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00:00We have agreed with the President of the United States that Russia is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a possible future peace treaty
00:17with the determination of a number of positions, such as, for example, the principles of settlement of the term of a possible conclusion of a peace treaty, and so on, including a possible ceasefire for a certain period of time in the event of an achievement of the corresponding agreements.
00:39In general, Russia's position is clear. The main thing for us is to eliminate the primary causes of this crisis.
00:47This is my video update on this Tuesday afternoon, May the 20th, coming to you from Limassol, Cyprus.
01:01Let's talk about some news.
01:06And of course, we are going to start things off with the Trump-Putin phone call.
01:16What else were we going to start things off with?
01:20So we had the phone call between Trump and Putin.
01:24The call lasted two hours.
01:28Trump was very happy with the results of the phone call.
01:33Putin appeared to be happy with the results of the phone call.
01:40He said the call was frank and constructive, I believe is what he said.
01:48He used the words frank. It was a frank discussion, but it was also constructive or productive or something like that, is what Putin said.
01:58But Ushakov, he gave a press conference after the phone call.
02:06Actually, after Putin went out and spoke to the media for about five minutes,
02:14Ushakov then spoke to the media and he added some more context and gave some more information about the phone call.
02:26And Ushakov said that the two leaders get along really well.
02:32They addressed each other by the first name, Donald and Vladimir.
02:37That is how they talked to each other.
02:40And Ushakov said that after the two hours, when it was time to hang up, neither leader was ready to hang up first.
02:52So they were OK to continue to talk.
02:57That's how well they get along with each other, according to Ushakov's statement.
03:05So that was some of the context of the phone call.
03:15As far as what was discussed, well, of course, Project Ukraine, some things about trade.
03:25And a prisoner release as well.
03:31I believe Ushakov said a 9-9 format.
03:37So it looks like Russia is going to release nine Americans and the United States is going to release nine Russians.
03:55One second, let me find it so I can get you guys the right information.
04:029-9, Putin and Trump discussed another prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States.
04:099-9, he noted that the Ukrainian topic was discussed by Putin and Trump in great detail with interesting nuances.
04:18The president Ushakov also said that the presidents of Russia and the United States addressed each other by name, Donald and Vladimir.
04:24And neither of them wanted to hang up first during a telephone conversation.
04:30Oh, that's got to piss off the Europeans and Elensky when they hear something like that.
04:37None of them wanted, neither of them wanted to hang up. That's got to really, really upset Elensky and the Europeans.
04:50Which way should we go? Let's continue to walk up.
04:56I hear something. Something's going on over there. This must be a hotel or something.
05:07Yeah, this is the Atlantica Hotel. Okay.
05:16I knew I heard something going on over there.
05:23Let's see if we can take a peek and see what's happening.
05:27No, we can't really see what's going on. I don't know. Maybe you guys can see what's going on.
05:42I can't see unless I jump over, which I'm not going to do.
05:45Okay. So Putin's statement to the media was short, but he did reveal something interesting with regards to the discussions, the discussion he had with Trump.
06:05Putin revealed that they agreed to, Trump and Putin agreed
06:12to a timeline and to put together a memorandum which would lead to an end in the conflict.
06:24That was a very interesting statement, an interesting outcome to these discussions.
06:32Let me read you what Putin said when he spoke to the media. He said,
06:38we agreed with the President of the United States that Russia would propose and is ready to engage
06:44with the Ukrainian side on drafting a memorandum regarding a potential future peace agreement.
06:49This would include outlining a range of provisions such as the principles for settlement, the time frame
06:56for a possible peace deal, and other matters, including a potential temporary ceasefire,
07:05should the necessary agreements be reached. Notably, Russia's position is clear.
07:10Eliminating the root causes of this crisis is what matters most to us.
07:15So look, Putin remains firm on root causes. He was very clear. Actually, that was the last thing
07:23he told reporters. We're sticking with root causes. That is what we want in order to solve
07:32the conflict in Ukraine, root causes. So he made sure to say that.
07:38But he did give something to Trump, which is a memorandum and a timeline.
