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[00:00:00] Donald Trump has realized that the war [00:00:02] in Ukraine is more complicated than he [00:00:04] thought. What tactics will be he choose [00:00:07] now and will the sleeping American [00:00:10] leader be able to solve anything? This [00:00:13] and other topics we'll discuss right [00:00:15] now. My name is Irlova and today with us [00:00:17] is Yuri Rashkin, host of YouTube [00:00:19] channels Rashki Report, Rashki Report in [00:00:22] English, Rashki News and also the author [00:00:24] of Septak Yuri Rashkin Yuri. Hello, glad [00:00:27] to see you. Thank you for joining us [00:00:28] today and always. [00:00:30] >> Thank you for having me. [00:00:32] >> 12 years ago, Putin illegally annexed [00:00:35] Crimea. At the time, the civilized world [00:00:38] swallowed it and expressed only concern. [00:00:42] How do you think has the West learned [00:00:44] from this mistake? And is it ready to [00:00:47] take the Kremlin hat on now? [00:00:50] I think probably the most important [00:00:53] lesson to me that should be taken away [00:00:56] by anybody from the the last 12 years is [00:01:00] the inconsistency [00:01:02] of uh American policy because we have [00:01:07] some presidents that have u [00:01:10] diametrically different points of view [00:01:13] and policies than other president uh [00:01:16] who's been president twice in the last [00:01:18] 12 years significantly affecting the [00:01:22] outcome of uh what happened in Ukraine [00:01:25] and what's going on in Ukraine and uh [00:01:28] national security and world security. [00:01:31] So, I think that speaks to the general [00:01:33] inconsistency that is driven by the fact [00:01:35] that in the United States being a [00:01:37] two-party system, even though there's [00:01:39] other parties, but you have two parties [00:01:41] and one of them combines everything from [00:01:44] the right onto the center somewhere and [00:01:46] the other one combines everything from [00:01:48] the left onto the center and we have [00:01:50] just these really incompatible points of [00:01:52] view that are clashing into each other [00:01:55] more and more with every election. And [00:01:57] the world pays the price. uh so um in [00:02:01] that instance I well in I guess from [00:02:03] from that point of view it's uh [00:02:06] important to acknowledge what has [00:02:07] occurred 12 years ago uh because United [00:02:10] States uh did not stand up for Ukraine [00:02:14] uh Ukraine was being challenged by its [00:02:17] own revolutionary uprising and as a [00:02:20] result Russia used its opportunity as [00:02:24] one comparison I heard that made sense [00:02:26] to me is when your neighbors fires on of [00:02:29] house is on fire and then somebody runs [00:02:31] in and and grabs the dresser and runs [00:02:33] out. Well, you won't be needing this [00:02:35] anymore. Well, um I think what actually [00:02:38] Maidan has showed is that that was a [00:02:40] rebirth for Ukrainian nation and [00:02:43] Ukrainian state and Ukrainian identity [00:02:45] and everything that has followed after [00:02:48] that in the last 12 years. And it's [00:02:51] important to acknowledge 12 years [00:02:52] because when I talk about it, when other [00:02:55] people talk about it, there's this [00:02:56] always desire to say the war four years, [00:03:00] but really the war has been going on for [00:03:03] 12 years uh since 2014. And uh um I [00:03:07] think Ukrainians are very very clear [00:03:10] about knowing the the distinction and um [00:03:13] with uh with all of that watching this I [00:03:16] see how West has grown up and matured [00:03:19] and will never be mature enough at this [00:03:22] pace uh to handle Putin the way west [00:03:26] prefers to handle Putin. It's just not [00:03:29] the kind of challenge that today's West [00:03:32] is able to handle because we want to do [00:03:34] things peacefully. We want to do things [00:03:36] nice. We want to do things with [00:03:38] sanctions, with pressures. But even NATO [00:03:41] is a defense alliance. And what we're [00:03:44] dealing with is a threat. Um the Russia [00:03:47] is a threat to Ukraine and it's a threat [00:03:50] to all of its uh uh neighbors. uh [00:03:53] Burough first