Ben Rhodes

I mean, your point about Pennsylvania, it's not just that you gave up the game on that, but they also equate like Ukraine with kind of libs or something, which is super weird, by the way, because it used to be the opposite.

I mean, your point about Pennsylvania, it's not just that you gave up the game on that, but they also equate like Ukraine with kind of libs or something, which is super weird, by the way, because it used to be the opposite.

That was the talking point forever. Now Obama looks like a much different light compared to Trump. But I mean – The rest of the world doesn't live in the megaverse. The rest of the world lives in reality, and they're just seeing a bully picking on someone smaller to make himself look tough.

That was the talking point forever. Now Obama looks like a much different light compared to Trump. But I mean – The rest of the world doesn't live in the megaverse. The rest of the world lives in reality, and they're just seeing a bully picking on someone smaller to make himself look tough.

That was the talking point forever. Now Obama looks like a much different light compared to Trump. But I mean – The rest of the world doesn't live in the megaverse. The rest of the world lives in reality, and they're just seeing a bully picking on someone smaller to make himself look tough.

Yeah. The whole purpose of this was to, again, further make Trump look tough. He got Ukraine to bend to his will and give us access to these rare earth materials that, as you said, these would not be mined in Trump's presidency. If and when they are, so what? What on earth does this have to do with ending the war? It has nothing to do with ending the war.

Yeah. The whole purpose of this was to, again, further make Trump look tough. He got Ukraine to bend to his will and give us access to these rare earth materials that, as you said, these would not be mined in Trump's presidency. If and when they are, so what? What on earth does this have to do with ending the war? It has nothing to do with ending the war.

Yeah. The whole purpose of this was to, again, further make Trump look tough. He got Ukraine to bend to his will and give us access to these rare earth materials that, as you said, these would not be mined in Trump's presidency. If and when they are, so what? What on earth does this have to do with ending the war? It has nothing to do with ending the war.

It's not a security guarantee to Ukraine to say that like there might be some joint ventures down the line to get some rare earth materials that Trump probably doesn't even know what they do. You know, I mean, so this always felt like this kind of weird facade. And I do just, you know, to put a point on it, like Waltz and Rubio.

It's not a security guarantee to Ukraine to say that like there might be some joint ventures down the line to get some rare earth materials that Trump probably doesn't even know what they do. You know, I mean, so this always felt like this kind of weird facade. And I do just, you know, to put a point on it, like Waltz and Rubio.

It's not a security guarantee to Ukraine to say that like there might be some joint ventures down the line to get some rare earth materials that Trump probably doesn't even know what they do. You know, I mean, so this always felt like this kind of weird facade. And I do just, you know, to put a point on it, like Waltz and Rubio.

For them to be going along with this charade like fucking Ribbentrop, the Nazi foreign minister. These guys were talking tough about Ukraine like a year ago. This is what happens when you sell your soul to Donald Trump. And if there's one thing that Zelensky's visit achieved is it exposed the full truth of what he's dealing with.

For them to be going along with this charade like fucking Ribbentrop, the Nazi foreign minister. These guys were talking tough about Ukraine like a year ago. This is what happens when you sell your soul to Donald Trump. And if there's one thing that Zelensky's visit achieved is it exposed the full truth of what he's dealing with.

For them to be going along with this charade like fucking Ribbentrop, the Nazi foreign minister. These guys were talking tough about Ukraine like a year ago. This is what happens when you sell your soul to Donald Trump. And if there's one thing that Zelensky's visit achieved is it exposed the full truth of what he's dealing with.

No, it's a huge issue. But ironically, Tommy, I know a lot about this issue from the prism of climate change, because these are critical to battery technologies, to solar panels and the Chinese wind turbines. And the reality is, if you really cared about it, you wouldn't dismantle USAID because you'd be trying to be in Africa. where there's a ton of these critical minerals.

No, it's a huge issue. But ironically, Tommy, I know a lot about this issue from the prism of climate change, because these are critical to battery technologies, to solar panels and the Chinese wind turbines. And the reality is, if you really cared about it, you wouldn't dismantle USAID because you'd be trying to be in Africa. where there's a ton of these critical minerals.

No, it's a huge issue. But ironically, Tommy, I know a lot about this issue from the prism of climate change, because these are critical to battery technologies, to solar panels and the Chinese wind turbines. And the reality is, if you really cared about it, you wouldn't dismantle USAID because you'd be trying to be in Africa. where there's a ton of these critical minerals.

In South America, there are a ton of critical minerals in places that are not currently invaded by Russia. Like, you know, making agreements with Chile, which has a lot of these deposits, would be a lot more rational than saying we're going to solve our rare earth materials by getting mining rights in Ukraine, you know, that has currently been attacked. It's purely for show for Trump.

In South America, there are a ton of critical minerals in places that are not currently invaded by Russia. Like, you know, making agreements with Chile, which has a lot of these deposits, would be a lot more rational than saying we're going to solve our rare earth materials by getting mining rights in Ukraine, you know, that has currently been attacked. It's purely for show for Trump.

In South America, there are a ton of critical minerals in places that are not currently invaded by Russia. Like, you know, making agreements with Chile, which has a lot of these deposits, would be a lot more rational than saying we're going to solve our rare earth materials by getting mining rights in Ukraine, you know, that has currently been attacked. It's purely for show for Trump.