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 2: an artificial intelligence powerhouse. The tech outlet says. The two 107 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 2: companies would then both own forty percent of the endeavor. 108 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 2: Tech industry players including Elon Musk have questioned the lack 109 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 2: of details around the venture and it's financing. 110 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 3: And let's turn to the markets this where futures are 111 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 3: lower following yesterday's games on Wall Street. In fact, the 112 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 3: S and P five hundred closed near a record, propelled 113 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 3: by optimism over artificial intelligence, a batch of strong earnings 114 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 3: in every single trading session since last Monday, more than 115 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 3: sixty eight percent of the S and P five hundred 116 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: stocks that have closed higher US the first time that's 117 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 3: happened since at least two thousand, according to data compiled 118 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 3: by Bloomberg. 119 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 2: And John We are less than a week from the 120 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: fed's first rate decision of the year. Michael Gape And, 121 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 2: the chief US economist at Morgan Stanley, thinks tariffs could 122 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: have an impact on monetary policy. 123 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 6: I don't think there's a tariff's cause that Fed to 124 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 6: hike rate story Obviously, it's possible. We just don't think 125 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 6: it will get that far. But certainly there's a world 126 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 6: where the Fed's just on the sideline for an indefinite 127 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 6: period of time as tariffs gradually get imposed on our 128 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 6: trading partners. 129 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: And Morgan Stanley's Michael Gape and the FED rate decision 130 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 2: is next Wednesday. Time now for a look at some 131 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: of the other stories making news in New York and 132 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: around the world, and for that we're joined by Bloomberg's 133 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 2: Michael Barr. 134 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 8: Michael, good Morning, Good Morning. 135 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 11: Karen has passed a bill to require the detainment of 136 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 11: unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. It marks 137 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 11: the first legislation that will reach President Donald Trump's desk 138 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 11: in his second term. The Lincoln Riley Act is named 139 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 11: after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year 140 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 11: by a Venezuelan man. Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama 141 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 11: it's huge. 142 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 3: I mean, it means that we are making good on 143 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 3: the promises we made to the American people. 144 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 5: Promises made, promises. 145 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: Kept, and it's exciting. 146 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 3: We're putting the safety and security of Americans first with 147 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 3: this common sense piece of legislation, so it's a big deal. 148 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 11: The measure passed with bipartisan support in Congress. The ceasefire 149 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 11: agreement between Israel and Hesbalah and Lebanon is likely to 150 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 11: be extended beyond its January twenty seventh deadline, despite accusations 151 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 11: of breaches. Lebanese, Israeli and French government officials involved in 152 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 11: the talks say both sides are unlikely to resume full 153 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 11: scale fighting, and negotiations are under way to extend the truce. 154 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 11: Philadelphia is seeing its first suspected case of bird flu 155 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 11: in the snow goose. The Philadelphia Department of Health says 156 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 11: it was found near a park two weekends ago. Leah 157 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 11: Stallings with ARC Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center says that 158 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 11: pet owners need to be aware. 159 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 5: It's here, it's everywhere. We can't tell everybody to stay 160 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 5: home and just lock themselves indoors. 161 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 11: Ask concerns about bird flu rise in the US. A 162 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 11: recent Texas Biomedical Research Institute study suggests a strain found 163 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 11: in Texas has mutated in such a way that it 164 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 11: can more easily replicate in human cells. Doctor Amish Adalgia, 165 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 11: an infectious disease physician, with Johns Hopkins says, though while 166 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 11: they can infect humans, it still isn't able to spread 167 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 11: from person to person. 168 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 12: What it means is any time that this virus gets 169 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 12: into a new host, like a human, it's going to 170 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 12: face evolutionary pressures and start to change so that it's 171 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 12: more efficient, more able to be vile any human host. 172 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 11: Doctor Amish Adalgia with JOHNS Hopkins, Global News twenty four 173 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 11: hours a day and whenever you want it with Bloomberg 174 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 11: News Now. I'm Michael Barr, and this is Bloomberg. Karen. 