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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe, Katty.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Jetty and he Armstrong and Yetty.

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<v Speaker 3>I figured Russia's lost nine hundred thousand soldiers. I think

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<v Speaker 3>that Ukraine's lost probably seven hundred thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a terrible thing.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll see body parts, bodies and body parts all.

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<v Speaker 2>Over the field, all over.

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<v Speaker 3>We see them through very accurately through satellites. I love Ukraine,

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<v Speaker 3>but Zelensky has done a terrible job. His country is

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<v Speaker 3>shattered and millions and millions of people have unnecessarily died.

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<v Speaker 3>And you can't bring a war to an end if

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<v Speaker 3>you don't talk to both sides.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to talk.

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<v Speaker 3>They haven't been talking for three years.

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<v Speaker 2>Boy. So this is such an interesting topic and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't wait to see how it plays out and read

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<v Speaker 2>the books someday when the behind the scenes stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>laid out, because I guarantee you his secretary of State

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't agree with a lot of what his boss is saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now. I'm hoping Trump has got some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>three dimensional chess plan that's gonna wrap this up in

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of way. But like I've been saying, if

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<v Speaker 2>he just thinks, hey, this is Europe's war, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>our war, I don't believe it's in our interest. I

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<v Speaker 2>want it over. We're not supporting him anymore. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>agree with that, but that's a policy decision, and he

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<v Speaker 2>ran on that and he won, so you know, it

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<v Speaker 2>is what it is. But I don't understand where you

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<v Speaker 2>got a bad mouth to Zelensky and call him a

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<v Speaker 2>crook and all this stuff on the way out the door,

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<v Speaker 2>and especially because.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like word for word the Kremlin's talking points about

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<v Speaker 1>he's a dictator and refuses to have elections coming from

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<v Speaker 1>Putin right, Seriously, how stupid are you if you fall

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<v Speaker 1>for that? I mean, and honestly, is freely elected. His

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<v Speaker 1>approval ratings are over fifty percent, and they're not allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to have an election during wartime. So the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>he's a dictator is just ridiculous. So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what Trump is working at. I seriously, I'm so befuddled.

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<v Speaker 2>Got some interesting info on that in a second from

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Calprin's newsletter today as he talks a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>people behind the scenes. But the Financial Times is reporting

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<v Speaker 2>that because we're coming up on the three year anniversary

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<v Speaker 2>at the beginning of this thing, right, So the first

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<v Speaker 2>couple of years, the G seven has put out a

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<v Speaker 2>big statement about it. This year, the US is opposing

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<v Speaker 2>calling Russia the aggressor. The aggressor. In the G seven

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<v Speaker 2>statement on the third anniversary of the beginning of the war,

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<v Speaker 2>it says here in the Financial Times, threatening to which

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<v Speaker 2>is a lefty outfit, but threatening to derail a traditional

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<v Speaker 2>show of unity. According to five Western officials familiar with

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<v Speaker 2>the matter, I'm sure that's true. So Trump doesn't want

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<v Speaker 2>the g doesn't want the United States involved in a

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<v Speaker 2>statement where we call Russia the aggressor. I'm not exactly

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<v Speaker 2>sure why. I hope it's some mass negotiating. Yeah. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand why the negotiating has to include bad

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<v Speaker 2>mouthings Zelensky. Here's a little more. A Trump in Miami

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<v Speaker 2>last night.

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<v Speaker 3>On top of this, Zolenski admits that half of the

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<v Speaker 3>money that we sent them is missing. They don't know

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<v Speaker 3>where the money is. He said, well, we don't know

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<v Speaker 3>where half of it is. Yes, great, wonderful. He refuses

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<v Speaker 3>have elections is low and the real Ukrainian Poles. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>how can you be high with every city is being demolished.

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<v Speaker 3>It's hard to be Somebody said, oh no, his polls

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<v Speaker 3>are good.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me a break. Every city is being demolished by who.

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<v Speaker 2>They look like a.

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<v Speaker 3>Demolition site, every single one of them. And the only

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<v Speaker 3>thing he was really good at was playing Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 3>like a fiddle. He played them like a fiddle. That's

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<v Speaker 3>an expression we use, yes, sir, to say that he's

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<v Speaker 3>pretty easy, pretty easy.

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<v Speaker 2>This hole. It's your fault. Your cities are rubble because

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<v Speaker 2>a country attacked you, and you're doing your best to

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<v Speaker 2>stop them from turning your cities into double because obviously

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want that to happen, but you can't stop

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<v Speaker 2>them because you're the you know, you're the small country.

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<v Speaker 2>It's your fault. You should pay a political price. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand the logic of this at all, but well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm hoping it will emerge. And I know you're

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<v Speaker 1>about to get to that. But as I've said before,

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<v Speaker 1>there are things Trump does that I uh that we're

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<v Speaker 1>on the same side of. I agree with one hundred percent,

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<v Speaker 1>and he utterly butchers explaining it to the point that

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't know exactly what he's talking about, you

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<v Speaker 1>have no idea what he's talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>And I hope this is one of those. So here's

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<v Speaker 2>some uh Mark Awpern's newsletter today. Lost in nearly all

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<v Speaker 2>of the dominant media coverage of Donald Trump's efforts to

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<v Speaker 2>end the war between Ukraine and Russia are these ten points.