07:45Now, a memorandum and a timeline could be risky for Putin. If it was any other leader,
07:53I would say that this could open him up to making further concessions. But I think Putin
08:00knows what he's doing. And my guess would be that what he is counting on is that
08:09when they put together the memorandum, how they see an end to the conflict, of course, it will include
08:17June 2024, Istanbul plus root causes. Well, it will be June 2024, Istanbul plus root causes.
08:27And then, of course, it will include the end of the conflict.
08:31So, I think that's the calculus on Putin's part.
08:42Basically, what Putin is saying, what Russia is saying, when they talk about a time frame,
08:49a time period, is that it's not a time frame. It's not a time frame. It's not a time frame.
08:56What Putin is saying, what Russia is saying, when they talk about a time frame and a memorandum,
09:02is that they're going to put together the capitulation documents for Ukraine to sign,
09:11right? And the off-ramp is there for Trump and for the United States. Putin is playing along
09:19with the United States as mediator. Everyone knows that the United States is not a mediator.
09:24Everyone knows that this is their proxy war. But Putin is playing along with this
09:29because he wants to normalize relations with the United States. And
09:38he sees this memorandum and this time frame as a way to provide an off-ramp for Trump.
09:48We'll create the memorandum. We'll put together a time frame.
09:53This is what ending the conflict means. And he's hoping that, or he's betting on the fact that
09:59Trump will go along with this, I imagine, when they meet, which is something that they're going
10:05to do. They are definitely going to meet Trump and Putin. I imagine Putin is going to explain
10:10all of this to Trump and tell him what the reality is on the ground and how he sees a
10:17resolution to the conflict, which is going to run very counter to Kellogg and Rubio and all
10:24of these guys have been telling Trump and Graham. And if they agree on the memorandum,
10:35then they'll present it to Olenski. So there's risks in all of this. There's the risk that
10:43that Trump continues to go with Kellogg, continues to go with Kellogg's 22-point plan.
10:50It's no longer a ceasefire plan. It's a 22-point plan now. But there's the risk that Trump
10:55continues to go with the ceasefire plan, the 22-point plan from Kellogg. There's the risk
10:59that he continues to listen to Lindsey Graham and to Kellogg. And there's the risk that he sides,
11:05ultimately sides, with Ukraine and the Europeans and eventually places sanctions on Russia. But
11:14I think Putin is betting on the fact that Trump's not going to go that route.
11:20And I think Putin might be right, but we have to wait and see. Trump said as he was speaking
11:24to the media, he said that in two to four weeks, they will most likely meet. He actually was asked
11:32about the meeting taking place at the Vatican. We've been talking on this channel over the past
11:37couple of days about the role that the Vatican is playing, all the meetings that are taking
11:41place at the Vatican and in Rome. And sure enough, one of the reporters asked him about the Vatican
11:47being the location for the summit. And Trump said, yeah, why not?
11:51So let me read you what Trump posted on Truth Social. One second. All right. Trump said,
12:00just completed my two-hour call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. I believe it went very
12:06well. Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations towards a ceasefire and,
12:11more importantly, an end to the war. The conditions for that will be negotiated between
12:19the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else
12:27would be aware of. The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it wasn't,
12:35if it wasn't, I would say so now rather than later. Russia wants to do large-scale trade
12:44wants to do large-scale trade with the United States when this catastrophic bloodbath is over.
12:52And I agree. There is tremendous opportunity for Russia to create massive amounts of jobs and
12:58wealth. Its potential is unlimited. Likewise, Ukraine can be a great beneficiary on trade
13:06in the process of rebuilding its country. Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will
13:11begin immediately. I have so informed President Olenski of Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen,
13:19President of the European Commission, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister
13:24Giorgia Maloney of Italy, Chancellor Merz of Germany, and President Alexander Stube of Finland
13:31during a call with me immediately after the call with President Putin. The Vatican,
13:38as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be
13:42very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin.
13:48So what name was missing from that list of leaders that Trump
13:52called after he spoke with Putin? What name? If you are saying 008 Kirstammer, ding ding,
14:00you are correct. Yeah, the UK's been frozen out, man. See you later, Kirstammer. You're
14:08no longer in the loop. Amazing, huh? Amazing. Yeah, I think that Trump just got sick of Kirstammer
14:20and his constant pushing for escalation and for sanctions against Russia. Not that Macron
14:26and Olenski and Ursula and Stube and Maloney are any different, but I think he's just sick of
14:32Stammer. He never liked Stammer. Stammer was, of course, interfering in the US elections,
14:41and I don't think Trump has ever gotten over that, so he's freezing Stammer out.
