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Summary

TLDRThe video explores the complex relationship between the U.S. and its European allies following Ukraine's current conflict and the implications of Zelensky's visit to Washington. It highlights the growing calls for European defense independence, the potential reframing of NATO in light of U.S. policies, and the internal and external challenges facing America. The dialogue reflects concerns over military competence, international alliances evolving away from U.S. influence, and the geopolitical landscape's instability, with dire predictions about future conflicts.

Takeaways

  • 🇺🇸 NATO's role is under scrutiny as it reassesses threats like Russia.
  • 🔍 Zelensky's visit signifies a major geopolitical shift in U.S.-Europe relations.
  • ⚠️ European nations may pursue independent defense strategies away from U.S. dominance.
  • 💔 Growing sentiment of betrayal among allies regarding U.S. actions in Ukraine.
  • ⚡️ Discussions about nuclear-sharing in Europe highlight security concerns.
  • 👥 U.S. military leadership is questioned for prioritizing loyalty over competence.
  • 🌍 The global order is shifting, echoing historical geopolitical changes.
  • ⚔️ There are fears of increasing unpredictability in international relations.
  • 🌐 The American public remains a significant factor in foreign policy decisions.
  • 😟 Concerns about potential proxy wars and U.S. military commitments arise.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video discusses the current geopolitical climate, focusing on NATO's realignment and the shifting dynamics between the United States, Europe, and Russia. Key figures like British Prime Minister K. Starmer and leaders from various European nations are depicted as coming together, while the U.S. is seen as increasingly isolated and potentially treated as a security threat by allies.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker compares the current situation to 'Brexit,' noting tensions with allies like Norway and how U.S. military presence in Europe is being challenged. The U.S. is portrayed as having dropped its adversarial stance towards Russia, complicating its relationships with European allies who are contemplating independent defense strategies, including discussions of nuclear-sharing among EU nations.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Discussions about military strategies arise, highlighting Canada's involvement in training Ukrainian forces amid changing views on U.S. power. There's a sense of urgency for Europe to bolster its independence from U.S. defense systems given reliance on American-made nuclear arsenal components, suggesting a fragmentation of traditional alliances.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The dialogue shifts towards a deeper understanding of international relations, especially how American military strategies are perceived as losing effectiveness due to political loyalty over military competence within leadership roles. The consolidation of power under a few individuals is noted as a significant concern, mirroring historical patterns after the fall of the Soviet Union.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:27:51

    The conversation concludes with reflections on public opinion's role in political dynamics, emphasizing the influence of indoctrination and collective acceptance of major shifts. The speaker posits that despite polarization, public opinion will ultimately play a crucial role in shaping the country's actions on the global stage.

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Video Q&A

  • What is NATO's current stance regarding Russia?

    NATO no longer considers Russia an active security threat according to recent discussions.

  • How has the war in Ukraine affected U.S. relations with Europe?

    The U.S. faces criticism from European nations, especially as some countries begin to distance themselves from U.S. influence.

  • What are the implications of European countries pursuing independent defense strategies?

    There is growing support in Europe for greater defense independence, leading to discussions about nuclear cooperation among European nations.

  • How is the U.S. military perceived in light of its current leadership?

    Critics argue that U.S. military leadership is increasingly based on loyalty rather than competence, jeopardizing military effectiveness.

  • What historical parallels are drawn regarding the current global situation?

    The situation is compared to past geopolitical shifts that preceded major conflicts, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a balance of power.

