Trevor Noah

Welcome back to The Daily Show.

My guest tonight is Samantha Power, administrator of USAID and a member of President Biden's National Security Council.

She joins us from Brussels to talk about the war in Ukraine.

Administrator Power, thank you so much for joining us on the show.

Thank you for having me.

You know, it's really crazy how the last time I spoke to you was actually on The Daily Show.

This was pre, you know, all of this happening.

I think it was even pre-pandemic.

And one of the questions I asked you was about Russia.

You responded saying that Russia is a constant threat and it seems like that has come true.

If that's the case, my first question to you is, how did you see it coming and how did the US seem to not do what it could have done?

Or was this something that was inevitable?

From a layman's perspective, it feels like the world is in a place where either countries are afraid of Russia or, let's say for instance, Germany or many countries around Europe, they're so dependent on Russia for its energy, providing energy.

They're so dependent on Russia for wheat, et cetera.

It feels like the world is in a position where they can chastise Russia, but they can't actually do anything to Russia.

Is there something the world could do?

It doesn't seem like China has condemned Russia.

They put out vague statements that sort of say, we just believe that everyone should be able to determine their borders, which you could almost read both ways, funny enough.

Is there a possibility that unless Russia stands up, you know, I mean, unless China stands up, is there a possibility that the world could almost push Russia to China and then trade in Asia just becomes Russia's way out?

Or do you think the sanctions aren't going to be enough to get Russia to come to the table?