Mike Benz

My priority is as an American to tell this story about Brazil because this is a story of the American government. And this is something that the Trump administration, if it wants to get done its domestic agenda, is going to run into this international crisis.

My priority is as an American to tell this story about Brazil because this is a story of the American government. And this is something that the Trump administration, if it wants to get done its domestic agenda, is going to run into this international crisis.

they're going to run into it in the EU, they're going to run into it in Canada, in Australia, they're going to run into it in Ukraine, they're going to run into it in Central Asia, they're going to run into it in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the Brazil case study is a really clean one because the size of the operation and how sloppy they were about covering the tracks.

they're going to run into it in the EU, they're going to run into it in Canada, in Australia, they're going to run into it in Ukraine, they're going to run into it in Central Asia, they're going to run into it in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the Brazil case study is a really clean one because the size of the operation and how sloppy they were about covering the tracks.

You want to go to slide one, by the way? I don't mean to interrupt.

You want to go to slide one, by the way? I don't mean to interrupt.

Does that look familiar?

Does that look familiar?

That's the USAID SEPs program.

That's the USAID SEPs program.

It's hard for me to give advice to the Brazilian people as an American citizen. It feels a little bit outside my place. I think, in general, it's amazing to see the success that you've had. I, too, like Patrick, have never seen an Instagram video with over 300 million views that's...

It's hard for me to give advice to the Brazilian people as an American citizen. It feels a little bit outside my place. I think, in general, it's amazing to see the success that you've had. I, too, like Patrick, have never seen an Instagram video with over 300 million views that's...

Highly impressive, but I think that is ultimately the path to bringing power to the people, is to make your voice heard as loud as humanly possible and to keep turning your voice up and up and up and up and to find partners at every conceivable level, in the U.S., in Europe, to wherever. And I don't mean that in an interference way.

Highly impressive, but I think that is ultimately the path to bringing power to the people, is to make your voice heard as loud as humanly possible and to keep turning your voice up and up and up and up and to find partners at every conceivable level, in the U.S., in Europe, to wherever. And I don't mean that in an interference way.

I mean that simply for people around the world to hear your message. This is... A common interplay in these situations is there's the concept of the so-called international community, which are like-mindeds all around the world who believe in a cause or believe in a principle.

I mean that simply for people around the world to hear your message. This is... A common interplay in these situations is there's the concept of the so-called international community, which are like-mindeds all around the world who believe in a cause or believe in a principle.

And the bigger that tent is, the more that energizes and the more that also impacts the people in the country because they will... They will hear the media sirens around the world who amplify that message. It gets out, and support can come from strange places when you sing your song loud enough. And I think you guys are doing the right thing in terms of that.

And the bigger that tent is, the more that energizes and the more that also impacts the people in the country because they will... They will hear the media sirens around the world who amplify that message. It gets out, and support can come from strange places when you sing your song loud enough. And I think you guys are doing the right thing in terms of that.

And that's really the only thing that feels appropriate for me to say, because I think below that you start to get to issues around political organizing, and it feels out of place for me to opine on that part of it.

And that's really the only thing that feels appropriate for me to say, because I think below that you start to get to issues around political organizing, and it feels out of place for me to opine on that part of it.