Last week Tucker Carlson asked the prominent names announced or anticipated to run for the 2024 Republican nomination to provide their policy toward Ukraine. Many of the candidates responded, a few did not. Nikki Haley, Chris Sununu, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Asa Hutchinson did not respond at all.
President Trump and Governor Kristi Noem were the only responses that answered each question specifically. The remaining candidates ignored some, gave obtuse poll-tested responses to other points or just ignored the central element of the questions they were uncomfortable with. The responses were then posted on Twitter by Tucker Carlson:
President DONALD TRUMP – “Like inflation and numerous other self-inflicted wounds and mistakes made over the past two years, Russia would definitely not have raided and attacked Ukraine if I was your President. In fact, for four years they didn’t attack, nor did they have any intention of doing so as long as I was in charge. But the sad fact is that, due to a new lack of respect for the U.S., caused at least partially by our incompetently handled pullout from Afghanistan, and a very poor choice of words by Biden in explaining U.S. requests and intentions (Biden’s first statement was that Russia could have some of Ukraine, no problem!), the bloody and expensive assault began, and continues to this day.
That is all history, but how does it end, and it must end, NOW! Start by telling Europe that they must pay at least equal to what the U.S. is paying to help Ukraine.
They must also pay us, retroactively, the difference. At a staggering 125 Billion Dollars, we are paying 4 to 5 times more, and this fight is far more important for Europe than it is for the U.S. Next, tell Ukraine that there will be little more money coming from us, UNLESS RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PROSECUTE THE WAR.
The President must meet with each side, then both sides together, and quickly work out a deal. This can be easily done if conducted by the right President. Both sides are weary and ready to make a deal. The meetings should start immediately, there is no time to spare. The death and destruction MUST END NOW! Properly executed, this terrible and tragic War, a War that never should have started in the first place, will come to a speedy end. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!”
♦ Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?
“No, but it is for Europe. But not for the United States. That is why Europe should be paying far more than we are, or equal.”
♦ What specifically is our objective in Ukraine, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it?
“Our objective in Ukraine is to help and secure Europe, but Europe isn’t helping itself. They are relying on the United States to largely do it for them. That is very unfair to us. Especially since Europe takes advantage of us on trade and other things.”
♦ What is the limit of funding and materiel you would be willing to send to the government of Ukraine?
“That would strongly depend on my meeting with President Putin and Russia. Russia would have never attacked Ukraine if I were President, not even a small chance. Would have never happened if I were President, but it has. I would have to see what the direction in which Russia is headed. I want them to stop, and they will, depending on the one that delivers that message. But with everything said, Europe must pay. The United States has spent much more than Europe, and that is not fair, just, or equitable. If I were President, that horrible war would end in 24 hours, or less. It can be done, and it must be done– now!”
♦ Should the United States support regime change in Russia?
“No. We should support regime change in the United States, that’s far more important. The Biden administration are the ones who got us into this mess.”
♦ Given that Russia’s economy and currency are stronger than before the war, do you believe that U.S. sanctions have been effective?
“No, they have not been effective. Just the opposite. They drove Russia, China and Iran into an unthinkable situation.”
♦ Do you believe the United States faces the risk of nuclear war with Russia?
“It depends on who the President of the United States is. At the moment, with Biden as president, absolutely yes. He says and does all the wrong things at the wrong time.” (link)
Florida Governor RON DESANTIS – “While the U.S. has many vital national interests – securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party – becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them. The Biden administration’s virtual “blank check” funding of this conflict for “as long as it takes,” without any defined objectives or accountability, distracts from our country’s most pressing challenges.
Without question, peace should be the objective. The U.S. should not provide assistance that could require the deployment of American troops or enable Ukraine to engage in offensive operations beyond its borders. F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table. These moves would risk explicitly drawing the United States into the conflict and drawing us closer to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. That risk is unacceptable.
A policy of “regime change” in Russia (no doubt popular among the DC foreign policy interventionists) would greatly increase the stakes of the conflict, making the use of nuclear weapons more likely. Such a policy would neither stop the death and destruction of the war, nor produce a pro-American, Madisonian constitutionalist in the Kremlin. History indicates that Putin’s successor, in this hypothetical, would likely be even more ruthless. The costs to achieve such a dubious outcome could become astronomical.
