1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:06,119 Speaker 1: The United Nations has reprimanded Russia. What does that really mean? Honestly, 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: not that much and how concerned is Russia by this 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: reprimand for the United Nations? Well, Russia's foreign minister is 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: now warning of a third World war and claims that 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: it will be nuclear and destructive if anybody gets in 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: their way. Now, a quick reminder, if you're listening to 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: this podcast, please make sure you hit the subscribe or 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: auto download button and tell your friends about this podcast, 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: Share this on social media, and if you would run 10 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: us a five star review to help us, as Democrats 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: have been attacking our podcasts recently with bad reviews. Now, 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: over the last five or six hours, things have changed 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: dramatically in Ukraine. Russia is now moving in with paratroopers 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: and actual soldiers. People are on the run now, gunshots 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: as protesters are confronting Putin's troops and it looks like 16 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: Russia is now killing innocent people in the streets in Ukraine. 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: This after there has been significant bombing shelling over the 18 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: last twenty four hours. Putin is ramping up his deadly 19 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: air assault on multiple cities in Ukraine. As the leaders 20 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: in Ukraine are starting to beg for help, being pretty honest. 21 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: Now they are saying that his civilians are being murdered. 22 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: These are war crimes. I want to make that very clear. 23 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: Zelenski is now begging and the most blunt way he can, 24 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: for NATO to help fight with Ukraine. He said, and 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: I think he's a very realistic man that we cannot 26 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: do this alone. Listen to Zelensky from earlier today, the 27 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: United States has said that it will not enforce a 28 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: no fly zone over this country, and it won't put 29 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: boots on the ground these things. It is now time 30 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: for President Biden and other Western countries to reconsider that 31 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: and to help you, not just with military aid, but 32 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: with manpower. I've already turned to some foreign leaders with 33 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: this request. I believe that leaders must support democratic states 34 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: of the world who are keen to defend such principles. 35 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: The powerful issue of closing the airspace helps us tremendously. 36 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: This does not mean dragging NATO into this war. We 37 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: spoke many times with President Biden, and I'm thankful for 38 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: him for these opportunities and support, but they also did 39 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: not hear me. I've been telling them that Ukraine will 40 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: fight hardest of all. You will see but us alone 41 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: against Russia, we would not be able to do it. 42 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: Your army has enjoyed some significant battlefield victories in the 43 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 1: past week. I myself have been to see some of 44 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: the Russian armored columns that have been totally hammered and 45 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: destroyed by the weapons and the men that you've got 46 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: fighting the Russian advance. Are you now concerned, though, that 47 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: the Kremlin will double down on its military operations and 48 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: hit Ukraine even harder? That firstly, why are we winning 49 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: or why are we defending ourselves? But because this is 50 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: our home. Yes, Russia will double up, but take a 51 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: look at them. Why our men are stronger, more powerful 52 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: and successful, because, as I said, we have what we 53 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: need to protect. And they do not even understand our state. 54 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: They do not know these streets, They do not know 55 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: our people, do not understand our philosophy, our aspirations, what 56 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: type of people we are. They don't know anything here. 57 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: They were just sent here to fight and to die. 58 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: Matthew chap Zolenski again calling on NATO to fight with Ukraine, 59 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: saying alone against Russia we would not be able to 60 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: do it. Now. The question is very clear. Now will 61 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: the world step up? Yes, the UN had voted to 62 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: censure Russia. That doesn't mean anything to Vladimir Putin. It 63 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: is meaningless. And this is the part that I think 64 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: is so absurd. You have a president of the United 65 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: States of America who's trying to act like he's embracing 66 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: Ukraine right now, but he really doesn't even know what 67 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: he's talking about. Perfect example is in the State of 68 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: the Union when Biden called the Ukrainian people the Iranian people. 69 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: That can't be very comforting to the people in Ukraine. Together, 70 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: along with our allies, we are right now enforcing powerful 71 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: economic sanctions. We're cutting off Russia's large as banks in 72 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: an international financial system, preventing Russia's central bank from defending 73 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: the Russian rubble pudme circle key with tanks. But it'll 74 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people. 75 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: Of the Iranian people, you heard a lot of slurring 76 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: words there when he was getting talking really fast at 77 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: the slur of the Union. But what you just heard 78 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: right there as a president's talking about the Iranian people, 79 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: and I'm sure the Ukrainian people are saying, what in 80 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: the hell is going on in America with this leader? 