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Michael Weiss

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

to Ukraine, then we're not in such a terrible state. The worst case scenario is he says, I'm going all after the Ukrainians. I am tearing up everything until sharing. I will not allow Lockheed and Raytheon kit that we sell to Germany and France and the UK to be donated to Ukraine. That would be a real escalation in favor of the Russia.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

to Ukraine, then we're not in such a terrible state. The worst case scenario is he says, I'm going all after the Ukrainians. I am tearing up everything until sharing. I will not allow Lockheed and Raytheon kit that we sell to Germany and France and the UK to be donated to Ukraine. That would be a real escalation in favor of the Russia.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

to Ukraine, then we're not in such a terrible state. The worst case scenario is he says, I'm going all after the Ukrainians. I am tearing up everything until sharing. I will not allow Lockheed and Raytheon kit that we sell to Germany and France and the UK to be donated to Ukraine. That would be a real escalation in favor of the Russia.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

And if he does that though, Tim, in the absence of any grand bargain, There's going to be resistance, not just from the Europeans and not just from ourselves and people who support Ukraine in the United States. But you notice there are sort of cracks in the GOP MAGA coalition here.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

And if he does that though, Tim, in the absence of any grand bargain, There's going to be resistance, not just from the Europeans and not just from ourselves and people who support Ukraine in the United States. But you notice there are sort of cracks in the GOP MAGA coalition here.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

And if he does that though, Tim, in the absence of any grand bargain, There's going to be resistance, not just from the Europeans and not just from ourselves and people who support Ukraine in the United States. But you notice there are sort of cracks in the GOP MAGA coalition here.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

Ben Shapiro goes to Kiev, sort of is taken with Zelensky, does his podcast and says, actually, you know, there's all pressure on the Ukrainians, not on the Russians. The New York Post, their entire team. editorially is very pro-Ukraine. They will push against this. Fox News hits every once in a while. Jack Keane and others will get on air and say this is ridiculous.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

Ben Shapiro goes to Kiev, sort of is taken with Zelensky, does his podcast and says, actually, you know, there's all pressure on the Ukrainians, not on the Russians. The New York Post, their entire team. editorially is very pro-Ukraine. They will push against this. Fox News hits every once in a while. Jack Keane and others will get on air and say this is ridiculous.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

Ben Shapiro goes to Kiev, sort of is taken with Zelensky, does his podcast and says, actually, you know, there's all pressure on the Ukrainians, not on the Russians. The New York Post, their entire team. editorially is very pro-Ukraine. They will push against this. Fox News hits every once in a while. Jack Keane and others will get on air and say this is ridiculous.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

You know, we're just gifting the Russians everything in exchange for nothing. It's going to be a little problematic. That's not to say he won't do it. because he's a sociopathic narcissist and he just does whatever the hell he wants. But there are institutional things in place that are going to make it a little more complicated for him to do that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

You know, we're just gifting the Russians everything in exchange for nothing. It's going to be a little problematic. That's not to say he won't do it. because he's a sociopathic narcissist and he just does whatever the hell he wants. But there are institutional things in place that are going to make it a little more complicated for him to do that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

You know, we're just gifting the Russians everything in exchange for nothing. It's going to be a little problematic. That's not to say he won't do it. because he's a sociopathic narcissist and he just does whatever the hell he wants. But there are institutional things in place that are going to make it a little more complicated for him to do that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

So that's the best case scenario I can envisage for Ukraine, that we continue to arm either directly or indirectly. And it sort of becomes a back of the New York Times story, which would benefit all. It's off the front page, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

So that's the best case scenario I can envisage for Ukraine, that we continue to arm either directly or indirectly. And it sort of becomes a back of the New York Times story, which would benefit all. It's off the front page, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

So that's the best case scenario I can envisage for Ukraine, that we continue to arm either directly or indirectly. And it sort of becomes a back of the New York Times story, which would benefit all. It's off the front page, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

No, it's not. I mean, it's very static. You know, I was just meeting with Valery Zaluzhny, the former commander in chief. He's now the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK. I was meeting with one of his advisers. And I said, well, what is the ambassador? He said he's convinced there is a 15 kilometer sort of buffer along the contact line, which is just it's a no man's land of drones on both sides.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

No, it's not. I mean, it's very static. You know, I was just meeting with Valery Zaluzhny, the former commander in chief. He's now the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK. I was meeting with one of his advisers. And I said, well, what is the ambassador? He said he's convinced there is a 15 kilometer sort of buffer along the contact line, which is just it's a no man's land of drones on both sides.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

No, it's not. I mean, it's very static. You know, I was just meeting with Valery Zaluzhny, the former commander in chief. He's now the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK. I was meeting with one of his advisers. And I said, well, what is the ambassador? He said he's convinced there is a 15 kilometer sort of buffer along the contact line, which is just it's a no man's land of drones on both sides.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

It makes it impossible for either side to have a major breakthrough. I mean, what the Russians are doing is they're actually they're not using heavy armor whatsoever. They're putting soldiers on motorbikes and kind of raiding Ukrainian positions across the line. And that can be kind of tactically a little bit dangerous for the Ukrainians. But by and large, things have remained the same.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

It makes it impossible for either side to have a major breakthrough. I mean, what the Russians are doing is they're actually they're not using heavy armor whatsoever. They're putting soldiers on motorbikes and kind of raiding Ukrainian positions across the line. And that can be kind of tactically a little bit dangerous for the Ukrainians. But by and large, things have remained the same.