of all because Russian [00:03:56] president has this crazy idea that it's [00:03:59] his job to restore the Soviet Union at [00:04:02] least in scope and size and terrorist [00:04:05] influence all over the world um and and [00:04:08] that means that as long as the countries [00:04:11] surrounding Russia that used to be [00:04:14] former republics in particular um don't [00:04:17] start working together in terms of [00:04:20] taking on this threat in a proactive ive [00:04:23] way taking advantage of the opportunity [00:04:27] that Russia has been tremendously [00:04:28] weakened over the last 12 years of [00:04:32] constant war that's not been only [00:04:34] affecting Ukraine but it's also been [00:04:35] affecting Russia. Yes, there's people [00:04:38] who will say you know Moscow steel [00:04:39] parties lights are on and life is great [00:04:42] but they know it's unbared time. I think [00:04:45] they know how uh things are going in a [00:04:48] wrong direction simply because of the [00:04:50] scope of the celebration of Chinese New [00:04:53] Year in Moscow this year which is now I [00:04:56] understand the biggest holiday over [00:04:58] there. So hello China. And so this war [00:05:01] has been absolutely affecting both [00:05:03] Ukraine and Russia. And um this means [00:05:07] that the countries both there there's [00:05:09] responsibility of course first and [00:05:11] foremost on the people of Russia to take [00:05:13] charge of their own situation instead of [00:05:16] feeding themselves uh to to Putin and [00:05:18] just hoping that the war will end before [00:05:20] they are destroyed. But I think there's [00:05:22] also responsibility on other countries [00:05:25] uh surrounding uh Russia to take a more [00:05:28] proactive approach knowing that whatever [00:05:30] or at least more actively helping [00:05:32] Ukraine because u I think if we learned [00:05:35] anything from 12 years it's that you [00:05:37] Russia doesn't act sensibly. Russia [00:05:40] doesn't act in a way that is uh [00:05:42] predictable and guidable and uh [00:05:45] agreeable to. We've seen so many [00:05:47] agreements between Russia and Ukraine [00:05:50] destroyed and just used as a pause uh [00:05:53] for fake peace as u Secretary Blinken [00:05:57] said in the past um that um we everybody [00:06:00] knows that making peace with Russia [00:06:02] where you still have Putin who will not [00:06:05] follow any peace agreement is another I [00:06:07] think lesson of the last dozen years [00:06:10] that this war has been going on and it [00:06:12] should be a very good reminder that this [00:06:14] war has been going on under Zilinski, [00:06:17] under Barashenka who was the leader of [00:06:20] Ukraine prior to Zilinski and this was [00:06:22] war was going on under Joe Biden but [00:06:25] also under Donald Trump who was [00:06:27] president at the time when this war [00:06:29] started and there is responsibility [00:06:32] first of all on a lot of different [00:06:33] people but there is also should be an [00:06:36] understanding if not in Kremlin then in [00:06:38] the rest of the world that changing [00:06:40] Zalinski for another leader is not going [00:06:43] to address Russia's desires because [00:06:46] Russia just wants to conquer Ukraine [00:06:48] because whoever is going to be in charge [00:06:50] of Ukraine, whoever Ukrainians elect [00:06:52] their president will stand up for [00:06:54] Ukrainian statethood. Otherwise, what's [00:06:57] the point of being a president of [00:06:59] Ukraine? You just don't otherwise you're [00:07:00] a governor. And and I think that there [00:07:03] will be people should there break out [00:07:05] peace and should peace somehow occur [00:07:08] because Putin and Trump seem to be so [00:07:11] hellbent on getting rid of Zilinski [00:07:13] through elections if no other way is [00:07:15] possible, then uh we will see that this [00:07:18] administration will just um get involved [00:07:21] again uh in democratic process in other [00:07:24] countries. But that's another [00:07:25] conversation and hopefully we can get to [00:07:27] that point where this 12 years of war is [00:07:30] going to end and we're going to talk [00:07:31] about politics instead of where we had [00:07:34] first 8 years of