81 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: Right now now, Vladimir Putin seems to be winning the day, 82 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: and part of that's because we are refusing to become 83 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: energy independent. We are refusing to say no to Russian oil. 84 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: We are subsidizing this slaughter of the Ukrainian people. Know 85 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: that we are one hundred percent supporting by default, the 86 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: Russian military and Vladimir Putin, because each and every day 87 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: we are buying his oil. If we actually stop that, 88 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: there would be a significant impact on his country, more 89 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: than the sanctions have done so far. What we also 90 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: know right now is that Vladimir Putin is not afraid 91 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: of these sanctions, and we know that he's not afraid 92 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: of the UN, even as they vote to condemn him, 93 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: to censure him, he doesn't care. Now China, and this 94 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: is very interesting. As the world rebukes Russia, India tries 95 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: to stay above the fray, and you also have another 96 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: interesting issue with China. Take a listen new this morning. 97 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: As the European Union, United Kingdom, NATO allies all rally 98 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: behind Ukraine, there's been a deafening silence from some other 99 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: world powers. India, the world's largest democracy, abstaining from a 100 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: United Nations vote condemning the invasion, the Chinese government Russia's 101 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: most powerful partner, urging a de escalation in Ukraine but 102 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: refusing to call Russia's invasion an invasion and failing to 103 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: condemn it. The New York Times reporting the Chinese regulated 104 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: Internet for the most part has been pro Russia and 105 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: pro Putin and in the Middle East, the senior United 106 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: Arab Emirates official says the country will not take sides. 107 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: For more on all of this, let me bring in 108 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: Ian Bremer, who is president of the Eurasia Group. Always 109 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: good to see you. Ian. Look, we're talking about the 110 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 1: two most populous countries in the world, one of the 111 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: richest who essentially won't come out and say this is wrong. 112 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: Give us your take on what we're seeing. In terms 113 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: of those countries, China is the more interesting here. Yes, 114 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: India is a member of the Quad, but frankly, on 115 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: just about any issue out there that isn't core to 116 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: India's national interests, they generally want to be non aligned. 117 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: That's been true for generations, it's true now. So I mean, 118 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: I think people would have been shocked if India actually 119 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: voted to condemn Russia and that United Nations Security Council resolution, 120 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: especially given the level of trade with Russia, given the 121 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: level of Russian military equipment that still goes to India, 122 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: I would have been surprised. But on the China front, 123 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: let's keep in mind that before this invasion, we had 124 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: this extraordinary statement of friendship, and it was on the 125 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: strategic and military side, it was on the investment side, 126 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: and it was on the diplomatic side when President Putin 127 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: went to Beijing for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. 128 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: Since then, the Chinese have come publicly and said that 129 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: they recognize Ukraine's territorial integrity. They have said that they 130 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: are interested in potentially negotiating a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, 131 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: and they've told their journalists that they want to see 132 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: fair coverage and not supporting either Russia or Ukraine. That's 133 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: I mean, given where they were two weeks ago. I'm 134 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: not saying there with the United States, they're not, but 135 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: it's a significant disappointment for the country that Putin considered 136 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: to be their most important friend on the global stage. 137 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: So you look at these three countries as it was 138 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: just mentioned there, and I do think one of the 139 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: parts of this that has to be expanded on. Is 140 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: the reality now that there are many countries that are 141 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: just basically saying, hey, we're cool with Ukraine falling. We 142 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: don't want to mess up what we're doing with Russia 143 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: just because they're killing some innocent people. You look at 144 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: the UN to vote on these Russian invasion and a censor. 