The Biden administration’s policies have driven Russia into a de facto alliance with China. Because China has not and will not abide by the embargo, Russia has increased its foreign revenues while China benefits from cheaper fuel. Coupled with his intentional depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and support for the Left’s Green New Deal, Biden has further empowered Russia’s energy-dominated economy and Putin’s war machine at Americans’ expense.
Our citizens are also entitled to know how the billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are being utilized in Ukraine.
We cannot prioritize intervention in an escalating foreign war over the defense of our own homeland, especially as tens of thousands of Americans are dying every year from narcotics smuggled across our open border and our weapons arsenals critical for our own security are rapidly being depleted.” (link)
Former VP MIKE PENCE – Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?
“When the United States supports Ukraine in their fight against Putin, we follow the Reagan doctrine, and we support those who fight our enemies on their shores, so we will not have to fight them ourselves. There is no room for Putin apologists in the Republican Party. This is not America’s war, but if Putin is not stopped and the sovereign nation of Ukraine is not restored quickly, he will continue to move toward our NATO allies, and America would then be called upon to send our own.
Vladimir Putin has revealed his true nature, a dictator consumed conquest and willing to spend thousands of lives for his commitment to reestablish the Greater Russian Empire. Anyone who thinks Putin will stop at Ukraine’s border is not owning up to the reality of who Putin is. We need to be clear-eyed about the Russian threat: that Georgia, the Crimea, and Ukraine are merely at the top of Putin’s lists, they are not the only countries he’s aiming for. And by supporting Ukraine, we have told China we will support Taiwan, should they follow Russia in an attempt to invade.”
What specifically is our objective in Ukraine, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it?
“Victory for Ukraine, where Ukraine’s sovereignty and peace are restored as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, the Biden administration slow walked aid to Ukraine, every response has been too slow from providing intelligence to Ukraine, to hammering Russia with sanctions, to providing military equipment and fighter jets to Ukraine.
Ukraine’s victory should be an unmistakable, undeniable defeat for Russia and its allies.”
What is the limit of funding and material you would be willing to send to the government of Ukraine?
“As a fiscal conservative, I do not believe in sending blank checks and want oversight of government spending at home and abroad. But withholding or reducing support will have consequences: If Putin is not stopped now and he moves into NATO-controlled territory, the cost will be far greater.”
Should the United States support regime change in Russia?
“That is a better question for the thousands of Russian citizens jailed for protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As many as 200,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, that question should be asked to those families grieving their loss, ask if they’d support a regime change.”
Given that Russia’s economy and currency are stronger than before the war, do you believe that U.S. sanctions have been effective?
“The Trump-Pence administration established a devastating sanctions program and was the toughest US administration on Russia since the Cold War. Sanctions against Russia could have had even more painful consequences if the Biden administration moved quicker with new sanctions and western Europe had heeded US warnings to look elsewhere for energy sources.
Russia’s economy and currency are not stronger than before the war. The Russian economy is in free-fall. The Russian ruble is still afloat because of the extremely costly measures Russia has taken to keep their currency at pre-war levels in the face of sanctions. Russia is currently being propped up by China, and if China withdraws their support, Putin could run out of money by as soon as 2024; Russia is not in a strong economic position. This war is costing Russia their economy, their military prowess, their position on the world stage, and it’s costing lives.”
Do you believe the United States faces the risk of nuclear war with Russia?
“Putin is still “the small and bullying leader of Russia,” his talk of nuclear war is a bullying tactic that he used at the start of the invasion. But Putin should know the United States will not be bullied. This administration has not led with strength on the world stage, but America is still a nation that believes peace comes through strength.” (link)
South Dakota Governor KRISTI NOEM – Q: Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?
A: “The primary external threat to the United States in Communist China. Our opposition to Russia has heightened this threat for a number of reasons. One, it’s pushing Russia into an alliance with China – meaning Russia may soon draw from China’s large weapon arsenal. Two, we’re weakening our own military by sending weapons to a corrupt country. And three, we’re taking our eyes off the ball and allowing China to put favors in their bank. This should be Europe’s fight, not ours. We should not waste taxpayer dollars at the risk of nuclear war.”
