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Alex Christoforou unpacks a whirlwind of global and domestic political drama! 🇺🇸 Is Lindsey Graham really steering U.S. foreign policy? 🧠 Gen. Kellogg meets with Ukraine’s Yermak as backroom deals take shape. Meanwhile, Trump clashes with Rand Paul, exposing fractures in the GOP 💥, and Lula teams up with Biden in a new effort aimed at isolating Russia. 🌐 Don’t miss this sharp analysis of the players, power plays, and propaganda.

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00:00NATO is the most powerful defense alliance in world history.
00:04It's even more powerful than the Roman Empire.
00:06And more powerful than the Napoleon Empire.
00:09We are the most powerful defense alliance in world history.
00:13But the defense alliance needs maintenance and needs investment.
00:17And that's exactly why in NATO we have this whole system,
00:21the NATO defense planning process,
00:22now leading to an agreement on the capability targets.
00:25And that means that we will have exactly, exactly, exact clarity on where are we
00:31and where should we be if we want to be able to defend ourselves not only today
00:35but also in three, five, seven years.
00:37Listen to the German chief of defense who said this week on the record
00:41that within four or five years the Russians might be able to attack us.
00:46Well, I and all my colleagues want to defend that because we want to stay free.
00:50We value our way of life and we don't want any form of Russian dominance over NATO territory.
00:59This is my video update on this Wednesday afternoon, June the 4th.
01:07Coming to you from Athens, Greece.
01:11Let's talk about some news.
01:14And let's start things off with the attack on the Kerch Bridge.
01:23The terrorist attack on the Kerch Bridge,
01:27which was, if you go by the video that was released by the SBU or by the Ukraine military,
01:33if you go by that video, it was a spectacular dud.
01:39A spectacular failure, if you go by the video that Ukraine released.
01:45For some reason, the Ukrainian officials and the media,
01:54they seem to be very excited about this video.
01:57I don't understand why because from how I saw the video, and I'm no expert,
02:03but what I saw in this video that they released was an explosion under the bridge,
02:11not even a very large explosion, an explosion under the bridge.
02:15I didn't see any real damage in this video.
02:21It looks like the explosion was trying to knock out one of the pylons,
02:27one of the supporting structures, if that's what it's called, under the bridge,
02:32the supporting column.
02:34And the video just shows an explosion in water just kind of splashing up.
02:42From what I've read, the traffic on the bridge
02:46was not interrupted or was interrupted for a very short time.
02:54That's the news, the information that I got with regards to the Kerch Bridge,
03:01the Crimea Bridge.
03:04Man, the Alensky regime, the Collective West, NATO,
03:10they really are fixated on the Kerch Bridge.
03:13I mean, they are obsessed with the Kerch Bridge,
03:15which is a civilian target.
03:18It's civilian infrastructure, so they are targeting civilians
03:21as they try to take out the bridge.
03:23There is no military value whatsoever in the Kerch Bridge,
03:32the Crimea Bridge.
03:34100% an attack on civilian infrastructure,
03:38100% a terrorist attack,
03:41and 100% a failure,
03:46at least from what I saw and from what I read.
03:49But Ukraine is trying to pass this off,
03:52and the Collective West is trying to pass this off
03:53as some sort of incredible victory,
03:58some sort of an amazing attack on the Kerch Bridge.
04:03I believe this is the third attack that the Collective West has carried out.
04:09Ukraine has carried out on the Kerch Bridge,
04:11if you want to call what happened yesterday an attack.
04:15The other attacks on the Kerch Bridge,
04:18the other two attacks on the Kerch Bridge,
04:20did do damage,
04:22and they actually did kill civilians.
04:23And I believe one of them was a drone,
04:30a sea drone, a naval drone.
04:33And the other one was,
04:35if I remember, were storm shadow missiles,
04:38if I remember the incident.
04:40I forgot what the other two attacks were,
04:42but the one attack, I believe, was a missile strike.
04:45And it did kill civilians that were on the bridge,
04:50that were driving on the bridge.
04:54Anyway, this is what happened yesterday.
04:59As I said,
05:00the traffic was uninterrupted,
05:05or if it was interrupted,
05:06it was for a very short period of time.
05:09The Russian Ministry of Transport,
05:11they came out with an announcement
05:15almost immediately when the news broke
05:18and they said that
05:19everything is operating normally on the bridge.
05:23There was a temporary closure
05:26from the Russian Ministry of Transport.
05:28But then it came out with an announcement
05:30and said everything is running normally.
05:34The Kiev Independent has an article
05:36with the title,
05:37Russia's Crimean Bridge Rocked by Explosions.
05:42Plural, Ukraine's SBU claims responsibility.
05:46Yeah, so the SBU claimed responsibility.
05:49This is the SBU
05:50that claimed responsibility
05:51for the terrorist attack on the trains
05:54the other day,
05:55which did lead to a lot of casualties.
05:58A lot of people injured
05:59and a lot of people dead
06:01died from that terrorist attack on the train,
06:05including children.
06:06And that was 100% targeting civilians,
06:11hitting that train.
06:12That was a passenger train.
06:15A lot of injuries,
06:18a lot of deaths
06:19from the attack on that train,
06:24which actually now,
06:25the Russian investigators,
06:28they have categorized it
06:29as a terrorist attack.
06:31So that is being categorized
06:34as a terrorist attack on the train.
06:38And what did the Russian investigators say?
06:41They said it is clear
06:41that the terrorists,
06:43acting under the direction
06:44of the Kiev regime,
06:46planned the attacks
06:47with maximum precision
06:50to ensure that hundreds of civilians
06:52would be affected,
06:54a spokeswoman said.
06:56The committee added
06:58that the investigators
06:58had recovered explosive device fragments
07:02and other physical evidence
07:03from the scene
07:04and had questioned witnesses,
07:06injured passengers,
07:07and railroad employees.
07:15So that's an update
07:17on what happened
07:18in Crimea
07:21at the Crimean Bridge.
07:23Once again,
07:24they are completely fixated,
07:25the collective West
07:26is fixated on destroying
07:27this bridge,
07:29which is the destruction,
07:30the targeting
07:31of civilian infrastructure.
07:39What you are seeing right now
07:41is very unique.
07:43Look at how it blends.
07:45Look at how it blends
07:46into the tree, everybody.