145 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: I think it's very clear that many they're like, all right, well, 146 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: we'll go along with it because everybody else is doing it. 147 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: But what does it really mean Until the rest of 148 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: the world decides to genuinely isolate Vladimir Putin and stop 149 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: buying his oil, all of this is just theatrics, you know. 150 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: The Ukraine's Prime minister says, we will never consider anything 151 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: that undermines our territorial integrity, meaning there will be no 152 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: deal with Russia. The way that some are saying maybe 153 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: they should give up part of their country. There are 154 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: actually people that are now saying that. Jensaki was also 155 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: asked this morning about energy sanctions. Why haven't we done 156 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: it already? Here's her response. Yeah, certainly, the you guys, 157 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: the White House and allies across the West have unleashed 158 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: a pummeling array of sanctions against Russia. But you still 159 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: have a card to play in sort of energy and gas. 160 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: Will there be moves there to sanction that key industry 161 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: in Russia as well? You hear this response, I do 162 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: want to say one thing about Jensaki and the White 163 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: House and Joe Biden. The number one thing that keeps 164 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: Russia's economy alive and keeps their coffers filled with cash 165 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: is energy. That is their GDP. Their entire country revolves 166 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: around gas oil production. That is it. If you are 167 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: going in and slaughtering innocent people, killing children and women 168 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: and men in the streets who are civilians, targeting civilian targets, 169 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: apartment buildings, schools and places like that, and you still 170 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: haven't sanctioned Russian oil exports, I would argue that Joe 171 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: Biden is a terrible person because that's what really is 172 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: going to have teeth. You know they were talking about, Oh, 173 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: the oligarchs are angry, Well, Vladimir Putin, I don't think 174 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: really cares right now. Their economy is suffering. Is Vladimir 175 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: Putin's life suffering? No? Is he worried about the ruble 176 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: crashing and the stock market crashing? No? Because he is different. 177 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: Because I think what he thinks is well, everything will 178 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: go up when we get this thing settled. That's his calculus. 179 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: His calculus says, will take over Ukraine and then we'll 180 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: go back to normal. It may be three months or 181 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: six months from now when this happens, but then the 182 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: world's gonna want our oil, and if they're not willing to, 183 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: as long as we're buying their oil. Right now, we 184 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: are subsidizing his war on Ukraine. And the White House 185 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: knows this. Well. We're very open. I think you've seen 186 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: Jonathan I knew cover this and follow this very very closely. 187 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: Almost every single day there's new sanctions and new steps 188 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: that we're taking and announcing with our Western partners or 189 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: our countries in Europe. And we're doing that in lockstep 190 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: and in a unified way, which is very important to 191 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: the President. Well, we also factor in or what he 192 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: looks at, and I think this is important for people 193 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: to know, is how we can maximize the impact and 194 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: the squeeze on President Putin and the financial sector. We're 195 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: already seeing, you know, the ruble of their currency is plummeting. 196 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: We're seeing a stock market plummet there, inflation is skyrocketing. 197 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: But we want to minimize the impact on the global marketplace, 198 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: and that includes the global oil marketplace and the impact 199 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: of energy prices for the American people. Let's talk about 200 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: the fallacies right there from Jinsaki. Number one, if you 201 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: immediately announce that you're opening up the Keystone pipeline. Hell, 202 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: even if you did it temporarily until this ends, that 203 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: would have a massive impact on supply. Now, yes, it 204 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: would take days to get back up and running, but 205 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: the market would immediately react to that. If you immediately 206 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: said we were going to move in a direction of 207 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: energy independence as fast as we possibly can so that 208 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: we can sanction Russian oil right now, the world would 209 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: cheer that on. In America would cheer that on. The 210 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: American people would cheer that on. Why are they not 211 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: doing it? Because they don't want, in their words, to 212 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: go backwards. They believe that you should be driving an 213 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: electric vehicle, and they believe that high gas prices are 214 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: going to force you into that. Now, we're still buying 215 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: Russian oil every hour, every moment of every day right now, 216 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: and we have not stopped that. That means we are 217 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: subsidizing the slaughter of the innocent people in Ukraine. As 218 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: we speak. Poting has launched his largest air assault yet 219 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: in this invasion. As the UN condemns him. He doesn't care. 220 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: Now what could change the outcome of this war? As 221 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: if we did actually say no more Russian oil, it 222 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: certainly would shorten the length of the war, I think, 223 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: and it would also turn the people in his own 224 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: country against him much more than what has happened so far. 225 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: That is what would happen. So why is it that 226 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: there that the White House refused to do it? Because 227 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: they care more about the Green New Deal Kumbayak crap 228 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: than they do innocent people dying. That's why she's not 229 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: answering this question. So that's one of the factors that 230 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: we really look at. We're considering it. It's very much 231 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 1: on the table, but we need to weigh what all 232 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: of the impacts will be. We're not trying to hurt ourselves. 