Bill Kristol

I mean, Sam Altman is there in Saudi Arabia. and Trump and Witkoff and these Middle Eastern dictatorships and the Chinese. There's no reason to have any trust that any of the decisions being made are based upon the public interest. And to me, this is something else I wanted to get into with you. There's this big hullabaloo.

Last week with Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia about how he was marking the end of this old, you know, whatever you want to call it, bipartisan, neoliberal, neoconservative world global order, and that we are going to stop caring about, you know, making decisions differently.

Last week with Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia about how he was marking the end of this old, you know, whatever you want to call it, bipartisan, neoliberal, neoconservative world global order, and that we are going to stop caring about, you know, making decisions differently.

Last week with Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia about how he was marking the end of this old, you know, whatever you want to call it, bipartisan, neoliberal, neoconservative world global order, and that we are going to stop caring about, you know, making decisions differently.

you know, and having relationships based on shared values and, you know, the combination of the intersection of shared values and shared interests. And instead of that, you know, we're going to stop being so gullible when it comes to all of that. And instead we're going to just be cold hearted, you know, It's just going to be about the bucks.

you know, and having relationships based on shared values and, you know, the combination of the intersection of shared values and shared interests. And instead of that, you know, we're going to stop being so gullible when it comes to all of that. And instead we're going to just be cold hearted, you know, It's just going to be about the bucks.

you know, and having relationships based on shared values and, you know, the combination of the intersection of shared values and shared interests. And instead of that, you know, we're going to stop being so gullible when it comes to all of that. And instead we're going to just be cold hearted, you know, It's just going to be about the bucks.

It's just going to be about money and just going to be about how America can get ours. And Donald Trump's going to do these deals. And it's much savvier. And we won't get into any of these problems that these goody two-shoes who cared about democracy and values and human rights got into. And now we have a much more savvy relationship. And to me, all of that is so naive and so stupid.

It's just going to be about money and just going to be about how America can get ours. And Donald Trump's going to do these deals. And it's much savvier. And we won't get into any of these problems that these goody two-shoes who cared about democracy and values and human rights got into. And now we have a much more savvy relationship. And to me, all of that is so naive and so stupid.

It's just going to be about money and just going to be about how America can get ours. And Donald Trump's going to do these deals. And it's much savvier. And we won't get into any of these problems that these goody two-shoes who cared about democracy and values and human rights got into. And now we have a much more savvy relationship. And to me, all of that is so naive and so stupid.

And the idea that we would trade away these values-based relationships where we care about the rule of law and replace it with Donald Trump and some Islamofascists and the Chinese and a bunch of fucking wannabe trillionaires at a table cutting deals, I think that there's probably a way to frame that in a way that people won't like, right?

And the idea that we would trade away these values-based relationships where we care about the rule of law and replace it with Donald Trump and some Islamofascists and the Chinese and a bunch of fucking wannabe trillionaires at a table cutting deals, I think that there's probably a way to frame that in a way that people won't like, right?

And the idea that we would trade away these values-based relationships where we care about the rule of law and replace it with Donald Trump and some Islamofascists and the Chinese and a bunch of fucking wannabe trillionaires at a table cutting deals, I think that there's probably a way to frame that in a way that people won't like, right?

Like I understand like their frame, I can understand how it's appealing to some people, which is like, we're just going to care about your pocketbook. We're going to stop caring about human rights concerns in Riyadh, right? But like the other side of this coin is that they are making these hugely serious decisions about like our future safety and security, like based on

Like I understand like their frame, I can understand how it's appealing to some people, which is like, we're just going to care about your pocketbook. We're going to stop caring about human rights concerns in Riyadh, right? But like the other side of this coin is that they are making these hugely serious decisions about like our future safety and security, like based on

Like I understand like their frame, I can understand how it's appealing to some people, which is like, we're just going to care about your pocketbook. We're going to stop caring about human rights concerns in Riyadh, right? But like the other side of this coin is that they are making these hugely serious decisions about like our future safety and security, like based on

some fucking real estate developer and a trillionaires desire to get it, you know, to get extra kickbacks. I mean, it is true mad. It's madness.

some fucking real estate developer and a trillionaires desire to get it, you know, to get extra kickbacks. I mean, it is true mad. It's madness.

some fucking real estate developer and a trillionaires desire to get it, you know, to get extra kickbacks. I mean, it is true mad. It's madness.

Yeah, it's madness at its personal grift. I mean, that is to say there is a case sometimes maybe for, let's just call it a realpolitik, you know. Sure. They have a lot of oil. We can't litigate the human rights issues too much with those countries. China is too powerful. We can't stand up as much as we would like to for the Uyghurs. You and I are more on the other side of that.