07:50Look at how it blends
07:51into the tree.
07:54It's very unique
07:54what you are seeing
07:56right now on video.
07:58Very, very unique.
08:01Wow.
08:02What a treat.
08:06From afar,
08:07you don't even notice it.
08:09From afar,
08:10you can't even notice it.
08:12You can't even notice it.
08:15But when you come to the side,
08:17there it is.
08:18It's amazing.
08:19It's amazing.
08:21Nature is absolutely amazing.
08:27So, Peskov,
08:29he was asked yesterday
08:32about a possible
08:33trilateral meeting
08:35between the Green Goblin,
08:39Trump and Putin,
08:40and Peskov said,
08:41and I quote,
08:43and I quote,
08:44Peskov said,
08:44unlikely.
08:48Unlikely.
08:48That is what the Kremlin
08:49spokesman said.
08:52No legitimacy for you,
08:55Elensky.
08:56No legitimacy for you.
08:57No soup for you.
08:59So,
08:59Kellogg and Yermak.
09:02When Kellogg met Yermak,
09:04when Harry met Sally,
09:06when Kellogg met Yermak,
09:08so yesterday I mentioned
09:09that Yermak,
09:10after the Istanbul talks,
09:11got on a plane
09:13and made his way
09:14to Washington,
09:17D.C.,
09:18where he was greeted
09:20by none other than
09:22the neutral
09:22mediator,
09:25the negotiator,
09:26Keith Kellogg.
09:28And when they met,
09:31boy, did they hug it out.
09:33Boy, did they hug it out.
09:35Yermak's a pretty big guy.
09:36Yermak's a pretty big guy.
09:39Elensky's entertainment lawyer
09:41and the person
09:42that many people claim
09:43is the brains
09:44behind the Green Goblin,
09:46behind Churchill number two.
09:48Behind every Churchill number two
09:49is a great
09:50entertainment lawyer
09:52and that is Yermak.
09:54Anyway,
09:54he hugged the
09:56crap out of Kellogg.
09:58I mean,
09:58he really hugged Kellogg.
10:00That's very normal.
10:01It's very normal
10:02in diplomatic circles,
10:05in government circles.
10:06to have one participant
10:10in a negotiation
10:11or a conflict
10:12hugging the negotiator
10:15and the mediator.
10:16That's very,
10:17very common,
10:18very normal.
10:21Oh, man.
10:23And he posted those pictures.
10:24Yermak is proud
10:25of his
10:26very close relationship
10:28to Keith Kellogg.
10:31And Yermak,
10:33he said on X,
10:34what did he say on X?
10:35Along with the photos
10:36of him
10:38hugging
10:38Keith Kellogg,
10:40he said,
10:41in Washington,
10:42together
10:42with the team,
10:43their one team,
10:44everybody,
10:45I met with
10:46Keith Kellogg,
10:47the U.S.
10:47Special Envoy
10:48for Ukraine.
10:49We discussed
10:50the situation
10:51on the front line,
10:54the outcomes
10:54of the meetings
10:55in Istanbul,
10:56the importance
10:57of strengthening sanctions
10:58against Russia.
11:00This is a matter
11:01of great importance,
11:02and we value
11:02the fact that
11:03the United States
11:04is engaged
11:04in this process.
11:05I emphasized
11:06that Russia
11:08is doing everything
11:09to avoid a ceasefire.
11:10This must be stopped
11:11by force
11:12because Ukraine
11:14has done everything
11:15to bring the war
11:15to an end,
11:16really.
11:17But if Russia
11:18refuses to stop
11:19the aggression
11:19voluntarily,
11:20we are compelled
11:21to conduct operations
11:23and destroy
11:24its military potential.
11:27We,
11:27we,
11:28the team,
11:29are compelled
11:29to destroy
11:30the Russian military
11:31if Russia does not agree
11:33to a 30-day
11:34unconditional ceasefire.
11:35because Ukraine
11:37is doing everything
11:37to end the war,
11:39including attacking
11:39passenger trains,
11:40including attacking
11:41the Kerch Bridge.
11:43They're,
11:44they're doing everything
11:44to end the war,
11:46right?
11:48So the U.S.,
11:50according to Yermak,
11:51the U.S.,
11:53Keith Kellogg,
11:54we must do everything
11:56to deliver
11:57a military defeat
11:59to Russia,
12:00to destroy,
12:01to destroy
12:01the military potential
12:03of Russia.
12:05Russia.
12:07And what did Lula
12:09say to Le Monde?
12:11The leader
12:12of Brazil.
12:15Brazil.
12:16Lula,
12:17he gave an interview
12:18to Le Monde.
12:19One second,
12:20the French publication.
12:22I just like the way
12:23it sounds,
12:23Le Monde.
12:24He spoke to
12:26Le Monde,
12:28Mr. Lula,
12:28and he revealed
12:30that when he was
12:31speaking
12:32to then-president
12:34Joe Bidenopoulos,
12:38Biden revealed
12:39that his goal
12:40is to destroy
12:42Russia.
12:43They just want to
12:44destroy Russia.
12:45They want to destroy
12:46Russia.
12:47This is what
12:48Lula said.
12:49Joe Biden,
12:50with whom I spoke
12:51at length,
12:52thought Russia
12:53needed to be
12:54destroyed,
12:55Lula said,
12:56without elaborating
12:57when the conversation
12:58took place,
12:59and Europe,
13:00which for a long time
13:02embodied a middle
13:03way in the world,
13:04I wouldn't agree
13:05with that,
13:05but Lula went on
13:06to say,
13:07has now aligned
13:08itself with
13:09Washington
13:09and is spending
13:11billions on
13:12rearmament.
13:13That worries me
13:14if all we talk
13:15about is war.
13:16There will never
13:17be peace.
13:19Well,
13:19they don't want
13:19peace,
13:20Lula.
13:21Europe was never
13:22a middle road
13:25type of place.
13:28They were never
13:28middle road.
13:29They were always
13:30vassals of the
13:31United States.
13:32They just
13:33became
13:34bigger,
13:35bigger vassals
13:36with the special
13:37military operation,
13:38the European
13:40vassalage
13:41really came out.