14:47Very embarrassing for Stammer, huh? He's not mentioned in this post. Well, he's got a lot
14:52of problems. Kirstammer has got a lot of problems right now, a whole lot of problems,
14:59and a lot of them are not political. A lot of his problems are not political.
15:08So there it is, the phone call between Trump and Putin. What do you guys think?
15:16What are your thoughts on the phone call? On balance, nothing has changed.
15:20The conflict continues. Russia was, over the past couple of days, was launching a lot of drones
15:30into Ukraine. I believe on one day they launched 235 drones,
15:38and there's a lot of panic in the Sumy region.
15:43Let's go around. I was wondering, how do I get in there? There was a lot of panic in the Sumy region
15:49from Ukraine officials. They're actually beginning an evacuation because they feel that sooner or
15:55later Russia's going to make an offensive in the Sumy direction. So there is a lot of panic in
16:06Ukraine. You know, if Trump manages with Putin, if they do manage to put a memorandum together,
16:13which is based on Istanbul Plus, after the two leaders meet, Ukraine better take it. They had
16:22better take it because the Ukraine military is in deep trouble. Russia continues to gain a lot
16:32of ground on the front lines, which the collective West Media
16:37is not talking about and is not covering. Deliberately, they're not covering it.
16:53So I'm trying to think, is there anything else connected to the front lines?
17:02I'm trying to think. There's no other way of doing this.
17:10It's a phone call. Trump told the media that there's a good chance we can get this done. I
17:17believe Putin wants to do it. My whole life is like deals, one big deal. And if I thought that
17:22President Putin did not want to get this over with, I wouldn't even be talking about it because
17:26post, and he said it to the media as well.
17:37The Trump administration is definitely thinking about walking away now.
17:42Maybe they're going to walk away with a deal presented to Ukraine.
17:47Maybe Ukraine will sign that deal.
17:50Maybe they'll walk away with a deal presented to Ukraine where Ukraine will reject that
17:54deal, or maybe we don't even get to a memorandum.
18:02Maybe everything just continues, and who knows?
18:04Trump can always slide back to the sanctions.
18:11I support Alensky and the Europeans side of things.
18:14There's always these risks as this goes along, but as I said earlier, I think Putin has gameplanned
18:20this out fairly well.
18:23He is taking risks.
18:24He is taking risks when you put together, by volunteering to put together a memorandum
18:30and a timeline.
18:33He is opening himself up to the possibility that as this process moves forward, that concessions
18:42could be made, or he will be pressured to make concessions.
18:47You do open yourself up to that possibility, and as I said, if it was any other leader,
18:51I would say that that's a bad move to put together the memorandum and the time frame
18:58for all of this, but I think Putin, he understands Trump, he understands where Trump is going
19:05and what he wants.
19:06I think Trump feels that he understands Putin as well.
19:09As I said, the two leaders seem to get along, whether you like Trump, hate Trump, whether
19:12you like Putin or hate Putin.
19:15I don't think you can argue that they do get along.
19:18They do know how to talk to each other, and they do have an understanding of each other.
19:23Anyway, that's the situation.
19:26We will probably wait two to four weeks, and then we will have a summit where the two leaders
19:33will meet, and we will take it from there.
19:39My guess is a memorandum gets put together, which in essence is Istanbul Plus and the
19:45capitulation of Ukraine, and maybe Putin convinces Trump that it's this or all of
19:55Ukraine is gone, four territories become eight, as they said during the Istanbul talks.
20:02He passes this on to Trump, and this is passed on, the Istanbul Plus memorandum, whatever
20:08you want to call it, is passed on to Olenski, and that will be it.
20:14And the ball is in Olenski and the Europeans' court.
20:20The Europeans are freaking out.
20:22They really are freaking out over this.
20:24Actually the Times, they said that after the phone call, where is the quote from the Times?
20:40Here we go.
20:41They said that after the phone call, U.S. sanctions now look less likely than ever.
