Congressman Eric Swalwell
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And we were talking about the Zelensky meeting and He took a very Republican approach to it, but he still said to me at the end of our call, he said, I just I don't understand why. Why does Trump like Putin so much like that to like a 78 year old man who has seen a lot of things and has served his community as my dad has a police officer? I think that's what most ordinary people are saying.
It's like, where the fuck does this guy look to Putin before? He looks to us. And I'll just tell you, to me, it's Occam's razor. The easiest answer is the right one. It's because Putin likes Trump. Russia has invested in Trump and the Russians who have invested in his businesses, his properties. Trump has tried to invest in Russia and in the biggest election of his life.
It's like, where the fuck does this guy look to Putin before? He looks to us. And I'll just tell you, to me, it's Occam's razor. The easiest answer is the right one. It's because Putin likes Trump. Russia has invested in Trump and the Russians who have invested in his businesses, his properties. Trump has tried to invest in Russia and in the biggest election of his life.
It's like, where the fuck does this guy look to Putin before? He looks to us. And I'll just tell you, to me, it's Occam's razor. The easiest answer is the right one. It's because Putin likes Trump. Russia has invested in Trump and the Russians who have invested in his businesses, his properties. Trump has tried to invest in Russia and in the biggest election of his life.
No one outside of America did more to help Donald Trump get elected than Russia. And he said, and it was in response to Trump saying, Russia, if you're listening, it would help me if you hacked her emails. And then they went to work to hack her emails. And then he looks at Ukraine and he's like, what can these guys do for me? And so now he's kind of circled and landed on this mineral deal.
No one outside of America did more to help Donald Trump get elected than Russia. And he said, and it was in response to Trump saying, Russia, if you're listening, it would help me if you hacked her emails. And then they went to work to hack her emails. And then he looks at Ukraine and he's like, what can these guys do for me? And so now he's kind of circled and landed on this mineral deal.
No one outside of America did more to help Donald Trump get elected than Russia. And he said, and it was in response to Trump saying, Russia, if you're listening, it would help me if you hacked her emails. And then they went to work to hack her emails. And then he looks at Ukraine and he's like, what can these guys do for me? And so now he's kind of circled and landed on this mineral deal.
Like, again, to him, it's just he has to get something out of this until they're even worth something to him.
Like, again, to him, it's just he has to get something out of this until they're even worth something to him.
Like, again, to him, it's just he has to get something out of this until they're even worth something to him.
He's a ketamine. A ketamine. He's a ketamine.
He's a ketamine. A ketamine. He's a ketamine.
He's a ketamine. A ketamine. He's a ketamine.
fight like America won't be around tomorrow. Because right now, that's the direction we're going in. And someone like Musk, he doesn't want a world order. He doesn't want agreements among nation states that keep us all safe and allow people to work hard, do better, dream bigger. He wants a world that is run and ordered by oligarchs like himself. That's what he wants. So he has no fidelity to
fight like America won't be around tomorrow. Because right now, that's the direction we're going in. And someone like Musk, he doesn't want a world order. He doesn't want agreements among nation states that keep us all safe and allow people to work hard, do better, dream bigger. He wants a world that is run and ordered by oligarchs like himself. That's what he wants. So he has no fidelity to
fight like America won't be around tomorrow. Because right now, that's the direction we're going in. And someone like Musk, he doesn't want a world order. He doesn't want agreements among nation states that keep us all safe and allow people to work hard, do better, dream bigger. He wants a world that is run and ordered by oligarchs like himself. That's what he wants. So he has no fidelity to
america in fact you know bringing this guy in you know for doge his fiduciary duty has always been to shareholders and investors not to people who rely on government services and so that's why oops we broke ebola like sorry guys uh you know as he said in the oval office he doesn't have to think about the services you rely on that you need like health care or retirement security you know he called social security
america in fact you know bringing this guy in you know for doge his fiduciary duty has always been to shareholders and investors not to people who rely on government services and so that's why oops we broke ebola like sorry guys uh you know as he said in the oval office he doesn't have to think about the services you rely on that you need like health care or retirement security you know he called social security
america in fact you know bringing this guy in you know for doge his fiduciary duty has always been to shareholders and investors not to people who rely on government services and so that's why oops we broke ebola like sorry guys uh you know as he said in the oval office he doesn't have to think about the services you rely on that you need like health care or retirement security you know he called social security
Ponzi scheme. He's not going to protect anything you care about because he's not wired that way. He may be one of the most brilliant scientists who has ever walked this earth. I will give him that.