13:42And with the
13:42new leadership
13:43in Europe,
13:44the new crop
13:45of leaders
13:45moving away
13:46from people
13:47like
13:47Schroeder,
13:51Schroeder,
13:52Chirac,
13:53all of these
13:55guys,
13:57who did put up
13:57resistance to
13:58the United
13:59States,
14:00Berlusconi,
14:01who did put up
14:02resistance to
14:02the United
14:03States during
14:04the illegal,
14:06full-scale,
14:11unprovoked
14:12invasion of
14:13Iraq.
14:15Right?
14:16Two can play
14:17at that game.
14:18They did put up
14:19resistance to
14:20that,
14:21those leaders in
14:21Europe at the
14:22time.
14:23But the new crop
14:24of leadership,
14:25yeah,
14:25they became
14:26super-duper huge
14:28vassals of the
14:29United States.
14:29But Europe has
14:30always been in
14:30the collective
14:32West U.S.
14:33camp.
14:35Anyway,
14:36Biden
14:36wants to
14:38destroy
14:39Russia,
14:40wanted to
14:40destroy Russia.
14:41That's what
14:41this was all
14:42about.
14:43And on the
14:43Duran,
14:44we were the
14:44first channel,
14:45absolutely the
14:46first channel,
14:47to say that
14:48the conflict in
14:50Ukraine is not
14:50really about
14:51Ukraine.
14:51The conflict in
14:52Ukraine is all
14:52about Russia.
14:54I remember when
14:55we did those
14:55videos a long,
14:56long, long
14:57time ago,
14:58we pointed out
14:59way, way in
15:00the beginning,
15:01Alexander pointed
15:02out that this
15:03is not about
15:05Ukraine.
15:06This is about
15:07destroying Russia.
15:08And Alexander
15:09was the first
15:09analyst to
15:11bring up the
15:12meeting that
15:13Biden had with
15:14Putin back
15:16when Bidenopolis
15:17was vice
15:18president under
15:19Obama.
15:20And he went
15:21to meet with
15:21Putin.
15:22At the time,
15:22Medvedev was
15:24president and
15:24Putin was acting
15:25as prime
15:25minister.
15:27And Russia
15:27was about to
15:28have elections
15:28and Putin was
15:29going to run
15:30as president.
15:32And Biden
15:33sat down
15:34with Putin.
15:35He visited
15:35Moscow and
15:37Biden told
15:38Putin that
15:39the United
15:40States will
15:41not allow
15:41Putin to
15:43run as
15:43president.
15:44No way.
15:45My message
15:46from Obama,
15:46my message
15:47to you,
15:49prime minister,
15:50at the time,
15:51prime minister
15:51Putin,
15:52is that we
15:52do not
15:53approve of
15:55you becoming
15:57president after
15:59Medvedev.
15:59and you
16:01know what
16:01Putin told
16:02Biden?
16:03He said,
16:04buzz off,
16:04man.
16:04He said,
16:05suck it,
16:05buzz off,
16:06get out of
16:06here.
16:07That's what
16:08he told
16:08Biden.
16:09Biden has
16:09never gotten
16:11over that.
16:12He has
16:13never gotten
16:14over that.
16:17Anyway,
16:17interesting
16:18statement from
16:18Lula.
16:19Let's get
16:19back to
16:20the recent
16:22news.
16:24That interview
16:25from Le Monde
16:26is recent,
16:26but obviously
16:27the Biden
16:29story with
16:30Putin.
16:31Obviously,
16:31that's not
16:31recent.
16:33But
16:33Alensky
16:34is going
16:36to be
16:36joining.
16:37It looks
16:37like he's
16:37going to
16:37be joining
16:38Yedmok in
16:39D.C.
16:40because the
16:41reports are
16:42that Alensky
16:43hitched a
16:44ride with
16:44Mertz
16:45to go
16:46visit
16:47Trump.
16:48I can't
16:49confirm this
16:49100%,
16:50but we'll
16:50probably find
16:51out by the
16:51time this
16:52video is
16:52posted or
16:52by tomorrow
16:53morning.
16:53We'll
16:53probably find
16:54out if
16:54Alensky
16:55really did
16:55hitch a ride
16:57with Mertz
16:58so that
16:58they can
16:59travel together
16:59to see
17:01Trump.
17:04Traveled
17:04together to
17:05see Trump.
17:07Like
17:07Macron and
17:09Mertz and
17:10Stammer traveled
17:11to Kiev.
17:12Is it going
17:12to be that
17:12kind of a
17:13trip?
17:14Alensky and
17:14Mertz on
17:16the party
17:17plane, the
17:18German government
17:18party plane.
17:19Is that what
17:20it's going to
17:20be?
17:20I don't
17:21know.
17:21I don't
17:22know.
17:23Macron, he
17:24had the
17:24sniffles.
17:25He had the
17:25sniffles, right?
17:26Sniffles
17:27and he
17:28had to
17:28blow his
17:29nose.
17:30But yeah,
17:33he's hitching
17:33a ride with
17:34Mertz.
17:35So yeah,
17:36they're going
17:36to meet
17:36with Trump.
17:37Okay, they're
17:37going to
17:37meet with
17:37Kellogg,
17:38obviously.
17:39They're going
17:39to meet
17:40with Lindsey
17:41Graham, of
17:41course.
17:43They're going
17:43to meet
17:44with Trump
17:45from what I
17:45understand.
17:47And they're
17:47going to
17:48convince
17:49Trump, put
17:50the squeeze
17:51on Trump.
17:52Does Trump
17:52need a lot
17:53of convincing?
17:53I don't
17:53know.
17:55Can't
17:55tell you.
