Bill Kristol

I want to talk about the actual policies. Trump spoke on the tarmac about Putin and how something's really changed with that guy, and then put out this extensive bleat. I guess before I read it, just for context for folks who have been checked out over the weekend, the most...

intense drone and missile strikes of the entire war targeting Ukraine happened over the weekend, targeting civilian targets, obviously, in addition to military targets in cities across Ukraine. So just very, very ugly stuff. And this is the president's reaction to that. Thank you very much. This is a war that would never have started if I were president.

intense drone and missile strikes of the entire war targeting Ukraine happened over the weekend, targeting civilian targets, obviously, in addition to military targets in cities across Ukraine. So just very, very ugly stuff. And this is the president's reaction to that. Thank you very much. This is a war that would never have started if I were president.

intense drone and missile strikes of the entire war targeting Ukraine happened over the weekend, targeting civilian targets, obviously, in addition to military targets in cities across Ukraine. So just very, very ugly stuff. And this is the president's reaction to that. Thank you very much. This is a war that would never have started if I were president.

This is Zelensky's, Putin's, and Biden's war, not Trump's. I'm only helping put out the big and ugly fires that have been started. So I've got a lot of thoughts on that pleat, but why don't you take the lead?

This is Zelensky's, Putin's, and Biden's war, not Trump's. I'm only helping put out the big and ugly fires that have been started. So I've got a lot of thoughts on that pleat, but why don't you take the lead?

This is Zelensky's, Putin's, and Biden's war, not Trump's. I'm only helping put out the big and ugly fires that have been started. So I've got a lot of thoughts on that pleat, but why don't you take the lead?

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.