Saagar Enjeti

And when he went there and they were like, listen, you know, nice to see you, but good luck.

That's when he had to get serious about, you know,

taking some concessions here and striking a deal that, yeah, the the warmongers are going to hate, the neocons are going to hate.

And that does expose the weakness of the United States, ultimately, you know, as we evaluate what the you know, what this war, quote unquote, achieved on our behalf.

And so I wonder if you see it that way.

How influential do you think that that trip to China was in ultimately forcing Trump's hand to come to some sort of a negotiated agreement?

Hollywood may have been on top of it from the beginning.

It may have been.

Exactly.

Right.

Why are you not a fan of that treatise?

Yeah.

Well, that leads to my last question, which is let's assume that this immediate term deal comes together.

Let's assume they're able to work out the differences on the nuclear file, that there is some sort of settlement.

We figure out in the Strait of Hormuz, lots of big question marks there, as we all know.

Let's say, though, that this war concludes along the lines that are being laid out right now.

What will this mean in terms of the U.S.

position in the world and changes to the both global and regional balance of power?

Yeah.

Yeah.