Ian Bremmer
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Don't care.
Ukrainians are going to fight.
We've done a lot for the Ukrainians, but the U.S.
might just cut it off.
And the Palestinians, who cares about the Palestinians?
Not even the Gulf states really care about the Palestinians.
Not in a way they're going to really do anything about it or the Egyptians or the Jordanians.
And who cares about Haiti, right?
I mean, how far is Haiti from the United States?
You know, it's right in our backyard.
Who cares about it?
Who cares about South Sudan?
Who cares about the DRC?
And so, you know, when relatively small numbers of people
with access to advanced technology, but not all that much money, can start causing the sorts of damage that we're now seeing the Israelis and the Ukrainians engage in inside Gaza and inside Russia, then suddenly this becomes a national security issue for everyone, including the United States of America.
It's a very, very real issue.
Look, first of all, we haven't talked about Trump's response to this yet.
And that's the other piece of the equation that really matters, which is, does this make Trump more likely to engage because he's worried about World War III, because he sees that the Russians need to be brought to bear?
Ukraine is accepting a ceasefire, but Russia is not.
Does this make Trump feel like he has more cards, that the Russians are weak and he needs to push them?