David Graham and Pablo Torre: Is Lil Marco a Cuban Communist Agent?
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Is Marco Rubio secretly working for Cuba?
And they placed him here and dressed him up as a neocon, just waiting for the right moment where they could take this patriotic explant and turn him into an asset that gives Russia everything they ever wanted.
Well, you know, we had that situation a few years ago where there was a foreign service agent who was a long running Cuban sleeper cell. So we know this is the sort of thing they do. I think you get this going.
Yuri Bezmenov, the Russian KGB guy said that, you know, their goals was to change people's concept of reality. What better way to do that than to put a Cuban neocon expat and the State Department together? It's confusing people. It's what would he be doing differently if this weren't the case, I guess would be another question that I would ask. What would he be doing differently if he weren't a long running communist Cuban asset? I don't know. I know that the Atlantic has kind of different standards than what we're offering here on this podcast. So I don't want to put you in a corner. But you have to admit that you're a little intrigued.
Yes, I'm intrigued by the idea. I'm intrigued by what he would be doing differently if this is true. I mean, I think that's a good question. That's a useful question to ask outside of conspiracy theories.
Well, we're going to keep thinking about it. Unfortunately, I don't have like Elon Musk won't come on to kind of like chief the joints with me and like really ruminate on it like Rogan does. But we're kind of dipping our toe in the water of conspiracy podcast content and we'll kind of see what the people think. Who's going to be your Elon of the left for podcasting purposes?
How does Trump view dictatorships and Ukraine?
That is a great question. That is a great question. It's hard to imagine Reid Hoffman coming on the podcast and getting really high with me. So we need to think about who else that might be. Maybe the listeners have some suggestions. On to actual news. So Trump yesterday put out a lengthy statement attacking Zelensky saying that he's a dictator. which is a strange pejorative for Trump, since he usually really is kind and complimentary to dictators. Today, the G7 was trying to put out a statement on the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion into Ukraine. The U.S. is opposing the statement because it calls Russia the aggressor, apparently, according to some reporting in the FT and others.
Dan Crenshaw, my old sparring partner, offered a theory on the Piers Morgan show yesterday that Trump... gives negative names to people that he really likes and like butters up his enemies it's all part of his strategy i'm a little confused by that i guess that would mean that he like really loves crooked hillary i don't i don't i don't understand how that theory works exactly so anyway i'm wondering if you have any thoughts on what we've seen over the last 48 hours
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Is Marco Rubio secretly working for Cuba?
1:19–2:47
2
How does Trump view dictatorships and Ukraine?
2:47–7:58
3
What are the consequences of Trump's policies?
7:58–13:45
4
How is Project 2025 influencing current politics?
13:45–19:34
5
What are the potential impacts of Project 2025 on education?
19:34–25:08
6
Who are the key players in implementing Project 2025?
25:08–59:34
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