233 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: We're trying to hurt President Putin and the Russian economy. 234 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: Pivoting to the president. I love how there's always no 235 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: follow up from the lefties, right, you hear them immediately, Well, 236 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: we ask you one question energy. Now let's pivot again. 237 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: Jensaki energy sanctions very much on the table, but we 238 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: want to minimize the impact of energy prices. Well, if 239 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: you really believe that, if you really want to do that, 240 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: then you would immediately open up the Keystone pipeline. The 241 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: markets know that, the world knows that, and every single 242 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: barrel of oil that we buy from Russia right now, 243 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: those proceeds are going to prop up Russia and allow 244 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: them to continue to kill innocent people in Ukraine. Private businesses, 245 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: by the way, seem to be doing more than this 246 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: White House as to support the people in Ukraine. Boeing 247 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: came out today saying they're going to stop their service 248 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: contracts on their airplanes in Russia, which will ground a 249 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: significant number and in each and every day will ground 250 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: more and more airplanes in the Russian commercial flight industry 251 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: apples saying we're not going to sell their products anymore. 252 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: Even they're focused on this more than what we're doing 253 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: right now in this country from our president China, recognizing 254 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: Ukraine's territorial integrity. A significant disappointment is what Ian Brenner said. 255 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: As the world rebukes Russia, India tries to stay above 256 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: it and move out of it, right because they're playing 257 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: the game. They're playing the long game here, they're like, 258 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: we don't care. We're not gonna get in the wrong 259 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: side of Putin because they also are betting against the world, 260 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: actually beating him. You know. Joe Scarborough called out Biden 261 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: for depending on Russian oil, saying today we can produce 262 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: enough oil and this is on MSNBC, and that's when 263 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: you know it's getting bad for this White Hour. Richard 264 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: hoss I'd say something that will maybe unpopular with some 265 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: people that watch Morning Joe every morning, but it seems 266 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: to me our dependence on Russian oil continues, despite the 267 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: fact we're the largest producer in the world, despite the 268 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: fact that we actually are not getting the energy out 269 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: of the ground, that all the energy out of the 270 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: ground that we can get temporarily because of this war. 271 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: Wouldn't its strategically make a lot of sense for the 272 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: United States to ramp up oil production so they can 273 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: cut off the dependence on Russian oil. We have the 274 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: ability in this country to produce enough oil for this 275 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: country and energy for this country that we can depend 276 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: a hell of a lot less on Russia. Can we 277 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: not at least do this temporarily in the cause of 278 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: free them? And if Democrats want to go back to 279 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,239 Speaker 1: current positions later. They can do that, but why not 280 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: if we have the ability to not be dependent on 281 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: Russian oil, why wouldn't we take that stuff right now 282 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: in a time of war. And if you're not going 283 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: to do it now, when are you going to do it? 284 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: Joe Scarborough is finally coming around to reality here, and 285 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: I will give him credit for that. He is absolutely 286 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: saying what everybody is thinking right now. You know, on 287 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: the Today Show, Vice President Kamala Harris, we're not out 288 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: there to carry water for the White House. She was 289 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: asked a pretty softball question about energy and I from 290 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie. But the media is asking this question now 291 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: because it's the elephant in the room. The Ukrainian ambassador 292 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: has said the only way to really hit Putin where 293 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: it hurts is to go after his oil and gas sector, 294 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: and some senators agree, Republican and Democrats. Senator Joe Mansion, 295 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 1: for example, mentioned that the US is still currently buying 296 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: approximately six hundred thousand barrels of crude and other petroleum 297 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: products every single day. Is that on the table? Is 298 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: that something that the administration would continue would consider in 299 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: terms of further sanctions cutting off the oil and gas 300 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: part of the economy for Russia. Well, as you know 301 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: that on this issue, for example, we applaud Germany in 302 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: terms of what it has done as it relates to 303 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: the North strength too as it relates to what we 304 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: need to do domestically, as well as what we need 305 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: to do in terms of this issue generally. We have, 306 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: as the President said, reevaluated what we're doing in terms 307 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: of the strategic oil reserve here in the United States 308 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: to make sure that it will not have an impact 309 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: or we can mitigate the impact on the American consumer. 