Don Bacon

Ukraine's the defender. And I just want to have that moral clarity. And I want us to provide the weapons and economic support to Ukraine and also the economic punishment to Russia. We should try to choke them of every penny. Well, they were spared tariffs. How do you feel about that? That's a little ridiculous. I don't understand it. And it's indefensible.

Ukraine's the defender. And I just want to have that moral clarity. And I want us to provide the weapons and economic support to Ukraine and also the economic punishment to Russia. We should try to choke them of every penny. Well, they were spared tariffs. How do you feel about that? That's a little ridiculous. I don't understand it. And it's indefensible.

Ukraine's the defender. And I just want to have that moral clarity. And I want us to provide the weapons and economic support to Ukraine and also the economic punishment to Russia. We should try to choke them of every penny. Well, they were spared tariffs. How do you feel about that? That's a little ridiculous. I don't understand it. And it's indefensible.

It's hard to judge motives. I've been careful in my life to be... Very fair. It's very fair.

It's hard to judge motives. I've been careful in my life to be... Very fair. It's very fair.

It's hard to judge motives. I've been careful in my life to be... Very fair. It's very fair.

There's two or three possibilities. I think one I've read too, like you say, they see Xi, Putin, and him as the three big spheres of influence. Mm-hmm. People will fall within one or the other. I think he sees us as North America, which is a shame if you're a European and you want to be under the sphere of Putin. But I don't know that that's really true.

There's two or three possibilities. I think one I've read too, like you say, they see Xi, Putin, and him as the three big spheres of influence. Mm-hmm. People will fall within one or the other. I think he sees us as North America, which is a shame if you're a European and you want to be under the sphere of Putin. But I don't know that that's really true.

There's two or three possibilities. I think one I've read too, like you say, they see Xi, Putin, and him as the three big spheres of influence. Mm-hmm. People will fall within one or the other. I think he sees us as North America, which is a shame if you're a European and you want to be under the sphere of Putin. But I don't know that that's really true.

That's what some people think that other people see strictly as transactionalist, like you already mentioned. It's clearly a total realist. and that he doesn't have an idealism DNA in there.

That's what some people think that other people see strictly as transactionalist, like you already mentioned. It's clearly a total realist. and that he doesn't have an idealism DNA in there.

That's what some people think that other people see strictly as transactionalist, like you already mentioned. It's clearly a total realist. and that he doesn't have an idealism DNA in there.

I think 100% realism is not good, though, I don't think. I'm the guy that you have to have realism because you've got to defend your country, know your interests. But I also want to make country. stands for good. You know, the free markets, democracy, freedom, rule of law, those are things that we believe in, and we have been the largest proponents of in the world after World War II.

I think 100% realism is not good, though, I don't think. I'm the guy that you have to have realism because you've got to defend your country, know your interests. But I also want to make country. stands for good. You know, the free markets, democracy, freedom, rule of law, those are things that we believe in, and we have been the largest proponents of in the world after World War II.

I think 100% realism is not good, though, I don't think. I'm the guy that you have to have realism because you've got to defend your country, know your interests. But I also want to make country. stands for good. You know, the free markets, democracy, freedom, rule of law, those are things that we believe in, and we have been the largest proponents of in the world after World War II.

We've built, you know, roughly 80 years of this international rules, and they've worked. And it's what we like.

We've built, you know, roughly 80 years of this international rules, and they've worked. And it's what we like.

We've built, you know, roughly 80 years of this international rules, and they've worked. And it's what we like.

This is Chuck. It's been America's century. It's been our century. And we should not feel ashamed at all about it. God's been good to us. And so I totally agree with what you're saying. Even this balance of trade, I mean, you could dig into that, that The fact is, we're the wealthiest nation in the world. We have the ability to buy things we want. We like scotch. We like Bordeaux wine.

This is Chuck. It's been America's century. It's been our century. And we should not feel ashamed at all about it. God's been good to us. And so I totally agree with what you're saying. Even this balance of trade, I mean, you could dig into that, that The fact is, we're the wealthiest nation in the world. We have the ability to buy things we want. We like scotch. We like Bordeaux wine.