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    prime minister K starm other European
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    the presidents of the European
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    commission and European Council we're
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    getting locked out which is good because
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    we're the enemy the whole point of NATO
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    fighting against the Soviet Union Soviet
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    we're actually very close allies with
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    them so NATO dumped us not really but
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    like we might leave NATO and I I know
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    I'm sure a lot of Campus are like Yay
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    but keep in mind we'd be entering
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    something worse the ramifications of
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    this the whole zinsky thing is insane
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    it'sing
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    insane find me anything anywhere any
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    records any records at all of a meeting
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    going like that of a president acting
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    that way it it really is our brexit yeah
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    it really is our brexit Norwegian fuel
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    supplier refuses us warships over
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    Ukraine fuel company halbach bunkers has
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    announced that that will cease supplying
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    fuel to US military forces in Norway and
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    American ships docking Norwegian ports
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    citing dissatisfaction with recent US
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    policy towards Ukraine it it's it's much
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    worse than brexit to be clear but you
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    know in in terms of like the direction
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    things are going except of course that
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    even the people who did brexit aren't on
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    our side we don't even we don't even get
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    to keep the you know the Sun never
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    setting on the transatlantic partnership
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    between the United States and Britain
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    we're an active security threat to
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    Europe we literally are we no longer
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    even the the um Heth the Pentagon no
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    longer considers Russia to be an active
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    security threat which means in other
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    words like you can expect more uh and uh
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    more serious information sharing not
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    just you know Russian agents coming over
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    to Mara Lago take a step in the bathroom
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    Peak some private documents Trump
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    brought over but like just direct
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    information sharing Germany's Ms has
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    said that he wants an EU nuke
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    cooperation he wants France and England
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    to share nukes with other EU countries
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    mcon said he's uh ready to discuss it
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    that's crazy thank you
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    well let me just say um that you're very
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    very welcome here in Downing Street um
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    and uh as you heard from the cheers on
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    the street outside um you have full
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    backing across the United Kingdom um and
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    we stand with you with Ukraine for as
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    long as it may uh take and um I hope
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    youve heard some of that um cheering in
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    the street that is the people of the
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    analysts at the agency were verbally
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    informed they were not to follow a
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    report on Russia threat yeah yeah it's
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    it's not only are we not considering
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    Russian Russia State enemy we're telling
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    like cybercom to let off
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    them like literally Russia has been the
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    at least one of the
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    main cyber security threats to the
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    United States and we're just like nah
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    don't worry whatever they run the
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    country now anyway who gives a
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    coming out to demonstrate uh how much
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    they support you how much they support
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    Ukraine and our absolute determination
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    to stand with you unwavering
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    determination um and to achieve uh what
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    we both want to achieve which is a
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    lasting peace a lasting peace for
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    Ukraine based on sovereignty and
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    security for Ukraine um so important for
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    Ukraine so important uh for Europe and
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    so important for the United Kingdom so
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    it's it's worth noting here again like
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    this isn't just a matter of disagreeing
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    with American policy which is something