17:56But the
17:57goal of this
17:59meeting is to
17:59coordinate the
18:00next steps
18:01after the
18:02drone strikes
18:03into the
18:04Russian air
18:05bases, and
18:06now after
18:07the trains,
18:09after the
18:09terrorist attacks
18:10on the
18:10trains, after
18:11the drone
18:12strikes on
18:12Russian bases,
18:13after the
18:14Istanbul
18:14talks and
18:15Russia's
18:16memorandum,
18:17and after
18:19this recent
18:19failed attack
18:20on the
18:21bridge in
18:22Crimea, you
18:23now have
18:24the Taurus
18:24missiles, which
18:25need the
18:25green light
18:26from Trump,
18:26and they're
18:27going to
18:27go and
18:27meet with
18:28the Trump
18:28administration,
18:29with all
18:29the neocons
18:30in Trump's
18:31administration,
18:32the Kelloggs,
18:32the Rubios,
18:34the Lindsey
18:35Grahams, and
18:36they're going
18:36to meet to
18:37try and
18:38coordinate the
18:39next steps
18:39to deliver
18:42some sort
18:42of defeat
18:44to Russia,
18:45or at
18:45least to
18:46try and
18:47get some
18:48leverage for
18:49Trump, because
18:50Trump is
18:50absolutely dying
18:51for some
18:52sort of
18:52negotiating
18:52leverage on
18:54Putin, so
18:55that's what
18:55they're going
18:55to tell
18:55Trump, green
18:56light the
18:57Taurus missiles,
18:58and we're
18:58going to
18:59get that
19:00leverage that
19:01you so
19:01seek, because
19:03the Taurus
19:03missile is
19:03the next
19:04super-duper
19:04uber-wonder
19:06weapon, and
19:07so there you
19:07have it, all
19:08of them are
19:09going to be
19:09in D.C.
19:12Alensky said,
19:13I discussed
19:14this with
19:15President
19:15Donald
19:16Trump, we
19:17want to
19:17buy weapons,
19:18this is what
19:19the agreement
19:20is about, no
19:21gifts, Alensky
19:22said.
19:26So not only
19:27are they going
19:27to talk about
19:28next escalation
19:29steps, Taurus
19:31missile sanctions,
19:32they're going to
19:32definitely discuss
19:33sanctions, they're
19:34going to discuss
19:34all of these
19:35things, but
19:36Alensky allegedly
19:37told, well not
19:38allegedly, he
19:39told journalists
19:39that one of
19:41the reasons
19:42for him
19:43hitching a
19:43ride with
19:44Mertz is
19:44so he
19:45can discuss
19:47a free
19:49trade deal
19:50with Washington
19:51and purchasing
19:52weapons, but
19:53not as a
19:54gift, not
19:55as a gift,
19:56everybody.
19:57What's going
19:57to happen is
19:58that the U.S.
19:59is going to
19:59give him
19:59money, he's
20:00going to ask
20:01for money from
20:01the United
20:02States, and
20:02he's going to
20:02take the U.S.
20:03money to
20:04purchase weapons
20:05from the
20:06U.S.
20:06MIC, so it's
20:07not a gift,
20:08it's not a
20:09gift.
20:10America, give
20:11me money?
20:12You see,
20:12Podoliak, this
20:13is how it
20:13will work, not
20:14a gift, not
20:15a gift, Podoliak,
20:16not a gift, eh?
20:17America, give
20:18me money, I
20:19take this money
20:20from America, 10%
20:21for the big
20:22guy, you know, I
20:22take this money
20:23from America, and
20:24then I use this
20:25money to buy
20:26military things
20:28from America,
20:29Podoliak, you
20:30see how this
20:30works?
20:31But it's not a
20:32gift, not a
20:33gift.
20:34Pete Hegseth,
20:38the Defense
20:38Secretary, we
20:40got word that
20:41he will not be
20:42attending the
20:43next Ukraine
20:45military contact
20:46group meeting
20:47that is going to
20:48be taking place
20:49in June, right
20:49before the big
20:50NATO summit, which
20:51I believe is also
20:52in June.
20:53But Hegseth is
20:54not going to
20:55attend this NATO
20:56contact group, I
20:57believe it's going
20:58to be in Brussels,
20:59he's going to
20:59send a
21:00representative, he's
21:01not going to
21:02show up at all,
21:02not even via
21:03video, the last
21:04contact group
21:05meeting, Hegseth
21:06did not show up
21:07in person, but he
21:08did attend via
21:09video, and the
21:10UK ended up
21:12chairing that
21:13contact group
21:13meeting the first
21:14time that the
21:14US did not
21:15chair the contact
21:15group, and the
21:16UK chaired.
21:18This time around,
21:20Hegseth is not
21:20even going to
21:21show up at all,
21:21and he's just
21:22going to send
21:22someone from his
21:24department to
21:26attend.
21:27So according to
21:28the Associated
21:29Press and Reuters
21:30and all of the
21:31mainstream media,
21:32media, this
21:33is Trump's
21:34way of
21:35distancing
21:35himself from
21:37Project Ukraine.
21:39That is what
21:39they are saying,
21:40that Trump is
21:40distancing
21:41himself from
21:43Project Ukraine.
21:46Distancing
21:47himself, but
21:47still very, very
21:50active in
21:51Project Ukraine,
21:52because we are
21:53getting reports
21:54that satellite
21:57images and
21:58reports and
21:58analysis, which
22:01is pointing
22:02to the fact
22:03that the
22:04Collective
22:04West and
22:04NATO absolutely
22:05played a
22:07role in the
22:08drone attacks
22:09into Russia.
22:11I think we
22:12can conclude
22:13without a doubt
22:14100% that
22:15the drone
22:16strikes into
22:17Russia needed
22:18NATO,
22:20Collective
22:20West,
22:21US involvement.
22:23I think
22:25that's
22:26without
22:26question.
22:28But the
22:29White House
22:29is denying
22:30this.
22:30At least the
22:30White House
22:31is coming
22:31out with
22:31statements
22:32saying that
22:33President
22:33Trump was
22:35not informed
22:36of the drone
22:39strikes into
22:40the Russian
22:41airfields.
22:43Carolyn
22:44Levitt,
22:46the press
22:46secretary,
22:47said that
22:48the White
22:49House knew
22:50nothing about
22:51it.
22:52That is what
22:52she said.
22:53Even though
22:54everything, all
22:56of the evidence
22:56points to the
22:57fact that the
22:57United States
22:58NATO, the
22:59Collective
23:00West, had
23:02to have had
23:03some sort
23:03of role in
23:04this operation.
23:05I mean, it
23:05was being
23:06planned for
23:0618 months.
23:08Obviously, there
23:09were people in
23:10the White
23:10House, in
23:11the Biden
23:11administration,
23:12and in the
23:14Trump administration
23:15that knew
23:15about this.
23:17So the
23:17question now
23:18is, and
23:20it's not good
23:21for Trump
23:21either way.
23:22Either way,
23:22this is not
23:23good for
23:23Trump because
23:24this was an
23:25attack on
23:26Russia's
23:26nuclear assets.
