Michael Weiss

So it doesn't surprise me, given his style and his mode of thinking, you know, the countries that he tends to get on with the best, he would love to get on with Putin and Russia. There are some hurdles in the way here, but we've been discussing what they are. He loves Erdogan and Turkey.

So it doesn't surprise me, given his style and his mode of thinking, you know, the countries that he tends to get on with the best, he would love to get on with Putin and Russia. There are some hurdles in the way here, but we've been discussing what they are. He loves Erdogan and Turkey.

So it doesn't surprise me, given his style and his mode of thinking, you know, the countries that he tends to get on with the best, he would love to get on with Putin and Russia. There are some hurdles in the way here, but we've been discussing what they are. He loves Erdogan and Turkey.

Because Erdogan has sort of managed democracy such that he's sort of the president slash dictator in perpetuity, right? And he likes what Turkey has done, which is taken over Syria because Bashar al-Assad pissed off the sultan. He can get along with a guy like that. He likes Netanyahu. And Netanyahu sure loves him. I mean, you know... Taj Mahal, Khan Yunus, David Petraeus as pit boss in Gaza.

Because Erdogan has sort of managed democracy such that he's sort of the president slash dictator in perpetuity, right? And he likes what Turkey has done, which is taken over Syria because Bashar al-Assad pissed off the sultan. He can get along with a guy like that. He likes Netanyahu. And Netanyahu sure loves him. I mean, you know... Taj Mahal, Khan Yunus, David Petraeus as pit boss in Gaza.

Because Erdogan has sort of managed democracy such that he's sort of the president slash dictator in perpetuity, right? And he likes what Turkey has done, which is taken over Syria because Bashar al-Assad pissed off the sultan. He can get along with a guy like that. He likes Netanyahu. And Netanyahu sure loves him. I mean, you know... Taj Mahal, Khan Yunus, David Petraeus as pit boss in Gaza.

I mean, what's not to like there, right? Like riverfront property, the new Riviera in the most volatile and hostile piece of real estate in the Middle East.

I mean, what's not to like there, right? Like riverfront property, the new Riviera in the most volatile and hostile piece of real estate in the Middle East.

I mean, what's not to like there, right? Like riverfront property, the new Riviera in the most volatile and hostile piece of real estate in the Middle East.

Never smiled so wide when he saw that. And Viktor Orban as well, who has managed to do the same kind of state capture in Hungary, although he's small beer because Hungary doesn't matter to the extent that these other countries do. Those are the only people who sort of likes the cut of their jib.

Never smiled so wide when he saw that. And Viktor Orban as well, who has managed to do the same kind of state capture in Hungary, although he's small beer because Hungary doesn't matter to the extent that these other countries do. Those are the only people who sort of likes the cut of their jib.

Never smiled so wide when he saw that. And Viktor Orban as well, who has managed to do the same kind of state capture in Hungary, although he's small beer because Hungary doesn't matter to the extent that these other countries do. Those are the only people who sort of likes the cut of their jib.

Everybody else is like, all right, show me where on this dotted line I get what I want out of this, right? And the Ukrainians, to their credit, I think, have begun trying to play to some of these personality defects and this sort of egomania. You'll notice Axios had a write-up of the Trump-Zelensky call. And it's a minor point, but it's, I think, kind of evocative of the way

Everybody else is like, all right, show me where on this dotted line I get what I want out of this, right? And the Ukrainians, to their credit, I think, have begun trying to play to some of these personality defects and this sort of egomania. You'll notice Axios had a write-up of the Trump-Zelensky call. And it's a minor point, but it's, I think, kind of evocative of the way

Everybody else is like, all right, show me where on this dotted line I get what I want out of this, right? And the Ukrainians, to their credit, I think, have begun trying to play to some of these personality defects and this sort of egomania. You'll notice Axios had a write-up of the Trump-Zelensky call. And it's a minor point, but it's, I think, kind of evocative of the way

The Ukrainians now see the lay of the land. It says Zelensky told Trump at the end of the call, he would give him a championship belt from Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk. Right. It was like, oh, I'm going to get a beautiful belt. You know, it's like Muhammad Ali's belt. It's coming from Ukraine. As I, you know, the next step, I'm not kidding. The next step is Ukraine.

The Ukrainians now see the lay of the land. It says Zelensky told Trump at the end of the call, he would give him a championship belt from Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk. Right. It was like, oh, I'm going to get a beautiful belt. You know, it's like Muhammad Ali's belt. It's coming from Ukraine. As I, you know, the next step, I'm not kidding. The next step is Ukraine.

The Ukrainians now see the lay of the land. It says Zelensky told Trump at the end of the call, he would give him a championship belt from Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk. Right. It was like, oh, I'm going to get a beautiful belt. You know, it's like Muhammad Ali's belt. It's coming from Ukraine. As I, you know, the next step, I'm not kidding. The next step is Ukraine.

extremely hot Ukrainian women in a delegation to the White House.

extremely hot Ukrainian women in a delegation to the White House.