Jeffrey Sachs

Then there are groups that say, you know, we don't really have any fundamental conflict with Russia and Russia's no real threat to us, but China's the real threat. So we should end the war in Ukraine, something I completely agree with. But we should do it so that we build up and get ready for the war with China. And this is kind of the middle ground, which is— A war with China. Well—

Then there are groups that say, you know, we don't really have any fundamental conflict with Russia and Russia's no real threat to us, but China's the real threat. So we should end the war in Ukraine, something I completely agree with. But we should do it so that we build up and get ready for the war with China. And this is kind of the middle ground, which is— A war with China. Well—

Then there are groups that say, you know, we don't really have any fundamental conflict with Russia and Russia's no real threat to us, but China's the real threat. So we should end the war in Ukraine, something I completely agree with. But we should do it so that we build up and get ready for the war with China. And this is kind of the middle ground, which is— A war with China. Well—

Everyone is talking about war with China in Washington by 2027. And it's so weird as if we just are trying to rush headlong into complete destruction. But we have official documents, a Navy strategy saying we must prepare for war with China by 2027. We had a major article in the New York Times, which I actually once upon a time read with interest.

Everyone is talking about war with China in Washington by 2027. And it's so weird as if we just are trying to rush headlong into complete destruction. But we have official documents, a Navy strategy saying we must prepare for war with China by 2027. We had a major article in the New York Times, which I actually once upon a time read with interest.

Everyone is talking about war with China in Washington by 2027. And it's so weird as if we just are trying to rush headlong into complete destruction. But we have official documents, a Navy strategy saying we must prepare for war with China by 2027. We had a major article in the New York Times, which I actually once upon a time read with interest.

But in any event, it was a story about the Pentagon preparing for war with China. And I wrote the reporter, actually. This is another, I know these people for decades. So I wrote the reporter and I said, thank you for writing that story. I was happy to read it now because there'll be no time to read it after the war. We'll all be dead. So I'm glad that we have the story now.

But in any event, it was a story about the Pentagon preparing for war with China. And I wrote the reporter, actually. This is another, I know these people for decades. So I wrote the reporter and I said, thank you for writing that story. I was happy to read it now because there'll be no time to read it after the war. We'll all be dead. So I'm glad that we have the story now.

But in any event, it was a story about the Pentagon preparing for war with China. And I wrote the reporter, actually. This is another, I know these people for decades. So I wrote the reporter and I said, thank you for writing that story. I was happy to read it now because there'll be no time to read it after the war. We'll all be dead. So I'm glad that we have the story now.

And the reporter wrote back to me right away, said, oh, Jeff, the editor, I had put in three times that the Pentagon doesn't want this war, but the editor took it out three times. And I don't really know why. And I didn't notice that in the hurrying to finish the piece. Do you understand that?

And the reporter wrote back to me right away, said, oh, Jeff, the editor, I had put in three times that the Pentagon doesn't want this war, but the editor took it out three times. And I don't really know why. And I didn't notice that in the hurrying to finish the piece. Do you understand that?

And the reporter wrote back to me right away, said, oh, Jeff, the editor, I had put in three times that the Pentagon doesn't want this war, but the editor took it out three times. And I don't really know why. And I didn't notice that in the hurrying to finish the piece. Do you understand that?

You're one of our world's great journalists, a person writing a front page story about war, and she's written three times the Pentagon doesn't want it, and the editor takes that out all the time, and she didn't recognize that. That's the New York Times. I don't know even what that means. Well, that's when you quit. I mean, you can't allow that. This is so amazing.

You're one of our world's great journalists, a person writing a front page story about war, and she's written three times the Pentagon doesn't want it, and the editor takes that out all the time, and she didn't recognize that. That's the New York Times. I don't know even what that means. Well, that's when you quit. I mean, you can't allow that. This is so amazing.

You're one of our world's great journalists, a person writing a front page story about war, and she's written three times the Pentagon doesn't want it, and the editor takes that out all the time, and she didn't recognize that. That's the New York Times. I don't know even what that means. Well, that's when you quit. I mean, you can't allow that. This is so amazing.

But yes, so there is a group gearing up for war with China. It's unbelievable. Nuclear superpower with a much larger army on their shores. I mean, the whole thing is beyond belief. Then there is a group... There actually is a group that says, hey, we don't need war with anybody. We're not threatened.

But yes, so there is a group gearing up for war with China. It's unbelievable. Nuclear superpower with a much larger army on their shores. I mean, the whole thing is beyond belief. Then there is a group... There actually is a group that says, hey, we don't need war with anybody. We're not threatened.

But yes, so there is a group gearing up for war with China. It's unbelievable. Nuclear superpower with a much larger army on their shores. I mean, the whole thing is beyond belief. Then there is a group... There actually is a group that says, hey, we don't need war with anybody. We're not threatened.

The United States is more secure than at any time in history and any time that a country could be secure. We have two big oceans. No one can attack us. We have every amount of deterrence. China does not threaten us and could not threaten us. And so what are we talking about war this way? Why are we in war with Russia in Ukraine? And that is a U.S.-Russia war, as everybody should understand.

The United States is more secure than at any time in history and any time that a country could be secure. We have two big oceans. No one can attack us. We have every amount of deterrence. China does not threaten us and could not threaten us. And so what are we talking about war this way? Why are we in war with Russia in Ukraine? And that is a U.S.-Russia war, as everybody should understand.