Tommy Vitor

Yeah, the funding effort.

Yeah, the funding effort.

Yeah. One place that reorientation away from the U.S. is happening in real time is Germany. So Germans went to the polls on Sunday. They had an election that saw the largest turnout in the country's history. I think it was about 82% of the population voted. Just incredible. The results were not great, but far from the worst outcome.

Yeah. One place that reorientation away from the U.S. is happening in real time is Germany. So Germans went to the polls on Sunday. They had an election that saw the largest turnout in the country's history. I think it was about 82% of the population voted. Just incredible. The results were not great, but far from the worst outcome.

Yeah. One place that reorientation away from the U.S. is happening in real time is Germany. So Germans went to the polls on Sunday. They had an election that saw the largest turnout in the country's history. I think it was about 82% of the population voted. Just incredible. The results were not great, but far from the worst outcome.

So in the not great category, the far-right AFD party doubled its support from the last election to about 20%. The AFD, as we've discussed, is seen by many Germans as the heir to the Nazi party. They are anti-Islam, anti-immigration, anti-EU and pro-Russia. And prominent AFD members have minimized the Holocaust a number of times. There's also very extreme factions within the AFD.

So in the not great category, the far-right AFD party doubled its support from the last election to about 20%. The AFD, as we've discussed, is seen by many Germans as the heir to the Nazi party. They are anti-Islam, anti-immigration, anti-EU and pro-Russia. And prominent AFD members have minimized the Holocaust a number of times. There's also very extreme factions within the AFD.

So in the not great category, the far-right AFD party doubled its support from the last election to about 20%. The AFD, as we've discussed, is seen by many Germans as the heir to the Nazi party. They are anti-Islam, anti-immigration, anti-EU and pro-Russia. And prominent AFD members have minimized the Holocaust a number of times. There's also very extreme factions within the AFD.

that are seen as extremist threats by domestic intelligence. The left-leaning Social Democrats, or SPD, Olaf Scholz party, had their worst result since 1887, garnering only 16% of the vote. Democrats feel better. Yeah, Jesus Christ. Voters were not thrilled, to say the least, about the SPD's leadership over the past few years, and they made it known at the voting booth.

that are seen as extremist threats by domestic intelligence. The left-leaning Social Democrats, or SPD, Olaf Scholz party, had their worst result since 1887, garnering only 16% of the vote. Democrats feel better. Yeah, Jesus Christ. Voters were not thrilled, to say the least, about the SPD's leadership over the past few years, and they made it known at the voting booth.

that are seen as extremist threats by domestic intelligence. The left-leaning Social Democrats, or SPD, Olaf Scholz party, had their worst result since 1887, garnering only 16% of the vote. Democrats feel better. Yeah, Jesus Christ. Voters were not thrilled, to say the least, about the SPD's leadership over the past few years, and they made it known at the voting booth.

It's hard out there for a neoliberal right now, Ben. So the traditional conservative CDU party got the largest share of the vote with 28.5%, but they fell short of their 30% goal. Big picture, CDU leader Friedrich Merz will almost certainly become the next chancellor. He's going to have to form a government coalition first.

It's hard out there for a neoliberal right now, Ben. So the traditional conservative CDU party got the largest share of the vote with 28.5%, but they fell short of their 30% goal. Big picture, CDU leader Friedrich Merz will almost certainly become the next chancellor. He's going to have to form a government coalition first.

It's hard out there for a neoliberal right now, Ben. So the traditional conservative CDU party got the largest share of the vote with 28.5%, but they fell short of their 30% goal. Big picture, CDU leader Friedrich Merz will almost certainly become the next chancellor. He's going to have to form a government coalition first.

The good news for him is that he can almost certainly do so just by working with the SPD. That will give them enough support. Uh, votes in the Bundestag to form a government and have a majority. They will not have to include a third political party, which would have made things more complicated. Um, Mertz wants that process done by Easter. Um, so it'll take, you know, several weeks at least.

The good news for him is that he can almost certainly do so just by working with the SPD. That will give them enough support. Uh, votes in the Bundestag to form a government and have a majority. They will not have to include a third political party, which would have made things more complicated. Um, Mertz wants that process done by Easter. Um, so it'll take, you know, several weeks at least.

The good news for him is that he can almost certainly do so just by working with the SPD. That will give them enough support. Uh, votes in the Bundestag to form a government and have a majority. They will not have to include a third political party, which would have made things more complicated. Um, Mertz wants that process done by Easter. Um, so it'll take, you know, several weeks at least.

The most interesting, though, and surprising result of the night was probably the, uh, the leftist... Yeah. which a month ago seemed like they were not going to get the 5% share of the vote they needed to be represented in the Bundestag, but they ended up with nearly 9% of the vote.

The most interesting, though, and surprising result of the night was probably the, uh, the leftist... Yeah. which a month ago seemed like they were not going to get the 5% share of the vote they needed to be represented in the Bundestag, but they ended up with nearly 9% of the vote.

The most interesting, though, and surprising result of the night was probably the, uh, the leftist... Yeah. which a month ago seemed like they were not going to get the 5% share of the vote they needed to be represented in the Bundestag, but they ended up with nearly 9% of the vote.