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    that's happened many many times it's
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    immediately after zilinski and his fight
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    with uh JD Vance and Trump getting
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    invited basically in Stark opposition
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    like hey to let you know we're not with
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    them you know it's a paradigm shift in
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    geop this it's it's a moment that will
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    be recorded and remembered in history
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    the at some point somebody's going to
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    give a name to it you know like it's not
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    going to be called the um you know the
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    uh 2025 zinsky conference at the White
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    House or whatever it's going to be given
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    name and people will refer to it by that
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    name did you cover the interview itself
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    yep the whole thing Jesus man it's a
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    whole new
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    world Germany's Next leader Fredick Mays
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    is calling for a discussion on nuclear
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    sharing with France and Britain the only
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    nuclear powers in Western Europe Mees
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    has argu that the US strategy is
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    Shifting under Donald Trump and
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    therefore Europe needs greater defense
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    Independence France however has rejected
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    the idea France's defense minister
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    Sebastian L I thought I thought mcon
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    said he was considering it is this more
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    recent information or is this outdated
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    information says that France's nuclear
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    deterence is French and will remain
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    French the president alone decides when
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    to use it and there will be no formal
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    guarantees for European
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    Partners talking about Britain now
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    Britain's nuclear weapons fall under
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    NATO's umbrella providing some
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    protection to Europe however experts say
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    the UK's Arsenal relies heavily on us
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    missiles and Warheads raising not for
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    long man not for
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    long first of all Canada has been there
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    for Ukraine uh from day one indeed from
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    uh before day one as uh in 2015 uh we
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    started uh training Ukrainian military
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    forces on the ground in Ukraine uh which
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    was uh a uh significant part Western
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    training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces
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    is one of the reasons why uh Ukraine has
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    been able to stand up to uh the Russian
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    uh Invaders so effectively over the past
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    years it's not just Canada a number of
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    countries had been involved uh but for
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    historical reasons Canada having the
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    second largest dias of ukrainians in the
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    world the entire supply chain for the
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    UK's nukes are from us suppliers and
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    sources yeah but keep in mind that a lot
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    of the stuff the United States produces
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    also has supply lines that run to other
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    countries too right like Canada Mexico
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    are European Partners but that's all
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    over now like the all of these ties are
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    being severed right now every single
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    European government every Ally not even
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    just in Europe are making
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    plans to um uh to to break away from the
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    United States and and to think like
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    literally all of
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    this just to I don't know I mean I guess
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    I guess at the end of the day it's just
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    about like Elon Musk witing everyone to
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    think he's cool like that's kind of the
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    whole reason all this is happening sort
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    of like how you you see you hear about
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    like big historical Wars or like the
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    Chinese Three Kingdoms period And if you
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    like trace it back to its root it's like
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    well one guy really really thought that
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    his dad should respect them more and
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    that's kind of why this all happened you
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    know and Obama's tight five ah the F3 35
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    is built with parts and components from
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    like every us Ally NATO country don't
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    worry American Military Supremacy is
