Ben Rhodes

Yes.

They're not even saying release a few symbolic ones, a few prominent journalists.

And so it's that kind of just total lack of regard

for this country that they just removed the leader from that is so striking to me.

All they care about is getting oil contracts and doing victory laps on a special forces operation.

Yeah, I mean, there's a comedy and a tragedy to this, right?

The comedy is that this is what we're talking about, like that Sean Handy is talking about the Nobel Peace Prize.

And look, Maria Machado is a right-wing person, right?

I mean, I admire her courage, but deep ties to the Republican Party.

The lesson is just because you suck up to Trump and dedicate your reward to Trump, it's never enough, right?

Like, kissing his ass is never enough.

It's not enough that you dedicate it to him.

She has to give it to him physically.

He needs the medal, you know?

Like, that's absurd.

I think the darker piece of this is the reaction, Tommy, and I'm curious your thoughts on this.

I felt very, not just because I was sick, I felt very weird the last couple of days because...

My brain is telling me we have a dictatorial leader who has now begun to invade countries and remove their leaders, and he threatened to invade several other countries since this went down.

Okay.

We've seen that movie in history.