war and then it took to [00:07:36] a whole new level and now we had the new [00:07:39] level for the last four years. I hope [00:07:41] we're not going to be discussing how [00:07:42] this takes a new new you know escalation [00:07:47] step but that requires the west uh [00:07:50] stepping up and supporting Ukraine [00:07:52] stronger and stronger. [00:07:54] I agree Yuri that Moscow is economically [00:07:57] and militarily exhausted but not [00:07:59] completely. At the same time as [00:08:02] political strategist Tradon always [00:08:04] advises we need to watch for example [00:08:07] Trump's actions not his words and [00:08:10] through his own hands the United States [00:08:12] extended sanctions against Russia for [00:08:15] another year. The corresponding decree [00:08:17] was published on the US Federal Register [00:08:20] website. I'm extending for another year [00:08:22] the national emergency. Uh the document [00:08:25] states this decree extends a number of [00:08:28] anti-Russian sanctions imposed in [00:08:30] September 2018 for Russia's occupation [00:08:32] of Ukrainian Crimea and in February 2022 [00:08:36] for Moscow's recognition of the [00:08:38] independence of the so-called Dire Alair [00:08:41] as well as emergency measures imposed in [00:08:44] 2014 due to threats to Ukraine's [00:08:47] territorial integrity. These sanctions [00:08:49] were set to expire on March 6, 2026. Uh [00:08:53] the White House also has state that is [00:08:56] considering tightening sanctions against [00:08:58] Russia. Further restrictions will depend [00:09:01] on peace negotiations. The Kremlin [00:09:03] accuses the US of being ambivalent and [00:09:06] has already responded to the sanctions [00:09:08] extension. official Moscow represented [00:09:11] by Putin's press secretary Mitri Piscope [00:09:13] called the sanctions extension a mer [00:09:17] automatic decision and no more the [00:09:20] Kremlin they say had no inflated [00:09:22] expectations what does Trump's move to [00:09:25] extend sanctions indicate and how do you [00:09:28] assess the Kremlin's reaction because [00:09:31] for example journalist Mitri Gardon told [00:09:33] me that Putin is actually afraid of [00:09:36] Trump really [00:09:38] >> I think it's very generous of you to [00:09:39] call Dimmitri Gardon a journalist. Um I [00:09:43] think that when we talk about again Mr. [00:09:46] Zagar, you know, I pon Zarodon, I don't [00:09:48] want to um argue with with I think it [00:09:51] makes sense. Yes, we should pay [00:09:52] attention to not what Trump says, but [00:09:55] what Trump does. And um but I think we [00:09:58] also have to pay attention to a couple [00:10:00] of different things about things he [00:10:01] says, which is how he says it. And when [00:10:05] people tell you who they are, uh it's [00:10:07] best to pay attention. Uh so with those [00:10:09] two caveats in mind for instance the [00:10:11] sanctions um I find it fascinating that [00:10:15] um the I think only publication that [00:10:18] reflected it is Uker inform so like a [00:10:21] Ukrainian news uh platform that that I [00:10:24] saw this in and then I followed and I [00:10:26] saw the actual document which lacks [00:10:29] signature of president and when it [00:10:31] references stuff that happened with [00:10:33] Biden it just says president. So, we [00:10:36] know that this was done kind of in the [00:10:38] dark of the night without trying to [00:10:40] publicize this in any way, but yet it [00:10:43] still was renewed. What's going on? And [00:10:46] I think that uh to Trump, if we presume [00:10:49] that Trump and Putin are basically [00:10:51] functioning by the same set of rules and [00:10:53] guidelines and approaches, sanctions are [00:10:55] leverage and they they are the the you [00:10:58] know the pieces on the board that he can [00:11:01] at any point take away, but he can leave [00:11:03] them there because he understands you [00:11:05] know to you know if we look at it [00:11:07] jokingly that Putin will never call [00:11:08] Trump again if there's no sanctions. So [00:11:11] to make sure that Putin keeps calling [00:11:13] Trump, you got to have some sanctions. [00:11:14] But at the same time we see that the [00:11:16] process is hollowed out. We see the [00:11:18] enforcement mechanism is lacking. We see [00:11:21] waiverss which means money can be paid [00:11:23] for some waivers or you know there's [00:11:25] opportunities to go around sanctions but [00:11:27] yet they provide Trump with useful [00:11:29] leverage and it's important uh when we [00:11:32] consider what's going on that there's a [00:11:34] a story in New York Times the other day [00:11:37] that uh highlights how a friend of Dawn [00:11:39] Jr. is now exploring possibility of [00:11:42] working energy development with the [00:11:44] Russian side because well you know [00:11:46] sanctions are going to end at some [00:11:47] point. So they are making plans for the [00:11:50] future even though they did renew it. So [00:11:52] we have to keep in mind that they're [00:11:53] using this as leverage but with the [00:11:55] opportunity with a plan to to give it [00:11:57] you know to to eventually get rid of uh [00:12:00] sanctions because that's just a [00:12:02] negotiation tool for a better deal um [00:12:04] for Trump. Um and when we look at [00:12:08] Kremlin reaction, what was what were [00:12:10] they upset about there? [00:12:11] >> Uh Piskov said that it was only [00:12:14] automatic decision about sanctions. [00:12:17] >> It was automatic decision, but we know [00:12:19] that Trump does not like things that are [00:12:22] automatic. That's actually the beautiful [00:12:24] thing that would have been really nice [00:12:26] if there were more things that were [00:12:27] automatic. That's really nice. Like [00:12:30] sanctions, it would be nice if they were [00:12:31] automatic. um military um consequences [00:12:35] for violation of airspace would be nice [00:12:37] if that was automatic. Uh unfortunately [00:12:40] it's not. Um and unfortunately we see [00:12:42] that very little is automatic but we see [00:12:44] that some things are almost anonymous [00:12:46] and that's where that sanctions uh [00:12:49] document of page and a half of text [00:12:52] mostly listing numbers and saying word [00:12:54] president and dates um is um is is what [00:12:57] we're going to get. I think that's the [00:12:58] kind of pressure that Trump is just [00:13:00] willing to apply to Russia. I'm glad [00:13:02] that there is something, you know, but I [00:13:04] guess if in his position, you got to [00:13:06] have something otherwise you got [00:13:07] nothing. [00:13:10] >> At the same time, Donald Trump admitted [00:13:12] that it didn't work out in 24 hours as [00:13:15] the war in Ukraine turned out to be more [00:13:17] difficult than he expected. Trump shared [00:13:20] his incredible and obvious conclusions [00:13:23] during the first meeting of his toy [00:13:25] institution, the Board of Peace, which [00:13:28] took place yesterday in Washington and [00:13:30] brought together the leaders of about 20 [00:13:33] of the world's least powerful countries [00:13:35] during which Trump successfully got a [00:13:37] couple of hours of sleep. Uh we are in [00:13:40] the first year which is apparently [00:13:42] unparalleled in our country because we [00:13:45] are ended eight wars mentioned Trump and [00:13:47] I think the ninth is still ahead. It [00:13:50] turned out to be more difficult [00:13:52] recognized him I thought it would be the [00:13:55] easiest in war you never know what will [00:13:58] be easy and what won't so but if Trump [00:14:01] had put pressure on Putin more pressure [00:14:04] everything would have been much easier. [00:14:07] I feel that the board of peace idea is [00:14:10] looking kind of dead because Trump [00:14:14] showed up. Uh, nobody wanted to televise [00:14:17] it. Um, he was surrounded by, you know, [00:14:20] a club of dictators. Um, and so all the [00:14:24] and all the hole countries, pardon [00:14:26] my Trumpism, um, that he said that all [00:14:29] those people are sending us their [00:14:31] people. Well, that that's the pe that's [00:14:32] the countries that actually supported [00:14:34] Trump in this venture cuz no normal [00:14:36] country will stand next to him on that [00:14:38] stage. And uh it's nice that we see that [00:14:41] there's people in this world that are [00:14:42] willing to u you know amuse our elderly [00:14:46] president who is like a you know nursing [00:14:48] home