Ben Myselish

Everything he is doing and trying to end this awful.

I just find it very interesting, Mr. Ambassador, that you called upon the former President Biden in no uncertain terms to condemn Putin as a war criminal.

And you won't call upon President Trump to do the same thing.

As you know, he has refused to do what you called upon President Biden to do.

And now being a diplomat and a mediator and fulfilling his goals, working for him and his agenda is very different than when you're elected a senator or a congressman.

It's interesting, though, I have to say, Mr. Ambassador, it was a simple question.

I guess you are correct.

You're not asking this president to do what you asked the last president to do.

Precisely.

And you hear this term a lot, maximalist, right?

That's like a term that they keep on using, maximalist frameworks.

And these are just people who are BSing their way through this and are just trying to use big words and dazzle you with the BS as the expression goes.

That's a maximalist approach?

That was your approach.

Last year, before you got the job, that's what you were saying and applying a different standard, maybe 18 months ago or so.

That's a standard that you were applying.

And by the way, that Biden was agreeing with that Putin was a war criminal.

And now you have arguably more power than you...

almost anybody right now.

And you're out there saying that it is a maximalist approach to hold Putin accountable and that you need to be neutral and mediate when Russia's position and Putin's position is basically to destroy the United States of America and destroy NATO.