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<v Speaker 2>One Ending the war is not easy and won't be pretty. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>people need to realize that. Two. Trump ran on ending

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<v Speaker 2>the war. Like I said a little bit ago. Three

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<v Speaker 2>tens of millions of Americas, of Americans from major Maggot to

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<v Speaker 2>Sanders supporters want the war to end. Did see some

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<v Speaker 2>polling the other day it's getting close to fifty to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty on support for Ukraine. So four. Trump's long standing

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<v Speaker 2>pro putin rhetoric is really impossible to explain or justify.

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<v Speaker 2>But it didn't keep the Maven of mar A Lago

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<v Speaker 2>from being tough on Russia as president the first time around. Sanctions,

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<v Speaker 2>pipeline cancelation, et cetera. Right, and at least so far.

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<v Speaker 2>I read this last week kind of lost in the

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<v Speaker 2>shuffle of you know, the the the everybody, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>Trump said, Zelensky caused this, which is another thing to

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<v Speaker 2>say to me, he didn't, hasn't canceled a whole bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of arms and money that's still going there. So something

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't know what that is. Number six,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Biden and Kamala Harris built a military and a

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<v Speaker 2>diplomatic coalition to halt Putin's march to Kiev, but they

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<v Speaker 2>had no plan to end the war on any terms.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a minor point. How is this going to play out?

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<v Speaker 2>Of Kamala Harris won just keep dripping along, barely, keeping

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<v Speaker 2>them afloat for some reason because it looked like it

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<v Speaker 2>looked bad if we didn't or something.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even indulge in the what if Kamala had

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<v Speaker 1>won fantasy for more than like thirty seconds, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>so sickening to me, just.

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<v Speaker 2>In every single way. And they were.

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<v Speaker 1>They were a miserable, miserable failure at foreign policy, no

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<v Speaker 1>question about it. That doesn't mean every single thing they

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<v Speaker 1>did was wrong, but yeah, it's true they had no plan.

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<v Speaker 2>So see how it goes and hope. So Halpurn pointing

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<v Speaker 2>out Biden Harris had no plan to end the war,

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<v Speaker 2>and he also says number six, Zelenski, he's skilled it

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<v Speaker 2>to media and has had Churchillian moments, but he has

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<v Speaker 2>no plan to end the war on any terms. What

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<v Speaker 2>are you gonna do number seven except defeat? Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't. I don't think it's an indictment of it. No,

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<v Speaker 2>But but Trump has a plan to end the war. Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>Harris didn't, Zelenski doesn't. Right. Uh seven. There's no way

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<v Speaker 2>to end the war without giving putin something and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>quite a bit, including things that no civilized person would

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<v Speaker 2>want to bestow upon a thug who did what he did.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's just no other way to end the war.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just freaking reality, which I hate in the current

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<v Speaker 2>state of things, but it is true. I love this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Number eight. The coddling of Europe militarily, diplomatically, economically by

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<v Speaker 2>every recent president not named Trump is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>great foreign policy debacles in the history of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>Right right, Even as an Obama for instance, or even

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<v Speaker 1>a Bush or or a Biden would would say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all got to step up, you got to do better,

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<v Speaker 1>but that was as far as it went. It was

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<v Speaker 1>the you know, the parent in the grocery store. Stop that, Johnny.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop that, Johnny. Stop that Johnny. There's no enforcement or twist.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Trump first term came along and made a

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<v Speaker 2>big deal of them not paying their you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>amount of the on their military they're supposed to with

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<v Speaker 2>their NATO agreement. Oh my god, he wants to destroy NATO.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not supporting our allies. I like Mark Alpern's a

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<v Speaker 2>judgment that our coddling of Europe on these issues is

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<v Speaker 2>one of the great foreign policy debacles in the history

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<v Speaker 2>of the United States, and that might play out in

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<v Speaker 2>a giant way that makes history books, you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>a decade or something, in a way we don't want.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeap, Europe had to be dependent on the US

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<v Speaker 1>post WW two. But like a thirty three year old

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<v Speaker 1>living in their parents' basement, we never cut off the teat.

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<v Speaker 1>We never said, hey, you got to stand on your

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<v Speaker 1>own and stand up as an equal and an ally

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<v Speaker 1>and quit you know, gloming off of us.

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<v Speaker 2>That's absolutely true. And also this Trump and his foreign

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<v Speaker 2>policy national security team might be blundering into a colossal

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<v Speaker 2>error on Ukraine. But the above list, all the things

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<v Speaker 2>we just mentioned suggests that they should be given a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to prove they know what they're doing this. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of complex pieces involved in all those things

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<v Speaker 2>were true.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's a lot of nuance to this. I mean because,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, the G seven statement not listing Russia as

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<v Speaker 1>an aggressor seems ridiculous, ridiculous, but the statement was abandoning

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<v Speaker 1>the traditional show of unity. And if JD Vance were

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<v Speaker 1>to call the show, first of all, JD thanks for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you were to call and say, hey, what

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<v Speaker 1>is your traditional show of unity gotten you so far?

