Michael Weiss
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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.
extremely hot Ukrainian women in a delegation to the White House.
Rare earth minerals, lithium, and all the stuff that goes into microprocessing. That idea came from Ron Lauder, by the way, who also gave him the idea, why don't we take Greenland? Because why the hell not? What's Greenland and who lives there? Again, it's like his business... men friends, fellow oligarchs, tell him, hey, this is, you know, what I would do in your position.
Rare earth minerals, lithium, and all the stuff that goes into microprocessing. That idea came from Ron Lauder, by the way, who also gave him the idea, why don't we take Greenland? Because why the hell not? What's Greenland and who lives there? Again, it's like his business... men friends, fellow oligarchs, tell him, hey, this is, you know, what I would do in your position.
Rare earth minerals, lithium, and all the stuff that goes into microprocessing. That idea came from Ron Lauder, by the way, who also gave him the idea, why don't we take Greenland? Because why the hell not? What's Greenland and who lives there? Again, it's like his business... men friends, fellow oligarchs, tell him, hey, this is, you know, what I would do in your position.
Let's talk about hostile takeovers, you know. It's like a, you know... That Danny DeVito movie from the 80s, Other People's Money. That's how Trump is governing as president.
Let's talk about hostile takeovers, you know. It's like a, you know... That Danny DeVito movie from the 80s, Other People's Money. That's how Trump is governing as president.
Let's talk about hostile takeovers, you know. It's like a, you know... That Danny DeVito movie from the 80s, Other People's Money. That's how Trump is governing as president.
And just to, again, to underscore kind of the willy-nilly nature of all this, because you really don't... People are very sure about what's going to happen. I'm not so sure because I don't know... You know, who's got the president's ear or what kind of impression has been made. I mean, to send out J.D. Vance, who is the most hostile to Ukraine person in the U.S. government.
And just to, again, to underscore kind of the willy-nilly nature of all this, because you really don't... People are very sure about what's going to happen. I'm not so sure because I don't know... You know, who's got the president's ear or what kind of impression has been made. I mean, to send out J.D. Vance, who is the most hostile to Ukraine person in the U.S. government.
And just to, again, to underscore kind of the willy-nilly nature of all this, because you really don't... People are very sure about what's going to happen. I'm not so sure because I don't know... You know, who's got the president's ear or what kind of impression has been made. I mean, to send out J.D. Vance, who is the most hostile to Ukraine person in the U.S. government.
His staff really hate Ukraine.
His staff really hate Ukraine.
His staff really hate Ukraine.