Q: What specifically is our objective in Ukraine, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it?
A: “The American people didn’t get us into this war – Joe Biden did. Biden has this fantasy that he can do the same kind of thing to Russia that Ronald Reagan did to the Soviet Union; that, somehow, through American military weight, we’re going to bring Putin to his knees. His fantasy is wasting a lot of American money and killing too many people.
If we had a President who pursued peace through strength, Putin never would have dared to invade Ukraine. The only way to avoid these kinds of conflicts is to project strength. That’s why voters must remove Biden and the Democrats from office.”
Q: What is the limit of funding and materiel you would be willing to send to the government of Ukraine?
A: “We’ve already over-extended ourselves in our largesse to Ukraine. And the Ukrainian government is not made up of angels – they have a long history of corruption scandals, and recent news indicates that this issue is ongoing.
The federal government is closing in on $200 billion in aid to Ukraine. We haven’t spent that much to protect our border in the last 5 years combined. We must question whether we should prop up a corrupt regime to our own financial detriment.”
Q: Should the United States support regime change in Russia?
A: “Not at this time, as it could lead to an even more destabilized Europe and cause escalation up the nuclear ladder.”
Q: Given that Russia’s economy and currency are stronger than before the war, do you believe that U.S. sanctions have been effective?
A: “The United States has come to rely far too heavily on financial sanctions as a weapon of deterrence. Now, nations that hate America are consciously moving away from the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
Sanctions against China, Iran, and Russia have bolstered the Russian ruble and enabled China to establish trade in Chinese money rather than in US dollars.
One of the worst side effects of these sanctions has been the skyrocketing cost of oil and natural gas in America and around the world. Russia is selling less of its oil and gas, but they are doing so at a much higher price.
It’s counterfactual to say that Russia’s economy is stronger in the wake of the war. The more appropriate phrase here is “more resilient.” Russia has ridden out the sanctions remarkably well, but its economy remains weak. And it’ll get sucked into the global recession that it helped cause.”
Q: Do you believe the United States faces the risk of nuclear war with Russia?
A: “The Biden regime is taking us quickly up the escalatory ladder with a series of provocative actions and statements. We cannot back down from any legitimate threat that Putin makes against the United States. We are closer now to the use of tactical nuclear weapons than we have ever been. That would be what Putin would use first. This is not about dropping “the big one” on New York or Los Angeles. Putin would slaughter thousands of souls in a contained fighting environment.” (link)
Senator TIM SCOTT – “You have Americans who are frustrated because of the lack of leadership on domestic issues that only exacerbates the situation we see today in Ukraine. Here’s where we need the president to lead: what is our nation’s vital interest in Ukraine? And it should start with degrading the Russian military is in our vital national interest.
In addition to that, we are not going to simply degrade the Russian military. We are gonna have accountability for every single dollar spent. There is no such thing as a blank check. We are going to make sure that there’s accountability. And the last point I’d make on the Ukraine front is that China has chosen a side. They are partnering, they are partnering with Putin, which means it’s enmity with us. China is a risk that continues to rise, an adversarial position they have taken against the American people. We should hear what they’re telling us. Believe them and act accordingly.” (link)
Texas Governor Greg Abbott – “President Biden’s blank check foreign policy in Ukraine has drawn nothing but ridicule and disdain from our adversaries and has diverted funding from essential needs in the United States. Throwing money at Ukraine with no accountability or objective is clearly failing.
Worse is that President Biden’s approach to Ukraine has been at the expense of underfunding, or ignoring, priorities at home. Before he sends any more money or assets to Ukraine’s border, he must enforce our immigration laws and secure our southern border.
