Victor Davis Hanson

Okay, so then Donald Trump is saying, we want these concessions to be paid back, and they said, how dare you do that? They don't understand Trump. They don't understand any of this. This is all art of the deal trolling. And what he's basically saying is, Mr. Zelensky, you are not master of your own fate. Don't tell me what you are going to do and what you're not going to do. It's your country.

Okay, so then Donald Trump is saying, we want these concessions to be paid back, and they said, how dare you do that? They don't understand Trump. They don't understand any of this. This is all art of the deal trolling. And what he's basically saying is, Mr. Zelensky, you are not master of your own fate. Don't tell me what you are going to do and what you're not going to do. It's your country.

I'm not saying I'm going to get into your business. I'm just saying if you want me to get into your business, and apparently you do... then I'm going to have the say. If you don't want me to get in your business, fine. You go deal with the Germans and the Poles and the British, and they're going to protect you.

I'm not saying I'm going to get into your business. I'm just saying if you want me to get into your business, and apparently you do... then I'm going to have the say. If you don't want me to get in your business, fine. You go deal with the Germans and the Poles and the British, and they're going to protect you.

I'm not saying I'm going to get into your business. I'm just saying if you want me to get into your business, and apparently you do... then I'm going to have the say. If you don't want me to get in your business, fine. You go deal with the Germans and the Poles and the British, and they're going to protect you.

But don't play this game where you come and fly during an election year to an ammunitions plant and start lobbying against me and then tell me that you're disinterested. I'm not going to believe that. So if you want United States aid, you from now on are going to pay for it, and we'll have a concession. But the real subtext was... Zelensky thought about, ah, this is horrible.

But don't play this game where you come and fly during an election year to an ammunitions plant and start lobbying against me and then tell me that you're disinterested. I'm not going to believe that. So if you want United States aid, you from now on are going to pay for it, and we'll have a concession. But the real subtext was... Zelensky thought about, ah, this is horrible.

But don't play this game where you come and fly during an election year to an ammunitions plant and start lobbying against me and then tell me that you're disinterested. I'm not going to believe that. So if you want United States aid, you from now on are going to pay for it, and we'll have a concession. But the real subtext was... Zelensky thought about, ah, this is horrible.

And then he thought about it. And obviously, he said, people came to him and they must have said, hey, Zelensky, you understand what he's really saying? He's not going to send U.S. troops over there. And if the British sent troops and the French, that wouldn't be any good. But he's going to put a lot of American businesses and investment there.

And then he thought about it. And obviously, he said, people came to him and they must have said, hey, Zelensky, you understand what he's really saying? He's not going to send U.S. troops over there. And if the British sent troops and the French, that wouldn't be any good. But he's going to put a lot of American businesses and investment there.

And then he thought about it. And obviously, he said, people came to him and they must have said, hey, Zelensky, you understand what he's really saying? He's not going to send U.S. troops over there. And if the British sent troops and the French, that wouldn't be any good. But he's going to put a lot of American businesses and investment there.

And so if Putin were to try to break whatever negotiation we have and try to overrun, he's going to be dealing with American investment money, corporations, employees, infrastructure. And that will bring the United States into conflict with Putin.

And so if Putin were to try to break whatever negotiation we have and try to overrun, he's going to be dealing with American investment money, corporations, employees, infrastructure. And that will bring the United States into conflict with Putin.

And so if Putin were to try to break whatever negotiation we have and try to overrun, he's going to be dealing with American investment money, corporations, employees, infrastructure. And that will bring the United States into conflict with Putin.

In other words, we're trying to sort of kind of have an investment in Ukraine to get back the money, but also to tell Putin this is a nation that's going to open up investment to Western concerns. So don't go in again. So then in this rigmarole. And Neil said that it was like the Gulf War.

In other words, we're trying to sort of kind of have an investment in Ukraine to get back the money, but also to tell Putin this is a nation that's going to open up investment to Western concerns. So don't go in again. So then in this rigmarole. And Neil said that it was like the Gulf War.

In other words, we're trying to sort of kind of have an investment in Ukraine to get back the money, but also to tell Putin this is a nation that's going to open up investment to Western concerns. So don't go in again. So then in this rigmarole. And Neil said that it was like the Gulf War.

J.D., correctly, I think, and this is no criticism of Neil, that that was not a historical, good historical account. I pointed out that this is exactly like, in my response to both of them, exactly like the 1939 Winter War. November, Hitler. had made a deal with the Soviet Union. The United States was isolationist. France and Britain were terrified over the loss of Poland.

J.D., correctly, I think, and this is no criticism of Neil, that that was not a historical, good historical account. I pointed out that this is exactly like, in my response to both of them, exactly like the 1939 Winter War. November, Hitler. had made a deal with the Soviet Union. The United States was isolationist. France and Britain were terrified over the loss of Poland.

J.D., correctly, I think, and this is no criticism of Neil, that that was not a historical, good historical account. I pointed out that this is exactly like, in my response to both of them, exactly like the 1939 Winter War. November, Hitler. had made a deal with the Soviet Union. The United States was isolationist. France and Britain were terrified over the loss of Poland.