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    going to start falling apart pretty soon
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    as well our military Supremacy has
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    basically been unquestioned up until
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    this point but as of a few weeks ago
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    we're doing the Russia bit which is a
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    military leadership is being appointed
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    based on loyalty rather than on
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    competence that's really all it takes
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    everything from that point forward is a
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    downhill role uh it doesn't matter how
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    much money you pump into the system
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    right at the end of the day military
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    competence comes down to you know
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    discipline consistency uh independent
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    decision- making once you once you erode
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    at that you know once you make it about
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    loyalty you you kind
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    of it all falls apart uh means that uh
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    we felt deeply connected to Ukraine but
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    we also believe deeply uh that it's not
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    just about Ukraine it's about the rules
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    and the values and the principles of
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    sovereignty of independence of ter
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    torial Integrity that protects every
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    country in the world the American
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    Military is already kind of competent if
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    you want a perfect example of what I'm
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    talking about how discipline and
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    discipline and competence being
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    prioritized over loyalty the biggest
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    example of this I think is the
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    difference between how we behav during
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    the Gulf War versus the Iraq Vietnam War
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    I think you see a perfect like it's very
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    very obvious which of these wars was
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    conducted with like political or or
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    sorry U military competence first and
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    which of them were conducted as
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    political exercises first with you know
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    the generals essentially being told like
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    catchup like this is what
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    we're doing get in line you know like
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    this is yeah we're president's
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    commander-in-chief this is what we're
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    going for um it's pretty obvious you can
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    tell Gulf War was so perfect it's kind
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    of beautiful in a way it was like a
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    synchronized dance the Gulf War
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    insane all of us rely on those rules uh
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    to be able to build peace and security
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    and we know uh that with the world
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    changing we're all going to have to do
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    more around peace and security one of
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    the key themes that we heard today as
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    we've heard from uh many many partners
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    around the world in NATO and elsewhere
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    over the past number of years is people
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    are going to be doing more on defense n
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    and a half years ago when I took office
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    in Canada um the previous government had
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    us down below
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    1% of Defense ending uh even though the
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    NATO 2% pledge had been made uh a year
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    or two before uh in the subsequent time
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    we have more than uh tripled defense
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    spending on the path to 2030 and we're
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    on our way to 2% and we know it is
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    genuinely really sad that like this is
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    the direction the world is heading in
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    but much in the same like I I have to be
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    consistent here right like I would have
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    militantly supported us Armament against
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    the Nazis in World War II I'm like it it
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    it's it's not a principled pacifism or I
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    I suppose it is very principled in the
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    sense that that's the world you're
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    fighting for but like clearly the work's
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    not done at the end of the day all of
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    this all of this comes down to Capital
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    there's no way around that everything
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    we're experiencing right now in the
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    United States is a consequence of a
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    slower version of what happened in
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    Russia after the fall of the Soviet
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    Union which is you know you consolidate
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    power in the hands of too small a group
