Susan Glasser

I think Russia's always seen that as a possible outcome, that they wanted to gobble up as much territory as they could militarily, but then seek to continue to dominate essentially a weakened Ukraine region. politically, as part of the aftermath. So yes, absolutely, they would seek to put a proxy leader in and replace Zelensky in any way that they could.

I think Russia's always seen that as a possible outcome, that they wanted to gobble up as much territory as they could militarily, but then seek to continue to dominate essentially a weakened Ukraine region. politically, as part of the aftermath. So yes, absolutely, they would seek to put a proxy leader in and replace Zelensky in any way that they could.

You know, I was struck by that comment too, Tim. You know, you can't sideline somebody that you haven't even let them to show up to the game. Yeah. You can't sideline somebody if they're not even allowed in the stadium. You know, look, this is it's really remarkable at this point.

You know, I was struck by that comment too, Tim. You know, you can't sideline somebody that you haven't even let them to show up to the game. Yeah. You can't sideline somebody if they're not even allowed in the stadium. You know, look, this is it's really remarkable at this point.

You know, I was struck by that comment too, Tim. You know, you can't sideline somebody that you haven't even let them to show up to the game. Yeah. You can't sideline somebody if they're not even allowed in the stadium. You know, look, this is it's really remarkable at this point.

Zelensky's hope is that he can, you know, rally Europe to his side, that he can help, you know, work with them to come up with a united front and essentially to negotiate among the allies. You know, it's also interesting and notable that the Russians came out of these preliminary talks saying, well, we're not sure when Putin and Trump are going to meet.

Zelensky's hope is that he can, you know, rally Europe to his side, that he can help, you know, work with them to come up with a united front and essentially to negotiate among the allies. You know, it's also interesting and notable that the Russians came out of these preliminary talks saying, well, we're not sure when Putin and Trump are going to meet.

Zelensky's hope is that he can, you know, rally Europe to his side, that he can help, you know, work with them to come up with a united front and essentially to negotiate among the allies. You know, it's also interesting and notable that the Russians came out of these preliminary talks saying, well, we're not sure when Putin and Trump are going to meet.

Once again, it seems that Trump is the one who is always the eager suitor with Vladimir Putin, always begging to meet with him. You know, and it's notable that Putin isn't rushing Putin. This seems to be on Trump's timeline and that he, as always, is the eager suitor with Vladimir Putin. I think that's very notable.

Once again, it seems that Trump is the one who is always the eager suitor with Vladimir Putin, always begging to meet with him. You know, and it's notable that Putin isn't rushing Putin. This seems to be on Trump's timeline and that he, as always, is the eager suitor with Vladimir Putin. I think that's very notable.

Once again, it seems that Trump is the one who is always the eager suitor with Vladimir Putin, always begging to meet with him. You know, and it's notable that Putin isn't rushing Putin. This seems to be on Trump's timeline and that he, as always, is the eager suitor with Vladimir Putin. I think that's very notable.

Yeah, I mean, first of all, I think you're really right to underscore that this isn't about cost cutting. And, you know, if you wanted to do what Elon Musk stated purpose was of reviewing the government and looking for areas for efficiency and savings, The last agency that you would focus on is USAID, considering what a minuscule part of the American federal budget it was. We're talking under 1%.

Yeah, I mean, first of all, I think you're really right to underscore that this isn't about cost cutting. And, you know, if you wanted to do what Elon Musk stated purpose was of reviewing the government and looking for areas for efficiency and savings, The last agency that you would focus on is USAID, considering what a minuscule part of the American federal budget it was. We're talking under 1%.

Yeah, I mean, first of all, I think you're really right to underscore that this isn't about cost cutting. And, you know, if you wanted to do what Elon Musk stated purpose was of reviewing the government and looking for areas for efficiency and savings, The last agency that you would focus on is USAID, considering what a minuscule part of the American federal budget it was. We're talking under 1%.

So you could eliminate every single program and it would make literally zero impact on the overall US government spending. So it's not about spending. Let's stipulate that. Even ideologically, it seems very much at odds with what many Republicans, including the feckless Marco Rubio, were advocating for.

So you could eliminate every single program and it would make literally zero impact on the overall US government spending. So it's not about spending. Let's stipulate that. Even ideologically, it seems very much at odds with what many Republicans, including the feckless Marco Rubio, were advocating for.

So you could eliminate every single program and it would make literally zero impact on the overall US government spending. So it's not about spending. Let's stipulate that. Even ideologically, it seems very much at odds with what many Republicans, including the feckless Marco Rubio, were advocating for.

They always wanted to spend more money on this kind of programs that were smartly extending American power in the world at a time when so much of our presence is militarized. You know, it's the leaders in the Pentagon who will tell you for decades that this was a much more effective method of promoting American power. And many of these programs, of course, were canceled so abruptly.

They always wanted to spend more money on this kind of programs that were smartly extending American power in the world at a time when so much of our presence is militarized. You know, it's the leaders in the Pentagon who will tell you for decades that this was a much more effective method of promoting American power. And many of these programs, of course, were canceled so abruptly.

They always wanted to spend more money on this kind of programs that were smartly extending American power in the world at a time when so much of our presence is militarized. You know, it's the leaders in the Pentagon who will tell you for decades that this was a much more effective method of promoting American power. And many of these programs, of course, were canceled so abruptly.