Shawn Ryan

This is very bad and this could get worse.

And I think platforms like yours are important because people like you put big podcasts, I think you guys brought a lot of people out to vote for President Trump.

And I think it's really important that all the people that are watching this show and all the other podcasts call their senators, call their representatives, make their voice heard because there is, again, that media ecosystem that kind of exists, oddly, in the White House.

We've got to penetrate through that.

They were listening during the campaign, and I think they'll listen again if people take this as a call to action.

I strongly doubt it.

They're still getting it.

The only difference is they're selling the transactions in Yuan.

And so...

I think China may like this because obviously we've taken our eyes off the Pacific for people who care about Taiwan.

The Pacific is truly our border.

We're a Pacific power.

I think a lot of that has kind of gone by the wayside because we had to move so much combat power into CENTCOM.

So I'm sure China's happy with it.

Russia too, we've taken our eyes off of getting a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine because there is scarcity now.

We've created scarcity while it's taking place in the Straits of Hormuz with the energy sector.

Russian oil, Russian gas, all that is going to be worth more on the market now to fund their war.

So I think our major competitors, Russia and China, I would say they're probably pretty happy about this.

But all of our regional allies, I think, are probably pretty furious about it.

It is, and yeah.