Niall Ferguson

that he is capable of deploying lethal force in a way that nobody else is.

The Chinese couldn't do this.

The Russians certainly couldn't do this.

Well, Putin's tried for 35 months and Trump did it in 35 minutes.

So Putin is approaching year five of a war against Ukraine that he thought would be over in a matter of days.

Yeah.

The Chinese love to do demonstrations of their sea and air power in and around Taiwan, but could they actually fight, you know, a war?

Well, none of their commanding officers has ever seen combat, whereas the United States has a great deal of combat experience.

So I think part of what's going on here is...

is a global reassertion of American power that is ultimately directed at Russia and China.

The unfinished business is still the negotiation of an end to the war in Ukraine.

That, as President Trump said today, has proved much harder than he expected.

He acknowledges that.

But I don't think we should lose sight of that.

I'd far rather be talking about Ukraine than Greenland.

And I did manage to at least spend some of the time at the Ukraine house today talking about what's happening there, which we should come back to.

But then ultimately the big problem is China.

And China is the real adversary in today's geopolitical moment.

You used the phrase new world order.

It's not a phrase I've ever much liked since I think George H.W.