As Governor of Texas, I am focused on responding to this Biden-made border crisis and delivering real results for Texans this legislative session.” (link)
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Former Governor, Chris Christie – “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a national security issue that threatens our alliances and our standing in the world. Our objective is to assist Ukraine sufficiently to enable them to defeat Russian forces and restore their sovereignty. This effort is not about regime change in Russia; it is about respecting the sovereignty of free nations. Also, this is a proxy war being waged by Russia’s ally China against the United States. Due to their assistance to Russia and China’s recent action in the Middle East, it would be naive to call this anything but Chinese aggression. Our allies and our enemies are watching us. It is on us to assist our democratic allies in defending themselves against authoritarian aggression. If we do not, this aggression will spread and the void we leave will be filled by authoritarian regimes like China, Iran, North Korea and an empowered Russia if they triumph over Ukraine.” (link)
We asked every potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate to answer six key questions on the war in Ukraine. As promised, their full responses are below. pic.twitter.com/tjcM4w54cR
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 14, 2023
Interesting….why is Desantis responding to a questionnaire for a position he is not running for? That right there tells you all you need to know about the quality of the man.
I’ll go further; if he hasn’t “declared” why was he even asked? Duplicitous indeed.
Because he will be the DS and Uniparty candidate.
I think Desantis knows that he cannot win unless he has the MAGA crowd. Maybe he is waiting to see if Trump gets indicted for some stalinist type of crime from a lawless sanctuary District. Looking at you DC and New York.
If Trump is indicted and/or otherwise knocked off the ballot, MAGA America will presume that it was the handiwork of Rhonda Santis or his biggest donors.
Legally, these charges should not stick. These George Soros-bought and paid-for prosecutors are just throwing garbage at the wall just to see what will stick. I think that the real President Trump will come out on top. He has a winning record of accomplishments he can show from his last term. Donald J. Trump is the man to lead this country back to its former prosperity and unless Biden surrenders our sovereignty to the UN as he plans or the WHO the USA can make a turnaround. If Biden and his parade of fools try to surrender our liberties to the WHO, we need to really make a fuss.
If Trump is indicted all my motivation to follow up on American politics and USA coming together is no longer relevant to me at all.
I will have zero care who runs or looses at all.
I will give a flick!
That is exactly my thought too–that DeSantis is waiting in the wings in the likelihood that Trump is somehow barred from running (with the help of the GOPe), and he will then swoop in to be the alternative.
Why you think Christie is going to run genius?
Duplicitous poster or what?
You have a point. Tucker stated that his program requested answers from “every potential GOP 2024 presidential candidate.” Not necessarily from those that are declared.
And the correct answer from a sitting governor would be that I’m flattered you asked me but I’m focused on the business of (whatever state it is) and the people who elected me, thank you.
More than anything else, a response to these questions reveals future intentions of these people to run for president.
We will wait and see, but one does have to question DeSantis’ ‘presidential’ judgement in prematurely maneuvering to oppose Trump in the primary when his future prospects for the top office looked to be a lock. However, if Trump’s running partner is chosen with an eye to ready him or her to be the 48th president, which must at all costs happen, then DeSantis may have a ten or twenty year wait. That would serve him right! But now he’s rich, so what does he care?
It’s good to know these things earlier rather than later.
If he declares he needs to step down from Gov. -enjoying his cake.
Why was he even asked? More interesting.
By not excusing himself from the question pool, is it an admission he and can be nailed that he has not followed Florida rules about a gov running?
He’s currently trying to change that policy in FL
DeSantis won’t run unless he can get the bill thru in Florida that let’s him remain Governor while he’s running for President. He knows there’s a chance he won’t win, rather it’s against Trump or Biden..he doesn’t want to lose the Governor position. I hope Florida doesn’t approve bill, if he wants Presidency he’s gotta be willing to risk everything like everyone else.
Uh… he answered it because Tucker specifically asked him to?
Also: not declared is not at all the same thing as not running. It’s obvious he’s running.
Chris Christie? Good grief man, no one wants you.
Lardlocked tub that he is.
I hear the Turnpike needs toll-booth workers, Chris.
It’s an insult to lard.
Lard is a useful substance.
Christie looks like he smells bad due to hygiene related issues that come from being as fat as he is. Like, I bet he pees on himself a lot.
Right ! 😆
I can see why Trump wanted him. His answer isn’t perfect, but at least he is focused on sovereignty.
CC wants a place in the next gop admin. Grifter.
Nobody wants any of the others either…Kristi Noem wrecked her copybook by vetoing the no trannies in womens sports law..