23:28If Trump
23:28knew that
23:30this is really
23:31bad,
23:32Trump
23:34attacking
23:34Russia,
23:36the Russian
23:36Federation,
23:37and Russia's
23:38nuclear assets,
23:39if Trump
23:40wasn't informed,
23:42really bad.
23:44Which means,
23:45that would
23:45mean that you
23:45have a part
23:46of the
23:48Trump administration
23:49which has
23:50gone rogue,
23:50which is
23:51attacking a
23:51nuclear power.
23:53Either way,
23:54it's bad for
23:54Trump.
23:55Either way,
23:55it is bad
23:56for the U.S.
23:57president.
23:57Maybe that's
23:58why he's been
23:58so quiet over
23:59the past couple
23:59of days.
24:00Maybe that's
24:00why he's not
24:01saying anything
24:01about what
24:03happened in
24:03Russia.
24:04He is not
24:05saying anything.
24:06No true
24:07social posts.
24:08No speaking
24:09to the media
24:10about it.
24:10Nothing.
24:12He's purposefully
24:14avoiding it.
24:15Avoiding the
24:15topic.
24:16Because either
24:17he knew,
24:18and now he's
24:18realized this
24:19was a huge
24:20F-up.
24:21I mean,
24:22an F-up of
24:22gigantic
24:23proportions.
24:26He broke
24:27the START
24:27treaty.
24:28I believe
24:30it's START
24:31three.
24:32That thing's
24:33gone bye-bye
24:34now.
24:36And if
24:38he didn't
24:38know,
24:38if he wasn't
24:39told,
24:40then who
24:41the hell
24:42is running
24:42things in
24:43D.C.?
24:44Right?
24:45I would
24:46guess that
24:46if you're
24:47the Trump
24:48administration,
24:50the best
24:52option of
24:52the two
24:53is to say
24:53that he
24:54didn't know.
24:55I would
24:55guess that's
24:56the option
24:57that does
24:57the least
24:58amount of
24:58damage to
25:00the United
25:00States and
25:01to President
25:01Trump.
25:03Because the
25:04first option,
25:05Trump knowing,
25:05is, I mean,
25:07that's just
25:08crazy.
25:09Even though you
25:10have the
25:11Truth Social
25:11post, which I
25:13talked about
25:13three days ago
25:14where Trump
25:15said bad
25:16things are
25:16going to
25:16happen, I'm
25:17the only one
25:18preventing bad
25:19things from
25:19happening, and
25:20Putin is
25:20playing with
25:20fire.
25:21I can't get
25:22over that
25:23post.
25:23That post
25:24says a lot,
25:25but, okay,
25:27that's what
25:28Trump said
25:28three days
25:29ago.
25:29The next
25:30day, Lindsey
25:30Graham is
25:31in Kiev, and
25:31the day after
25:32that, you
25:32get this
25:33attack.
25:34Let's put
25:35that to the
25:36side, and
25:37let's assume
25:38that Trump
25:41did not
25:41know.
25:42This is a
25:42big assumption.
25:44That's probably
25:45the best outcome
25:46for the United
25:46States, to go
25:48with that, to
25:50say Trump
25:50had no idea.
25:52rogue
25:53elements, and
25:53then maybe in
25:54a couple of
25:55weeks you'd
25:55fire some
25:56people, I
25:56don't know.
25:58I don't know
25:59how you play
25:59this, but the
26:00first option, to
26:01say that Trump
26:01knew, and he
26:03gave the green
26:04lights, that's
26:09really bad.
26:10Anyway, let's
26:13continue.
26:16Let's continue,
26:17and let's talk
26:17about Lindsey
26:18Graham, because
26:20Lindsey Graham
26:22has really
26:24stepped up, it
26:25appears, to be
26:27the de facto
26:29president of the
26:30United States
26:30when it comes to
26:31foreign policy,
26:31definitely the
26:32president of the
26:33United States
26:33when it comes to
26:34Project Ukraine,
26:35Russia, and
26:36China.
26:37He has
26:38definitely stepped
26:39up to be the
26:41defining voice,
26:44the decision
26:45maker, the
26:46leader when it
26:47comes to foreign
26:48policy for the
26:49United States of
26:50America, for
26:53Russia, China,
26:54and Project
26:56Ukraine.
26:57Lindsey Graham
26:58is everywhere.
26:59Trump is
27:00silent, Rubio
27:01is silent,
27:03Lindsey Graham
27:03is freaking
27:04everywhere, and
27:05it's not just
27:05about Russia, it
27:06is also about
27:07China.
27:08Lindsey Graham
27:09is making this
27:10a package deal.
27:11He is all over
27:12the media now,
27:13and he is saying
27:14that it's not
27:14about just
27:15defeating Russia,
27:17though absolutely
27:17he wants to
27:18deliver a
27:19defeat to
27:21Russia, but
27:21Lindsey Graham
27:22is saying that
27:23he also demands
27:24a defeat of
27:26China.
27:26He is packaging
27:27them together.
27:30This is a
27:31package deal
27:32for Lindsey
27:33Graham.
27:34I have always
27:35believed that
27:36this war will
27:36not end until
27:38China paid a
27:39price for it.
27:40It's not just
27:40about delivering a
27:41defeat to Russia,
27:42which they will
27:43not do, they will
27:44never ever accomplish.
27:45It is the
27:46collective West
27:47and the neocons
27:48that are losing
27:48badly, but
27:49anyway, it is
27:50not only about
27:51a defeat to
27:52Russia, it is
27:53a defeat to
27:53China.
27:53This war does
27:54not end for
27:55Lindsey Graham
27:56and the neocons.
27:57This war does
27:58not end until
27:59we deliver a
28:00military strategic
28:02defeat to
28:03China.
28:05So Lindsey
28:06Graham is the
28:07neocon hawk
28:08who has it in
28:09for Russia and
28:11China.
28:12I would say
28:13my opinion,
28:14this is just
28:15my opinion.
28:15I would say
28:16that Rubio
28:16has it in
28:18for Russia,
28:19but I think
28:19Rubio leans
28:20a little more
28:20towards going
28:22after China.
28:23I would say
28:24that Hegseth
28:24has it in
28:25for Russia,
28:25but I would
28:26also say
28:26that Hegseth
28:27leans more
28:28than Rubio
28:29towards going
28:29after China
28:30and I would
28:30say Kellogg
28:31definitely,
28:34he's Russia
28:35a thousand
28:36percent.
