Jeffrey Sachs

And Witkoff said, I'll be in your office tomorrow at one. And told him, I don't care anything. I'm there. We're going to have a discussion. And out of that meeting came the ceasefire. Now, The ceasefire looks maybe like it will hold this weekend. Believe me, in Israel, they want war everywhere for a lot of reasons. But the president's job from my point of view of American interest

and the world interest and this region's interest, everybody's interest, no more war. Stop this now. So if Witkoff can keep that track record, that would be the heroic success.

and the world interest and this region's interest, everybody's interest, no more war. Stop this now. So if Witkoff can keep that track record, that would be the heroic success.

and the world interest and this region's interest, everybody's interest, no more war. Stop this now. So if Witkoff can keep that track record, that would be the heroic success.

I'll tell you one thing it tells you. Trump can make peace if he wants to make peace. I mean, he needs he needs a capable guy that can go and read the Riot Act and say this is no joke and we're going to have it. And that is basically what good diplomacy is. Again, in the US system, of course, we've got the deep state who tell presidents what to do.

I'll tell you one thing it tells you. Trump can make peace if he wants to make peace. I mean, he needs he needs a capable guy that can go and read the Riot Act and say this is no joke and we're going to have it. And that is basically what good diplomacy is. Again, in the US system, of course, we've got the deep state who tell presidents what to do.

I'll tell you one thing it tells you. Trump can make peace if he wants to make peace. I mean, he needs he needs a capable guy that can go and read the Riot Act and say this is no joke and we're going to have it. And that is basically what good diplomacy is. Again, in the US system, of course, we've got the deep state who tell presidents what to do.

We've got lobbies, we've got all sorts of things, but a president's true job is to lead. And if you don't have a president compass mentis, like I think we didn't have in the United States, you get war breaking out everywhere like we had in the last two years. Or if you have a president that is poorly directed or poorly, you know, really doesn't get it.

We've got lobbies, we've got all sorts of things, but a president's true job is to lead. And if you don't have a president compass mentis, like I think we didn't have in the United States, you get war breaking out everywhere like we had in the last two years. Or if you have a president that is poorly directed or poorly, you know, really doesn't get it.

We've got lobbies, we've got all sorts of things, but a president's true job is to lead. And if you don't have a president compass mentis, like I think we didn't have in the United States, you get war breaking out everywhere like we had in the last two years. Or if you have a president that is poorly directed or poorly, you know, really doesn't get it.

And Clinton was an inconsequential president, in my opinion, because he is so easily swayed. He just made so many lousy decisions. George Bush Jr. listened to Cheney, who was really a nonstop warmonger and so on. If a president gets the idea, I want peace because this war is really destructive of everything else I'm trying to do, then you can have peace, actually. It's possible.

And Clinton was an inconsequential president, in my opinion, because he is so easily swayed. He just made so many lousy decisions. George Bush Jr. listened to Cheney, who was really a nonstop warmonger and so on. If a president gets the idea, I want peace because this war is really destructive of everything else I'm trying to do, then you can have peace, actually. It's possible.

And Clinton was an inconsequential president, in my opinion, because he is so easily swayed. He just made so many lousy decisions. George Bush Jr. listened to Cheney, who was really a nonstop warmonger and so on. If a president gets the idea, I want peace because this war is really destructive of everything else I'm trying to do, then you can have peace, actually. It's possible.

No one is going to attack the United States. So peace depends on us. No one is attacking us. China is not about to invade the United States. Russia is not going to attack the United States. Mexico and Canada are not going to attack the United States. Panama is not going to attack the United States. Greenland's not going to attack.

No one is going to attack the United States. So peace depends on us. No one is attacking us. China is not about to invade the United States. Russia is not going to attack the United States. Mexico and Canada are not going to attack the United States. Panama is not going to attack the United States. Greenland's not going to attack.

No one is going to attack the United States. So peace depends on us. No one is attacking us. China is not about to invade the United States. Russia is not going to attack the United States. Mexico and Canada are not going to attack the United States. Panama is not going to attack the United States. Greenland's not going to attack.

Well, I'm sorry to make I don't want to go the whole list, but I'm just confident about this. So if the president wants peace, he'll get it. If he gets peace, believe me, he'll get all the other things that he wants, like low inflation, being able to pass the budget that he wants, getting his tax policies that he wants. But if there's war, he ain't going to get any of it. That's the basic point.

Well, I'm sorry to make I don't want to go the whole list, but I'm just confident about this. So if the president wants peace, he'll get it. If he gets peace, believe me, he'll get all the other things that he wants, like low inflation, being able to pass the budget that he wants, getting his tax policies that he wants. But if there's war, he ain't going to get any of it. That's the basic point.

Well, I'm sorry to make I don't want to go the whole list, but I'm just confident about this. So if the president wants peace, he'll get it. If he gets peace, believe me, he'll get all the other things that he wants, like low inflation, being able to pass the budget that he wants, getting his tax policies that he wants. But if there's war, he ain't going to get any of it. That's the basic point.

And, you know. I voted Democratic in 2020. I voted for Biden. And Biden, I've had a lot of experience with governments over the last 45 years. So I watched them and I think I understand a lot of them. And Biden, in the first days, said stupid things about foreign policy. The world is divided between this and this and blah, blah, blah. And you say, my God, the guy doesn't get it.