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<v Speaker 1>I would have to say, well, not much in the

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<v Speaker 1>way of concrete results other than draining Russia's resources. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not a reason though, to make up crap and repeat

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<v Speaker 1>Kremlin talking points.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, it's not one hundred percent ridiculous. So

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<v Speaker 2>we never actually got around to some of these tweets

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<v Speaker 2>from a former member of Zelensky's administration. He tweeted this

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<v Speaker 2>out the other day about what's going on right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We have always lived in this reality. We just didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to admit. The difference between Biden and Trump is

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<v Speaker 2>that Trump says out loud what Biden was thinking and

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<v Speaker 2>doing about Ukraine. Biden was against NATO, expansion, against providing

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<v Speaker 2>Ukraine with enough support to retake occupied territories when it

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<v Speaker 2>was still possible, and against strong sanctions on Russia. Trump

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<v Speaker 2>was just making it explicit. Biden stood with Ukraine in

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<v Speaker 2>the war as long as it took for him to

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<v Speaker 2>leave office, but without giving them enough aid to win.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump wants to end the war, but it is not

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<v Speaker 2>going to provide the aid either, But Biden was not

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<v Speaker 2>going to provide the aid if he stuck around. At

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<v Speaker 2>the same time, this guy, former Zelenski, a cabinet member,

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<v Speaker 2>said Trump isn't cutting off military support that's already in

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<v Speaker 2>place so far, which a point I made already, and

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<v Speaker 2>previous US presidents have followed a similar policy. They didn't

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<v Speaker 2>provide serious military aid, didn't impose tough sanctions, for example

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<v Speaker 2>after CRIMEA, Bush and Obama letting Putin get away with

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<v Speaker 2>various things, and didn't bring Ukraine into NATO, despite constant

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<v Speaker 2>statements about support and future possibilities. So to a certain extent,

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<v Speaker 2>Trump is just doing well. He's doing the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just saying it, and that's what he's getting so

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<v Speaker 2>much grief for, except for the stuff. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>why I wish he'd lead out the why you got

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<v Speaker 2>a bad mouth Zolensky and call him a mediocre comedian

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<v Speaker 2>and a thug and a dictator. I don't understand that

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<v Speaker 2>at all. I have no explanation for why that has

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<v Speaker 2>to be part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a temper tantrum because Zelensky challenged him on not

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<v Speaker 1>being at the talks and some of the other stuff

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<v Speaker 1>he'd said.

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<v Speaker 2>So Trump had a tantrum. But if you leave that out,

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<v Speaker 2>Trump could say, I Biden wasn't going to do anything

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<v Speaker 2>any different. He just wasn't. He was going to pretend

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<v Speaker 2>he was going to keep saying We're with you till

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<v Speaker 2>the end while not doing anything that was going to

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<v Speaker 2>lead to a better outcome that we're going to end

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<v Speaker 2>up with me as more people die.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's absolutely a defensible position when you describe it

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<v Speaker 1>like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But that only works if you leave out the bad mouthings.

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<v Speaker 2>Lens Game claiming that Ukraine started it.

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<v Speaker 1>For some which is one of the most bizarre things

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever heard in my life. You know, the whole

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<v Speaker 1>there are There was part of the foreign policy establishment

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<v Speaker 1>that back in the twenty teens was saying, hey, don't

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<v Speaker 1>be leading Ukraine down the primrose path. Is the one

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<v Speaker 1>diplomat put it that they're going to just come over

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<v Speaker 1>to NATO and go with the West and it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be fine and dandy because Russia is going to

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<v Speaker 1>go crazy over that.

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<v Speaker 2>And indeed there was a lot of truth to that.

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<v Speaker 1>But to stay and again, sometimes when Trump is doing

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing, he describes it so badly it's impossible

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<v Speaker 1>to know what is thinking. Is But for a generation

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<v Speaker 1>of Ukrainians to say, you're giving us a choice between

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<v Speaker 1>the thug kleptocracy of Kremlin or being part of the

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<v Speaker 1>West with free markets, human rights, free speech, et cetera,

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<v Speaker 1>we want that second one to suggest that that provoked

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<v Speaker 1>Russia to invade them.

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<v Speaker 2>To me is well, it's a pilot crap. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>how this plays out over the coming days, weeks, months, years,

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<v Speaker 2>and centuries as it all fits. No, we won't. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be dead. Well, maybe you'll be I got planned. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>right after a lot more in the way. Stay here

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<v Speaker 2>Delta confirming that it is offering thirty thousand dollars to

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<v Speaker 2>each passenger, no strings attached, and only one person remains

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<v Speaker 2>in the hospital. Yeah, so here's thirty thousand dollars. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>we landed upside down. Okay, So is that so you

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<v Speaker 2>don't sue them? You probably have to sign some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I suspect it's a preemptive settlement. It's not clear

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what caused it yet. I'm really curious to hear

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<v Speaker 1>that I've gone deep into the helicopters slash airplane wreck

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<v Speaker 1>at Reagan National Man multiples grew ups multiple.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry about that landing upside down thing. Here's a here's

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<v Speaker 2>thirty thousand dollars. Let's can we still be friends? Yes, Katie?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, technically as they landed right side up then flipped

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<v Speaker 1>upside down.