28:36I don't even
28:37think Kellogg's
28:37interested in
28:38China.
28:41That's the
28:42Trump White
28:44House right
28:44there.
28:45That's the
28:46Trump White
28:46House.
28:48And the
28:48word is
28:49from CNN
28:49that Trump
28:51is trying
28:52to figure
28:52out a way
28:53to,
28:53this is from
28:54CNN,
28:55he's trying
28:56to figure
28:56out a way
28:57to get
28:57out of
28:57Project
28:58Ukraine,
28:58but the
28:59neocons
29:00are just
29:00pulling him
29:01back in.
29:01Every time
29:02I try to
29:02leave,
29:03they pull
29:03me back
29:04in.
29:06Every time
29:07I think
29:08I'm out,
29:08they pull
29:09me back
29:09in.
29:10Oh,
29:11man.
29:12What movie
29:13is that
29:13from?
29:14I don't even
29:14know if I
29:15said the
29:15line correctly,
29:16but I think
29:17people that
29:18know the
29:18movie,
29:19they'll let
29:19me know in
29:19the comments
29:20down below.
29:21But yeah,
29:21that's what
29:22CNN is running
29:22with.
29:23Every time
29:23Trump tries
29:24to get out,
29:25they pull him
29:25back in,
29:26the Lindsey
29:26Grahams,
29:27the neocons.
29:29That's what
29:29CNN is saying.
29:30All the
29:31senators,
29:3172 or
29:3282,
29:32what's the
29:33number that
29:33Graham put
29:33out recently?
29:34I think he
29:34said it's
29:3582 now.
29:36Graham is
29:36saying that
29:3782 senators,
29:38they want to
29:38put bone
29:39crushing,
29:39500%
29:40sanctions on
29:41Russia and
29:42on China.
29:43That's what
29:43these bone
29:43crushing
29:44sanctions are
29:44and on
29:45India.
29:46And they're
29:47demanding that
29:48Trump do it.
29:50And they're
29:51demanding
29:51escalation from
29:52Trump,
29:53not only
29:53against Russia,
29:54but also
29:55against China.
29:56It's a
29:56pretty brilliant
29:57plan by
29:58Lindsey Graham.
29:59Why just
29:59go after
30:00Russia?
30:01Let's go
30:02after the
30:02United States
30:03of America.
30:04Let's just
30:04go after both
30:05of the
30:05countries at
30:06the same
30:06time.
30:07Let's go
30:07after Russia
30:08and China
30:08at the same
30:09time.
30:09It's genius
30:10strategic thinking
30:11from Lindsey
30:13Graham,
30:13isn't it?
30:15CNN is
30:16saying that
30:17Donald Trump
30:17has consistently
30:20tried to
30:23distance himself
30:23from these
30:24negotiations.
30:25He has
30:25tried to
30:26portray this
30:27as Russia's
30:27war,
30:28as
30:28Alinsky's
30:29war,
30:29as Biden's
30:29war.
30:30It is very
30:31clear that he
30:31is trying to
30:32extricate the
30:33U.S.
30:33from this
30:33situation,
30:34but there is
30:35a bill in
30:35Congress.
30:36There are
30:36senators who
30:37are trying to
30:37push through
30:38tough sanctions
30:40to hold Russia
30:41accountable,
30:42whether Donald
30:42Trump will
30:43stay away
30:43and for how
30:44long remains
30:45to be seen.
30:46Yeah,
30:47Trump needs to
30:47call their
30:48bluff.
30:49Trump needs
30:50to say,
30:50you know what,
30:50you got 82
30:51votes and you're
30:52threatening me.
30:53What Lindsey
30:54Graham is
30:54threatening Trump
30:55with is
30:56Russiagate
30:56impeachment.
30:57That's what
30:58he's threatening
30:58Trump with.
30:59Trump needs
30:59to call his
31:00bluff.
31:00If he's
31:01serious about
31:01getting the
31:02U.S.
31:02out of
31:02Ukraine,
31:03if he's
31:04serious about
31:05it, then he
31:06should call
31:06Lindsey Graham's
31:08bluff.
31:09He should get
31:10in front of the
31:10American people.
31:11This is what I
31:12would advise
31:12Trump to do.
31:13I would say
31:13call his bluff,
31:14say you're out
31:15of project Ukraine,
31:16same day,
31:17set up a press
31:19event, a media
31:21event, but speak
31:22directly to the
31:23American people
31:23and tell them
31:24you're out of
31:25project Ukraine
31:26and the U.S.
31:27Senate, they're
31:28going to try
31:29and start some
31:30sort of
31:31Russiagate
31:3210.0
31:34against me.
31:35That's what I
31:35would advise
31:36Trump to do.
31:38Yeah.
31:39Seek the support
31:40of the people
31:41if you're serious
31:42about peace.
31:44And the American
31:45people will have
31:46your back, but
31:47it's going to
31:48take courage.
31:49What you should
31:50have done is
31:50January 21st.
31:52That was when
31:53you should have
31:53said Biden's
31:54war, we're
31:55out of it.
31:57Back then,
31:59Trump had
31:59everyone off
32:00balance.
32:01The first
32:01month of his
32:02administration,
32:02everyone was
32:03off balance.
32:04The neocons,
32:05the Democrats,
32:06the NGOs,
32:07the USAIDs,
32:08they were all
32:09off balance.
32:10That was the
32:11time.
32:11The Europeans,
32:12that was the
32:12time to pull
32:13out.
32:14And the damage
32:15would have been
32:16minimal to zero.
32:17But he didn't
32:19listen to the
32:20Duran.
32:21I have a feeling
32:22that a lot of
32:23this is connected
32:23to Trump's
32:24BBB,
32:25BBB bill,
32:29his big,
32:30beautiful bill
32:31that I believe
32:32passed the
32:33House and now
32:33it's going to
32:34the Senate.
32:35And this is
32:35Trump's,
32:36this is Trump's
32:38signature deal.
32:40I mean,
32:40this is his
32:40big,
32:41his big deal
32:43for the United
32:46States.
32:47Yeah,
32:48the big,
32:48beautiful bill,
32:49the BBB.
