Brandon

You just got to keep piling layers on top of it to see what breaks.

I don't think an organic revolution, leadership change has ever happened without the assistance of an outside powerful force.

I think he's in favor of leadership change.

I think he's trying to do whatever he can without putting boots on the ground to make that happen.

I think it's close to happening, but

Yeah, it's interesting.

We were talking about last week how China's real power, their edge in geopolitics is getting cheap oil from Russia and Iran.

So, you know, we're kind of putting them in a situation, too, where it's more difficult to get that cheap oil from Russia and Iran.

So maybe China could be helpful here.

I don't know.

And do what?

And, you know, go somewhere else for oil in the meantime instead of Iran.

Yeah, well, that's where negotiation comes in.

It's like, what do we care about more?

No, I think it's a good threat, but now we have Venezuelan oil that we could put on the table.

or a state?

Began December 2025.

Yeah, no, I do agree with what you're saying with the demise of the dollar, but the renminbi, I've never thought of that as something the rest of the world would rely on.

They're not relying on it.

Yeah.