Ben Rhodes
speaker
12,021 appearances
36 recordings
12 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 4d ago
Ben Rhodes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Like we spy on the Chinese.
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yes.
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Like giving the coordinates to kill U.S.
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service members is like materially different than like spying on people.
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And at a minimum, you would want your president to say,
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you know what, I can't comment on intelligence reports, but I'm certainly going to be having a really tough conversation with Xi Jinping when I see him next because the number one priority as commander-in-chief is the safety and security of our troops, although he doesn't seem to give a shit about that.
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Yeah, none of the original rationales for the war even get cited.
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Even Epic Fury, remember how much Trump loved that?
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You know, Epic Fury, I love the name.
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But the only thing I'd say is that this is real money.
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You know, sometimes, like, I've noticed when Abdul El-Sayed and others are, like, talking about, I don't want to spend money overseas.
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People are like, oh, but that's not that much money.
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we've given Israel over $20 billion since October 7th.
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The price tag of this war has got to be north of $100 billion when you account what has been spent, what is going to be used to replenish what's been spent, rebuilding whatever facilities we choose to rebuild.
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So think of what you could do with that money.
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Think of the opportunity cost of Donald Trump choosing to spend your money if you're an American taxpayer that way.
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Yeah, these numbers are even worse than they sound, like for this reason.
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First of all, I cannot remember a war ever in my life that pulled at 36%.
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Especially
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