32:50This is the
32:51bill that
32:51that Musk
32:52is not happy
32:53with.
32:54Rand Paul is
32:55not happy
32:56with this
32:56bill.
32:59Thomas Massey
32:59is not happy
33:00with this
33:00bill.
33:01They say
33:02there's a lot
33:02of spending,
33:04a lot of
33:04wasteful spending
33:05to the
33:06MIC,
33:08to all
33:10kinds of
33:10other,
33:11other groups
33:12and special
33:13interests that
33:14does not need
33:14to be in
33:15this bill.
33:15The bill does
33:16have good
33:16things from
33:17what I
33:17understand.
33:18It has,
33:18for example,
33:20the no tax
33:21on tips.
33:22That's part
33:22of the bill.
33:23It has other
33:23tax cuts and
33:24tax credits.
33:26I'm not going
33:27to get into
33:27the detail of
33:27it.
33:28I don't even
33:28know too
33:29much of the
33:29detail of it,
33:30but it does
33:30have some
33:30good things
33:31in it.
33:32But with
33:32the good
33:32things comes
33:331.6
33:34trillion in
33:35spending,
33:36of which 900
33:36billion is to
33:37the MIC and
33:38another 800
33:40billion goes to
33:41Big Pharma and
33:42all kinds of
33:43other special
33:43interests.
33:44But Musk is
33:46not happy with
33:47this BBB.
33:48Trump is
33:49absolutely trying
33:50to push this
33:50thing through.
33:51Tech billionaire
33:52and former
33:52White House
33:52efficiency czar
33:53Elon Musk has
33:55blasted U.S.
33:55President Trump's
33:56big, beautiful
33:56tax bill as
33:58overspending and
33:59a disgusting
33:59abomination.
34:01Trump's centerpiece
34:02bill narrowly
34:03passed in the
34:03House of
34:04Representatives last
34:04week and will
34:06need to go before
34:07the Senate.
34:07The legislation
34:08aims to prevent
34:09an end-of-the-year
34:10tax increase and
34:11raises the limit
34:12on the already
34:13staggering U.S.
34:14debt by another
34:144 trillion.
34:16Yeah, this is
34:16Trump's signature
34:17bill.
34:18And Trump is
34:18very upset with
34:19Rand Paul, who
34:21doesn't like this
34:22bill, says it's a
34:23lot of wasteful
34:24spending and
34:24Thomas Massey as
34:25well.
34:26So Massey,
34:27Paul, and
34:28Musk are
34:28aligned.
34:29Musk actually
34:29posted on X.
34:30I'm sorry, but I
34:31just can't stand it
34:32anymore.
34:33This massive,
34:34outrageous, pork-filled
34:35congressional
34:35spending bill is a
34:36disgusting abomination.
34:38Shame on those who
34:38voted for it.
34:39You know you did
34:40wrong, you know
34:41it.
34:41Rand Paul said,
34:42I agree with
34:42Elon.
34:43We have both seen
34:44the massive waste in
34:45government spending
34:46and we know another
34:485 trillion in debt is
34:49a huge mistake.
34:50We can and must do
34:51better.
34:51And Thomas Massey
34:52said he's right.
34:55Trump blasted
34:55Rand Paul on
34:57Truth Social and
34:57said, Rand Paul has
34:58very little
34:58understanding of the
34:59BBB, especially the
35:01tremendous growth that
35:02is coming.
35:04He loves voting no
35:05on everything.
35:06He thinks it's good
35:07politics, but it's
35:08not.
35:08The BBB is a big
35:09winner, all caps.
35:12How are we doing
35:12on time?
35:16Yeah, I got to wrap
35:17this up.
35:19So, you know, the
35:20situation for Trump is
35:21really, it's really
35:23difficult because I
35:25imagine Lindsey Graham
35:26is very happy with all
35:27the spending going to
35:28the military in this
35:29bill, but I imagine
35:31that the neocons in
35:32Graham are also
35:32probably putting the
35:33pressure on Trump
35:34saying that they have
35:36the votes to carry
35:37this bill, align
35:38with us, align
35:40with us, because
35:40we're for this
35:41BBB bill.
35:43And Rand Paul and
35:45Massey, guys that
35:46are against
35:47escalation with
35:48Russia, that are
35:49against Lindsey
35:50Graham, they're
35:51against this BBB
35:52bill.
35:55And so Trump's
35:56against Rand Paul and
35:57Massey.
35:58So he's in
36:00alignment with the
36:01neocons and with
36:02Graham when it comes
36:03to this bill, which
36:04is his centerpiece
36:05bill, and it gives
36:07a ton of money to
36:08the MIC.
36:11But the people that
36:12he needs to listen
36:12to, at least when it
36:13comes to escalation
36:14with Russia and
36:14Project Ukraine, like
36:16Rand Paul and
36:16Massey, are against
36:17this bill, and
36:20Trump's upset with
36:20them.
36:23He's in conflict with
36:24those guys.
36:25He's in conflict with
36:26the senators that he
36:27needs to be in
36:28alignment with, and
36:28he's in alignment
36:29with the senators
36:30that are going to
36:32sink his presidency.
36:33And a lot of it, I
36:35think, has to do with
36:36this BBB bill, a lot
36:38of what's going on, a
36:39lot of power that's
36:39been given to
36:40Graham, I bet you a
36:41lot of the power that
36:42has been given to
36:42Graham recently has to
36:44do with this bill, and
36:45the fact that Graham and
36:4682 senators, along with
36:48Graham, are probably
36:49telling Trump, we can
36:50get this thing passed.
36:53But in order to get
36:54this thing passed, you
36:55have to deputize me as
36:57the foreign policy
36:58president.
36:59something like that is
37:01probably going on.
37:02Some sort of palace
37:03intrigue like that is
37:04going on.
37:05And Trump is, Trump is
37:06screwed, man.
37:07He can't figure out how
37:09to get out of this
37:09mess.
37:15The BBB.
37:17Strange name, huh?
37:18The BBB.
37:19Sounds very, very weird.
37:22You're into some BBB?
37:24I don't know.
37:25I don't know where Trump
37:26comes up with this stuff.
37:27But it's marketing.
37:29It's all marketing.
37:30The big, beautiful bill.
37:31It's pure marketing, man.
37:32Pure marketing from Trump
37:34in order to get this
37:35thing passed.