310 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 1: But let's take this one step at a time, understanding 311 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: that right now on the issue of energy, our allies 312 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: have stood firm and unified in a way that many 313 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: of the pundit stint predict would happen to ensure that 314 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: we are we are unified in our approach to this issue. 315 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: That's a non answer. You heard it, just like I did. That. 316 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: That didn't answer any of this, right, I mean, And 317 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: then there was a follow up here, right, The follow 318 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: up is the word salad of Wait, We'll hold on 319 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: a second. Are you is the US going to increase 320 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: energy production? Well, we're going to give you a bunch 321 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: of unique, fancy words, and we're not really going to 322 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: answer that question. How do you not answer that question? 323 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: How do you again, how do you not answer that 324 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: basic question? So if you take a step back, know this, 325 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: we are not doing enough to stop Russia. Ukraine is 326 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: correct when they say unless you guys stop buying their oil, 327 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: they're going to keep coming after our country. One accurate response, 328 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 1: one hundred percent accurate. And what was said there and 329 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: everybody knows it. That's why they're asking the questions today. 330 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 1: Rhonda Santis said this about the President United States of America. 331 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: He called Putin an authoritarian gas station attendant. It's not 332 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: a joke. He is right. That is what he is. 333 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: Without his gas, he doesn't have the power without us 334 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: buying it. He doesn't have the power. If you cut 335 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: Puttin off from buying his only product that props him up, 336 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: he will have to pay attention to what's happening. Until 337 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: we do that, Ukraine will continue to fall and the 338 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: people in Ukraine will continue to be massacred. Charles Hurt 339 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: several days said Biden attacking the US energy independence made 340 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: the US energy energy beggars to people just like Biden 341 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,239 Speaker 1: and he's right. Um, you know we talk about sanctions. Uh, 342 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: you know, President Biden put all of his eggs in 343 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: the sanctions basket, and that didn't prevent Putin from invading Ukraine. 344 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: This is not about sanctions. This is about gas prices. 345 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: This is about energy independence. And when you have a 346 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: situation where you have an American president who has done 347 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: everything that the President Biden has done to undercut our 348 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: energy independence. We you wind up with this with scenes 349 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: from Mad Max the movie, which is what we're seeing 350 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: in Ukraine right now, where where you have bad people 351 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: who are emboldened and enriched because because we have given 352 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: up our own energy independence so much so to the 353 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: point you have Democrats writing letters urging OPEC to give 354 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,479 Speaker 1: us more gas. We become gas beggars from some of 355 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: the worst autocracies on the planet. Which is we've done that. 356 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: That's exactly what we've done. We've given the worst people 357 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: in the world what they need currency to continue to 358 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: accomplish what they're doing right now, which includes invading places 359 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 1: like Ukraine. When you hear even the Vice President come 360 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: out on TV and the Vice President say what she said, 361 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: that we're going to do whatever we can to fight 362 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 1: back and support the people of Ukraine. That is a 363 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: lie at this point. It's not true until you stop 364 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: buying their oil. It is a lie. And when she's 365 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 1: asked this question by George Semnopolis, she knows she's lying 366 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: to you, in the world, in the American people, and 367 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: especially to Vladimir Putin, she knows it. You know, the 368 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: President said last night that Vladimir Putin had badly miscalculated, 369 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: but Putin shows no signs of backing down at all. 370 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: His forces are putting Ukraine in a vice script this morning, 371 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: is there anything more than you US can do to 372 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: prevent Putin from toppling Ukrainian government occupying Ukraine? Well, George, 373 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: let me start by saying that we have, as the 374 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: United States of America has shown great leadership, which the 375 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: President articulated in the State of the Union last night. 376 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: Most recently, I've been meeting with heads of government and 377 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: world leaders. Most recently just yesterday, I spoke with the 378 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 1: prime ministers of Poland, of Lithuania, Latya, talked with Romania 379 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: about the role that the United States has played and 380 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: bringing together are NATO Alliance, bringing together the EU to 381 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: stand firm, to stand resolute, and unified around what must 382 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: be serious and severe consequences for Vladimir Putin for the 383 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: Russians in terms of what they have done to invade 384 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: a sovereign nation. And we are seeing the impact of 385 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: the work that we have done. We are seeing the 386 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: ruble in a free fall, we are seeing the stock 387 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: market in Russia has essentially closed. What we have seen 388 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: is that the credit rating of Russia is now junk. 389 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: So what we know is that we're having an impact, 390 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: and we're taking it quite seriously. I think you know, 391 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: in many of the pundits you weeks ago, I wondered 392 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 1: whether we would take the kinds of measures that we 393 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: have taken, and we have because we're standing together with 394 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: our allies, and we are seeing an impact because of 395 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: those measures. Again, what are the measures you're taking if 396 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: you're not going for the one thing that he needs? 