Bill Kristol

Well, there's several thoughts. So point one is that he can't help but attack Zelensky and Biden. He can't just simply say what Vladimir Putin is doing is wrong. And you notice when he says to Zelensky, there's just one time in here where it says, and it better stop. He's not saying to Putin, And the bombing of people better stop. He never says that.

Well, there's several thoughts. So point one is that he can't help but attack Zelensky and Biden. He can't just simply say what Vladimir Putin is doing is wrong. And you notice when he says to Zelensky, there's just one time in here where it says, and it better stop. He's not saying to Putin, And the bombing of people better stop. He never says that.

Well, there's several thoughts. So point one is that he can't help but attack Zelensky and Biden. He can't just simply say what Vladimir Putin is doing is wrong. And you notice when he says to Zelensky, there's just one time in here where it says, and it better stop. He's not saying to Putin, And the bombing of people better stop. He never says that.

He says the stuff coming out of Zelensky's mouth better stop. So the one time where he kind of butches himself up to feel tough enough to tell somebody to actually change their behavior, he's talking to Zelensky, not Putin. I think that's important to note.

He says the stuff coming out of Zelensky's mouth better stop. So the one time where he kind of butches himself up to feel tough enough to tell somebody to actually change their behavior, he's talking to Zelensky, not Putin. I think that's important to note.

He says the stuff coming out of Zelensky's mouth better stop. So the one time where he kind of butches himself up to feel tough enough to tell somebody to actually change their behavior, he's talking to Zelensky, not Putin. I think that's important to note.

It's also important, I think, to note the contrast between, again, as I mentioned, kind of this West Point speech in the video and Hegseth where they're talking about how our warfighters are tough and we're not doing drag shows anymore and our military is just going to be strong again versus, again, this statement which –

It's also important, I think, to note the contrast between, again, as I mentioned, kind of this West Point speech in the video and Hegseth where they're talking about how our warfighters are tough and we're not doing drag shows anymore and our military is just going to be strong again versus, again, this statement which –

It's also important, I think, to note the contrast between, again, as I mentioned, kind of this West Point speech in the video and Hegseth where they're talking about how our warfighters are tough and we're not doing drag shows anymore and our military is just going to be strong again versus, again, this statement which –

is pretty weak, frankly, which is essentially not threatening Vladimir Putin with any military response at all, just kind of doing a psychoanalysis of him. But to me, the most interesting thing about it, and I think that this is genuine, he starts it by saying, I always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin. And I think there is a psychoanalysis element of this, where

is pretty weak, frankly, which is essentially not threatening Vladimir Putin with any military response at all, just kind of doing a psychoanalysis of him. But to me, the most interesting thing about it, and I think that this is genuine, he starts it by saying, I always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin. And I think there is a psychoanalysis element of this, where

is pretty weak, frankly, which is essentially not threatening Vladimir Putin with any military response at all, just kind of doing a psychoanalysis of him. But to me, the most interesting thing about it, and I think that this is genuine, he starts it by saying, I always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin. And I think there is a psychoanalysis element of this, where

I don't think that's a put-on. I think Trump thinks he and Putin had a very good relationship because I don't think Trump has any real friends. I don't think Trump has any complex relationships with people that have good and bad inside them and where they've gone through struggles together and come out the other side. I don't think he has any real friendships.

I don't think that's a put-on. I think Trump thinks he and Putin had a very good relationship because I don't think Trump has any real friends. I don't think Trump has any complex relationships with people that have good and bad inside them and where they've gone through struggles together and come out the other side. I don't think he has any real friendships.

I don't think that's a put-on. I think Trump thinks he and Putin had a very good relationship because I don't think Trump has any real friends. I don't think Trump has any complex relationships with people that have good and bad inside them and where they've gone through struggles together and come out the other side. I don't think he has any real friendships.

I think his judgment of a good relationship is if somebody's nice to me, we have a good relationship. If somebody's mean to me, we have a bad relationship. It's like a very childlike assessment of human nature. And so as insane as this seems, I think it's possible that Trump really has been surprised by this.

I think his judgment of a good relationship is if somebody's nice to me, we have a good relationship. If somebody's mean to me, we have a bad relationship. It's like a very childlike assessment of human nature. And so as insane as this seems, I think it's possible that Trump really has been surprised by this.

I think his judgment of a good relationship is if somebody's nice to me, we have a good relationship. If somebody's mean to me, we have a bad relationship. It's like a very childlike assessment of human nature. And so as insane as this seems, I think it's possible that Trump really has been surprised by this.

He thinks he and Putin were friends and thinks that something has changed in Putin and does not recognize that they never really had a relationship at all and that Putin's been using him the whole time. So that's my annotated reaction to his bleat. I don't know what you think.

He thinks he and Putin were friends and thinks that something has changed in Putin and does not recognize that they never really had a relationship at all and that Putin's been using him the whole time. So that's my annotated reaction to his bleat. I don't know what you think.