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<v Speaker 2>So at least they didn't give them like a voucher

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<v Speaker 2>for a free flight, right, why did they do that?

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<v Speaker 2>Or or worse like, sorry, we ruined your entire Christmas

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<v Speaker 2>and you're not gonna get to your family. Here's a

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<v Speaker 2>free drink on the next flight drink coupon. Yeah, basically,

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<v Speaker 2>here's four dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd be okay with having a tire pop if I

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<v Speaker 4>got a thousand bucks out of here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly, can you scale these down? I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to make that trade of the plane flips upside down?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm hanging upside down. There are flames and smoke, and

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<v Speaker 2>then I get thirty thousand dollars, but maybe for three

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars a bag falls on my head. Wow, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't take it worse like that. I'll be okay, see

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<v Speaker 2>your point.

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<v Speaker 1>So coming up some some very fun, lighthearted stuff I

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<v Speaker 1>have about the you know, consumer issues. Also freaking moss

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<v Speaker 1>handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, two beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>little children, an eighty four year old peace activist who

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<v Speaker 1>advocated coexistence with Palestinians. Just just terrible. Just see the

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<v Speaker 1>story about the hero dog that passed away America's most

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<v Speaker 1>decorated Special Forces as Secret Service dog, beautiful Melanoi black

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<v Speaker 1>and just oh seeing him with his handler who loved him.

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<v Speaker 1>And since my dog is old and sick and who

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<v Speaker 1>knows how long he's gonna last, very touching, but man.

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<v Speaker 2>I love dogs anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this dog had performed all sorts of great services

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<v Speaker 1>and feats of daring do like he was trained to do,

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<v Speaker 1>including when that guy got onto the White House grounds

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<v Speaker 1>when Obama was in office, I think, and charging towards

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<v Speaker 1>the White House. This is the dog that said no

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<v Speaker 1>you're not. Oh yeah, and brought him down Beautiful beast too. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>on a much less positive note, I was just going

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<v Speaker 1>through email during the commercial break. Can we have some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of national intervention. Maybe Trump can have Elon Musk

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<v Speaker 1>take a couple of days on this to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>the people who reflexively reply all to group emails, including

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<v Speaker 1>I'm part of an organization, the guy said at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the email, reply to me only thanks. Five

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<v Speaker 1>minutes later, mister reply all hits everybody with his whether

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<v Speaker 1>he'll be there or not and the rest.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a couple of comments. What drives that you

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<v Speaker 2>feel like everybody see your comment?

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<v Speaker 1>I think it is not fifty to fifty, but part

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<v Speaker 1>of the group is old people who don't understand the

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<v Speaker 1>difference between reply all in reply could be honestly and secondly,

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<v Speaker 1>God who likes other people to hear his conversation full

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<v Speaker 1>see in the midline of the grocery store restaurants.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you're absolutely right, it's that person which they're annoying

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 5>So Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, still trying to mitigate

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<v Speaker 5>the fallout of her much criticized handling of the historic

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<v Speaker 5>wildfires in La. She is now and apparently started an

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<v Speaker 5>investigation into why she claims no one told her not

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<v Speaker 5>to go on that infamous trip to Ghana ahead of

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<v Speaker 5>the deadly fire storm.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the problem with you being old, the Karen Bass.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were younger, you would realize the news cycle

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<v Speaker 2>on this passed so many days ago. All you did

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<v Speaker 2>was remind people that you took off and stayed gone

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<v Speaker 2>during the worst of disaster in California history.

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<v Speaker 1>Right outside of Greater La, people had moved on to

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<v Speaker 1>other fair But oh, that's right, the mayor of LA

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<v Speaker 1>was taking some sort of pleasure junks, even though the

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<v Speaker 1>fire danger was crazy high, and she'd got at the

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<v Speaker 1>budget and left the city unprepared for a natural disaster.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody knew what was coming, right, You can't just not

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<v Speaker 2>travel every fire season because there might be a fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Once she was there and the fire started, she stayed

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<v Speaker 2>till the end of the dang thing. That's the ground rime.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, Union Lackey slash goon phony progressive Karen Bass.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so now she's gonna get to the bottom of this.

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<v Speaker 2>How was I not told? She wants to know. Next clip, it.

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<v Speaker 4>Was going to be a very very short trip over

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<v Speaker 4>a weekend and two business days. Although there were warnings

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<v Speaker 4>that I frankly wasn't aware of. Although there were warnings,

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<v Speaker 4>I think our preparation it wasn't what it typically is.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you mean there were warnings you weren't aware

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<v Speaker 2>of because I know we were talking about it on

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<v Speaker 2>the news.

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<v Speaker 4>It didn't reach that level to me to say something

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<v Speaker 4>terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn't have gone on

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<v Speaker 4>the trip.

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<v Speaker 2>Why didn't it to me? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I think that that's one of the things

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<v Speaker 4>we need to look at.

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<v Speaker 1>This is straight out of the Gavy Newsom playbook. In California,

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<v Speaker 1>under the one party benevolent leadership of the Democrats, these

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<v Speaker 1>terrible problems happen, and then they vow angry to get

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<v Speaker 1>right to the bottom of how this happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Who let this happen? We're going to root out the evil?