She’s forever DEAD TO ME for caving in to the most corrupt organization ever in sport … the NCAA. She cowered and lay prostrate before the NCAA … so they wouldn’t punish the SD and SD State MENS football teams who are already far behind the North Dakota college teams. She cowered. Coward.
Christie recommend Wray to Trump as the FBI leader. Just one of many Rinodems who backstabbed Trump.
Ditto on Pence.
And dittos on Nimrata Randhawa aka Nikki Haley. I keep getting text messages from her asking for money and they are immediately deleted.
Sounds like Pence will keep pumping money into Ukraine which I’m against! Time to focus on American and stay out of other peoples conflicts. We are asking for bigger problems by aiding Ukraine…let UK deal with it!
Christie would be an embarrassing loss for the republican party
Pence’s were the worst but Scott’s and Christie’s are both awful and pathetic. And then there’s DeSantis trying to avoid this altogether because he’s seen the polls of primary voters but knows what his donors want.
Is Noem angling for a VP slot?
Haley did not respond. Well . . . no matter, she has got all that IDENTITY. Focused on the important question.
Lol ….
None of the
known /real
war-mongers
replied.
You can see who will and won’t face the American people, if they are too chicken to face Tucker.
DeSanitized is ABSOLUTELY a War Monger!! He just knows how to “sound” like he isn’t.
Noem is the second best, by far. She doesn’t have Trump’s chops, but she didn’t spend four years in the White House.
She folded quickly under pressure on the trans in women’s sports thing in her state, remember?
Her problem with me is NOT her personal political “center,” but rather her need for top dollar donors.
She can’t afford to distance herself on policy too much from her biggest donor, the remaining Koch brother.
I wrote her off … permanently … for pretending men can become women and then destroy women’s sports. No excuse for that. Not 0.00001% excuse. If she can’t handle THAT simple decision … she can’t handle ANYTHING. What kind of a self-hating woman is she?
You guys are on top of it, I am not. Thanks.
Regime replacement? Replace the Ukraine regime !! And let the Ukrainians choose who they want. The Obama/Biden crew screw them out of their duely elected leaders back in ’14.
Every single part of the Ukraine regime is corrupt as hell.
Yes Victoria Nuland, there are biolabs there and Yes we are funding them!!
https://rumble.com/vwv87d-ukraine-and-russia-ukraine-on-fire-2016-documentary-russian-aggression-or-a.html
But, but, but … Slava-Democracy!! It looks just like Joe Biden’s drop box, 1:30am ballot count … “Democracy”
Only SLAVA BOGU!!!
For the most part the answers given to the questions reveals the rather shallow understanding of geopolitical realities on the part of these leaders. Trump and Neohm have some substance. De Santos strangely sounds the most balanced and mature. The rest are pissing in the wind, and Pence is the worst of the lot, clueless and just repeating the stupid vapid bluster of neocons everywhere. Until American leaders have respect for other sovereign nations and their legitimate interests, they will come across as just oafish, uncouth, belligerent ignoramuses with little appeal to the non-western world that is tired of the so-called Pax Americana. It is a new world order in the making and the USA has to accept a more modest role instead of fighting everyone to no avail. The answers of these Presidential contenders give little solace or confidence that they either understand the changes occurring before their eyes or they have little competence in dealing with them. This is not at all reassuring.
I couldn’t tell DeSantis’ response from Pete Buttigieg’s in a blind taste test. It is not a leader’s response.
DeSantis jabbered on excessively. He’s just as disingenuous as the others. He uses verbose replies to cover up his true insincerity. A truly knowledgeable and intellectually superior man would keep his replies brief but succinct and original. DeSantis is obviously schooled in Establishment-speak.
DeSanitized is running the same campaign theme as Biden … that of the “seasoned Statesman” … the “mature leader”. Hence … verbose, pompous, puffed-up, rhetoric lacking ANY specific policy points. All “mature” and whatnot. No it isn’t. That isn’t how LEADERS speak. That’s how puppet-Presidents speak. That’s how teleprompter televised scroll readers sound.
DeSantis or his speechwriter hit it out of the park. Proof is the reaction at National Review.
National Review reflects (and has for a couple of decades) the opinions of the RINO Establishment GOPe (Uniparty). Since DeSantis is the RINO Uniparty GOPe’s darling candidate for 2024, of course they’d proclaim he “hit it out of the park” when in fact it was just a long foul ball.
