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it not only end his career, but if you look at some of these charges, you know, there's the possibility of jail time out here. So, um, I have never seen a roarer exercise of presidential power. He could have just given him a pardon, in which case Adams would be free to go do whatever he wants to go do.
it not only end his career, but if you look at some of these charges, you know, there's the possibility of jail time out here. So, um, I have never seen a roarer exercise of presidential power. He could have just given him a pardon, in which case Adams would be free to go do whatever he wants to go do.
Now, instead, he has simply, or the Justice Department, we don't know if the president was directly involved, has simply suspended the case.
Now, instead, he has simply, or the Justice Department, we don't know if the president was directly involved, has simply suspended the case.
It certainly looks that way. In fact, that sort of underrates Machiavelli, I think, in some degree.
It certainly looks that way. In fact, that sort of underrates Machiavelli, I think, in some degree.
Well, let's start with what the old policy was. The old policy was the United States will do everything it can, short of sending troops, to help support the Ukrainians against an invasion that they neither prompted nor saw. That was the Biden position.
Well, let's start with what the old policy was. The old policy was the United States will do everything it can, short of sending troops, to help support the Ukrainians against an invasion that they neither prompted nor saw. That was the Biden position.
I was going to ask you if you really wanted to hear these, but now you know I'm really immune. No, you're not faking it.
I was going to ask you if you really wanted to hear these, but now you know I'm really immune. No, you're not faking it.
You were saying? So the old strategy also was whenever we are ready to go into a negotiation to end the war, It will be nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. And that means that the Ukrainians will be at the center of the negotiation. And no one's going to give away their country the way one did in colonial times. This is going to be the Ukrainians working it out with the Russians.
You were saying? So the old strategy also was whenever we are ready to go into a negotiation to end the war, It will be nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. And that means that the Ukrainians will be at the center of the negotiation. And no one's going to give away their country the way one did in colonial times. This is going to be the Ukrainians working it out with the Russians.
That's right. And imperialism will not be rewarded meant that Vladimir Putin couldn't come away from this with more land or a better situation than he had before. Vladimir Putin couldn't come away from this in a situation where he would be ready a few years from now to finish the job and take the rest of Ukraine. So fast forward to what happened. After dancing around each other for weeks,
That's right. And imperialism will not be rewarded meant that Vladimir Putin couldn't come away from this with more land or a better situation than he had before. Vladimir Putin couldn't come away from this in a situation where he would be ready a few years from now to finish the job and take the rest of Ukraine. So fast forward to what happened. After dancing around each other for weeks,
Putin and President Trump finally get on the phone for 90 minutes. When it's all done, Trump comes out and says, we're on the way to a peace deal. There's going to be a negotiation. Missing from all of this, the Europeans and the Ukrainians. Right. And we're talking to you on Thursday midday.
Putin and President Trump finally get on the phone for 90 minutes. When it's all done, Trump comes out and says, we're on the way to a peace deal. There's going to be a negotiation. Missing from all of this, the Europeans and the Ukrainians. Right. And we're talking to you on Thursday midday.
But earlier in the day here in Europe, Zelensky came out and said, I'm not going along with any agreement about my country that I'm not involved in negotiating.
But earlier in the day here in Europe, Zelensky came out and said, I'm not going along with any agreement about my country that I'm not involved in negotiating.
And, you know, what else it does is it takes you back to what Donald Trump has been saying was his favorite era, right? The McKinley era, the 1890s, where we're taking lands, in that case, the Philippines, Guam, and so forth. Now what he wants is Greenland, the Panama Canal, and to own Gaza. But what that really tells you is that everything that we have done since World War II
And, you know, what else it does is it takes you back to what Donald Trump has been saying was his favorite era, right? The McKinley era, the 1890s, where we're taking lands, in that case, the Philippines, Guam, and so forth. Now what he wants is Greenland, the Panama Canal, and to own Gaza. But what that really tells you is that everything that we have done since World War II