20:46Rather than punish Russia with crushing, with crunching, not crushing, crunching sanctions
20:52as some had hoped, he called the call excellent and said Russia had a tremendous opportunity
20:59to do business with the U.S. if the war ended, the newspaper writes.
21:03Boy, were they hoping for sanctions, and Trump, he sidestepped it, right?
21:10Yeah, he sidestepped the pressure to place sanctions on Russia, because as we said on
21:15the Duran, as I've been saying on this channel, the Europeans, they know that once Trump puts
21:22sanctions on Russia, then that's it.
21:25He is bogged down in Ukraine, bogged down in Europe, bogged down with NATO, weapons
21:30money, all going to Europe, and to NATO, and to Ukraine, the EU elite, and the UK, the
21:37UK elite, and Olenski.
21:39They understand this.
21:40That's why they're pushing so hard for sanctions.
21:42By the way, Olenski, he spoke to the media before the phone call between Trump and Putin,
21:47and he said that he's not going to be giving up any territory, he's not going to concede
21:51any territory, he said, no four regions, no Crimea, and he said that in no way is Ukraine
21:58going to stop their path towards NATO.
22:04After the call between Trump and Putin, Olenski then went on to say that he could sign up
22:14to a memorandum and to some sort of a timeframe, but he would have to see the memorandum and
22:19the timeframe first.
22:21It does feel as if, even though Trump is saying that this is going to be put together, this
22:28memorandum between Russia and Ukraine, I just get the sense that it's going to be more
22:33Russia and the US kind of there, being informed of everything that's being put together, and
22:41once again, Ukraine being presented with papers.
22:45That's just the sense that I'm getting, but man, all of this could fall apart.
22:49All of this could fall apart at the moment.
22:51That's where we are.
22:52The conflict continues, and we will wait over the next couple of weeks to see what happens.
23:01As far as concessions, if Russia were to make any concessions, Alexander brought up
23:06a really good point on the video that we recorded on the Duran, which is that Putin's not going
23:13to make any concessions when it comes to Ukraine, but where he will make concessions, and I
23:18think this is exactly where Putin is taking this, he will make concessions when it comes
23:22to doing business with the United States, and that's going to be presented as concessions.
23:27We'll allow American businesses to work with Russian businesses, we'll allow American businesses
23:33to work in the energy sphere in Russia, and I think those are going to be the types of
23:38concessions that Putin is going to present to Trump, and I think Trump's going to like
23:43those offers.
23:44I don't even know if you want to call them concessions, but I think they'll be packaged
23:47as concessions, and I think Trump's going to go for that.
23:51I know Whitkoff's going to go for that, absolutely, and Trump mentions it in his Truth Social
23:56Post, he talks about trade and doing business.
24:00So let's move on, let's move on, and let's talk about Australia sending tanks to Ukraine,
24:13Abrams tanks, 49 Abrams tanks, but the problem is that these Australian tanks are decommissioned,
24:24decommissioned Abram tanks to Ukraine, against the wishes of the American officials, according
24:30to ABC Australia.
24:33These tanks are not modified for Ukraine, and Russia can reverse engineer when they
24:38capture one.
24:40Basically what's going on, at least it seems that Australia is getting rid of 49 tanks
24:45that they have no use for.
24:48I wonder if they're selling them to Ukraine, or if they're just giving them to Ukraine
24:52and they're going to get some military hardware in exchange for the tanks, I don't know what
24:57the details are, but basically these tanks are going to make zero difference, and the
25:02Russians are going to destroy these tanks without any problems, and they'll be able
25:09to reverse engineer these Abrams tanks, but I imagine the Russians have already reverse
25:15engineered the Abrams tanks that the Biden administration provided to Ukraine.
25:24Australia is going to send 49 tanks, Biden sent 31, and Trump has sent zero Abrams tanks.
25:32So we're getting news, going back to Stahmer, we are getting news that Stahmer has successfully
25:41reversed Brexit, or he's very, very close to successfully reversing Brexit.
25:48Stahmer signs up to EU rules under reset deal, Brexiteers and Labour rebels say PM's agreement
25:58amounts to worst of both worlds.
26:02From election wizard, European Union says new pact opens door for UK to partake in defence
26:07fund.
26:09Ah yes, they want to get their hands on that defence fund, the UK political elite.
26:16How can we get in on some of this defence fund action?