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<v Speaker 2>Why exactly? I've never been so many Can you see

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<v Speaker 2>how many home most people we've got here.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been so angry. This can't stand exactly. Back

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<v Speaker 1>to Charlie Painter's report.

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<v Speaker 5>This fire Department is responding sternly to the Mayor's claims

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<v Speaker 5>she was not warned say the department followed all standard

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<v Speaker 5>preparation procedures.

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<v Speaker 1>Quote.

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<v Speaker 5>Prior to the Palisades fire, the LAFD email, two separate

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<v Speaker 5>media advisories conducted multiple live and recorded media interviews about

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<v Speaker 5>the predicted extra fire weather and notified city officials about

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<v Speaker 5>the upcoming weather event.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a lying piece of crap, I think is the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom line here, lying union lackey piece of crap. Keep

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<v Speaker 1>voting the same way, folks, and wait for that different result.

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<v Speaker 2>To come down the line. Tell you what. Okay, we

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<v Speaker 2>got a couple of responses of the one of the

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<v Speaker 2>stories of the day, definitely the week. Now, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe year, decade, or century is how this whole thing

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<v Speaker 2>between Ukraine and Russia is going to handle it? And uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know why is Trump claiming Ukraine started it in

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<v Speaker 2>bad mouthing Zelensky. So a couple of thoughts on all

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<v Speaker 2>of this that I thought were interesting. And then I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a couple too that I thought were quite compelling.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't say who's this from, but somebody we work with.

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<v Speaker 2>Does bashing Zelensky make it so Putin will come to

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<v Speaker 2>the table. I was thinking about that. Actually, Trump has

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<v Speaker 2>worked with a lot of probably mobsters in trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get deals done in New York over the years, and

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<v Speaker 2>the extent to where you had to make them feel

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<v Speaker 2>like the tough guy and the you know, the guy

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<v Speaker 2>who calls the shots all the time and everything to

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<v Speaker 2>do business with them at all and get what you

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<v Speaker 2>wanted probably somewhat similar to Putin.

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<v Speaker 1>It could be the only thing that bothers me about

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<v Speaker 1>that is that Putin's a reptile. And if you bad

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<v Speaker 1>mouthed Zelensky to make Putin feel like there's a chance

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<v Speaker 1>of a deal, Putin is thinking, Okay, now he's bad

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<v Speaker 1>mouthing Zolensky to make me think there's a better chance

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<v Speaker 1>of a deal. Possibly you're not gonna outplay Putin at poker.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other side of it, Zolensky, we got this text.

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<v Speaker 2>Zelensky has to convince his people that he had no

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<v Speaker 2>choice but to accept a deal that gives Russia crimean

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<v Speaker 2>don boss, and he needs to blame the US for

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<v Speaker 2>putting Ukraine in an a possible position where this was

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<v Speaker 2>the best and only outcome. I wouldn't be surprised at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know by it. I don't agree with this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I wouldn't write this text. I wouldn't be surprised

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<v Speaker 2>it off. Zilinsky and his team requested of Trump that

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<v Speaker 2>they behave like this publicly to cover Zelensky's needs. The

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<v Speaker 2>likely resolution of this conflict hasn't changed since six months

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<v Speaker 2>into it. He needs cover for agreeing to it. That

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<v Speaker 2>happens sometimes in international uh politics. We all know that

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<v Speaker 2>that was kind of happening between Biby and bb and

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<v Speaker 2>Net and Yaho. I think where he'd say I gave

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<v Speaker 2>a s turn talking to BB Nett Yaho and then

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<v Speaker 2>they'd send him a bunch of planes and bombs. Oh Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So so that point of view you just read, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not the crack pop No, no, absolutely not. My only

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<v Speaker 1>criticism of it, I don't agree with it, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a reasonable point of view is that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think Zelinski has the slightest interest in staying in

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<v Speaker 1>power past.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you know, whatever juncture he can't. No, God, I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's an actual patriot. I've got one more either way,

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<v Speaker 2>one more. Uh. This is pushing back to the whole

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<v Speaker 2>NATO thing that you brought up earlier. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>Charles c. W of National Review was listening, but he

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<v Speaker 2>was arguing with people who make that argument that Ukraine

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<v Speaker 2>and US did start the war by talking about Ukraine

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<v Speaker 2>being part of NATO. Alaska became a state ten years

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<v Speaker 2>after NATO was founded. That was a provocative NATO expansion.

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<v Speaker 2>We made Alaska a state so we would have territory there,

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<v Speaker 2>keep an eye on Russia to be able to have

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<v Speaker 2>a military base. All that sort of stuff. Was that

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<v Speaker 2>provocative if Russia had gone to war with US, or

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<v Speaker 2>we to blame if they had attacked us or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem that I have with that point of view,

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<v Speaker 1>and again, it's not insane, it's just that it always

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<v Speaker 1>underestimates the cost of being passive or submissive or not

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<v Speaker 1>being robust.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. They always act as if if we weren't mean,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody would be Yeah, exactly, exactly, yeah, and yeah. That

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<v Speaker 2>oversimplifies your argument and it saves me time. Though, more

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<v Speaker 2>and more and more thing from Charles c. W. Cook.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, rumors now that Trump is playing seven dimensional chess.

