Michael Weiss

But, you know, he has managed to do almost the impossible, come back from multiple criminal convictions. I mean, I was just chatting today with somebody. Okay, like, where's the compromise on Trump that maybe the Russians have or the Chinese have? What compromise? What could you possibly have on this guy? that hasn't already been ventilated in public or adjudicated in a court of law.

But, you know, he has managed to do almost the impossible, come back from multiple criminal convictions. I mean, I was just chatting today with somebody. Okay, like, where's the compromise on Trump that maybe the Russians have or the Chinese have? What compromise? What could you possibly have on this guy? that hasn't already been ventilated in public or adjudicated in a court of law.

But, you know, he has managed to do almost the impossible, come back from multiple criminal convictions. I mean, I was just chatting today with somebody. Okay, like, where's the compromise on Trump that maybe the Russians have or the Chinese have? What compromise? What could you possibly have on this guy? that hasn't already been ventilated in public or adjudicated in a court of law.

I mean, sex crimes, been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Financial impropriety, he was awaiting sentencing, I think, and then he got elected president.

I mean, sex crimes, been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Financial impropriety, he was awaiting sentencing, I think, and then he got elected president.

I mean, sex crimes, been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Financial impropriety, he was awaiting sentencing, I think, and then he got elected president.

Yes, but as I remind everyone, urine is sterile. That's true. So you can be a germaphobe and not necessarily averse to it.

Yes, but as I remind everyone, urine is sterile. That's true. So you can be a germaphobe and not necessarily averse to it.

Yes, but as I remind everyone, urine is sterile. That's true. So you can be a germaphobe and not necessarily averse to it.

Well, I mean, the first thing you have to realize is that Putin wants to reactivate this Istanbul, quote-unquote, peace process, which was inaugurated in 2022 at the start of the full-scale invasion when Russian tanks were literally ring-fencing the city of Kiev. Ukraine was in a quite vulnerable position. And what these talks amounted to wasn't how to stop the war.

Well, I mean, the first thing you have to realize is that Putin wants to reactivate this Istanbul, quote-unquote, peace process, which was inaugurated in 2022 at the start of the full-scale invasion when Russian tanks were literally ring-fencing the city of Kiev. Ukraine was in a quite vulnerable position. And what these talks amounted to wasn't how to stop the war.

Well, I mean, the first thing you have to realize is that Putin wants to reactivate this Istanbul, quote-unquote, peace process, which was inaugurated in 2022 at the start of the full-scale invasion when Russian tanks were literally ring-fencing the city of Kiev. Ukraine was in a quite vulnerable position. And what these talks amounted to wasn't how to stop the war.

It was how to get at the, quote, root causes of the war. So in other words... They want to do regime change in Ukraine, which means Zelensky out. They want to install a pro-Russian satrap to run the country. They want Ukraine completely demilitarized.

It was how to get at the, quote, root causes of the war. So in other words... They want to do regime change in Ukraine, which means Zelensky out. They want to install a pro-Russian satrap to run the country. They want Ukraine completely demilitarized.

It was how to get at the, quote, root causes of the war. So in other words... They want to do regime change in Ukraine, which means Zelensky out. They want to install a pro-Russian satrap to run the country. They want Ukraine completely demilitarized.

They want Ukraine nowhere near NATO, even though various presidents, including the last one, had said that Ukraine is not going to join NATO in the near future. And they want to really relitigate the post-Cold War European security architecture. So they want U.S. troops out of NATO's eastern flank. They want a whole kit and caboodle of things here, which doesn't just stop at Ukraine's borders.

They want Ukraine nowhere near NATO, even though various presidents, including the last one, had said that Ukraine is not going to join NATO in the near future. And they want to really relitigate the post-Cold War European security architecture. So they want U.S. troops out of NATO's eastern flank. They want a whole kit and caboodle of things here, which doesn't just stop at Ukraine's borders.

They want Ukraine nowhere near NATO, even though various presidents, including the last one, had said that Ukraine is not going to join NATO in the near future. And they want to really relitigate the post-Cold War European security architecture. So they want U.S. troops out of NATO's eastern flank. They want a whole kit and caboodle of things here, which doesn't just stop at Ukraine's borders.

So to go to Istanbul now in 2025, when Russia has a million soldiers either dead or wounded, much of its army has been hollowed out through attritional attacks. warfare over the last three years, you know, international sanctions regime on Russia still in place.

So to go to Istanbul now in 2025, when Russia has a million soldiers either dead or wounded, much of its army has been hollowed out through attritional attacks. warfare over the last three years, you know, international sanctions regime on Russia still in place.