Ben Rhodes

So... I think Macron was trying his best and was worth the effort to just try to like moderate the U.S.

Yeah, he loves a diplomatic Hail Mary. He's trying to moderate like Trump's anti-Ukraine position, try to make a better deal on this minerals thing, try to probably just get past this hang up on minerals and return the conversation to security guarantees.

Yeah, he loves a diplomatic Hail Mary. He's trying to moderate like Trump's anti-Ukraine position, try to make a better deal on this minerals thing, try to probably just get past this hang up on minerals and return the conversation to security guarantees.

Yeah, he loves a diplomatic Hail Mary. He's trying to moderate like Trump's anti-Ukraine position, try to make a better deal on this minerals thing, try to probably just get past this hang up on minerals and return the conversation to security guarantees.

I'm sure he was there to talk about the potential European force, the French and British and potentially other nations force that would be in Ukraine on the back end and just try to you know, dampen his enthusiasm for butting up to Putin.

I'm sure he was there to talk about the potential European force, the French and British and potentially other nations force that would be in Ukraine on the back end and just try to you know, dampen his enthusiasm for butting up to Putin.

I'm sure he was there to talk about the potential European force, the French and British and potentially other nations force that would be in Ukraine on the back end and just try to you know, dampen his enthusiasm for butting up to Putin.

And we don't really know how that went because Macron can't come out and say if he achieved something because he doesn't want to antagonize Trump and, you know, wake up to a truth social tirade. But it seemed like it helped a little bit.

And we don't really know how that went because Macron can't come out and say if he achieved something because he doesn't want to antagonize Trump and, you know, wake up to a truth social tirade. But it seemed like it helped a little bit.

And we don't really know how that went because Macron can't come out and say if he achieved something because he doesn't want to antagonize Trump and, you know, wake up to a truth social tirade. But it seemed like it helped a little bit.

I don't know that the terms of this mineral deal are better than the ones that were offered that Zelensky rejected a couple weeks ago that were essentially just give us all these rights. Now it's at least a joint venture. So Macron does seem to move the goalpost a little bit on this.

I don't know that the terms of this mineral deal are better than the ones that were offered that Zelensky rejected a couple weeks ago that were essentially just give us all these rights. Now it's at least a joint venture. So Macron does seem to move the goalpost a little bit on this.

I don't know that the terms of this mineral deal are better than the ones that were offered that Zelensky rejected a couple weeks ago that were essentially just give us all these rights. Now it's at least a joint venture. So Macron does seem to move the goalpost a little bit on this.

Yeah, it's already been paralyzed at the Security Council level for a while now.

Yeah, it's already been paralyzed at the Security Council level for a while now.

Yeah, it's already been paralyzed at the Security Council level for a while now.

But the General Assembly, you know, I saw some people kind of laughing, rolling eyes about the General Assembly matters because it is like a barometer of how you're showing up in the world. It's a global roll call. Yeah, it's a global roll call. Where do you stand on these things? And it matters. It's one of these things where if it didn't matter, then people wouldn't care so much.

But the General Assembly, you know, I saw some people kind of laughing, rolling eyes about the General Assembly matters because it is like a barometer of how you're showing up in the world. It's a global roll call. Yeah, it's a global roll call. Where do you stand on these things? And it matters. It's one of these things where if it didn't matter, then people wouldn't care so much.

But the General Assembly, you know, I saw some people kind of laughing, rolling eyes about the General Assembly matters because it is like a barometer of how you're showing up in the world. It's a global roll call. Yeah, it's a global roll call. Where do you stand on these things? And it matters. It's one of these things where if it didn't matter, then people wouldn't care so much.

Us kind of showing up in the world by saying we're on the Russian side. Russia wasn't the aggressor. I mean, that's essential. We voted against the resolution that specified Russia as the aggressor. That matters because that tells the rest of the world you better adjust to that reality. And I think what people need to realize is