Michael Weiss

Wittkopf, er erinnert mich an Armin Hammond, den Industrie- und Pharmazeutikern in den 1920er-Jahren, der so besattelt wurde mit der Sowjetunion.

Wittkopf, er erinnert mich an Armin Hammond, den Industrie- und Pharmazeutikern in den 1920er-Jahren, der so besattelt wurde mit der Sowjetunion.

Armin Hammer ist mit dieser Familie verbunden, ja. Aber diese Jungs waren, ich meine... Er hat die Flasche der Frauen gegessen, aber ich dachte, das ist ein sehr... Ja, genau. He is not curious, he is not skeptical, he is not critically minded when it comes to what the Russians are telling him.

Armin Hammer ist mit dieser Familie verbunden, ja. Aber diese Jungs waren, ich meine... Er hat die Flasche der Frauen gegessen, aber ich dachte, das ist ein sehr... Ja, genau. He is not curious, he is not skeptical, he is not critically minded when it comes to what the Russians are telling him.

Armin Hammer ist mit dieser Familie verbunden, ja. Aber diese Jungs waren, ich meine... Er hat die Flasche der Frauen gegessen, aber ich dachte, das ist ein sehr... Ja, genau. He is not curious, he is not skeptical, he is not critically minded when it comes to what the Russians are telling him.

He goes to Moscow, Putin releases this American school teacher as a goodwill gesture and dazzles him, charms him. Das macht ihn denken, dass das sein bester Freund ist, den er sein ganzes Leben erwartet hat. Ich meine, er hat es wirklich gesagt. Wir haben eine tolle Beziehung. Und ich denke, er ist in guter Glauben verhalten. All das ist natürlich nicht wahr. Aber er hat sich überzeugt.

He goes to Moscow, Putin releases this American school teacher as a goodwill gesture and dazzles him, charms him. Das macht ihn denken, dass das sein bester Freund ist, den er sein ganzes Leben erwartet hat. Ich meine, er hat es wirklich gesagt. Wir haben eine tolle Beziehung. Und ich denke, er ist in guter Glauben verhalten. All das ist natürlich nicht wahr. Aber er hat sich überzeugt.

He goes to Moscow, Putin releases this American school teacher as a goodwill gesture and dazzles him, charms him. Das macht ihn denken, dass das sein bester Freund ist, den er sein ganzes Leben erwartet hat. Ich meine, er hat es wirklich gesagt. Wir haben eine tolle Beziehung. Und ich denke, er ist in guter Glauben verhalten. All das ist natürlich nicht wahr. Aber er hat sich überzeugt.

No, he sincerely believes what he's being sold. And I mean, on whose behalf is he really negotiating now? He sounds like Russia's special envoy.

No, he sincerely believes what he's being sold. And I mean, on whose behalf is he really negotiating now? He sounds like Russia's special envoy.

No, he sincerely believes what he's being sold. And I mean, on whose behalf is he really negotiating now? He sounds like Russia's special envoy.

Not just supporting the Houthis, but providing them with targeting data to go after commercial vessels in the region, according to the Wall Street Journal. So yes, I mean, Russia has a strategic relationship with Iran, which is the patron of the Houthis, which has armed the Houthis and propped them up. This is the kind of weird...

Not just supporting the Houthis, but providing them with targeting data to go after commercial vessels in the region, according to the Wall Street Journal. So yes, I mean, Russia has a strategic relationship with Iran, which is the patron of the Houthis, which has armed the Houthis and propped them up. This is the kind of weird...

Not just supporting the Houthis, but providing them with targeting data to go after commercial vessels in the region, according to the Wall Street Journal. So yes, I mean, Russia has a strategic relationship with Iran, which is the patron of the Houthis, which has armed the Houthis and propped them up. This is the kind of weird...

sort of dynamic, I guess, that's taking place in Trump world, which is they're very pro-Israel, they want to get tough on Iran, threaten to bomb the hell out of Iran's nuclear program, go after Hamas, go after Hezbollah, go after the Houthis. put the onus on Iran, but they don't want to hear that doing that sort of upsets the apple cart with their new best friends, the Russians, right?

sort of dynamic, I guess, that's taking place in Trump world, which is they're very pro-Israel, they want to get tough on Iran, threaten to bomb the hell out of Iran's nuclear program, go after Hamas, go after Hezbollah, go after the Houthis. put the onus on Iran, but they don't want to hear that doing that sort of upsets the apple cart with their new best friends, the Russians, right?

sort of dynamic, I guess, that's taking place in Trump world, which is they're very pro-Israel, they want to get tough on Iran, threaten to bomb the hell out of Iran's nuclear program, go after Hamas, go after Hezbollah, go after the Houthis. put the onus on Iran, but they don't want to hear that doing that sort of upsets the apple cart with their new best friends, the Russians, right?

They've managed to kind of keep these two ledgers separate. And, you know, it reminds me, frankly, of Term One, when that great strategic genius, Michael Flynn, I mean, his grand design was exactly this, to separate, to cleave Teheran away from Moscow and for us to befriend the Russians to do counterterrorism jointly. And we all saw how that worked out.

They've managed to kind of keep these two ledgers separate. And, you know, it reminds me, frankly, of Term One, when that great strategic genius, Michael Flynn, I mean, his grand design was exactly this, to separate, to cleave Teheran away from Moscow and for us to befriend the Russians to do counterterrorism jointly. And we all saw how that worked out.

They've managed to kind of keep these two ledgers separate. And, you know, it reminds me, frankly, of Term One, when that great strategic genius, Michael Flynn, I mean, his grand design was exactly this, to separate, to cleave Teheran away from Moscow and for us to befriend the Russians to do counterterrorism jointly. And we all saw how that worked out.