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<v Speaker 2>I love Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 1>So got this from Moe, longtime correspondent listener as a

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<v Speaker 1>militant Magas supporter. I too am baffled by WTF Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is doing with Ukraine. I do agree with and support

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<v Speaker 1>the position that Ukraine and Zelensky are corrupt, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>I have two very brief answers to that, and the

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<v Speaker 1>first part is not I'm not trying to blow my

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<v Speaker 1>horn or anything like this, but my giant senior project

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<v Speaker 1>way back in school was was about the Soviet republics

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<v Speaker 1>that were not Russia, and then when they crumbled right

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<v Speaker 1>after I got graduated, it's been so interesting to watch

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<v Speaker 1>how they have assimilated mostly into the West and have

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<v Speaker 1>moved beyond the Soviet style of communism corruption into a

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<v Speaker 1>more Western way of doing business. And it's been halting

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<v Speaker 1>and imperfect. It always is. The Yes, there continues to

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<v Speaker 1>be corruption because the only way to get ahead in

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<v Speaker 1>the communist system is to be corrupt, essentially, and so

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<v Speaker 1>working through that is a really difficult thing. The second

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<v Speaker 1>caveat I would throw in is that profiteering and wartime

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<v Speaker 1>are like inhaling and exhaling. They have never existed without

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<v Speaker 1>each other.

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<v Speaker 2>Ever.

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<v Speaker 1>It was one of Lincoln and Stanton's greatest challenges during

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<v Speaker 1>the Civil War. The extent to which profiteers in the

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<v Speaker 1>North and the Union were screwing the government and making

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<v Speaker 1>it harder to end the war. So to point out

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<v Speaker 1>waste and some fraud during wartime as some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>proof positive that therefore Zelensky's a bad guy and must go.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just not the way it works. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>that's so much chaos. That's all true, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure why it matters anyway. We went to war with

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<v Speaker 2>Iraq first time around because they invaded Kuwait, which was

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<v Speaker 2>not a democracy. If if Saudi Arabia got attacked by Iran,

0:26:06.280 --> 0:26:08.840
<v Speaker 2>we'd be on Saudi Arabia's side and fight with them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not a democracy. They're all kinds of corrupt and

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<v Speaker 2>everything it doesn't run. If Ukraine is friendly to the

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<v Speaker 2>United States, we can't live in a world where a

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<v Speaker 2>country that's an enemy of Europe and the United States

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<v Speaker 2>gets to invade it, right right.

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<v Speaker 1>On the other hand, it's a good conversation and dissent

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<v Speaker 1>is more than welcome. You know, you can drop us

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<v Speaker 1>Disagreement makes my ideas stronger or convinces me that yours

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<v Speaker 1>are better. You're doing us a favor by disagreeing anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>But Moe goes on to say one thing Trump said

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<v Speaker 1>in the incredibly good interview with Musk on Hannity, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was super informative and entertaining.

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<v Speaker 2>I would agree in.

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<v Speaker 1>The course of a fairly casual conversation, he said, I

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<v Speaker 1>believe I have the power to end the war.

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<v Speaker 2>If I do, I should do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And Trump has said many things that strike me as

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<v Speaker 1>sincere to indicate his horror at the human cost of

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<v Speaker 1>the war, and he honestly thinks, I think that somebody

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<v Speaker 1>needs to end it because it's horrific and it's needless.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that gets to that point. We mentioned a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of times, it's not gonna there's not gonna be a

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<v Speaker 2>better outcome. All you'll end up with was many, many,

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<v Speaker 2>many more dead people on both sides. There's truth there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Run your game. My fingernails are the longest they've ever

0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:42.240
<v Speaker 2>been in my life, and I'm disgusted by it. Are

0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:46.680
<v Speaker 2>you homeless? Do you need a place to stay? Yes, Katie,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just wondering if you've ever heard of nail clippers, right,

0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:55.040
<v Speaker 2>So that was that was insulting. I had nail clippers.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never used them much throughout my life because I

0:28:57.240 --> 0:29:00.520
<v Speaker 2>have the really bad habit of chewing my nails. I've

0:29:00.560 --> 0:29:02.840
<v Speaker 2>always had it, yeah, and I've gotten away from it

0:29:02.840 --> 0:29:05.360
<v Speaker 2>a couple of times with just a little bit of discipline,

0:29:05.640 --> 0:29:07.840
<v Speaker 2>and I'm trying to do it again. But I keep

0:29:07.880 --> 0:29:09.640
<v Speaker 2>forgetting to trim my nails because it's not part of

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:12.440
<v Speaker 2>my routine since you know, I keep them chewed to

0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:16.200
<v Speaker 2>a nub anyway usually. But now they're really long, clean,

0:29:17.280 --> 0:29:19.520
<v Speaker 2>not like Bob Dylan in the movie or Timothy Chalet

0:29:19.560 --> 0:29:22.400
<v Speaker 2>in the movie. Watch that, and that's a very accurate thing.

