Blake

I want to play, since we're talking about the press's reaction, let's play another clip of their reaction. We did CNN earlier. Now we have MSNBC. Let's play clip 275.

And then another thing, let's put up 283 quick, just because Ryan found this. This is apparently the Ukrainian ambassador, someone with their delegation, as this is happening, just sticking her face into her hands. Oh, no.

And then another thing, let's put up 283 quick, just because Ryan found this. This is apparently the Ukrainian ambassador, someone with their delegation, as this is happening, just sticking her face into her hands. Oh, no.

what is happening uh man it's it's amazing yeah like they're saying i wonder what words he wanted to use in private like what's worse than horrific like this was a genocide this was the end of humanity this is that meteor out in space hitting earth and exploding there's a lot of hyperbole i think Like I said, Trump can hold a grudge.

what is happening uh man it's it's amazing yeah like they're saying i wonder what words he wanted to use in private like what's worse than horrific like this was a genocide this was the end of humanity this is that meteor out in space hitting earth and exploding there's a lot of hyperbole i think Like I said, Trump can hold a grudge.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ukraine were to come back very aggressively, very quickly and say this was extremely bad and we are genuinely ready for peace. Trump does like to make deals, but it's very remarkable and I think we'll be seeing this shake out over the weekend very, very much so.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ukraine were to come back very aggressively, very quickly and say this was extremely bad and we are genuinely ready for peace. Trump does like to make deals, but it's very remarkable and I think we'll be seeing this shake out over the weekend very, very much so.

Yeah. So I was just thinking as I watched that clip where, you know, what's his name on MSNBC was raving how horrific this is. I think it is worth pausing to reflect on what we've said a lot about the Ukraine war, which is This is a war which 100% did not have to happen.

Yeah. So I was just thinking as I watched that clip where, you know, what's his name on MSNBC was raving how horrific this is. I think it is worth pausing to reflect on what we've said a lot about the Ukraine war, which is This is a war which 100% did not have to happen.

If you followed the lead up to that war in late 2021, early 2022, Russia was very, very, very straightforward about what their grievances were. with the West. They were angry about NATO expansion. They wanted to negotiate.

If you followed the lead up to that war in late 2021, early 2022, Russia was very, very, very straightforward about what their grievances were. with the West. They were angry about NATO expansion. They wanted to negotiate.

They were saying, if we can make a deal on Crimea, if we can make a deal on leaving military assets away from the border, if we can make deals about who gets to join NATO and so on, they were ready to... They wanted some sort of negotiation. And we would just refuse to do it. We would howl about their buildup, but we would not negotiate. And then... They invaded Ukraine.

They were saying, if we can make a deal on Crimea, if we can make a deal on leaving military assets away from the border, if we can make deals about who gets to join NATO and so on, they were ready to... They wanted some sort of negotiation. And we would just refuse to do it. We would howl about their buildup, but we would not negotiate. And then... They invaded Ukraine.

Hundreds of thousands of people from both countries are now dead because of this. We have the evidence that a peace could have been negotiated within the first few days of the conflict, which would have been a much better deal than we are likely to get now.

Hundreds of thousands of people from both countries are now dead because of this. We have the evidence that a peace could have been negotiated within the first few days of the conflict, which would have been a much better deal than we are likely to get now.

It might have literally just been we acknowledge Crimea and we acknowledge Donbass, which were two territories Russia already controlled at the time. That by all measurements appear to want to be a part of Russia anyway. And they threw all of that out and they insisted on plunging a unfortunate country. Ukraine is an unfortunate country. It is probably the most...

It might have literally just been we acknowledge Crimea and we acknowledge Donbass, which were two territories Russia already controlled at the time. That by all measurements appear to want to be a part of Russia anyway. And they threw all of that out and they insisted on plunging a unfortunate country. Ukraine is an unfortunate country. It is probably the most...

conflict wracked of all of the former soviet countries it's one of the poorest it is a tragic country that has had enough bad things happen to it and we had war hawks in washington war hawks in brussels push them into a war that they could not win without foreign support when they could not when like we weren't willing to send our own troops to do it we have people we have people saying this is great because ukraine is doing the dying for us to kill russians

conflict wracked of all of the former soviet countries it's one of the poorest it is a tragic country that has had enough bad things happen to it and we had war hawks in washington war hawks in brussels push them into a war that they could not win without foreign support when they could not when like we weren't willing to send our own troops to do it we have people we have people saying this is great because ukraine is doing the dying for us to kill russians

And now all of these people are going to have this moral outrage because Trump got mad at Zelensky for not being grateful for the billions of dollars we've already sent him. And I just – I'm just in awe of how outrageous their, like, moral posturing can be. I just had to tee off on that. Sorry, Andrew. What do you have to think about it?