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    of people blahy blah blah you know the
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    deal you know my Spiel would you support
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    a war against Russia no because I'm not
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    like insanely stupid however you know
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    the possibility of proxy wars cropping
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    up or
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    whatever can't rely on America we know
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    where America stands
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    now it's a good Spiel it is a good Spiel
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    and it's true it's it's just true we're
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    going to have to continue to do more and
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    more in an uncertain world and Canada
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    will be there as to how we will be there
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    um we will work with our neighbors on it
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    but uh everything is on the table
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    because we need to make
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    sure that might no longer makes right
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    Europe could beat Russia in a
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    conventional War if they had the will
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    well sure but it wouldn't be a
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    conventional War it'd be nuclear
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    apocalypse yes in a conventional War
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    Russia would get stomped by plenty of
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    countries uh certainly a United European
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    front like it wouldn't even be the
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    Russian Doctrine is landmines you know
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    tank traps artillery and uh infantry you
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    know they they would get they would be
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    deleted from space they lasers you know
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    it wouldn't even be a thing but nukes
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    are nukes that's how it
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    is in this world that's what has led to
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    80 years of incredible stability and
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    prosperity not just in Europe but around
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    the world because of the institutions we
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    built out of the ashes of World War II
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    and standing up for those
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    institutions is in the best interest of
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    every single one of us now as a
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    collection of different nations we will
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    have different perspectives uh from time
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    to time on the best way forward and
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    those will be worked out I just don't
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    see Russian oligarchs being behind
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    living in a cold bunker eating canned
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    food for the rest of their lives didn't
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    you hear Donald Trump is selling um
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    American Pathways to citizenship for
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    only 5 million each a Russian oligarch
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    can easily afford
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    that in forums like this or uh at the G7
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    Forum or elsewhere but we are united in
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    our values we are united and wanting to
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    see peace and fairness and prosperity
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    for all our citizens and that's what
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    continues to drive us
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    forward will Europe remove American
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    bases from their countries actually yeah
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    I think that shift is coming that was
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    something Donald Trump was even talking
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    about before in this in it talks with
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    Russia down in Saudi Arabia Russia wants
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    that certainly yeah that might actually
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    happen though we we would need to move a
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    little the needle would need to move a
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    little further in that direction for
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    that to be like really on the table but
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    yeah where are the new bases going to be
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    I don't think there would be new bases I
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    just think we would like lose our allies
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    my Battalion Commander literally said
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    that needs to happen this morning yeah
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    it's I mean at this point there a
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    security threat would you want Russian
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    bases in Germany and France probably not
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    I've started to miss vos's patriotism
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    speeches sorry you guys you got like
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    Jingo you you got like jingoist
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    pro-american speeches under Biden when
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    it was appropriate uh they're not
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    appropriate right now I'm sorry we're
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    the bad guys we're unambiguously the bad
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    guys in this Dynamic we 've always been
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    bad mind you but there are usually tiers
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    above or below good things you could or
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    couldn't do this is an unmistakable
