Michael Weiss

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.

No, he would just cut the deal with Putin. Exactly. I mean, there are American lives in Ukraine, volunteers, diplomats, people who do go pretty close to the front line. It hasn't stopped the Russians from dropping bombs. I was in Kiev actually just before the war and then immediately after the liberation of the city.

No, he would just cut the deal with Putin. Exactly. I mean, there are American lives in Ukraine, volunteers, diplomats, people who do go pretty close to the front line. It hasn't stopped the Russians from dropping bombs. I was in Kiev actually just before the war and then immediately after the liberation of the city.

No, he would just cut the deal with Putin. Exactly. I mean, there are American lives in Ukraine, volunteers, diplomats, people who do go pretty close to the front line. It hasn't stopped the Russians from dropping bombs. I was in Kiev actually just before the war and then immediately after the liberation of the city.

And diplomats there were saying what a near-run thing it was, those who actually remained. In fact, one of the diplomats I met in the weeks before the full-scale invasion, I had to meet him in a cafe because there were bomb scares being called in to all the major embassies of NATO at that time. And guess where the bomb scares were coming from?

And diplomats there were saying what a near-run thing it was, those who actually remained. In fact, one of the diplomats I met in the weeks before the full-scale invasion, I had to meet him in a cafe because there were bomb scares being called in to all the major embassies of NATO at that time. And guess where the bomb scares were coming from?

And diplomats there were saying what a near-run thing it was, those who actually remained. In fact, one of the diplomats I met in the weeks before the full-scale invasion, I had to meet him in a cafe because there were bomb scares being called in to all the major embassies of NATO at that time. And guess where the bomb scares were coming from?

So security guarantees mean you have soldiers on the ground with kit or, you know, you are prepared to protect the skies of Ukraine. You are prepared to do X, Y and Z. You are going to essentially go to war on behalf of this country if it's invaded again. That's what the Ukrainians are looking for. Not, you know, well, we send some hedge fund guys to a mine in Odessa and, you know, there you go.

So security guarantees mean you have soldiers on the ground with kit or, you know, you are prepared to protect the skies of Ukraine. You are prepared to do X, Y and Z. You are going to essentially go to war on behalf of this country if it's invaded again. That's what the Ukrainians are looking for. Not, you know, well, we send some hedge fund guys to a mine in Odessa and, you know, there you go.

So security guarantees mean you have soldiers on the ground with kit or, you know, you are prepared to protect the skies of Ukraine. You are prepared to do X, Y and Z. You are going to essentially go to war on behalf of this country if it's invaded again. That's what the Ukrainians are looking for. Not, you know, well, we send some hedge fund guys to a mine in Odessa and, you know, there you go.

We're safe and secure now.

We're safe and secure now.

We're safe and secure now.

Well, I would say this one of the and this is unfortunately being eclipsed by the sort of inanity of the current news cycle. But one of the tragic ironies of giving the Russians this lifeline. Right. I mean, right now, let's be clear. The United States is negotiating with one party, Ukraine, not with Russians. we are not really having an argument with Russia at all.

Well, I would say this one of the and this is unfortunately being eclipsed by the sort of inanity of the current news cycle. But one of the tragic ironies of giving the Russians this lifeline. Right. I mean, right now, let's be clear. The United States is negotiating with one party, Ukraine, not with Russians. we are not really having an argument with Russia at all.

Well, I would say this one of the and this is unfortunately being eclipsed by the sort of inanity of the current news cycle. But one of the tragic ironies of giving the Russians this lifeline. Right. I mean, right now, let's be clear. The United States is negotiating with one party, Ukraine, not with Russians. we are not really having an argument with Russia at all.

We are offering them concessions preemptively, right? So, you know, to say that, you know, that this is the proper time to do it, unfortunately, neglects the fact that at the front, on the level of the battlefield now, Ukraine is actually doing a lot better than it was several weeks, certainly several months ago. In Turetsk, they are

We are offering them concessions preemptively, right? So, you know, to say that, you know, that this is the proper time to do it, unfortunately, neglects the fact that at the front, on the level of the battlefield now, Ukraine is actually doing a lot better than it was several weeks, certainly several months ago. In Turetsk, they are

We are offering them concessions preemptively, right? So, you know, to say that, you know, that this is the proper time to do it, unfortunately, neglects the fact that at the front, on the level of the battlefield now, Ukraine is actually doing a lot better than it was several weeks, certainly several months ago. In Turetsk, they are

practically encircling Russian columns who have overextended themselves. The former head of Estonia's foreign intelligence service does a daily brief. And the other day noted that about a third of Russia's glide bombs. So these are dumb bombs that become smart because of guidance systems that are in place. Very devastating to Ukrainian defenders.