Michael Weiss

intelligence, as of mid-February, assessed Putin himself is not serious about a meaningful peace. So when Zelensky says in an interview, this war is going to go on for a very long time, he's not saying that as an endorsement of that assessment. He's just saying that that's That's just the state of play as per America's own spies. Right.

intelligence, as of mid-February, assessed Putin himself is not serious about a meaningful peace. So when Zelensky says in an interview, this war is going to go on for a very long time, he's not saying that as an endorsement of that assessment. He's just saying that that's That's just the state of play as per America's own spies. Right.

intelligence, as of mid-February, assessed Putin himself is not serious about a meaningful peace. So when Zelensky says in an interview, this war is going to go on for a very long time, he's not saying that as an endorsement of that assessment. He's just saying that that's That's just the state of play as per America's own spies. Right.

And Donald Trump goes ballistic and says that's not that's the worst kind of thing you could say at this moment. So I think that the real premise here is and this is now being tacitly acknowledged by MAGA. Our president is an emotional toddler. He is so sensitive. His fifis are so important in any matter of statecraft that, you know, the slightest miscue, you don't wear a suit and tie.

And Donald Trump goes ballistic and says that's not that's the worst kind of thing you could say at this moment. So I think that the real premise here is and this is now being tacitly acknowledged by MAGA. Our president is an emotional toddler. He is so sensitive. His fifis are so important in any matter of statecraft that, you know, the slightest miscue, you don't wear a suit and tie.

And Donald Trump goes ballistic and says that's not that's the worst kind of thing you could say at this moment. So I think that the real premise here is and this is now being tacitly acknowledged by MAGA. Our president is an emotional toddler. He is so sensitive. His fifis are so important in any matter of statecraft that, you know, the slightest miscue, you don't wear a suit and tie.

You kind of sit there with a scowl. You dare to contradict or correct him. And he's basically willing to license genocide on European soil. So you better watch your step, everybody. What are we talking about here? The problem is the man, not the fucking protocol and the engagement with him, right? Totally.

You kind of sit there with a scowl. You dare to contradict or correct him. And he's basically willing to license genocide on European soil. So you better watch your step, everybody. What are we talking about here? The problem is the man, not the fucking protocol and the engagement with him, right? Totally.

You kind of sit there with a scowl. You dare to contradict or correct him. And he's basically willing to license genocide on European soil. So you better watch your step, everybody. What are we talking about here? The problem is the man, not the fucking protocol and the engagement with him, right? Totally.

Well, and there's also a very recent historical precedent for being deeply suspicious about America's resolve and commitment to saving Ukraine. Let me read you a headline from the New York Times dated July 25, 2017. Headline, Trump finds reason for the U.S. to remain in Afghanistan, colon, minerals. Okay.

Well, and there's also a very recent historical precedent for being deeply suspicious about America's resolve and commitment to saving Ukraine. Let me read you a headline from the New York Times dated July 25, 2017. Headline, Trump finds reason for the U.S. to remain in Afghanistan, colon, minerals. Okay.

Well, and there's also a very recent historical precedent for being deeply suspicious about America's resolve and commitment to saving Ukraine. Let me read you a headline from the New York Times dated July 25, 2017. Headline, Trump finds reason for the U.S. to remain in Afghanistan, colon, minerals. Okay.

And by the way, you know who's profiting from Afghan's sizable rare earths and mineral deposits now? The Russians, the GRU, Russian military intelligence specifically, which is using it or was using it as a front for money laundering to pay the Taliban money to go after American and British and coalition soldiers.

And by the way, you know who's profiting from Afghan's sizable rare earths and mineral deposits now? The Russians, the GRU, Russian military intelligence specifically, which is using it or was using it as a front for money laundering to pay the Taliban money to go after American and British and coalition soldiers.

And by the way, you know who's profiting from Afghan's sizable rare earths and mineral deposits now? The Russians, the GRU, Russian military intelligence specifically, which is using it or was using it as a front for money laundering to pay the Taliban money to go after American and British and coalition soldiers.

That was one of the recent investigations the insider did, naming names of the entire Afghan Taliban network. But leave that to one side. Absolutely. Let's say the United States signs some deal with the government of Ukraine to have the government of Ukraine allow access or revenue generation to the United States based on its mineral deposits?

That was one of the recent investigations the insider did, naming names of the entire Afghan Taliban network. But leave that to one side. Absolutely. Let's say the United States signs some deal with the government of Ukraine to have the government of Ukraine allow access or revenue generation to the United States based on its mineral deposits?

That was one of the recent investigations the insider did, naming names of the entire Afghan Taliban network. But leave that to one side. Absolutely. Let's say the United States signs some deal with the government of Ukraine to have the government of Ukraine allow access or revenue generation to the United States based on its mineral deposits?

What happens if the Russians decide to take more territory, including the land where these deposits are located, right? What's to stop the United States, Trump in particular, and especially from going to Putin and saying, well, you control this terrain now, so I guess I have to do business with you. That seems way more likely than he's going to go to war with Putin over the minerals.

What happens if the Russians decide to take more territory, including the land where these deposits are located, right? What's to stop the United States, Trump in particular, and especially from going to Putin and saying, well, you control this terrain now, so I guess I have to do business with you. That seems way more likely than he's going to go to war with Putin over the minerals.