Michael Weiss

His buddy, a fellow billionaire, the guy who got the American school teacher released by the Russian side, that's all purposive. The Russians see Witkoff as their man, not because he's necessarily pro-Russian, but he doesn't understand anything about this part of the world. He's completely green, whereas Kellogg lives, breathes, and speaks Ukraine-Russia 24-7. That's his portfolio.

His buddy, a fellow billionaire, the guy who got the American school teacher released by the Russian side, that's all purposive. The Russians see Witkoff as their man, not because he's necessarily pro-Russian, but he doesn't understand anything about this part of the world. He's completely green, whereas Kellogg lives, breathes, and speaks Ukraine-Russia 24-7. That's his portfolio.

His buddy, a fellow billionaire, the guy who got the American school teacher released by the Russian side, that's all purposive. The Russians see Witkoff as their man, not because he's necessarily pro-Russian, but he doesn't understand anything about this part of the world. He's completely green, whereas Kellogg lives, breathes, and speaks Ukraine-Russia 24-7. That's his portfolio.

To the Russian mind, I mean, Witkoff is just another oligarch boyar who is surrounded by the czar on the American side.

To the Russian mind, I mean, Witkoff is just another oligarch boyar who is surrounded by the czar on the American side.

To the Russian mind, I mean, Witkoff is just another oligarch boyar who is surrounded by the czar on the American side.

Yeah, I mean, it's a political system that is governed by cronyism and backscratching. And so, yeah. But Witkoff, they think, especially with the sweetener of this unexpected exchange of, you know, on our side, we had a crypto grifting criminal that we gave to the Russians and they had a school teacher hostage. They think that they've now incentivized Trump to to play nice.

Yeah, I mean, it's a political system that is governed by cronyism and backscratching. And so, yeah. But Witkoff, they think, especially with the sweetener of this unexpected exchange of, you know, on our side, we had a crypto grifting criminal that we gave to the Russians and they had a school teacher hostage. They think that they've now incentivized Trump to to play nice.

Yeah, I mean, it's a political system that is governed by cronyism and backscratching. And so, yeah. But Witkoff, they think, especially with the sweetener of this unexpected exchange of, you know, on our side, we had a crypto grifting criminal that we gave to the Russians and they had a school teacher hostage. They think that they've now incentivized Trump to to play nice.

And by all accounts, he is, you know, again, he trusts Putin, arguably more so than he does his own ministers and his own intelligence.

And by all accounts, he is, you know, again, he trusts Putin, arguably more so than he does his own ministers and his own intelligence.

And by all accounts, he is, you know, again, he trusts Putin, arguably more so than he does his own ministers and his own intelligence.

Right. And expecting Europe to essentially shoulder. By the way, I mean, Europe does spend almost as much as we do on Ukraine. And if you measure it in both military and humanitarian assistance, I think you could even come up with a figure that's greater than what the U.S. is doing. So this is nonsense. Look, I'm an advocate for every NATO member to meet the 3% threshold for defense spending.

Right. And expecting Europe to essentially shoulder. By the way, I mean, Europe does spend almost as much as we do on Ukraine. And if you measure it in both military and humanitarian assistance, I think you could even come up with a figure that's greater than what the U.S. is doing. So this is nonsense. Look, I'm an advocate for every NATO member to meet the 3% threshold for defense spending.

Right. And expecting Europe to essentially shoulder. By the way, I mean, Europe does spend almost as much as we do on Ukraine. And if you measure it in both military and humanitarian assistance, I think you could even come up with a figure that's greater than what the U.S. is doing. So this is nonsense. Look, I'm an advocate for every NATO member to meet the 3% threshold for defense spending.

I think it's a good idea. The Europeans have been talking about this recently. Since time immemorial, I mean, it was part of Macron's sort of – what did he call it? His sovereign hegemony. He changed the term of art multiple times. But the idea of Europe being able to defend itself outside of the American security umbrella is a good one, and especially it's a good one now that America is –

I think it's a good idea. The Europeans have been talking about this recently. Since time immemorial, I mean, it was part of Macron's sort of – what did he call it? His sovereign hegemony. He changed the term of art multiple times. But the idea of Europe being able to defend itself outside of the American security umbrella is a good one, and especially it's a good one now that America is –

I think it's a good idea. The Europeans have been talking about this recently. Since time immemorial, I mean, it was part of Macron's sort of – what did he call it? His sovereign hegemony. He changed the term of art multiple times. But the idea of Europe being able to defend itself outside of the American security umbrella is a good one, and especially it's a good one now that America is –

you know, fast becoming the Venezuela of North America. You know, we're not, we might not be able to do things that we used to do before.

you know, fast becoming the Venezuela of North America. You know, we're not, we might not be able to do things that we used to do before.