Mike Lindell

What's in play there in a minute or so?

Well, sure.

I mean, then the question is, if you have a peace deal and the war comes to an end, what is the relationship, say, between the United States and Russia after that?

So are we going to get access to minerals?

Are we going to get access to oil?

I'm fine with that in terms of economic benefit.

I have a little bit of hesitation when all of a sudden we're making national security decisions based on those considerations, right?

That's where the rub is.

Yeah.

Similarly, with Venezuela, some of this stuff's being couched in terms of the drug war and the gangs and all this kind of thing.

But similarly, what other issues are at play down there?

Look, Maduro is a scumbag, and it would be a great and wonderful day if the government in Venezuela vanished and those people could return to a democratic government.

I'm all in on that.

The question is, how likely is that to happen and what are we going to have to do to make it happen?

So my estimation, Maduro's not going anywhere because we're yelling at him and rattling sabers.

To begin with, Maduro's kept in power by the Cubans, first and foremost.

He has alliances with the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians.

But it's the Cubans keeping him in power.

By that, I mean throughout his nation, all of his top generals, his top intelligence guys, they're Cubans.

His presidential guard is literally a Cuban special forces unit.