Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling
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how people were interacting. I spent a good part of my career in Europe and understand how NATO works, how the US forces in Europe work, and what they do for a relatively small amount of people. They fight above their weight class in terms of pulling people together. But you make that combination with the fact that the Trump administration continues to demonize Zelensky and Ukraine.
how people were interacting. I spent a good part of my career in Europe and understand how NATO works, how the US forces in Europe work, and what they do for a relatively small amount of people. They fight above their weight class in terms of pulling people together. But you make that combination with the fact that the Trump administration continues to demonize Zelensky and Ukraine.
And I can't figure out how they're getting away with that with the American people and even with members of Congress, because there were so many people in Congress and the American people that understood that all of these things were transgressions against Ukraine, and they were supporting them from the very beginning. And now almost half of that has turned around.
And I can't figure out how they're getting away with that with the American people and even with members of Congress, because there were so many people in Congress and the American people that understood that all of these things were transgressions against Ukraine, and they were supporting them from the very beginning. And now almost half of that has turned around.
And I can't figure out how they're getting away with that with the American people and even with members of Congress, because there were so many people in Congress and the American people that understood that all of these things were transgressions against Ukraine, and they were supporting them from the very beginning. And now almost half of that has turned around.
Well, we'd take about an hour to go through all those things. But he is, I think, as we sometimes say in the army, talking through his ass. You know, he would like all those things to be true, but none of them are. Trump has not put Putin under his thumb.
Well, we'd take about an hour to go through all those things. But he is, I think, as we sometimes say in the army, talking through his ass. You know, he would like all those things to be true, but none of them are. Trump has not put Putin under his thumb.
Well, we'd take about an hour to go through all those things. But he is, I think, as we sometimes say in the army, talking through his ass. You know, he would like all those things to be true, but none of them are. Trump has not put Putin under his thumb.
He created a huge problem by interfering with the supply chain to Ukraine and basically negating their intelligence feed for even a short period of time. The ball isn't in Putin's court. He knows exactly what he's doing and he will play it the way he wants to play. You know, I read a piece by Anne Applebaum this morning. about the ball being in Putin's court.
He created a huge problem by interfering with the supply chain to Ukraine and basically negating their intelligence feed for even a short period of time. The ball isn't in Putin's court. He knows exactly what he's doing and he will play it the way he wants to play. You know, I read a piece by Anne Applebaum this morning. about the ball being in Putin's court.
He created a huge problem by interfering with the supply chain to Ukraine and basically negating their intelligence feed for even a short period of time. The ball isn't in Putin's court. He knows exactly what he's doing and he will play it the way he wants to play. You know, I read a piece by Anne Applebaum this morning. about the ball being in Putin's court.
And she said, yeah, he can hide the ball, take the ball away and go home, deflate the ball, throw it over the fence. And she basically said all the things that this so-called ball being in Putin's court could create that would go wrong. She's a great writer, by the way, and she knows Russia more than anybody in the United States. So she knows exactly what's going to happen.
And she said, yeah, he can hide the ball, take the ball away and go home, deflate the ball, throw it over the fence. And she basically said all the things that this so-called ball being in Putin's court could create that would go wrong. She's a great writer, by the way, and she knows Russia more than anybody in the United States. So she knows exactly what's going to happen.
And she said, yeah, he can hide the ball, take the ball away and go home, deflate the ball, throw it over the fence. And she basically said all the things that this so-called ball being in Putin's court could create that would go wrong. She's a great writer, by the way, and she knows Russia more than anybody in the United States. So she knows exactly what's going to happen.
And I'm always in agreement with her.
And I'm always in agreement with her.
And I'm always in agreement with her.
Well, it's interesting because Vance was at the Munich Security Conference. And whenever I used to get with a group of Europeans, they would all tell me how much they hated Russia. In fact, Georgia makes a joke out of toasting. When you toast with beer as opposed to with wine, you're supposed to say something you don't mean.
Well, it's interesting because Vance was at the Munich Security Conference. And whenever I used to get with a group of Europeans, they would all tell me how much they hated Russia. In fact, Georgia makes a joke out of toasting. When you toast with beer as opposed to with wine, you're supposed to say something you don't mean.
Well, it's interesting because Vance was at the Munich Security Conference. And whenever I used to get with a group of Europeans, they would all tell me how much they hated Russia. In fact, Georgia makes a joke out of toasting. When you toast with beer as opposed to with wine, you're supposed to say something you don't mean.