Mike Davis

And all of a sudden, we seem to be in what now is the new normal, which is it seems OK that what we're negotiating for is to take over a piece of territory that belongs to another country.

But everyone kind of sighs, you know,

sighs with relief at that um so he's moved uh i don't want to call it you know four-dimensional chess or any of that but he certainly has moved the conversation in the direction he wanted it to go and that's where we are very true to your broader point about europe i think

I think the message there is, and I think Tom alluded to it, it's not just that we don't want you to be the freeloader anymore.

You would be better if you got your act together.

That's like saying to a friend, look, you really should stop drinking.

You ought to wake up in the morning to do some exercise because that's what's good for you.

It's good for me that I no longer have to pay for the popcorn, but it would be better for you if you actually got up on your two feet and manned up and took care of your economy, closed your borders,

Provide your own people with your own energy and control your destiny.

That's what he wants America to do.

figuring that out well and that was so i don't know what that was one of his arguments to the court too is like well they have to stay in place because we've already done it and if we if we have to undo all this stuff it's going to be a disaster and so it's not well maybe maybe it's not a great position congress will do its job and and uh get back involved in a way that uh they should be in the first place we have all kinds on our show megan

Andy?

Well, I will say that Mort Halpern is a very prominent foreign policy expert, and it's great that he's still with us.

I'm glad to hear that, and I'm glad that he's still talking.

I would say it's a bigger chance today than it was yesterday.

I think that I'd give it about a 33.

three and a third percent chance i think it's a one okay three i i actually think that some sort of you know there's some sort of agreement somewhere between statehood and uh where we are now that we end up i think i think it'll change for sure what do you think megan

However it turns out, Trump will take credit for it and it will be a great victory.

Merry Christmas, sir.

Yeah, so Ken Weinstein was the George W. Bush head of the National Security Division.