Mike Ritland

And the highest ROI to be able to secure the petroleum, to be able to secure the lithium, the cobalt, the aluminum, the copper, the zinc, the timber, the import-export markets, the military bases, well, you're going to need to find other ways to offset that. the power you've lost by doing this.

So for example, Trump in the oil and gas space, Trump is, you can see a creative way of trying to offset this. Like for example, let's just say a country who we depend on for petroleum access, goes rogue, shakes off the yoke of U.S. soft power in the region, say Azerbaijan or something, and you lose the petroleum because you lost your ability to influence those elections.

So for example, Trump in the oil and gas space, Trump is, you can see a creative way of trying to offset this. Like for example, let's just say a country who we depend on for petroleum access, goes rogue, shakes off the yoke of U.S. soft power in the region, say Azerbaijan or something, and you lose the petroleum because you lost your ability to influence those elections.

So for example, Trump in the oil and gas space, Trump is, you can see a creative way of trying to offset this. Like for example, let's just say a country who we depend on for petroleum access, goes rogue, shakes off the yoke of U.S. soft power in the region, say Azerbaijan or something, and you lose the petroleum because you lost your ability to influence those elections.

Well, now you need to offset that. Well, in Trump's case, he's saying drill, baby, drill domestically. So there's ways that you can maybe offset that. Or maybe you could, you can... Find other levers for carrots and sticks that don't rely on tapping into this dark arts sorcery work.

Well, now you need to offset that. Well, in Trump's case, he's saying drill, baby, drill domestically. So there's ways that you can maybe offset that. Or maybe you could, you can... Find other levers for carrots and sticks that don't rely on tapping into this dark arts sorcery work.

Well, now you need to offset that. Well, in Trump's case, he's saying drill, baby, drill domestically. So there's ways that you can maybe offset that. Or maybe you could, you can... Find other levers for carrots and sticks that don't rely on tapping into this dark arts sorcery work.

For example, I believe one of those things that just like with banning the CIA's ability to do assassinations after the 70s is banning social media censorship diplomacy. USAID's huge role in social media censorship. that's one of those assassinations level things that has to be completely banned by law in whatever continuing function USAID has.

For example, I believe one of those things that just like with banning the CIA's ability to do assassinations after the 70s is banning social media censorship diplomacy. USAID's huge role in social media censorship. that's one of those assassinations level things that has to be completely banned by law in whatever continuing function USAID has.

For example, I believe one of those things that just like with banning the CIA's ability to do assassinations after the 70s is banning social media censorship diplomacy. USAID's huge role in social media censorship. that's one of those assassinations level things that has to be completely banned by law in whatever continuing function USAID has.

And any USAID administrator or someone who's caught doing that, there should be criminal penalties. There should be civil penalties with treble damages for every US citizen who's impacted by that. And because this is, This is impacting U.S. taxpayers paying to have this cloak and dagger work target them. There has to be recourse for that.

And any USAID administrator or someone who's caught doing that, there should be criminal penalties. There should be civil penalties with treble damages for every US citizen who's impacted by that. And because this is, This is impacting U.S. taxpayers paying to have this cloak and dagger work target them. There has to be recourse for that.

And any USAID administrator or someone who's caught doing that, there should be criminal penalties. There should be civil penalties with treble damages for every US citizen who's impacted by that. And because this is, This is impacting U.S. taxpayers paying to have this cloak and dagger work target them. There has to be recourse for that.

So you can create those categories, but it also has to touch the corporate side for the stakeholder group, because otherwise, who are you doing this for? What are our American national interests?

So you can create those categories, but it also has to touch the corporate side for the stakeholder group, because otherwise, who are you doing this for? What are our American national interests?

So you can create those categories, but it also has to touch the corporate side for the stakeholder group, because otherwise, who are you doing this for? What are our American national interests?

I hesitate to concede that they fully had their legs chopped off. because of a number of reasons. One is, even assuming so, they're moving over to the State Department. Now, what I've been telling, you know, I do all these private live streams for my ex-subscribers, and for 14 months, I've been telling every lecture I've done, I've said, x-ray through every time you see USAID, and look, and

I hesitate to concede that they fully had their legs chopped off. because of a number of reasons. One is, even assuming so, they're moving over to the State Department. Now, what I've been telling, you know, I do all these private live streams for my ex-subscribers, and for 14 months, I've been telling every lecture I've done, I've said, x-ray through every time you see USAID, and look, and

I hesitate to concede that they fully had their legs chopped off. because of a number of reasons. One is, even assuming so, they're moving over to the State Department. Now, what I've been telling, you know, I do all these private live streams for my ex-subscribers, and for 14 months, I've been telling every lecture I've done, I've said, x-ray through every time you see USAID, and look, and

you have to see the State Department everywhere. They are not USAID. They're State Department. They've always been State Department. There's never been an inch of daylight. Now, let's sort of start with that because there actually is in the sense that it's a switch player between these other interagencies, and they have more flexibility to do this rogue work than State.