Michael Weiss

I mean, Epstein is one of, well, obviously, a deeply dark human being in many respects, but somebody who had amassed a level of wealth

and connections with the elites of the world that, in a way, it's not surprising to see him kind of mobbed up with everybody.

I mean, those emails read like the text equivalent of the Star Wars cantina scene, a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

He knows everybody.

And I think he was briefing –

Was it the Russian ambassador to the United States on how to understand and how to read Trump?

Perhaps it was Lavrov himself.

I forget the details.

Right.

So, you know, that's interesting, too, because there's this perception that, oh, the Israelis really hated Bashar al-Assad.

I mean, well—

They didn't like him, but they preferred him.

to the collapse of the regime.

And we see that playing out very clearly now.

I mean, they have actively tried to sabotage normalizations with the Shara government.

They don't like the fact that Shara was in the White House, and they certainly don't like the fact that it looks like the U.S.

is going to lift sanctions on Syria.

Why?

Because Assad is sort of the devil we know, and they could play him.

He was weak.