Michael Weiss

He wants a treaty, which means he wants it ratified by Congress that essentially Russia gets a veto on NATO expansion, that they will not incorporate more countries. That's not going to happen in Congress, even under this current GOP, right? But suddenly, you know, we are... bending over backwards to try and convince the Russians that Ukraine will not be in NATO ever. We shouldn't be doing that.

We should be using the very kind of slowness of our own political machinery as an advantage on our side of the ledger. We're not doing that either. So it's a very bizarre kind of time to sort of insist that Ukraine be wrapped up here. The third point I should make And this comes right from the mind of Tucker Carlson, who has made a few trips to Russia.

We should be using the very kind of slowness of our own political machinery as an advantage on our side of the ledger. We're not doing that either. So it's a very bizarre kind of time to sort of insist that Ukraine be wrapped up here. The third point I should make And this comes right from the mind of Tucker Carlson, who has made a few trips to Russia.

We should be using the very kind of slowness of our own political machinery as an advantage on our side of the ledger. We're not doing that either. So it's a very bizarre kind of time to sort of insist that Ukraine be wrapped up here. The third point I should make And this comes right from the mind of Tucker Carlson, who has made a few trips to Russia.

It is absolutely one of the demands of the Kremlin, is that Ukraine have elections. They do not want Zelensky, the wartime president, to remain wartime president.

It is absolutely one of the demands of the Kremlin, is that Ukraine have elections. They do not want Zelensky, the wartime president, to remain wartime president.

It is absolutely one of the demands of the Kremlin, is that Ukraine have elections. They do not want Zelensky, the wartime president, to remain wartime president.

They think, and this I think is more suggestive of how the Russians completely misread the Ukrainian body politic, which landed them in this mess of invading when they thought the entire population would greet them as liberators and go over to their side.

They think, and this I think is more suggestive of how the Russians completely misread the Ukrainian body politic, which landed them in this mess of invading when they thought the entire population would greet them as liberators and go over to their side.

They think, and this I think is more suggestive of how the Russians completely misread the Ukrainian body politic, which landed them in this mess of invading when they thought the entire population would greet them as liberators and go over to their side.

They think that they can install through their bag of dirty tricks, election interference, political warfare, a more pliant asset in Kyiv who will certify any deal that essentially seeds the sovereignty of the country over to Russia. Zelensky is still, I think, the most favored candidate in whatever polling is being conducted now.

They think that they can install through their bag of dirty tricks, election interference, political warfare, a more pliant asset in Kyiv who will certify any deal that essentially seeds the sovereignty of the country over to Russia. Zelensky is still, I think, the most favored candidate in whatever polling is being conducted now.

They think that they can install through their bag of dirty tricks, election interference, political warfare, a more pliant asset in Kyiv who will certify any deal that essentially seeds the sovereignty of the country over to Russia. Zelensky is still, I think, the most favored candidate in whatever polling is being conducted now.

But all that to one side, there is no Ukrainian politician who's going to emerge to say, we must look eastward once again. There's no Yanukovych in the offing here, right? Everybody wants to be part of the EU. Everybody sees themselves as a member of the Western community. The Russians don't appreciate that fact.

But all that to one side, there is no Ukrainian politician who's going to emerge to say, we must look eastward once again. There's no Yanukovych in the offing here, right? Everybody wants to be part of the EU. Everybody sees themselves as a member of the Western community. The Russians don't appreciate that fact.

But all that to one side, there is no Ukrainian politician who's going to emerge to say, we must look eastward once again. There's no Yanukovych in the offing here, right? Everybody wants to be part of the EU. Everybody sees themselves as a member of the Western community. The Russians don't appreciate that fact.

But we seem to be now suggesting, I mean, Bloomberg just had a piece today that the Trump people are telling Zelensky you have to have elections. Yeah. The sheer logistics of which are going to be quite difficult because 20% of the country is occupied.

But we seem to be now suggesting, I mean, Bloomberg just had a piece today that the Trump people are telling Zelensky you have to have elections. Yeah. The sheer logistics of which are going to be quite difficult because 20% of the country is occupied.

But we seem to be now suggesting, I mean, Bloomberg just had a piece today that the Trump people are telling Zelensky you have to have elections. Yeah. The sheer logistics of which are going to be quite difficult because 20% of the country is occupied.

Missiles are still landing into Kiev and Kharkiv, and you're going to have a ceasefire before, which will be kind of fitfully maintained, and then you're going to go to the polls. It doesn't make much sense, but this is another demand the Russians have.