26:21Well, Stahmer has signed up the UK to a closer alignment with the European Union.
26:32It seems as if the UK will have none of the benefits of being inside the European Union,
26:39but will have the European Union placing all kinds of restrictions and demands on the UK.
26:47So the UK is going to have the European Union dictating many things to the UK, many business
26:55trade relation things to the UK, but the UK will not be able to vote on any of this
27:03stuff because it's not a member of the European Union.
27:07It really is the worst of all worlds, at least if you're going to reverse Brexit, at least
27:13go back into the European Union so at least you can sit at the table and get a vote on
27:17whatever policies the EU cooks up.
27:21Now you don't even have a vote and the EU is going to put together all kinds of policies
27:25and you're going to have to swallow it as the UK.
27:29Stahmer, a complete Brexit betrayal, a dynamic alignment with the EU means we pay hundreds
27:37of millions of taxpayer money and the EU rules us, food and agriculture rules forever, free
27:43movement for 150 million people, join the EU army, subsidies, subsidise EU students
27:50in the UK, accept ECJ jurisdiction, give them our waters, the globalists are cheering, Labour's
27:58betrayal is complete, the circle is now complete.
28:03Once I was the pupil and you were the master, now I am the master and you are the pupil
28:10of the students.
28:11What did Darth Vader tell Obi-Wan?
28:14I always mess up that quote man, but man is it a good quote, probably the best quote in
28:19all of Star Wars.
28:20The circle is now complete, well the circle is now complete young Stahmer.
28:26This is awful man, what an awful deal.
28:29Did I not call this, did I not say two, three, four weeks ago, a couple of months ago that
28:35Stahmer's, his objective, the reason that he was put in as Prime Minister of the UK,
28:45the reason he's there is to finish the reversal of Brexit.
28:51That's the whole purpose of Stahmer as Prime Minister of the UK, right?
28:57And he's doing it, he is doing it, that's why you have the defence funds that were created,
29:05that's why they go on and on about an EU army and the EU and the UK are in agreement with
29:12creating an army and the UK supports Germany's initiative to build the strongest military
29:17in Europe and the UK supports the EU's initiative to create a defence fund, that's why they
29:21were going on and on about this over the past couple of months, that's why they kept on
29:25saying the EU and the UK are united when it comes to Project Ukraine, they're united when
29:30it comes to sanctions against Russia, they're united when it comes to building a big military,
29:36when it comes to military spending.
29:40All of the statements were put out there in order to prepare everybody for what would
29:47eventually be the UK's re-entry into the European Union, but without a vote, without a seat
29:53at the table, that's the important part to all of this.
29:57Anyway, let's move on.
30:00The New York Times is reporting that Russia is beefing up its bases near Finland's border,
30:07and defence shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles show increased
30:13Russian presence near one of NATO's newest members, and Finland's complaining, the New
30:18York Times is complaining, NATO is complaining, why is Russia building up their military next
30:24to Finland?
30:25Well, maybe, maybe it's because Finland decided to join NATO, and if Finland decides to join
30:30NATO, well then, Russia's going to have to build up its military next to the NATO member
30:36state, because NATO is an aggressive alliance aimed at going to war and destroying the Russian
30:43Federation, so there you have it, Finland, there you go, you wanted NATO, now you're
30:49going to have the Russian military right there next to you.
30:55So it's interesting that they're complaining about this, Finland is complaining about this,
30:59NATO's complaining about this, why, why are you building up your military next to Finland?
31:03I don't understand it, I don't understand why you're doing this, Russia.
31:08So let's talk about what is going on in Gaza.
31:13We are getting reports that Britain, Canada, and France have warned they will impose sanctions
31:20on Israel if it does not cease its attacks on Gaza, and also if it doesn't lift restrictions
31:25on humanitarian aid entering the region.
31:31Britain, Canada, France, and I believe Australia as well is joining this group of countries
31:36which have announced that they will impose sanctions, they haven't imposed sanctions,
31:43they've continued to avoid sanctions, and they've allowed the blockade to continue,
31:49but now they are finally saying, after a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure being placed
31:54on these countries from their own citizens, I would imagine, that it's time to tell Israel,
32:03to tell Netanyahu, specifically Netanyahu, enough, you have to lift the blockade.