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    shift downwards on the rung it's uh not
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    good it's crazy how Al line the US is
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    with Russia China Iran North Korea and
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    being evil well hold on okay there are
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    major differences here North Korea for
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    one is a meme Russia is a raped uh
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    pillaged hole run by a few hundred
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    ultra wealthy men who want to do the
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    same To America that is the goal of the
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    ultra wealthy here Iran benefits from
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    their relationship with Russia but
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    they're doing their own thing and their
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    own thing is holding an incredibly
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    narrow margin of control over a uh a
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    population that does not like their
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    government and
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    China I actually think that which
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    direction China goes in is going to be
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    one of the big that's going to be one of
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    the big like kingmaker moments I guess
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    because China has incentives to run in
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    both directions you
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    know it could be a Chinese Century but
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    if they wanted it to be the best thing
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    they could do in my opinion would be to
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    align with the EU the the gulf between
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    China and America is arbitrary and
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    politically constructed for one America
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    has good uh relationships with plenty of
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    dictatorships for two keep in mind we
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    didn't consider China an enemy until
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    recently it was only after their dangus
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    econ iic miracle that we even like that
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    that was a consideration Nixon opened
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    talks with China back in the in the
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    what' 70s yeah yeah it was 70s the idea
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    that China's like this great threat from
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    overseas a lot of you probably don't
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    remember that narrative is only about 20
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    years old I know it sounds crazy but
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    like back during the early Bush term it
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    wasn't like this Trump is the first
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    president to really lean in on it Obama
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    and Bush more talked about China like
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    foreign competitors which is fair that's
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    you know that's Fair economic
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    competitors sure um but to treat them
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    like an enemy that's a trump thing it's
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    relatively new China could deep in ties
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    with the European
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    Union it would make sense for them to in
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    my opinion if it was possible
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    to the EU does not hate China as much as
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    America hates China what about bricks
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    bricks is still a meme still a meme
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    still a meme the EU does not want to
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    Ally with China well depends on what you
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    mean by Ally there's a trade
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    relationship
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    to what extent you know like how how
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    much will that develop I really do hope
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    our European allies are able to pick
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    themselves up how do you see the the
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    best way for the EU to deal with the one
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    issue that is perhaps the last remaining
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    issue of integration and that is
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    defense um yes this is a very good
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    question I think I've always been of the
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    opinion um that uh Europe should not
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    create any alternative to Nato because
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    um I mean NATO is a military structure
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    and every NATO member I mean we have 31
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    members now 32 members 32 British prime
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    minister no she's uh Estonia is she not
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    am I wrong in this am I wrong in my
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    memory Kaja kayak
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    kalis Estonian yeah um the the Baltic
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    states are NATO's greatest Soldiers by
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    the way these These are the like we we
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    we sit pretty with our budget over in
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    America but these these These are the
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    like suicide vest wearing front line
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    against Russian aggression you know
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    they're they're they're right up
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    there 32 members now so uh you have 3 uh
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    two different