for the super wealthy and and he [00:14:50] likes to like share his points of view [00:14:52] and see people sitting around and but [00:14:55] it's a it's a a joke that is [00:14:58] highlighting to what extent who are now [00:15:00] our allies where where is uh Europe [00:15:03] where where oh wait a minute there's [00:15:05] Victor Orban um and there's you know And [00:15:08] it's also a very important uh reminder [00:15:11] to who are now the allies of this [00:15:14] administration. And yes, these are more [00:15:16] words, but uh again, words in this uh [00:15:20] you have to take in the context. Um if [00:15:23] Donald Trump likes to fall asleep to [00:15:25] people praising him, uh that's [00:15:27] fantastic. You know, that that's uh [00:15:29] that's an interesting point of view cuz [00:15:30] sometimes falling in front of a TV that [00:15:33] talks about you is not enough. You got [00:15:35] to have like live people gather and then [00:15:37] maybe this is the quality of his sleep [00:15:39] dramatically improves at that point. Uh [00:15:42] maybe that's one of those narcissistic [00:15:44] things that is just uh you know the next [00:15:46] thing you should gather important people [00:15:47] who will tell you how great you are [00:15:49] while you're sleeping. um he you know [00:15:52] but that's our president and it's [00:15:54] important to see that he was dismissed [00:15:56] by so many people and it's also [00:15:59] important to uh see that he's discussing [00:16:02] issues not in the through United Nations [00:16:04] format but through his club of dictators [00:16:07] um had he been younger this would have [00:16:09] been much more dangerous uh but [00:16:12] considering what a gigantic failure this [00:16:15] president is his policies have been on [00:16:17] on any number of levels I I feel like [00:16:21] we're approaching a level of almost [00:16:22] nuclear war. Unless he falls asleep and [00:16:25] just doesn't wake up and ignoring this [00:16:28] president, it will probably occur on [00:16:30] live TV. [00:16:32] >> But really this institution board of [00:16:34] peace is like a very very big uh uh [00:16:38] joke. I we cannot explain for what it [00:16:41] what is the main aim of this uh new [00:16:45] Trump story to really [00:16:47] >> it is it is a good question because I [00:16:50] think it's clearer what we're going to [00:16:52] do with Iran then what is the point of [00:16:54] border [00:16:56] >> because when we're looking at all the [00:16:58] you know okay it's originally for Gaza [00:17:01] but it has already seems to have far [00:17:03] superseded Gaza although uh that's [00:17:07] that's still part of it and I What do [00:17:09] boards do in Trump's mind? Boards raise [00:17:12] money, you know, and maybe just the [00:17:14] board itself is raising money for Trump [00:17:16] cuz $1 billion. Wow. That's that's some [00:17:19] that's some good money for Barus. Um, [00:17:22] but I think that uh this is just uh a [00:17:26] toy that this president has created for [00:17:29] himself and it shows who is willing to [00:17:31] play his games because these are people [00:17:34] this is a totally different [00:17:35] administration where they take things [00:17:37] like human rights and kick them to the [00:17:39] curb. if they take human dignity and [00:17:42] they kick it out and they arrest it and [00:17:44] they deport it because what they're [00:17:46] looking for is they want to this is the [00:17:48] club that they that this administration [00:17:51] belongs in. Um and it's a very clear [00:17:53] message to American voters as well who [00:17:56] are looking at this for 5 seconds um as [00:17:58] they think about u our what's going on [00:18:01] who are allies and and not and what [00:18:04] happened and I think this is going to be [00:18:06] great footage before elections. Um but [00:18:08] also I think about the fact that the [00:18:10] Soviet Union had a board of peace or [00:18:13] some very similar that Stalin started [00:18:16] and was quite active and they regularly [00:18:18] found that Bref was the biggest defender [00:18:21] of peace in the world you know and then [00:18:24] when Soviet Union fell apart this whole [00:18:26] thing the board of peace of Soviet Union [00:18:28] fell