In your view, apparently, candidates who are on both sides of an issue would qualify as “balanced!” I don’t share that opinion.
If you read DeSantis’ statement carefully you will note that he strongly implies, through various rhetorical nuances that are easy to spot, that he doesn’t necessarily disagree with the outlandish initial and subsequent aid packages, nor with the US’s general interventionist posture, but rather he cautions against ‘further entanglement’ given America’s pressing priorities. In other words, given the utter enormity of the national security blunder that Biden and Congress have been party to by their craven promotion of this insane interventionist posture, DeSantis’s statement reveals him as a totally unreliable MAGA squish!!
Late to the game , sorry – 1000% agree with Navarro – he calls it on the money -Tucker is getting into O’Ego territory ( remember him ?)- Only see Tucker on this site – haven’t watched Fox /cable since Nov3, 2020 ( I do miss those commercials )- Tucker’s J6 faceplant confirms as well -The only thing getting ‘rolled ‘ in that regard are the Voters – Navarro so right on Murdock=Tucker = $ and ratings= Anti PDJT …don’t let them roll ‘the folks ‘ as a formerly famous Egotist used to say . IMHO
BTW if I recall Navarro was suspicious of Fauci and Brix from the get go and thought they were frauds and sided with Dr Atlas , who had a more realistic analysis based on statistics of who was really at risk and vulnerable – elderly seniors and comorbidities like diabetes and obesity , and who was quickly sh-tcanned by DC “scientists” for his “anti Covidian “ views …
Seems that Navarro is telling Tucker to
-go for broke!
Tucker had a really nice interview recently. My trust for him grew.
I’d like to believe that Tucker has really had an awakening, especially after being told he was viewed as a spy.
I do not believe that Tucker will sit by (for a job and a fortune) to see
~and assist~ his Country implode.
Tucker likes some of the quiet…. private things & simply freedoms in life, such as fishing
Tucker’s distaste for 45-year-old white, female lawyers educated at elite universities is so utterly on point (we all know them!).
It’s all hilarious until you think more about what outrageous insanity brought about such a weird phenomenon. I can tell you that the more deeply you understand the biochemistry of the twisted belief system that created such social oddities (Marxist brainwashing!) the more it drives you nuts because it didn’t have to be that way.
“I am not God” … Mankind must admit we’re not God … admit our mistakes and admit our foibles. Tucker is right. That is one of the primary tenets of Christianity. The left believes the exact opposite of that … i.e. Satanic.
You shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall set you free. Christ told us to; “to let your YES mean YES, and your NO mean NO … anything else is pure EVIL” Yes, Tucker … speaking the TRUTH sets you free.
Yes, I loved this part. That is why I am hopeful. “Yes, Tucker … speaking the TRUTH sets you free.”
I have to say Tucker will not risk his current star status , future of his family, etc -no upside for him doing otherwise I’m afraid . You have to Remember how far he has come -from the red bow tie wearing dork periodically allowed to appear on that 6 pm Fox News show with Krauthammer and others back in the day ( that followed Beck btw – lesson there?) . Sorry, he has come too far to risk all that when he can be the Fox/ Murdoch’s Judas Goat, so to speak, for frustrated MAGA voters … Harsh ? Perhaps -but how much ‘peaceful fishing” do you think he could do if he acted otherwise ….
BTW Navarro himself is another lesson , arrested and put in full chains (‘restraints” ) for like 24 hours , and fighting charges which not even sure what they are now –
The smart ones are starting to pull away from the crazy war. What was missing though was calling out the Republican branch of the war mongers. This is more important than scoring partisan points.
Not just crazy, but extremely harmful, and of zero benefit to us
If the U.S. empire was not so hell bent on hegemony and the subjugation of the Russian Federation, there would be no war. The corrupt and very rich ukraine political class looks out for itself and is eager to destroy as many ordinary ukrainians as possible,to the last ukrainian. The empire and its vassal states of the EU must fail.We cannot allow ourselves to be destroyed as the ordinary Ukrainian citizen is being consumed. It is sad how easily they walked over the cliff for their evil masters.The war will end when ukraine ceases to exist and can no longer be used as a battering ram against their neighbor.Russia tried very hard for a long time to get along with the empire.Fine , they get it, you aren’t interested.The masters of this fubar must be held accountable.Life sentences at hard labor would be fine,death would be too easy on them.
