Michael Weiss

And he can bring that to all of us. That's his magic power in the United States. He will lift up sort of the losers and the burnouts and the dregs and give them security clearances, and give them government portfolios, and give them the power to take revenge on those who denied them all of these things, all of these luxuries, and all of these privileges, right?

And he can bring that to all of us. That's his magic power in the United States. He will lift up sort of the losers and the burnouts and the dregs and give them security clearances, and give them government portfolios, and give them the power to take revenge on those who denied them all of these things, all of these luxuries, and all of these privileges, right?

And he can bring that to all of us. That's his magic power in the United States. He will lift up sort of the losers and the burnouts and the dregs and give them security clearances, and give them government portfolios, and give them the power to take revenge on those who denied them all of these things, all of these luxuries, and all of these privileges, right?

I mean, it's the Nietzschean ressentiment. That's what is really the kind of, I think, bedrock ideology of this movement. And he plays it brilliantly. Look, I will be the first to say, I think Trump is a political genius without any exceptions. I mean, I don't like the political genius. I don't like what he's managed to achieve with it.

I mean, it's the Nietzschean ressentiment. That's what is really the kind of, I think, bedrock ideology of this movement. And he plays it brilliantly. Look, I will be the first to say, I think Trump is a political genius without any exceptions. I mean, I don't like the political genius. I don't like what he's managed to achieve with it.

I mean, it's the Nietzschean ressentiment. That's what is really the kind of, I think, bedrock ideology of this movement. And he plays it brilliantly. Look, I will be the first to say, I think Trump is a political genius without any exceptions. I mean, I don't like the political genius. I don't like what he's managed to achieve with it.

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.