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Eric Levitz

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
392 total appearances

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Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

trying to orchestrate World War III.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

trying to orchestrate World War III.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

I think that there's a broader... group of conservatives who don't have any particular ill will to Zelensky, but just fundamentally oppose the goal of fighting for Ukrainian democracy. And then there are others who actually specifically have animus towards him. Notably, the Russian government has also at times implied that Zelensky is addicted to cocaine.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

I think that there's a broader... group of conservatives who don't have any particular ill will to Zelensky, but just fundamentally oppose the goal of fighting for Ukrainian democracy. And then there are others who actually specifically have animus towards him. Notably, the Russian government has also at times implied that Zelensky is addicted to cocaine.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

I think that there's a broader... group of conservatives who don't have any particular ill will to Zelensky, but just fundamentally oppose the goal of fighting for Ukrainian democracy. And then there are others who actually specifically have animus towards him. Notably, the Russian government has also at times implied that Zelensky is addicted to cocaine.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

So I think that there's some specific narrative here that I'm not fully versed in. But yeah, this seems to be a meme.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

So I think that there's some specific narrative here that I'm not fully versed in. But yeah, this seems to be a meme.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

So I think that there's some specific narrative here that I'm not fully versed in. But yeah, this seems to be a meme.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

Yeah, I think that there is definitely mixed feelings and there is declining American support for involvement in the Ukraine war, particularly as Republicans move more against it.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

Yeah, I think that there is definitely mixed feelings and there is declining American support for involvement in the Ukraine war, particularly as Republicans move more against it.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

Yeah, I think that there is definitely mixed feelings and there is declining American support for involvement in the Ukraine war, particularly as Republicans move more against it.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

I don't think it does. I think that there is a reasonable argument that as part of a comprehensive strategy for forcing an end to the conflict, the United States should encourage Ukraine to prepare itself for making some territorial concessions in the interests of peace. Because Russia has some advantages in a long-term war of attrition, it has a lot more people. It has a lot more resources.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

I don't think it does. I think that there is a reasonable argument that as part of a comprehensive strategy for forcing an end to the conflict, the United States should encourage Ukraine to prepare itself for making some territorial concessions in the interests of peace. Because Russia has some advantages in a long-term war of attrition, it has a lot more people. It has a lot more resources.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

I don't think it does. I think that there is a reasonable argument that as part of a comprehensive strategy for forcing an end to the conflict, the United States should encourage Ukraine to prepare itself for making some territorial concessions in the interests of peace. Because Russia has some advantages in a long-term war of attrition, it has a lot more people. It has a lot more resources.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

And so there's an argument that Ukraine should be interested in the kind of deal that Trump sometimes expresses fondness for.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

And so there's an argument that Ukraine should be interested in the kind of deal that Trump sometimes expresses fondness for.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

And so there's an argument that Ukraine should be interested in the kind of deal that Trump sometimes expresses fondness for.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

But an effective version of that strategy, in my view, would require the United States to credibly threaten to fund Ukraine's war effort indefinitely. So that Russia actually has an incentive to come to the table.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

But an effective version of that strategy, in my view, would require the United States to credibly threaten to fund Ukraine's war effort indefinitely. So that Russia actually has an incentive to come to the table.

Today, Explained
Breaking up with Ukraine

But an effective version of that strategy, in my view, would require the United States to credibly threaten to fund Ukraine's war effort indefinitely. So that Russia actually has an incentive to come to the table.