0:29:22.400 --> 0:29:24.560
<v Speaker 2>If you go to the Bob Dylan movie, his portrayal

0:29:24.640 --> 0:29:27.360
<v Speaker 2>Bob Dylan with the long, dirty fingernails is accurate. But

0:29:27.720 --> 0:29:29.880
<v Speaker 2>how do you play guitar like that? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Long fingernails are anathema to playing guitar. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but I need to buy clippers. It's gross. I've always

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<v Speaker 2>I've never trusted guys with long fingernails.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you need to borrow the two dollars, come

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<v Speaker 1>to me. We can start to gofund me and they're

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<v Speaker 1>available everywhere.

0:29:49.280 --> 0:29:53.840
<v Speaker 2>So do you swallow the nails? Oh? Oh, Michael, A

0:29:53.920 --> 0:29:56.240
<v Speaker 2>good question but disgusting. Yeah, I do.

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<v Speaker 1>My fingernails are so like thick and hard. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think I could choose them off. Have you been spitting

0:30:04.440 --> 0:30:08.360
<v Speaker 1>them in jail all these years when I turned my back, idiot?

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<v Speaker 2>One of the reasons. And it's a terrible habit, not

0:30:11.480 --> 0:30:14.479
<v Speaker 2>an uncommon one, but a terrible habit, especially as an adult.

0:30:15.040 --> 0:30:18.360
<v Speaker 2>But I have a family member with OCD who choose

0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:21.760
<v Speaker 2>them down to bloody and just can't stop. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm hoping that by you know, because you know, doing

0:30:25.160 --> 0:30:27.720
<v Speaker 2>that in front of him is not helping with trying

0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:30.840
<v Speaker 2>to convince him. It's a bad idea once again, an

0:30:30.920 --> 0:30:33.400
<v Speaker 2>example of having kids making you a better person because

0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:35.480
<v Speaker 2>you have to live up to various things you believe in.

0:30:36.400 --> 0:30:40.280
<v Speaker 2>As an example, so annoying. That would be so freeing

0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:41.920
<v Speaker 2>once they go and I can go back to old

0:30:41.960 --> 0:30:48.760
<v Speaker 2>mestre eating nail bite and Jack crosswalking, all kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, jaywalking rather a So what do we want to

0:30:56.200 --> 0:30:59.000
<v Speaker 1>do next? I have many, many options.

0:30:59.280 --> 0:31:02.959
<v Speaker 2>There's some more because they did a two day version

0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:07.479
<v Speaker 2>of Elon and Trump together on Hannity and they had

0:31:07.480 --> 0:31:09.240
<v Speaker 2>another round of them, and some are pretty good, including

0:31:09.240 --> 0:31:11.520
<v Speaker 2>our I'd love to hear that maybe the clip of

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<v Speaker 2>the year. We've played it a couple of times already.

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<v Speaker 2>It could end up being the clip of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>just because it matters so much to us.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be Elon's second win, by the way, unprecedented.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. Well, you know, things are getting weird, and they

0:31:23.920 --> 0:31:25.479
<v Speaker 2>getting weird fast. That was clip of the year two

0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:26.760
<v Speaker 2>years ago. Stay with us.

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<v Speaker 6>I really want to I really want to emphasize to

0:31:32.400 --> 0:31:35.680
<v Speaker 6>people that that's a very important point. If we don't

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<v Speaker 6>solve the deficit, there won't be money for medical care,

0:31:38.480 --> 0:31:41.080
<v Speaker 6>they won't be moneyful for Social Security. We either solve

0:31:41.160 --> 0:31:43.560
<v Speaker 6>the deficit, all we'll be doing is paying debt.

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<v Speaker 2>It'd be a pretty dry clip of the year, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be. It's I guarantee it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the running, just because it's so flipping true and important.

0:31:51.960 --> 0:31:55.480
<v Speaker 1>And the fact that him saying that out loud is

0:31:55.960 --> 0:31:59.880
<v Speaker 1>novel and surprising just is shock.

0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:01.680
<v Speaker 2>I know the answer to this, but I'm going to

0:32:01.760 --> 0:32:05.040
<v Speaker 2>say it anyway. Why does every single news report about

0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:10.240
<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk include the phrase world's richest men? Because news

0:32:10.280 --> 0:32:13.680
<v Speaker 2>is for stupid people? Or I don't know. Well, I

0:32:13.680 --> 0:32:18.440
<v Speaker 2>think they're trying to insinuate some sort of untortinous and

0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:22.560
<v Speaker 2>that he's cutting things while being the richest man in

0:32:22.600 --> 0:32:25.120
<v Speaker 2>the world, and that's supposed to be ironic or scary

0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:26.200
<v Speaker 2>or something scary.

0:32:26.320 --> 0:32:29.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we well, in ironic, Yeah for dumb people.

0:32:29.480 --> 0:32:31.280
<v Speaker 2>Again. Ah, it's obvious.

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<v Speaker 1>And this has been well documented that our society has

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<v Speaker 1>gone from admiring success and hoping to emulate it to

0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:43.680
<v Speaker 1>wanting to demonize it and acting like being successful is

0:32:44.280 --> 0:32:46.959
<v Speaker 1>self evident proof of being a bad person. It's a

0:32:47.400 --> 0:32:52.200
<v Speaker 1>very socialist, awful way to approach life.

0:32:52.560 --> 0:32:55.440
<v Speaker 2>But this was a part two of the Hannity Interview

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:59.840
<v Speaker 2>first interview with Trump and Elon together last night, and

0:33:00.240 --> 0:33:01.840
<v Speaker 2>you probably haven't heard a lot of this. So here's

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<v Speaker 2>a little more.

