Michael Weiss

Yeah, well, evidently, the original draft of what Hegseth was going to say alluded to the Istanbul deal in the early part of the war, which the Russians keep citing as evidence that the Ukrainians missed an opportunity to end the war. Complete Fugazi nonsense. It was really bad.

Yeah, well, evidently, the original draft of what Hegseth was going to say alluded to the Istanbul deal in the early part of the war, which the Russians keep citing as evidence that the Ukrainians missed an opportunity to end the war. Complete Fugazi nonsense. It was really bad.

And I'm hearing it was actually DOT staffers, many of them from Koch-funded think tanks, who ended up drafting this thing. I mean, Hegseth is a guy who strikes me, he probably thought NATO was a type of mezcal before his confirmation hearing, right? I mean, not the sharpest tool in the shed and very easily manipulated in running one of the largest entities in the world, which is the Pentagon.

And I'm hearing it was actually DOT staffers, many of them from Koch-funded think tanks, who ended up drafting this thing. I mean, Hegseth is a guy who strikes me, he probably thought NATO was a type of mezcal before his confirmation hearing, right? I mean, not the sharpest tool in the shed and very easily manipulated in running one of the largest entities in the world, which is the Pentagon.

And I'm hearing it was actually DOT staffers, many of them from Koch-funded think tanks, who ended up drafting this thing. I mean, Hegseth is a guy who strikes me, he probably thought NATO was a type of mezcal before his confirmation hearing, right? I mean, not the sharpest tool in the shed and very easily manipulated in running one of the largest entities in the world, which is the Pentagon.

Yeah, Trump too, saying a lot of strange and unpleasant and alarming things. I mean, my European friends are like, oh, so he wants to cut American military spending in half. which would make the percentage of America's GDP that is spent on defense something like 1.68%. Meanwhile, he wants all NATO allies to spend 5%. So that's, you know, physician heal thyself.

Yeah, Trump too, saying a lot of strange and unpleasant and alarming things. I mean, my European friends are like, oh, so he wants to cut American military spending in half. which would make the percentage of America's GDP that is spent on defense something like 1.68%. Meanwhile, he wants all NATO allies to spend 5%. So that's, you know, physician heal thyself.

Yeah, Trump too, saying a lot of strange and unpleasant and alarming things. I mean, my European friends are like, oh, so he wants to cut American military spending in half. which would make the percentage of America's GDP that is spent on defense something like 1.68%. Meanwhile, he wants all NATO allies to spend 5%. So that's, you know, physician heal thyself.

And then he wants the burden to, of course, be passed to the Europeans to sustain a war that he also says is going to be wrapped up in short order with a beautiful peace deal that nobody knows the contours or details of because I don't think he does. But I mean, Hegseth's

And then he wants the burden to, of course, be passed to the Europeans to sustain a war that he also says is going to be wrapped up in short order with a beautiful peace deal that nobody knows the contours or details of because I don't think he does. But I mean, Hegseth's

And then he wants the burden to, of course, be passed to the Europeans to sustain a war that he also says is going to be wrapped up in short order with a beautiful peace deal that nobody knows the contours or details of because I don't think he does. But I mean, Hegseth's

amateur rookie mistake was to offer everything up to the Russians that they want, by the way, in advance of even entering into negotiations. So, you know, foreclosing on the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO, it's an open secret that Ukraine is not going to be in NATO in the short or midterm, right?

amateur rookie mistake was to offer everything up to the Russians that they want, by the way, in advance of even entering into negotiations. So, you know, foreclosing on the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO, it's an open secret that Ukraine is not going to be in NATO in the short or midterm, right?

amateur rookie mistake was to offer everything up to the Russians that they want, by the way, in advance of even entering into negotiations. So, you know, foreclosing on the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO, it's an open secret that Ukraine is not going to be in NATO in the short or midterm, right?

Biden says the future of Ukraine is in NATO, but at the Vilnius summit several summers ago, Ukrainians were hopping mad that there was no credible path for accession, right? That's an obvious thing. He says that Ukraine cannot claw back all the territory it controlled in 2014. Well, President Zelensky has essentially said the same thing. And that's also that's not even an open secret.

Biden says the future of Ukraine is in NATO, but at the Vilnius summit several summers ago, Ukrainians were hopping mad that there was no credible path for accession, right? That's an obvious thing. He says that Ukraine cannot claw back all the territory it controlled in 2014. Well, President Zelensky has essentially said the same thing. And that's also that's not even an open secret.

Biden says the future of Ukraine is in NATO, but at the Vilnius summit several summers ago, Ukrainians were hopping mad that there was no credible path for accession, right? That's an obvious thing. He says that Ukraine cannot claw back all the territory it controlled in 2014. Well, President Zelensky has essentially said the same thing. And that's also that's not even an open secret.

That's just accepted reality. But again, you don't articulate these things publicly and affirm them publicly. before you enter into what is going to be a very prolonged and possibly nasty and, you know, arduous set of negotiations with the Russians. So the Russians, I think, were kind of rubbing their hands with glee about this. But now you have this weird stuff happening. J.D. Vance.

That's just accepted reality. But again, you don't articulate these things publicly and affirm them publicly. before you enter into what is going to be a very prolonged and possibly nasty and, you know, arduous set of negotiations with the Russians. So the Russians, I think, were kind of rubbing their hands with glee about this. But now you have this weird stuff happening. J.D. Vance.

That's just accepted reality. But again, you don't articulate these things publicly and affirm them publicly. before you enter into what is going to be a very prolonged and possibly nasty and, you know, arduous set of negotiations with the Russians. So the Russians, I think, were kind of rubbing their hands with glee about this. But now you have this weird stuff happening. J.D. Vance.