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Michael Weiss

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump's Ukraine Cluster**ck

Just before the tryptophan kicks in from your Turkey, you know, extravaganza, we're going to decide the future of Europe and NATO.

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

Yes, because everybody knew the minute this thing stepped into the light, it's going to fall apart, which is exactly what's happened.

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

So at Geneva, I know I'm going long here, but the details of this are at Geneva, Rubio's there, Driscoll is there.

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

Witkoff is there.

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

Kushner is not.

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

Vance is not.

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

And they're sitting with the Ukrainians.

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

And basically, the Ukrainian deputy foreign minister, who used to be their ambassador to the United Nations, a very smart guy, when he got wind of this plan leaking, he basically compared it to a Soviet active measure or a Russian info op, just to give you a sense of the Ukrainian perspective on it.

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

He is now saying, all of that noise, all of that horrible stuff has been stripped away.

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

28 points pared down to 19.

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

The clause about NATO and the future of NATO, including Ukraine's possible membership in it, that's been removed.

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

Territorial concessions have been removed.

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

That was the other point I should have made earlier.

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

In the first document, it was Ukraine must give up Donetsk, which it has fought.

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

mightily to retain at least the parts that it still has and Donetsk under Ukrainian control.

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

This is a succession of citadel cities.

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

This is one of the most fortified places in the world.

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

They must give that up to the Russians, which the Russians cannot take militarily.

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

It would take them 80 years to conquer it all.

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

and de facto recognition of all the stuff that Russia is currently occupying.