397 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: You know, I go back to you and vote on 398 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: the Russian invasion? What good is this vote if it 399 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: doesn't have a teeth behind it? What is it actually 400 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: going to do to Russia? Besides we condemn you and 401 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: Russia says I'm going to bomb another building. Listen to 402 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: George Stepanopolus. His response here seems willing to pay that 403 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: price right now there. He's not backing down in any way, 404 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: shape or form. The US intelligence about what Putin is 405 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: going to do has been pretty accurate so far. Does 406 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: it suggest that Kiev is going to fall? He understands it. 407 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: Stepanopolis gets this. He's a smart guy. You guys can 408 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: say whatever the hell you want to say, but that 409 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he's gonna stop doing what he's doing. It 410 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,479 Speaker 1: doesn't seem that anything you guys have done so far 411 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: stopped him. He knows how much cash he has. He 412 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: know he knows how much money's coming in. And by 413 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: the way, when oil and gas prices continue to rise, 414 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: he's making more money today than he made yesterday off 415 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: his oil and gas exports. He understands us. He's done 416 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: the math. And I also think he understands that he 417 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: owns America and many other parts around the world. Because 418 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: we are living in a fair tale world. We're living 419 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: in this stupid world. We are living in this fairytale 420 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: world right now where we're in this Kumbaya BS moment 421 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: where we're gonna, you know, save the world and the 422 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: environment by buying all these green alternative energy cars. Right, 423 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna do all these amazing things and 424 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna save the world. And he's sitting there laughing 425 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: at us because we're still buying oil. We're just not 426 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: buying it and being energy. We're still using the same 427 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 1: amount of oil. We're still using oil. In fact, we're 428 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: using oil that is not even refined in the most 429 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: responsible way coming from Russia, which is doing global warming. 430 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: They're not drilling in the most responsible way in Russia, 431 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: news flash, which is also contribute to quote what global warming. 432 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: So if you do care about global warming, and as 433 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: long as there's a market and we're gonna buy it somewhere, 434 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: I would argue that the most humane thing to do 435 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 1: to the environment is to produce it here because we 436 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: have checks and balances and regulations that the Russians would 437 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: laugh at that they would never do. They would never ever, 438 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: ever ever do it. And this goes back to what 439 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: was just asked of Harris, like, you guys, everything you've 440 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: done so far doesn't seem to be deturum at all. 441 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: Senior US forces are excuse the US officials say, Russian 442 00:26:55,440 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: forces the resolve maybe down a little bit, not from 443 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: what I'm seeing they're continuing to attack and kill innocent people. 444 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: They attacked Jim this morning, killing people working out in Ukraine. 445 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: Pictures coming in now have a massive bomb hitting a 446 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: gym where people were working out, literally doing like CrossFit. 447 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: So if you think everything you're doing right now Kama 448 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: was working, it's not. Kama's response, well, we're gonna do 449 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: everything we can to support the Ukrainian people, and so 450 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: that's not true. If you were doing everything you could 451 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: have support the Ukrainian people, you would be doing with 452 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 1: the Ukrainian present said that you needed to do. And 453 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: what did he say? He said, you've got to stop 454 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 1: buying their oil. If you don't stop buying their oil, 455 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: all this doesn't matter. So that's a lie. You're not 456 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: doing everything you can. I go again, go back. I'm 457 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: going to back it up ten seconds here. Listen to 458 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: what George Stepanopolis hardcore lefty's saying. Kamal Harrison, her live 459 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: response seems willing to pay that price right now. He's 460 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: not backing down in any way, shape or form. The 461 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: US intelligence about what Putin is going to do has 462 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: been accurate so far. Does it suggest that Kiev is 463 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: going to fall well, we're going to do everything we 464 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: can to support the Ukrainian people, and so we are 465 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: doing that through our security assistance, through economic assistance, humanitarian assistance. Again, 466 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: when speaking to the prime ministers that I mentioned just yesterday, 467 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 1: we talked in great detail about what we are doing 468 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: to increase almost on a daily basis or security assistance. 