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<v Speaker 6>Provided the economy grows faster than the money supply, which

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<v Speaker 6>means you stop the government over spending in the waste

0:33:09.560 --> 0:33:13.240
<v Speaker 6>and the output of real useful goods and services exceeds

0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:15.360
<v Speaker 6>the increase in the money supply. You have no inflation,

0:33:16.280 --> 0:33:19.600
<v Speaker 6>and you also drop the interest payments that that people

0:33:19.640 --> 0:33:23.360
<v Speaker 6>pay because if the government waves youuly. Yes, the reason

0:33:23.360 --> 0:33:26.200
<v Speaker 6>the interest paiments are so high is because the national

0:33:26.240 --> 0:33:30.560
<v Speaker 6>debt keeps increasing, so the government is competing to sell

0:33:30.640 --> 0:33:33.520
<v Speaker 6>debt with with the private citizens.

0:33:33.640 --> 0:33:37.160
<v Speaker 2>This drives up the interest rate. So if you have a.

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<v Speaker 6>If you cut back on the deficit, you actually have

0:33:40.920 --> 0:33:45.000
<v Speaker 6>an amazing situation for people because you get rid of

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<v Speaker 6>inflation and you drop the interest rates.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, which one you want to know?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go with twenty six. Trump was talking about media

0:34:00.040 --> 0:34:02.360
<v Speaker 1>so many people. You know, you're talking about the radical left.

0:34:02.920 --> 0:34:06.960
<v Speaker 1>They have the lowest ratings. Ms NBC is dying, CNN

0:34:07.080 --> 0:34:10.760
<v Speaker 1>is dying. They're all dying. The New York Times.

0:34:10.640 --> 0:34:13.440
<v Speaker 3>Is doing a lousy The Washington Post is doing horribly.

0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 3>They're all doing badly because people don't buy it anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's let CNN respond and the person of Kara

0:34:21.760 --> 0:34:22.759
<v Speaker 1>Swisher twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael, it's like a sequel to I Love You Man,

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:28.040
<v Speaker 2>but bad like a bad one. It feels like a

0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:31.120
<v Speaker 2>buddy comedy. It's very it's a very it's Ron camm

0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:31.719
<v Speaker 2>in some way.

0:34:31.840 --> 0:34:35.200
<v Speaker 3>Although it's not funny, it's very it's a very strang

0:34:35.400 --> 0:34:38.080
<v Speaker 3>I thought, I thought George Bush, if I used his term,

0:34:38.520 --> 0:34:39.920
<v Speaker 3>that was that was weird.

0:34:40.000 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 2>That was some weird ass. Yeah, some weird stuff. Yeah,

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:44.800
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's funny.

0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:47.239
<v Speaker 1>I can hardly even get myself worked up to be,

0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:51.360
<v Speaker 1>you know, annoyed with CNN and MSNBC anymore. They're just

0:34:51.440 --> 0:34:58.960
<v Speaker 1>such clowns and their significance is dropping so steadily. It's like, okay,

0:34:59.080 --> 0:35:02.520
<v Speaker 1>if you and your thirty one viewers enjoyed that. There

0:35:02.560 --> 0:35:07.800
<v Speaker 1>they are talking seriously and soberly about America's debt problem

0:35:07.960 --> 0:35:10.319
<v Speaker 1>and the damage it will do and how to solve it.

0:35:10.760 --> 0:35:12.760
<v Speaker 1>And all you've got is that was like a sequel

0:35:12.800 --> 0:35:14.600
<v Speaker 1>to I Love You man, Who's weird? And that was

0:35:14.640 --> 0:35:17.920
<v Speaker 1>some weird ass? No wonder you're going away? You're terrible.

0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:23.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well I've been saying this now for By the way,

0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:28.160
<v Speaker 2>today is the one month anniversary of Trump becoming President

0:35:28.160 --> 0:35:30.200
<v Speaker 2>of the United States. Does it seem like he's been

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<v Speaker 2>president for a month? God, how many presidents have happened

0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:36.800
<v Speaker 2>in US history where nothing happened in the first month.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>The Carl Rove wrote an Interest In column saying, Hey,

0:35:41.160 --> 0:35:46.520
<v Speaker 1>Trump's gotta slow down some so the American people know

0:35:46.680 --> 0:35:49.960
<v Speaker 1>what you're doing. Celebrate the victory at the border, tour

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<v Speaker 1>the border straight states, talk to the governors because news

0:35:53.480 --> 0:35:56.640
<v Speaker 1>junkies know what's happening, but the average American might not

0:35:56.719 --> 0:35:57.600
<v Speaker 1>have noticed yet.

0:35:57.840 --> 0:35:59.319
<v Speaker 2>I think he had a decent point. Oh, I think

0:35:59.320 --> 0:36:01.799
<v Speaker 2>there's all kinds. There's a small thing slipping by, whether

0:36:01.840 --> 0:36:05.960
<v Speaker 2>it's you know, getting rid of plastic paper straws, or

0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:09.120
<v Speaker 2>maybe the trains sports thinger, just because there's so many

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