As interesting as this set of interviews is, does its broadcast signal the end of Tucker’s J6 tapes reveal? Has Tucker, as they say, “pivoted”?
I would say “pivoted “ is a generous characterization-“ faked us out and bugged out” more accurate- we got rolled to put it another way …
“faked us out”
No he didn’t
Speak for yourself.
What did you expect Zapruder 2.0?
We know that J6 was a setup. The orchestrators of this fraud know that we know it’s a hoax. The footage he aired simply corroborated it.
Carlson is the only person on mainstream cable tv discussing it.
Would you be satisfied if he gets booted from Fox?
Why would that be a good thing?
Caleb: Tucker was gifted the video on a platter. He’s a very, very smooth hack. An entertainer. A sophisticated shill for Hopium®️.
Bil. – I will agree on that -and I guess if Caleb prefers to believe Tucker is a hero , then he can continue to enjoy the ‘shiny objects” — Zapruder 2.0 ? / ironically , actually there is comparable video somewhere in the J6 tapes -the unjustified shooting of Ashli Babbitt – You think Tucker might want to move into that story a bit , and give the crazy Shaman angle a rest – just an observation …
“Caleb: Tucker was gifted the video on a platter”
Bill are you suggesting that TC is withholding unseen footage?
What precisely are you saying?
I guess you don’t see the irony of your Zapruder 2.0 reference ? You stumbled on a clue , probably unintentionally, I guess
Chris Christie: “This effort is not about regime change in Russia; it is about respecting the sovereignty of free nations.” What a POS.
The Ukraine people are neither sovereign or free especially since the U.S. replaced their government in 2014. Russia has responded to that coup with much more restraint than the U.S. would have done in a similar situation.
The only problem concerning this issue with DeSantis, Abbot and Noem, is that they are liars. As soon as they are in office they would continue the war.
You are wrong.
Can I say Fuk Tuk ?
They all start with the cartoon premise (that has been beaten by the MSM/MIC into soft heads for two decades) that Putin is some kind of evil madman seeking to reconstitute the USSR. Trump used to see this was BS early in his term, but he got barged off his own best instincts by proximity to knee-jerk war-mongers like Bolton and Pompeo. And his Administration was infiltrated by vipers bent on ruining US-Russia relations like Fiona Hill.
That’s a DeepState talking point (sadly) that requires only general ignorance to flourish.
Perhaps President Trump is trying to be careful so that he will not again be accused of being a Russian ally after they tried to impeach him over that accusation.
Yet President Trump is clearly quite intelligent enough to understand all sides in the current conflict, including his understanding that the U.S. and NATO had provoked Russia. And he has shown that he is a humanitarian at heart and is not inclined to war, which he demonstrated by the fact that there were no new wars while he was in office.
President Trump also previously stated that he hoped we could get along with Russia, and this was the opposite of nearly everyone else in politics. And he further opposed globalization, which is the true root cause of the buildup to try to take out Russia’ leader. Neither is he financed by major political donors who might influence his decisions.
President Trump’s proven record is why he is the best candidate for peace in Ukraine – and I also believe he is probably the *only* one.
If the Russians wanted to conquer Europe they would have been there since 1814. Know your history, Americans.
They have been a major player since 1814.
Russia, being a poor and fuedal society in 1812, managed to help defeat Napoloen mainly because of British money, and lots of it, given to Russia to be part of the Sixth Coalition. Their army was a minority of the total Sixth Coalition forces opposing France in 1813-1814 without any capcity to occupy Europe like the Soviets did in eastern Europe after WW2.
If you were well read regarding the situation in 1814 you might not make such a silly comment.
Even Trump doesn’t go far enough for me on the Ukraine mess but he also says he will end the thing in 24 hours, which makes it ok. Frankly, I don’t want another damn penny of tax payer dollars going into that quagmire, regardless of what the rest of Europe does or pays.
He doesn’t want us to lose face in the world because that diminishes our power going forward. Makes sense..
