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Michael Weiss

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2807 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Again, not just what Ukraine cannot do, join NATO, which has been a longstanding demand of theirs or request.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

NATO cannot add any other countries.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Again, we're getting into the root causes, as they put it, or the 1991 and on history.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Ukraine must have a cap on its military

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

They don't go into specifics of do they mean the standing army or do they mean the standing army plus, you know, reservists and National Guard.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

It's tricky math.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

They just refer to personnel.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

They put it at 600,000.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Not so terrible, but also like who are they to dictate to Ukraine, you know, what's the size of their military going to be, particularly when Ukraine wants to deter further Russian aggression.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Then there's some stuff in there that looks like it was very, very tailor-made for a guy like Donald Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

The EU will use frozen Russian assets in the hundreds of billions of dollars to both reconstruct Ukraine, but also to provide a 50% kickback to the United States.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

So basically, right.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Oh, and then by the way, the EU will spend a hundred billion dollars of its own money to rebuild cities and towns and villages in Ukraine that were destroyed by the Russians.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

So like this is a deal between not even the Russian government.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Kirill Dmitriev, who is โ€“ it's not quite accurate to call him a freelancer.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

He's connected.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

He's married to a woman who is best friends with Putin's daughter.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

So he's got a seat sort of at the table.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

But he doesn't own Putin.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

He isn't the only influencer.