Ben Rhodes

Latin America could become this kind of roaming war zone for the United States.

Yeah.

Well, that's a, you know, a scary, but important note to end on because we, we feels like we're kind of in the early stages of something, unfortunately.

Um, well, uh, Joaquin Castro, we wish you the best with your, uh, work, particularly on this war powers resolution.

People should, uh,

People want to get involved and do something, call your member of Congress, encourage them to support the War Powers Resolution, to support the return of constitutional powers to Congress.

We'll be watching your work and hoping that the Spurs get back to the finals where they can lose to the Knicks.

Spurs-Knicks.

We'll hope for a replay of the NBA Cup.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Not even close, yeah. This is unlike anything that has taken place in my entire lifetime. And, you know, I have to mind my brain. I mean, I assume there were some tough meetings, you know, in the Civil War. But, yeah, I never never we've never seen anything like it. Yeah.

Not even close, yeah. This is unlike anything that has taken place in my entire lifetime. And, you know, I have to mind my brain. I mean, I assume there were some tough meetings, you know, in the Civil War. But, yeah, I never never we've never seen anything like it. Yeah.

Okay, stop.

Okay, stop.

Yeah, two things stand out to me about this. First, just so people know what Zelensky is talking about, he's talking about the Minsk agreement that was reached in the late Obama administration to essentially freeze the conflict and have some kind of process whereby the Ukrainians had autonomous regions in these places where the Russians had invaded in eastern Ukraine. And what he's saying is,

Yeah, two things stand out to me about this. First, just so people know what Zelensky is talking about, he's talking about the Minsk agreement that was reached in the late Obama administration to essentially freeze the conflict and have some kind of process whereby the Ukrainians had autonomous regions in these places where the Russians had invaded in eastern Ukraine. And what he's saying is,

Putin broke the ceasefire. The last time someone tried to do what Trump's doing, you know, Putin is the one that violated the agreement and reinvaded the country and dramatically escalated. And that's just a fact. It's not an opinion. You know, so this is going to be a reoccurring theme here that Zelensky's saying facts and J.D. Vance and Trump are just basically offering excuses.

Putin broke the ceasefire. The last time someone tried to do what Trump's doing, you know, Putin is the one that violated the agreement and reinvaded the country and dramatically escalated. And that's just a fact. It's not an opinion. You know, so this is going to be a reoccurring theme here that Zelensky's saying facts and J.D. Vance and Trump are just basically offering excuses.

Kremlin talking points in response.

Kremlin talking points in response.