37:37So, what else?
37:38Trump posted on Truth
37:41Social.
37:41I like President Xi of
37:42China.
37:43Always have and always
37:44will, but he is very
37:45tough and extremely hard
37:47to make a deal with.
37:49Okay.
37:50The Prime Minister of
37:53the Netherlands, Dick
37:54Schoff, he has
37:55resigned.
37:55Dick has resigned.
37:58His government has
37:59crumbled after
38:01Wilders pulled out.
38:03He has been officially
38:04Alensky cursed.
38:05Look at him shaking the
38:06hand with that big old
38:07smile, shaking Alensky's
38:09hand.
38:10You have been Alensky
38:11cursed.
38:13Dick, Dick Schoff.
38:14And finally, we can do a
38:16clown world and wrap up
38:17this video.
38:18video.
38:19Welt, the German
38:20publication, they have
38:23their 50, Germany's top
38:2550 power list.
38:26And it looks like Ursula
38:27is topping that list or
38:29is going to be one of the
38:31top powerful people of
38:33Germany.
38:34And Welt posted a picture
38:36of Ursula von der
38:38Pirate with the quote,
38:39Putin has completely
38:40failed strategically.
38:43Tatters.
38:44Tatters.
38:45Queen Ursula.
38:46Tatters.
38:46Yeah, she's she's winning
38:49so many awards.
38:50Ursula, huh?
38:51They love to give each
38:52other awards and they
38:53love to put each other
38:54on power lists.
38:55It looks like Ursula is
38:57going to be one of the
38:59top powerful people in
39:01Germany.
39:01And she has announced
39:03that Russia has suffered
39:04a strategic defeat.
39:06They have failed
39:07strategically.
39:08Microwave chips.
39:10Washing machine chips.
39:11That's Ursula.
39:17She has defeated the
39:18Putin.
39:19And finally, the final
39:20clown world has to be
39:22about Lindsey Graham
39:23and the reports that
39:27Lindsey Graham, when he
39:28went to Kiev, that the
39:30bill in Kiev, the hotel
39:32bill and all the
39:33expenses came out to
39:35eight hundred thousand
39:36dollars.
39:38Other reports are
39:39saying four hundred
39:40thousand dollars.
39:42I cannot confirm any
39:43of this.
39:45There are allegedly
39:47there are receipts of
39:48the expenses for this
39:51trip to Kiev.
39:52Even Elon Musk posted
39:54on X.
39:54Why is the hotel bill
39:56so high?
39:57The room service must be
39:59incredible with a
40:00smiling emoji.
40:02But there is a
40:03community note
40:04underneath this post
40:05from Elon, actually a
40:06repost, a quote from
40:09Elon.
40:10And the community
40:11note said this isn't
40:12related to travel
40:13expenses.
40:14It's a standard
40:14monthly contract from
40:16the State Department
40:17for U.S.
40:18diplomats working in a
40:19war zone.
40:20It has no connection
40:21to Senator Graham's
40:22trip.
40:22So the money's being
40:23spent, but it's not
40:25directly related to
40:27Graham's trip.
40:30Marjorie Taylor
40:31Green says committee
40:32chairs approve
40:34Kodels, Senator
40:37Graham is chair of
40:38the Senate Budget
40:39Committee.
40:40And someone posted
40:41in response to
40:43Marjorie Taylor
40:44Green, so let me
40:45get this straight.
40:46Lindsey Graham
40:47approves Lindsey
40:48Graham's own travel
40:49expenses.
40:50How is this not
40:50fraud?
40:52And Grok weighed
40:53in on this, saying
40:54the exact daily rate
40:55for Senator Graham
40:56and Blumenthal's
40:58stay at the Hilton
41:00Kiev in May 2025
41:01is unclear due to
41:03limited data on the
41:04number of nights
41:04and rooms booked.
41:06The reported total
41:06cost was $814,806
41:10per State Department
41:11records, assuming a
41:12two- to three-night
41:13stay.
41:14With 10 rooms, the
41:15daily rate per room
41:17could be around
41:18$27,160, far
41:21exceeding the
41:22standard rates of
41:22$200 to $1,000 per
41:24night for luxury
41:24hotels in Kiev.
41:26This suggests
41:27additional costs
41:27like security or
41:28services were
41:29included.
41:29Official records
41:30are needed for
41:31precise figures.
41:32That is what
41:33Grok is saying.
41:36So was it $800,000
41:38or $400,000,
41:39whatever's floating
41:39around?
41:40I can't say.
41:41I don't think so.
41:42Probably not that
41:43high.
41:44Could it have been
41:46$100,000 or $200,000?
41:49That might sound
41:50about right, but
41:51don't take it from
41:54me.
41:54There's a community
41:55note on all of
41:56this, which is
41:58saying that's not
41:58the case.
41:59There's Marjorie
42:00Taylor Greene
42:00saying that
42:01these costs are
42:02actually connected
42:04to the State
42:04Department and
42:05Graham's trip has
42:06some State
42:07Department costs
42:08that are approved
42:09by the department
42:10that Graham heads
42:11up.
42:12Anyway, I don't
42:13know.
42:15You know,
42:16Grok says another
42:17thing.
42:19The point, I think
42:20the big takeaway
42:21from all of this,
42:21and I'm going to
42:22wrap this video up,
42:23the big takeaway
42:24from all of this
42:25is what the hell
42:26is Graham constantly
42:27doing in Kiev?
42:27Obviously, the trip
42:30costs something.
42:32It's not cheap.
42:34But what is Graham
42:36constantly doing in
42:37Kiev?
42:37Who the hell is
42:38running the show
42:39in D.C.?
42:41Who's running
42:42foreign policy?
42:43What is Trump
42:44doing?
42:45Why are you doing
42:46this, Trump?
42:47What is going on
42:48here?
42:49What's happening
42:49in the White House
42:52that all of a sudden
42:53over the past couple
42:54of weeks, you've
42:56given all of this
42:57power or you've
42:58ceded all of this
42:59power to Lindsey
43:00Graham?
43:01I think that's the
43:02main message in all
43:02of this.
43:03And Lindsey Graham
43:04is driving the
43:04United States into
43:06a war, not only
43:07with Russia, he's
43:07driving the United
43:08States into a war
43:09with China.
43:13Anyway, that's the
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