175 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 2: All right, Michael Barr, thank you time now for the 176 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: Bloomberg Sports Update, brought to you by Tri State Odie. 177 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 13: Here's John Stashauer. John, good morning, Good morning, Karen. Jets 178 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 13: fans are hoping Aaron Glenn turns out to be as 179 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 13: good as Jets head coach, as he was a Jets 180 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 13: cornerback for eight seasons starting in nineteen ninety four. 181 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 10: Who is the Jets' first round pick. He's still fourth 182 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 10: in team mystery in interceptions. His post playing career began 183 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 10: as a Jets scout, worked his way up to be 184 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 10: defensive correator in Detroit. Now Glenn is the twenty second 185 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 10: head coach in Jets' history. Only two of the previous 186 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 10: twenty one ended their tenures with a winning record. 187 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: A week after Saint. 188 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 10: John's at the Garden came from fourteen points down second 189 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 10: half to beat Georgetown, the Red Storm again at msg 190 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 10: rallied from sixteen down vit Xavier seventy nine to seventy 191 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 10: one in overtime. The crowd fired up about the Red 192 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 10: Hot team coached by Rick Patino. 193 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: Oh, we got a roller right now and winning does 194 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: that look? 195 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 6: This is New York. 196 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: It's all about winning in New York. 197 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 6: If you win, it'll show up. 198 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: And we know that. And we're winning right now. 199 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 8: We're bringing Saint John's back to. 200 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 10: Where it needs to be there at top the Big East. 201 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 10: At eight and one at Barkley is another NETS loss, 202 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 10: beaten by Phoenix one O eight eighty four. Nets have 203 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 10: lost ten in the last eleven and La Celtics beat 204 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 10: the Clippers in overtime. Oklahoma City now thirty six and 205 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 10: seven and it's went over Utah. Shay Hilles Alexander scored 206 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 10: fifty four points in Newark. Devils with a four goal 207 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 10: second period beat the Bruins five to one. Women's semi 208 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 10: finals at the Australian Oo are the big favorite of 209 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 10: the two top seeds and right now Arena Sabolenka, Leeds 210 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 10: Paula Medosa six four five two. They'll be followed by 211 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 10: Igaschiontek against American Madison Keys. John stan Shallwer Bloomberg Sports, 212 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 10: karm Me and John. 213 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 9: Coast to Coast on Bloomberg Radio nationwide on Sirius Exam and. 214 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 10: Around the world on Bloomberg dot Com and the Bloomberg 215 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 10: Business app. 216 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg Daybreak. 217 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 3: And there's now five twelve on Wall Street. We continue 218 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 3: our coverage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 219 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: In conversation with the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski, you know, 220 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 3: appeal to President of Trump, he said any effective peacekeeping 221 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 3: force in his country must include US troops. Lensky making 222 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 3: his comments at an interview with Bloomberg Editor in chief 223 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 3: John Micklethwaite. And let's go to that discussion right now. 224 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 9: It's great if we will have troops, but we have 225 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 9: to understand that the troops will not be in the 226 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 9: center of the capital. 227 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 8: They will not have relaxed time. 228 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 9: Yes, it's it's very important because I heard them some 229 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 9: allies said that yes, but it's okay, we can be 230 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 9: in the center of some city and no. 231 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 8: No, no, no, we don't need such contingent. Contingent you 232 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 8: want to outline. 233 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: Yes, without without without. 234 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 8: With our people. 235 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 9: Of course, yes, because this means security and that's it. 236 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 8: So, but it can't be. It can't be without the 237 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 8: United States. 238 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 9: I will explain you why even if some European friends 239 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 9: think that it can be, No, it will not be. 240 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 9: First of all, nobody will risk without United States. The 241 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 9: second that what can divide NATO, divide EU and USA. 242 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 8: That is a goal and dream of putting. 