Blake

It really is incredible. Charlie tweeted just a few minutes ago that this is the most transparent display of diplomacy in in history. I literally cannot think of another example like it going all the way back. You'll hear about arguments between world leaders that happen at summits that happen in private, but nothing where, you know, a super like a.

An engagement that appeared to be polite, appeared to be kind of a formality, explodes like that, goes on for several minutes. And it looks like a lot of people are reacting. They're saying Zelensky screwed it up. We have Mark Thiessen. He was a former speechwriter for Bush. He's kind of a more hawkish Republican. He literally has Ukraine's flag in his profile name on X.

An engagement that appeared to be polite, appeared to be kind of a formality, explodes like that, goes on for several minutes. And it looks like a lot of people are reacting. They're saying Zelensky screwed it up. We have Mark Thiessen. He was a former speechwriter for Bush. He's kind of a more hawkish Republican. He literally has Ukraine's flag in his profile name on X.

And he says this is entirely Zelensky's fault. Trump greeted him graciously, was ready to turn the page, just said he wanted to get help, help Ukraine get its territory back. And Zelensky comes in, gets into a fight in public. I've never seen anything like it in my life.

And he says this is entirely Zelensky's fault. Trump greeted him graciously, was ready to turn the page, just said he wanted to get help, help Ukraine get its territory back. And Zelensky comes in, gets into a fight in public. I've never seen anything like it in my life.

And it's such a bafflingly bad play to me because Trump has been the biggest guy in American politics for a decade. And I think anyone who honestly looks at the way he is, you can kind of understand how you would appeal to Trump. And if Zelensky came in and was just over the top. We're so grateful for the aid you've given. We're so grateful for the aid.

And it's such a bafflingly bad play to me because Trump has been the biggest guy in American politics for a decade. And I think anyone who honestly looks at the way he is, you can kind of understand how you would appeal to Trump. And if Zelensky came in and was just over the top. We're so grateful for the aid you've given. We're so grateful for the aid.

You would have never let this war start, Mr. President. The invasion didn't happen while you were president. If he had that approach, I bet it would really win Trump over. Trump would think, ah, I can work with this Zelensky guy. We can get something going here. Instead...

You would have never let this war start, Mr. President. The invasion didn't happen while you were president. If he had that approach, I bet it would really win Trump over. Trump would think, ah, I can work with this Zelensky guy. We can get something going here. Instead...

throw in your lot to just assume oh well the media the same people who very badly failed at stopping trump in 2024 they'll tear him down they'll wreck his administration and that will force him to give me more money to keep the war going i just i really cannot figure out what was driving this to happen unless maybe he just didn't expect it to blow up that way but he should have

throw in your lot to just assume oh well the media the same people who very badly failed at stopping trump in 2024 they'll tear him down they'll wreck his administration and that will force him to give me more money to keep the war going i just i really cannot figure out what was driving this to happen unless maybe he just didn't expect it to blow up that way but he should have

He should have backpedaled once he saw what was going on. And instead, they just escalated it. And they gave us I would say this is certainly the single most memorable moment of of the new Trump administration so far.

He should have backpedaled once he saw what was going on. And instead, they just escalated it. And they gave us I would say this is certainly the single most memorable moment of of the new Trump administration so far.

Let's play another one of the clips here. I think we can fit this one in just to show what the vibe is. Let's do a clip 268. This is another funny exchange. Let's show it.

Let's play another one of the clips here. I think we can fit this one in just to show what the vibe is. Let's do a clip 268. This is another funny exchange. Let's show it.

We've been on this story so long, it's easy to forget sometimes. This all kind of started with... You remember he gave Zelensky the call in 2018 or 2019, and then they said, we have to impeach him over that. Hunter Biden. We've come a long way since then. But... Yeah, Alex. So how do we see this playing out?

We've been on this story so long, it's easy to forget sometimes. This all kind of started with... You remember he gave Zelensky the call in 2018 or 2019, and then they said, we have to impeach him over that. Hunter Biden. We've come a long way since then. But... Yeah, Alex. So how do we see this playing out?

Let's assume Zelensky is correct, that the media do take his side and they talk, you know, they'll say Trump disgraced America with his bad diplomatic protocol or whatever. How do you see that shaping out with the American public?

Let's assume Zelensky is correct, that the media do take his side and they talk, you know, they'll say Trump disgraced America with his bad diplomatic protocol or whatever. How do you see that shaping out with the American public?

And I suppose the million, the hundred billion dollar question is, what is the impact of this on the actual war? Does this somehow bring us closer to peace? And I think the answer is we don't know. It would I think I would consider it a tragedy. Charlie would consider it a tragedy if that were to result in, you know, if this means there is no peace. Russia crushes Ukraine forever.