32:12Netanyahu, he responded to all of this by saying that he will continue the offensive
32:19in Gaza that Israel has just launched, and as far as the blockade goes, Netanyahu said
32:28that, what did he say, he said that Hamas is taking the aid, that's why he has this
32:36blockade in place, he said, because Hamas is taking the aid, and so what he is going
32:41to do is that in the next couple of days, he's going to designate certain areas which
32:47will be managed by Israeli military, where aid will be distributed.
32:52That was Netanyahu's response to Canada, France, Britain, and also Australia, and their
33:00demands that the blockade gets lifted, or else sanctions are coming.
33:05Witkoff, as all of this is happening, Witkoff is announcing that he has a new deal to propose
33:16to Hamas and to Israel, according to Axios.
33:20Witkoff's proposal includes a 45 to 60 day ceasefire in exchange for the release of ten
33:26hostages and Palestinian prisoners, while similar to past plans, the latest version
33:32reportedly contains clearer language signaling that it could lead to a permanent ceasefire.
33:37It also includes guarantees aimed at preventing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
33:42from unilaterally ending the truce, an issue that derailed a previous agreement.
33:48So this is all according to Axios.
33:51I believe that Israel has said that they're fine with this plan, but they have sent Witkoff
34:01a bunch of amendments to this plan, and Hamas at the time of this recording has not responded
34:08to this latest Witkoff proposal.
34:15So it does seem as if, I don't know, it seems as if Netanyahu is going to have to, he's
34:22going to have to lift the blockade.
34:25I don't see Netanyahu as having any other options left.
34:30There are rumors, but I believe these rumors are well grounded in that Trump has also had
34:40enough with Netanyahu, and there's definitely tension between the two leaders.
34:45Maybe it's a little overstated in the media, but there are definitely tensions between
34:50Trump and Netanyahu.
34:52JD Vance was supposed to go to Israel, and that trip got canceled because Netanyahu continues,
34:59according to various media sources, because Netanyahu is continuing the offensive in Gaza,
35:05and the blockade continues.
35:08This is what they're saying, Vance canceled the trip because of this.
35:13That's an update on what is happening in Gaza.
35:18Netanyahu, it feels like Netanyahu continues to try and buy some time and space by saying
35:24that in a couple of days he'll designate certain areas where aid will be distributed
35:29under the supervision of the Israeli military, but it does feel as if many countries in the
35:35collective West are buckling under pressure from their citizens and from many of the members
35:42of the parliament, and they just don't have any more space to give Netanyahu, and now
35:49they're telling him, end the blockade, let's get a ceasefire in place, otherwise sanctions
35:57are coming.
35:59That's the situation in Gaza.
36:04So let's see, I covered Finland, trying to see, do I have anything else?
36:11I think that is it for the news roundup.
36:16Quick clown world, and we can end this video.
36:21So during the Istanbul talks, the mediator, and this is according to CNN Turk, the mediator
36:35on the Ukraine side skipped town.
36:40Before the talks ended, the mediator decided to bolt, he did an Audi 5000, and no one knows
36:50where this mediator is, the Ukraine mediator, that was brought in, the interesting part
36:55about this clown world is that this mediator really didn't need to be there, to be quite
37:01honest, because all participants speak fluent Russian, but the Ukraine side brought the
37:07mediator to the talks because they wanted to speak Ukrainian, because it's all a show,
37:14they wore their military camouflage, they brought the mediator who was going to translate
37:18from Ukrainian to Russian, Russian to Ukrainian, and the mediator that they brought in decided
37:24to leave, to make a run for it.
37:30He ran away before the meetings concluded.
37:34He did not go to the airport, according to authorities, and the reports are that he made
37:42it to a land border, I don't know in which border he's heading towards, but maybe, who
37:52knows, maybe he's on his way to Greece, I don't know, maybe I'm going to run into him
37:55next time I go to Athens, hey, you're the mediator from Istanbul, that was me, anyway,
38:02that's an interesting story.
38:05And I think that's the video, everybody, theduran.locals.com, we are on Rumble Odyssey, Bitchu, Telegram,
38:10RockFit, and X, go to the Duran shop, pick up some merch, like what I'm wearing, in this
38:15video update, the link is in the description box down below, take care.
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