Victor Davis Hanson
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He said, screw you. He didn't just say, screw you. He said, I don't want any of your Western. Do you think we've ever had a Western elected official in Russia? Do you know anything about the czars, the commies, or us? We don't like that idea. We're dictators. So we don't want and we do not want your social, cultural, you know, LGBT, all that stuff.
So that got him really angry that he turned down, looked at their magnanimity as weakness. So then they went in in 2014. They said, we're going to have a great revolution. Victoria Nuland, John McCain, they all went in there and they got rid of Yankovic or whatever his name was. And they put Poroshenko in and this was going to be an EU. They started selecting who was going to be the government.
So that got him really angry that he turned down, looked at their magnanimity as weakness. So then they went in in 2014. They said, we're going to have a great revolution. Victoria Nuland, John McCain, they all went in there and they got rid of Yankovic or whatever his name was. And they put Poroshenko in and this was going to be an EU. They started selecting who was going to be the government.
So that got him really angry that he turned down, looked at their magnanimity as weakness. So then they went in in 2014. They said, we're going to have a great revolution. Victoria Nuland, John McCain, they all went in there and they got rid of Yankovic or whatever his name was. And they put Poroshenko in and this was going to be an EU. They started selecting who was going to be the government.
This is going to be an EU government. project, NATO project. And Putin's, you know, he's 2014. He looked at these guys and he said, they are pressing me. They are pushing me. And the last time I went in during the Bush administration, nobody did anything to me when I went into Ukraine and Osatia. And these guys looked at my invasion and they blamed Bush. Not me.
This is going to be an EU government. project, NATO project. And Putin's, you know, he's 2014. He looked at these guys and he said, they are pressing me. They are pushing me. And the last time I went in during the Bush administration, nobody did anything to me when I went into Ukraine and Osatia. And these guys looked at my invasion and they blamed Bush. Not me.
This is going to be an EU government. project, NATO project. And Putin's, you know, he's 2014. He looked at these guys and he said, they are pressing me. They are pushing me. And the last time I went in during the Bush administration, nobody did anything to me when I went into Ukraine and Osatia. And these guys looked at my invasion and they blamed Bush. Not me.
So I'm going to go into the Donbass and Ukraine and just take them. And we'll see what this bunch does. So in 2014, he went in. And Obama said, well, you know, he went in the Donbass and Crimea. Well, let's give him some jail. Oh, you know, I don't want to give him offensive weapons. No, you can't get him to do that. Well, you know... And, you know, he gave me space for, you know, two years.
So I'm going to go into the Donbass and Ukraine and just take them. And we'll see what this bunch does. So in 2014, he went in. And Obama said, well, you know, he went in the Donbass and Crimea. Well, let's give him some jail. Oh, you know, I don't want to give him offensive weapons. No, you can't get him to do that. Well, you know... And, you know, he gave me space for, you know, two years.
So I'm going to go into the Donbass and Ukraine and just take them. And we'll see what this bunch does. So in 2014, he went in. And Obama said, well, you know, he went in the Donbass and Crimea. Well, let's give him some jail. Oh, you know, I don't want to give him offensive weapons. No, you can't get him to do that. Well, you know... And, you know, he gave me space for, you know, two years.
You remember the hot mic over there in Seoul? And I said, tell Vladimir I need space for two years, and I'll be flexible on missile defense. So I got rid of all the missile defense. I appeased them, and they didn't invade for two years. I got reelected. That's what his attitude was. And so then we had Donald Trump, and Donald Trump said, no mas.
You remember the hot mic over there in Seoul? And I said, tell Vladimir I need space for two years, and I'll be flexible on missile defense. So I got rid of all the missile defense. I appeased them, and they didn't invade for two years. I got reelected. That's what his attitude was. And so then we had Donald Trump, and Donald Trump said, no mas.
You remember the hot mic over there in Seoul? And I said, tell Vladimir I need space for two years, and I'll be flexible on missile defense. So I got rid of all the missile defense. I appeased them, and they didn't invade for two years. I got reelected. That's what his attitude was. And so then we had Donald Trump, and Donald Trump said, no mas.
And for four years, unlike the Bush administration and the Obama administration, he went nowhere. Then, and by the way, Donald Trump did green light offensive weapons. And what did he get for all that? He got from Clapper, Brennan, you're an asset. You're a puppet of Russia. And you thought, well, he didn't go anywhere under Mr. Trump, the puppet and the asset.
And for four years, unlike the Bush administration and the Obama administration, he went nowhere. Then, and by the way, Donald Trump did green light offensive weapons. And what did he get for all that? He got from Clapper, Brennan, you're an asset. You're a puppet of Russia. And you thought, well, he didn't go anywhere under Mr. Trump, the puppet and the asset.
And for four years, unlike the Bush administration and the Obama administration, he went nowhere. Then, and by the way, Donald Trump did green light offensive weapons. And what did he get for all that? He got from Clapper, Brennan, you're an asset. You're a puppet of Russia. And you thought, well, he didn't go anywhere under Mr. Trump, the puppet and the asset.
And then they said Russian collusion, Russian disinformation. He's communicating with Putin, with his bank, the ping, ping, ping, all this nutty stuff. And then the next thing we know, Donald Trump. Hey, Mr. Trump, the Wagner Group is attacking a small installation in Syria. Kill the SOBs. That's what we did. Mr. Trump, we've examined this missile treaty, medium range missile treaty with Russia.
And then they said Russian collusion, Russian disinformation. He's communicating with Putin, with his bank, the ping, ping, ping, all this nutty stuff. And then the next thing we know, Donald Trump. Hey, Mr. Trump, the Wagner Group is attacking a small installation in Syria. Kill the SOBs. That's what we did. Mr. Trump, we've examined this missile treaty, medium range missile treaty with Russia.
And then they said Russian collusion, Russian disinformation. He's communicating with Putin, with his bank, the ping, ping, ping, all this nutty stuff. And then the next thing we know, Donald Trump. Hey, Mr. Trump, the Wagner Group is attacking a small installation in Syria. Kill the SOBs. That's what we did. Mr. Trump, we've examined this missile treaty, medium range missile treaty with Russia.
They're cheating. Get out of it. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, we've decided that this percentage of oil is, let's flood the world with cheap oil and bankrupt the SOB. Okay. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, the oligarchs are starting to proliferate. We need more. Yes, give them more sanction. That's what he did. And Putin didn't go anywhere. And then he leaves. And what did Biden do? So he canceled them.