Rory Stewart
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We're going to stop the expansion of NATO.
We're going to constrain the size of the Ukrainian army.
This is not actually the Elbridge-Colby fantasy that the United States is focusing on China and Europe is going to be empowered to push back Russia through Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
Nothing of the sort.
Actually, what the United States, it would be like, I don't know, I keep trying to think of the analogies to illustrate to Americans, but let's say for some weird reason, I decided that I was going to go out for the night and put my young child in charge of my house.
And I had told him to get ready and do his karate training and he hadn't done it.
And then I finally say, okay, well, you didn't do your training.
I'm leaving the house anyway.
Fine.
But America's going more than that.
They're actually saying, and by the way, I'm going to disable the alarm.
I'm going to hand a pepper stray to the person who's coming in through the door.
Farewell.
See you later.
Well, putting in their money.
He was going to take 100 billion of Russian money, 100 billion of European money, and he was going to make all the profit.
And let's see what happens to this European proposal.
I'm a bit gloomy, but we'll see.
Next question from India, who's actually got a question coming in from Johannesburg herself, which is, of course, where the G20 summit, the summit of the 20 wealthiest nations on Earth.
Minus one.