Mike Benz

Right. But saying that undermines the efficacy of all other USAID programs. No, I... So it becomes... I get it. Yeah, right. But...

Right. But saying that undermines the efficacy of all other USAID programs. No, I... So it becomes... I get it. Yeah, right. But...

Right. But saying that undermines the efficacy of all other USAID programs. No, I... So it becomes... I get it. Yeah, right. But...

My concern is there's some things you can't do assassinations, you know, promoting Internet censorship, you know, full on regime change, you know, that mobilizes the ugliest assets in a society like terrorist groups or, you know, you know, extremist groups sort of thing. But there's a lot of squishiness in between that.

My concern is there's some things you can't do assassinations, you know, promoting Internet censorship, you know, full on regime change, you know, that mobilizes the ugliest assets in a society like terrorist groups or, you know, you know, extremist groups sort of thing. But there's a lot of squishiness in between that.

My concern is there's some things you can't do assassinations, you know, promoting Internet censorship, you know, full on regime change, you know, that mobilizes the ugliest assets in a society like terrorist groups or, you know, you know, extremist groups sort of thing. But there's a lot of squishiness in between that.

And I'm not sure that the MAGA foreign policy establishment, being very new, not Marco Rubio, but Marco Rubio is newer to MAGA than the rest of the White House. And he was approved, what, 99 to 0 or something? In the Senate, he was the easiest one to pass. And he's And I think he's done a phenomenal job so far, by the way, if I can say that.

And I'm not sure that the MAGA foreign policy establishment, being very new, not Marco Rubio, but Marco Rubio is newer to MAGA than the rest of the White House. And he was approved, what, 99 to 0 or something? In the Senate, he was the easiest one to pass. And he's And I think he's done a phenomenal job so far, by the way, if I can say that.

And I'm not sure that the MAGA foreign policy establishment, being very new, not Marco Rubio, but Marco Rubio is newer to MAGA than the rest of the White House. And he was approved, what, 99 to 0 or something? In the Senate, he was the easiest one to pass. And he's And I think he's done a phenomenal job so far, by the way, if I can say that.

But I feel like most of the people who came to the MAGA movement came to that for nationalistic reasons and don't... understand the interplay between the national and the global. And as they are finding that out, they are seeing how horrible the deeds are done of the global. And there is going to be this impulse to...

But I feel like most of the people who came to the MAGA movement came to that for nationalistic reasons and don't... understand the interplay between the national and the global. And as they are finding that out, they are seeing how horrible the deeds are done of the global. And there is going to be this impulse to...

But I feel like most of the people who came to the MAGA movement came to that for nationalistic reasons and don't... understand the interplay between the national and the global. And as they are finding that out, they are seeing how horrible the deeds are done of the global. And there is going to be this impulse to...

destroy this thing completely destroy this thing and by the way i don't that's not even my principal fear because i i actually think that you know the other part of this is that i could very easily seeing see most of these grants being preserved simply through the trench state department yeah right simply through the state department i mean this is what happened with brexit everyone celebrate everyone who is pro-brexit celebrated brexit the day it happened that to me is like the closure of the usa building but the fact is is they effectively stopped brexit yeah

destroy this thing completely destroy this thing and by the way i don't that's not even my principal fear because i i actually think that you know the other part of this is that i could very easily seeing see most of these grants being preserved simply through the trench state department yeah right simply through the state department i mean this is what happened with brexit everyone celebrate everyone who is pro-brexit celebrated brexit the day it happened that to me is like the closure of the usa building but the fact is is they effectively stopped brexit yeah

destroy this thing completely destroy this thing and by the way i don't that's not even my principal fear because i i actually think that you know the other part of this is that i could very easily seeing see most of these grants being preserved simply through the trench state department yeah right simply through the state department i mean this is what happened with brexit everyone celebrate everyone who is pro-brexit celebrated brexit the day it happened that to me is like the closure of the usa building but the fact is is they effectively stopped brexit yeah

because there's so many layers of resistance and implementation. And we're going to run into that here, which is why I'm using this time to be able to talk with you today on something that is... on this, which is that you're going to need to understand...

because there's so many layers of resistance and implementation. And we're going to run into that here, which is why I'm using this time to be able to talk with you today on something that is... on this, which is that you're going to need to understand...

because there's so many layers of resistance and implementation. And we're going to run into that here, which is why I'm using this time to be able to talk with you today on something that is... on this, which is that you're going to need to understand...

The purpose for these things and the scope of it and be able to look at just how bad it is with clear eyes and not necessarily, I mean, have your rage boiling your anger moment. And when that clears, a fundamental... The reorganization of the way we carry out soft power is going to have to replace what we used to do if we don't do these dirty deeds anymore.

The purpose for these things and the scope of it and be able to look at just how bad it is with clear eyes and not necessarily, I mean, have your rage boiling your anger moment. And when that clears, a fundamental... The reorganization of the way we carry out soft power is going to have to replace what we used to do if we don't do these dirty deeds anymore.