243 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 9: To divide this unity that can be if you only 244 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 9: Europeans will be First of all, they don't have some 245 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 9: hundreds of thousands, be honest, No, they don't have They 246 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 9: don't have such troops. You know, there are our armies 247 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 9: more than eight hundred thousand. 248 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 14: It's very very big the standard. 249 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 9: Second France, yes, two hundred, a little bit more two hundreds, 250 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 9: and all our partners are the less and less and less. 251 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 9: So where they will get some hundreds of thousands, it 252 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 9: meant that the idea is about to have ten twenty 253 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 9: SOTI is not enough that we will. 254 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 14: Do you think Trump will allow Do you think I 255 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 14: don't know, let American troops be in Ukraine after the peace. 256 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 14: That is a big thing for him. Is always about 257 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 14: taking things back to America. 258 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 9: Yes, it's true, for example if for example, it's interesting 259 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 9: about it once with him, not about continuous in Ukraine. 260 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: But I spoke about the hour people. 261 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 8: I said, we have big army. 262 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: Look if we have if we are. 263 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 9: The part of need to and you know Europeans always 264 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 9: counted on a big number like now something more than 265 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 9: eighty thousand of Americans here, Yes, in Europe, in native soldiers. 266 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 9: So something like that, I said, I is that I'm 267 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 9: thinking maybe you know he always wants his. 268 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: Soldiers being in the United States. Yes, but I said 269 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: that after the war, we will. 270 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 9: Have hundreds of hundred thousand people, and if we are 271 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 9: in needed. 272 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: They can be. 273 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 8: They get orders of other countries if. 274 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 14: We are in need. But if we are not in 275 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 14: need to, that's we are not. Yes, you mentioned China. 276 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 14: How important is China in these negotiations. I mean, China 277 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 14: is the backer of Russia. They seem to have had 278 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 14: an impact things like Putin not using nuclear weapons. Those 279 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 14: are the things can China push Putin? And do you 280 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 14: have any contact with the Chinese? 281 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 8: I had some contacts with the shin Jinpin. 282 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 9: We had a phone call during the war, not to watch, 283 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 9: not enough. 284 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 8: I think yes, he can push Putin to piece. I'm sure. 285 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 9: I think that only President Trump is strongest and shin Zinpin. 286 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 9: I think that there's no other allies who can really 287 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 9: do it. Yes, because his economy put In after suns 288 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 9: after everything depends very much of China and Chinese decisions, 289 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 9: decisions of the leader of China, And of course I 290 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 9: think that who knows, maybe I don't know, maybe, but 291 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 9: maybe more spot to make a decision and to have 292 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 9: dialogue President Trump with Shinjinpin about how to together push Putin. 293 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 14: You would like Donald Trump and of China to work together? 294 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: Yes, I think yes. 295 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 8: Yes. 296 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 14: Can I ask you a bit about the actual war 297 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 14: which is not without us, not without it? 298 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: It's important? 299 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 8: Yeah? Please? 300 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: Can I ask you about the actual war? 301 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 14: As you know, the background to this is Russia has 302 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 14: been gaining territory, gained above four thousand square kilometers last year. 303 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 14: What can you do militarily to stop that or reverse it? 304 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 14: What do you need from your allies regardless of peace. 305 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,359 Speaker 8: It's it doesn't depend on decisions. 306 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 9: We need financing of our internal production of drowns first all, 307 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 9: and we are good indeed, but now we want to 308 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 9: accelerate and increase the production. We need a lot between us. 309 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 8: I don't want to go further to number and equipment 310 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 8: because we have some brigades. 311 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 9: As I said previously, we have some brigades and they 312 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 9: are really empty, so. 313 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 8: They don't have I mean this. You know, troops are 314 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 8: when you have when you have people and equipment, not 315 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 8: just people, yes, or not just equipment. 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