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    armies defense planners um and uh 32
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    defense budgets so so that means you
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    need those armies to work together um
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    and and what now comes to the the
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    European side is that we need to have
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    the the
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    interoperability of all the capabilities
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    and and stuff I mean I bring you one
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    example um just I'm I'm just trying to
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    get a a feeling I guess moving out from
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    here I I took a look at um various
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    European nations media I wanted to take
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    a look try to get like a Vibe I guess
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    and it's it's all like very Pro zinski
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    even if they're not being super open in
  • 00:18:31
    their antagonism against President
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    zalinski is preparing to travel to
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    London for a summit of European leaders
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    on Sunday what's what's our preferred
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    source of media from uh France the
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    english- speaking channel can you remind
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    me after he clashed with President Trump
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    and vice president JD Vance in an
  • 00:18:46
    extraordinary shouting match on a visit
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    to the Oval Office president Trump
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    accused the Ukrainian leader of gambling
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    with World War I and of not being even
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    melan con is uh is praising zalinski in
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    any case seninsky was courageous without
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    his upom our continent would display the
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    status of a simple colony of the USA
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    whose leaders will Pat themselves in the
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    back with their buddy Trump hey at least
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    we're making being pro Ukrainian the
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    anti-American position sorry meanon
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    meanon being grateful for the support of
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    the US president zalinski made it clear
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    there should be no compromises with
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    President Putin following all that drama
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    the president of Ukraine was ordered to
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    leave the White House and a much
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    anticipated minerals deal was not signed
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    the US president later said president
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    zinski could return when he was ready
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    for peace our North America editor Sarah
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    Smith has this
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    report Donald Trump began the day
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    confident he was about to sign a very
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    advantageous deal we know what happened
  • 00:19:42
    can you can you all forgive me perhaps
  • 00:19:44
    for being a little bit like weirded out
  • 00:19:46
    by all of this I understand that we we
  • 00:19:47
    like sort of intellectually grapple with
  • 00:19:49
    what's happening here but on a personal
  • 00:19:51
    level the idea that over the course of a
  • 00:19:53
    few months the entire Global Order
  • 00:19:56
    centering on my country by the way
  • 00:19:59
    the entire Global order has been upended
  • 00:20:01
    and it we're we're in like a completely
  • 00:20:03
    unknown I don't know man so something's
  • 00:20:06
    happening yeah nothing ever happens
  • 00:20:08
    folks are definitely definitely
  • 00:20:10
    definitely not eating
  • 00:20:11
    well global leaders react to verbal
  • 00:20:13
    brawl and Oval Office it's difficult to
  • 00:20:16
    get a feel for what the attention levels
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    are in uh say for example um in in
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    Germany you know based off their English
  • 00:20:24
    speaking channel right they would be
  • 00:20:25
    going to like German news sources but
  • 00:20:27
    it's pretty obvious how people feel
  • 00:20:29
    British media is straight up having
  • 00:20:30
    people say JD Vance is a piece of
  • 00:20:32
    on air it it it is it is insane that all
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    of this is being done but because a few
  • 00:20:38
    hundred ultra wealthy people want to
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    treat America like a no rules playground
  • 00:20:43
    for The Wealthy they want to turn
  • 00:20:45
    America into Dubai that's literally it
  • 00:20:48
    that's L that's what it all boils down
  • 00:20:49
    to is it because Trump's an egotist sure
  • 00:20:52
    but that's not the cause is it because
  • 00:20:54
    Elon Musk wants you to believe he's good
  • 00:20:55
    at playing Path of Exile too sure but
  • 00:20:57
    that's not the cause is it because JD
  • 00:20:59
    van couches sure but that's not the
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    cause the cause is because that's what
  • 00:21:05
    Russia is to them to the oligarchs in
  • 00:21:08
    Russia that is it is it's that's all it
  • 00:21:10
    is they're Untouchable they're legally
  • 00:21:13
    Untouchable to anyone other than
  • 00:21:14
    Vladimir Putin you know like as long as
  • 00:21:17
    you don't get on his bad side they can
  • 00:21:19
    just basically do whatever they want and
  • 00:21:21
    Russia is a hole to Russians but to
  • 00:21:23
    those few hundred or so people oh they
  • 00:21:25
    have the time they have such a good time
  • 00:21:28
    it's like that in Dubai yeah most of the
  • 00:21:30
    people living on the outskirts are
  • 00:21:33
    slaves foreign workers with their visas
  • 00:21:36
    taken away yeah it's a city to live
  • 00:21:39
    in but if you can treat it like a
  • 00:21:41
    permanent tourist then fine it's perfect
  • 00:21:42
    for you if you're wealthy enough to
  • 00:21:44
    enjoy the many sites and sounds then
  • 00:21:46
    it's actually one of the most
  • 00:21:47
    interesting cities to live in I'm told
  • 00:21:49
    for a certain type of person and this is
  • 00:21:52
    it's not even a 1% thing what is what is
  • 00:21:54
    the 1% in America $400,000 a year or
  • 00:21:57