apart. So I think that this is [00:18:31] another institution that is being held [00:18:33] together by duct tape of uh Donald Trump [00:18:37] and when Donald Trump is gone all these [00:18:39] institutions are going to vanish and [00:18:41] disappear because they are not needed to [00:18:44] anybody. You know I've done many [00:18:45] different projects on a community level [00:18:47] and and you you see that if this is a [00:18:50] project that other people that you're [00:18:52] only one who is interested in that if [00:18:54] you leave it the project falls apart [00:18:55] nobody else cares. But if you leave and [00:18:57] other people step in and they take it [00:18:59] over, that means somebody else needs it. [00:19:01] This board of peace looks like nobody [00:19:03] needs it except Donald Trump. It doesn't [00:19:07] help him with the voters. It doesn't [00:19:09] help him with well, it does help him put [00:19:11] money in his pocket and and it does help [00:19:13] him with the praise. Uh so on that [00:19:15] level, this is just a kind of a [00:19:17] narcissistic exercise that unfortunately [00:19:20] shows to what extent American voters are [00:19:22] willing to tolerate our president acting [00:19:24] in this immature, childish manner. Um [00:19:28] where I don't know, I wouldn't have [00:19:29] surprised me if the stage was built out [00:19:31] of Legos. Um you know, it's just kids [00:19:35] stuff, but we were playing with real [00:19:37] lives. And then that's what's kind of [00:19:39] worrying a lot of people because uh this [00:19:42] is president of the United States with [00:19:44] access to nuclear weapons and he's [00:19:46] acting like Putin. Uh which which [00:19:49] actually kind of makes sense because [00:19:50] they both seem to operate again by the [00:19:52] same set of rules and guidelines. And if [00:19:55] we accept that, it gets much easier to [00:19:57] explain Trump's behavior because look at [00:19:59] Putin and his weird economic gatherings [00:20:02] where you know he might arrest the [00:20:03] biggest person there if he doesn't like [00:20:05] him but still you know come on down [00:20:08] because Putin is the big star and he'll [00:20:11] hold this economic summit of you know [00:20:13] summit of Davos of Siberia [00:20:16] um you know wherever he wants to that [00:20:18] that's what Trump does now um is this [00:20:21] going to you know outlive Putin Oh, but [00:20:24] Putin is even younger than Trump. You [00:20:26] know, this was is so interesting cuz [00:20:28] Barack Obama recently gave a really nice [00:20:30] big interview speaking about how uh [00:20:32] Democrats need to work together to [00:20:34] create a majority. It was really good. [00:20:36] And then he says, you know, I I'm old [00:20:38] because, you know, I'm already 64 and so [00:20:41] I'm kind of not quite in touch with [00:20:42] people and I'm going and I'm not alone [00:20:45] thinking that Donald Trump is 15 years [00:20:48] older now [00:20:49] >> and he still has three years. And Barack [00:20:51] Obama's been retired for how many years? [00:20:53] So it's it's a wild world we live in. [00:20:55] It's the crazy states, United States of [00:20:58] America. [00:20:59] >> Crazy Trump. uh and it seems that he [00:21:02] created this uh um world of peace to u [00:21:08] for his self-affirm affirmation [00:21:10] something like this according to western [00:21:14] media reports Trump has several [00:21:16] scenarios on the table regarding Iran [00:21:19] Trump stated that he was considering a [00:21:21] limited strike on Iran when asked by [00:21:24] reporter whether he was considering a [00:21:26] military option in the absence of an [00:21:29] agreement with run. The US president [00:21:31] replied, "The most I can say is that I'm [00:21:34] considering that option. Why is he still [00:21:37] hesitating and delaying the process?" [00:21:40] How do you think? [00:21:42] >> I think at this point it appears that [00:21:45] things are going so poorly for Donald [00:21:48] Trump that Iran limited strike on Iran [00:21:52] might not solve the problems that he's [00:21:54] facing. I think we need to start [00:21:56] preparing ourselves for a small nuclear [00:21:58] war because when we're looking at a [00:22:01] president