469 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 1: What we are doing on almost a daily basis, including 470 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: to increase our lethal assistance in terms of what they 471 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: need and what they require to defend themselves in their country. 472 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: By the way, you know that all of this is 473 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: being done after the fact, and it's all only being 474 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: done really after the world responded with outrage. We could 475 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: have done all this on the front end when he 476 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: was lining up troops on the border. We could have 477 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: done this weeks ago, so they actually weren't waiting on 478 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: what they needed to defend themselves, which is exactly what 479 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: they're doing right now. They're waiting on it. We could 480 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: have done all of this preemptively so that they could 481 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: have been prepared to fight immediately, so that they wouldn't 482 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: be in maybe the situation they're in right now. We 483 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: could have done all of that, folks, Every single bit 484 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: of this but when she says, we're doing everything we 485 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: can choose lying to you, and until we are honest, 486 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: intellectually honest about what's going on with oil and gas, 487 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: we are not going to win this thing. And the 488 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: Ukrainian people are going to be massacred because Vladimir Putin 489 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: is not the same logical person that gives a crap. 490 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: I want to be clear about sanctions. He just doesn't 491 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: care about sanctions. He does not care. Let me just 492 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: go back about eight months ago, June of last year, 493 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: Donald Trump warned the world when he said we are 494 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: no longer energy independent. We are dependent on energy, yes, 495 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: and we're gonna buy it from somewhere, but we're not 496 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: independent anymore. And this is a skyrocketing gas prizer were 497 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: happening back in June of last year, but it was 498 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: a bigger point. It was about national security, and look 499 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: at where we are today. Donald Trump was right when 500 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: he said this last year. But you see what they 501 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: did with the Keystone XL pipeline where they sucked it 502 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: almost on the first day, and that was never mentioned 503 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: during the debate. I kept saying, you know, you're not 504 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: going to be energy independent. You're not going to do 505 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: for Pennsylvania, for Texas, for all of these places where 506 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: we're doing so well with energy, We're not going to 507 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: be energy independent in two months from now. They make 508 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: it windmills all over the place to ruin our land 509 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: and kill our birds, to kill everything, and we're not 510 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: going to be And they're very intermittent, as you learned 511 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: from watching over the last four months. It's intermittent energy. 512 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: It's not good. It's not going to power our great factories, 513 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: and real what did you make It's a real problem. 514 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: He warned us. He understood being energy independent. CBS also 515 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: coming out and saying moments ago, I want you to 516 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: I want you to hear this CBS Brennan said Biden 517 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: didn't sanction Russian energy exports because the US isn't energy independent. 518 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: If you really want a nuclear option, you hit the thing. 519 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: Russia exports. They are the number three oil producer in 520 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: the world, they're the number two gas producer in the world. 521 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: Why can't he do that because we consume that product, 522 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:20,959 Speaker 1: the rest of the world does as well, and we 523 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: already have inflation at a forty year high. There it 524 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: is your held hostage, and Vladimir Putin knows it. CBS 525 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: News saying it spot on, why haven't we done it yet? 526 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: Because we need it, and they're the third and second 527 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: biggest producers of oil and gas in the world, and 528 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: we are dependent on them, and so is the rest 529 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: of the world. And that's why we're not doing it. Quote, 530 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: if you really want a nuclear option, you hit the 531 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: thing Russia exports. They are the number three oil producer 532 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: in the world. They're the number two gas producer in 533 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: the world. They can't why can't he do that referring 534 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: to Biden because we consume that product. The rest of 535 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: the world does as well, and we already have inflation 536 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: at a forty year high. Putin knows it as well. 537 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: And until we get our heads out of our a doubless, 538 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: until this president, i should say, gets his head out 539 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,719 Speaker 1: of his a doubles and the Democratic Party with this 540 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: Kumbaya insanity over, you know, green alternative energy. These dictators 541 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: and tyrants, these butchers of the world own us. They 542 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: own us. That's what this is, plain and simple. They 543 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: own us. 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