    something like that
  • 00:21:59
    $400,000 a year that's not Dubai
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    levels 700k that's not Dubai levels a
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    million 2 million a year no we're
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    talking about literally like the
  • 00:22:11
    smallest yeah like like the top 1% of
  • 00:22:14
    the 1% maybe that and everything is
  • 00:22:18
    being done for their benefit everything
  • 00:22:20
    else is just propaganda Canada's foreign
  • 00:22:22
    ministers has New Economic and security
  • 00:22:24
    Partners needed Aid shift in USA Jesus
  • 00:22:27
    Christ Our closest allly
  • 00:22:29
    closest both politically and
  • 00:22:31
    geographically they're right there
  • 00:22:34
    man they're right there and they're
  • 00:22:38
    looking for a way out listen okay you
  • 00:22:41
    can be an accelerationist or not but the
  • 00:22:43
    acceleration is coming you can listen
  • 00:22:45
    Everyone's an accelerationist when the
  • 00:22:47
    person driving the car hits the
  • 00:22:49
    accelerator all right you can believe in
  • 00:22:51
    it or not I'm from Eastern Europe do you
  • 00:22:53
    guys in the US see a shift in how people
  • 00:22:54
    think about Trump after yesterday that's
  • 00:22:56
    theed up thing no they're can't there
  • 00:22:58
    will never in America be a big Paradigm
  • 00:23:02
    Shift like what you see abroad because
  • 00:23:05
    half of this country is
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    so hopelessly propagandized to that they
  • 00:23:11
    could watch Trump their child and they
  • 00:23:15
    would still come up with an excuse it is
  • 00:23:18
    insane how polarized this country is the
  • 00:23:21
    problem it's not just how far right
  • 00:23:24
    America is because we're not the most
  • 00:23:26
    farri country in the world politically
  • 00:23:27
    speaking not even close it's that the
  • 00:23:30
    American right has been taught to not
  • 00:23:33
    believe in anything no principles
  • 00:23:35
    absolutely none everything is to trigger
  • 00:23:37
    the lips that's the unique American
  • 00:23:39
    phenomenon there are other countries out
  • 00:23:40
    there that are very far right who will
  • 00:23:42
    nonetheless adhere to those far-right
  • 00:23:45
    principles you know there are countries
  • 00:23:48
    out there that think gay people should
  • 00:23:49
    be stoned or whatever but if they found
  • 00:23:51
    out their political leaders were gay
  • 00:23:52
    they would want those political leaders
  • 00:23:54
    stoned but here in America they want
  • 00:23:56
    profile stoned sure fine I prefer for I
  • 00:23:58
    don't know the justice system or
  • 00:23:59
    whatever but go ahead I guess then they
  • 00:24:01
    find out Trump is literally Epstein's
  • 00:24:04
    closest friend no one cares that's the
  • 00:24:07
    difference it's not that America is
  • 00:24:08
    super far right it's that the American
  • 00:24:11
    right does not believe in anything and
  • 00:24:14
    their constituents have been taught to
  • 00:24:16
    not believe in anything so they so
  • 00:24:18
    nothing moves the
  • 00:24:21
    needle you know Trump might uh crash the
  • 00:24:24
    economy Trump might do this Trump might
  • 00:24:25
    do
  • 00:24:26
    that it doesn't matter like it it it
  • 00:24:29
    doesn't matter cuz it's fake or it's not
  • 00:24:31
    fake or it was to trigger the libs or he
  • 00:24:32
    didn't actually mean that or whatever
  • 00:24:34
    that's yeah that's the cancer here I
  • 00:24:36
    would rather argue with a with a
  • 00:24:38
    thousand um uh reactionary islamists who
  • 00:24:42
    come over here from from from Iran or
  • 00:24:44
    something you know I would rather have a
  • 00:24:46
    conversation with all of them in a row
  • 00:24:48
    about the right for women to show their
  • 00:24:50
    hair or whatever the if they actually
  • 00:24:52
    believe it I would rather talk about it
  • 00:24:54
    with them than a single Trump supporter
  • 00:24:56
    who will walk back every single thing
  • 00:24:59
    they pretend they believe in the nanc
  • 00:25:01
    it's politically expedient people with
  • 00:25:03
    no principles jell spines Real Talk
  • 00:25:06
    what's the solution to that I can't I I
  • 00:25:08
    don't want to talk about
  • 00:25:09
    it overwhelming uh media
  • 00:25:13
    capture exercised with a level of
  • 00:25:16
    ferocity that flashing a lot of whatever
  • 00:25:19
    you want you know Trudeau is going to
  • 00:25:21
    Europe
  • 00:25:24
    really oh my
  • 00:25:27
    God damn they are going to join the EU
  • 00:25:30
    holy I I I don't know I think the
  • 00:25:33
    first step is the UK rejoin the EU I
  • 00:25:35
    don't know if they will they have to
  • 00:25:36
    deal with their own the UK isn't
  • 00:25:37
    really like very European culturally
  • 00:25:39
    they need to they need to bring it back
  • 00:25:41
    protests against JD Vance that's good
  • 00:25:43
    that's good that's good they can
  • 00:25:45
    threaten military Invasion again like we
  • 00:25:48
    have to know our place okay America
  • 00:25:50
    could be brought to its knees almost
  • 00:25:52
    instantly with a with an embargo okay if
  • 00:25:54
    America actually threatened to invade
  • 00:25:56
    Canada it would be
  • 00:25:59
    ruinous for the continent it would not
  • 00:26:01
    be good like even a little bit and the
  • 00:26:05
    way things are going having a feeling
  • 00:26:07
    that European countries other NATO
  • 00:26:09
    countries might start to supply Canada
  • 00:26:11
    not
  • 00:26:12
    us I don't think it's actually on the
  • 00:26:14
    table is it possible that the USA helps
  • 00:26:16
    Russia militarily in Ukraine yeah not
  • 00:26:18
    only is it possible I'm I'm very
  • 00:26:20
    confident that it's going to happen yeah
  • 00:26:22
    Japan's pulling away from us as well I
  • 00:26:24
    think the chatter meant in the sense of
  • 00:26:25
    the US bombing Ukraine no the American
  • 00:26:27
    public would not tolerate direct
  • 00:26:29
    interference like
  • 00:26:30
    that uh that would that would be
  • 00:26:32
    shocking to me providing arms to Russia
  • 00:26:34
    it'd be crazy but it could happen at
  • 00:26:35
    this like the way things are going that
  • 00:26:37
    could happen yeah um hello Reuben beep
  • 00:26:41
    no more Japanese denim for you yeah you
  • 00:26:43
    think the public opinion uh still
  • 00:26:45
    matters yes yes it does yes it does
  • 00:26:47
    never forget no matter how bad things
  • 00:26:50
    get every dictatorship in history is
  • 00:26:52
    built upon at the very least the um the
  • 00:26:55
    passive acceptance of the uh majority
  • 00:26:58
    majority always no matter what no one
  • 00:27:00
    has ever built a power structure uh that
  • 00:27:03
    has not been reliant on the majority
  • 00:27:05
    being at least quiet it's a
  • 00:27:08
    necessity public opinion still matters a
  • 00:27:10
    lot but what if half the country is this
  • 00:27:12
    indoctrinated into a cult they they
  • 00:27:14
    don't the Republicans don't want to
  • 00:27:17
    invade Ukraine on Russia's side the
  • 00:27:19
    Republican constituency is not
  • 00:27:20
    interested in that there are limits to
  • 00:27:22
    this
  • 00:27:23
    thing we are we are benefiting to a
  • 00:27:26
    large extent from the fact that
  • 00:27:27
    Americans can not stand
  • 00:27:32
    hardship Canada's on track to hit
  • 00:27:34
    recruiting targets holy
  • 00:27:37
    that's funny
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