who is failing at everything [00:22:03] he touches and he's just been given u [00:22:07] another huge defeat uh called the the [00:22:10] rejection of his tariff policy. um this [00:22:14] president will need some serious [00:22:16] distraction and he was hoping to [00:22:18] distract the world by you know creating [00:22:21] peace arranging for peace between [00:22:22] Ukraine and Russia but it turns out that [00:22:25] his understanding of his relationship [00:22:27] with Putin versus Putin's desire for [00:22:31] Ukraine was out of whack now he's got [00:22:35] pretty you know few options and uh as [00:22:38] he's losing control over economic [00:22:40] leverage [00:22:42] incident [00:22:43] who is going to be now making deals with [00:22:46] Trump when all of his tariffs are [00:22:48] declared illegal. Uh this just seems you [00:22:51] know another um craziness here. Clearly [00:22:55] Iran seems like they are going to get it [00:22:58] because Trump needs a good successful uh [00:23:02] victory outcome and but he manages to [00:23:06] screw up pretty much everything he [00:23:07] touches. That's also his kind of a [00:23:09] reputation. So I think Iran seems like [00:23:12] they're preparing for war. I think [00:23:14] American public is being prepared for [00:23:16] war. Also, this is an important feature [00:23:18] of American public. Part of us preparing [00:23:21] being prepared for war is kind of like [00:23:23] asking for our consent because if we are [00:23:27] really really opposed to it, this is the [00:23:30] public input moment [00:23:32] >> because if people are United States [00:23:34] citizens, you know, are upset about this [00:23:37] situation and we know that Trump is [00:23:39] getting ready. Yes, Trump is setting up [00:23:41] a cliffhanger for another episode of [00:23:44] Trump Show, but for um Americans, it [00:23:48] might not feel so breezy peasy because [00:23:50] Trump's going to create another crisis [00:23:52] and then he's going to fix it. Um it [00:23:55] especially after the tariffs fiasco when [00:23:57] people are going to be demanding their [00:23:59] money back now from Trump. This is so [00:24:02] classic because he won't he can't he's [00:24:05] going to come up with any sort of a way [00:24:07] because that money's been spent four [00:24:09] times in different direction. Uh so [00:24:11] again war with Iran seems like a real [00:24:14] attractive option right now just [00:24:16] considering that what else can he talk [00:24:18] about? You know when Bill Gates can [00:24:21] decides against speaking at a conference [00:24:23] because of the Epstein fallout but our [00:24:26] president continues to show up every day [00:24:28] all over the place. It really messes [00:24:30] with our heads as well. Uh so when this [00:24:33] president gets ready to go to war, I [00:24:35] think there could be a lot of [00:24:36] frustration from a lot of different [00:24:38] people who are going to flush it out on [00:24:40] their elected officials and I expect the [00:24:43] phone calls to explode in number towards [00:24:46] congressmen and senators and those [00:24:49] people are going to be putting pressure [00:24:50] on Trump to u think through this [00:24:53] situation not to make it worse but again [00:24:56] Trump makes things worse. So I think we [00:24:59] have to prepare ourselves for an attack [00:25:00] on Iran. And the one thing that does not [00:25:03] seem likely is that there will be boots [00:25:05] on the ground. That seems to be [00:25:07] something that is not in the interests [00:25:10] in the wheelhouse of this president who [00:25:12] as we saw um after no kings to protest [00:25:16] would like to fly over, dump and and fly [00:25:19] away. So I think that's going to be the [00:25:21] the model that I'm expecting at this [00:25:23] point. [00:25:24] >> Yuri, thank you very much for this [00:25:25] conversation, for your thoughts. I see [00:25:27] you next week. Take care. [00:25:29] >> Take care. [00:25:30] >> Yuri Rashkin, host of YouTube channel, [00:25:32] Rashkin Report, Rashkin Report in [00:25:33] English, Rashkin News. My name is Reno. [00:25:36] Guys, thank you for for joining and [00:25:38] watching us. Subscribe to our YouTube [00:25:40] channels and take care.