Eh, knowing how Trump operates, he just doesn’t want to take anything off the table for when he’s negotiating a peace deal. You have to have a stick and a carrot for these things. What matters is that peace is his # 1 goal and so is mine.
Trump’s answer to regime change in Russia is CLASSIC TRUMP! Love the man, Trump 2024! Thanks for posting this for those of us who don’t have or don’t like Twitter.
Didn’t pay much attention to most of these dolts; just skimmed. Kristi Noem does seems more in alignment with President Trump(or trying to be anyway). Although she is owned but to what extent? DeSantis has higher level talking points-no specifics. He is deceitful and owned too; obvious. All the others are just establishment dolts-sadly, just plain owned. Nothing original just a bunch of drones. Takes courage to really lead and none of them seem to exhibit that, except the example of actually doing it; which is Trump. I don’t pay any attention to delivery of the message, could not care less. What matters is their exact determination of what’s wrong and how to precisely try and fix it. Sundance is spot on; this is 2016 all over again.
Peace
&
America First
-are what matters.
All that those two entail were covered in President Trump’s answers.
President Donald Trump has a record (and legacy) that proves that he
understands,
knows how,
has the fortitude, willingness, determination, stamina…. ,
and the best
Interests
and
ability
to save and serve and honor his country and its citizens;
-and the world.
Yes, yes, yes!
I can read President Trump’s response in his voice. His positions are clear, but it’s written like he talks, and Trump talks at a level everyone can understand. DeSantis’s reply doesn’t fit his voice, but it is well written. Someone from National Review wrote Pence’s reply, he’s an empty suite that will ride Trump’s coat tails and stab him at the same time. I was satisfied with Noem’s answers, but I didn’t get the impression it was a chance to look presidential. Abbot seems to be focused on Texas, which is fine. Scott and Christie… They’d make this Vietnam 2.0.
Why are some of these candidates stuck on a containment policy from the 50’s? Did we not learn anything from Korea or Vietnam or any of the South American countries we messed with? Have we not learned that successful democratic regime change is a very very unlikely and costly thing to do? Hell, they’ve been happy to let us slide right into communism for the last 20-30 years, why should I care about somewhere overseas they are getting grift from? Is there no one at the top that understands that we need to pull back our interventionist policies and world policing, secure our own base, and invest in asymmetrical warfare?
Whether we like it or not we are headed back to a multipolar world order, and we need to “make our own bed” before we can contend with the rest of the world. We can’t even handle Mexico!
/SMH
Or better yet; didn’t they learn from the “peace through economic strength” from a few short years ago?
Pete Buttegieg ghost-wrote DeSantis’ response. That or it was his warmonger secretary.
Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸
@alexbruesewitz
Trump’s statement vs. DeSantis’s statement.
Trump is a straight shooter. Desantis is a career politician who refuses to say that he would stop funding Ukraine. No where in that word salad did he say he’d stop the funds.
Cont reading full thread…👇…
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It’s what I’ve been saying every since Sundance opened our eyes.
Look at his record as a congressman. Nothing we see now in RDS is organic.
“Once you see the strings”
HARD pass
johnny maga
@_johnnymaga
Just as expected, Ron DeSantis is now putting on the act of being against US involvement in the war in Ukraine
But just as recently as one year ago, he was using McCain rhetoric to bash Putin
Did he have an awakening in the last year or is he engaging in political opportunism?
If Ron De💩is
was an honorable man.
his answers would have been,
” I am the Governor of Florida.”
and
~”Look to President Donald J Trump for the answers, Tucker. “
So, Ronnie used the words of McCain? A McCain acolyte? Egads.
Fork Tongue Ron.
Tucker appears to be being used as a tool to get Desantis accepted. Faux News needs a Judas goat, and that’s Tucker. The J6 video is his bona fides, they think. It’s transparent.
I cut the cord on all of them long ago.
Very interesting. One of the respondents expresses leadership. No flowery bloviating making sure not to “cross a wind direction” (rds). Trump’s answer were direct, understandable, no “word salad”. rds answers seemed flowery, scripted, smooth, lengthy word salad covering up his squishy side. Making sure not to offend the MAGA while not offending the rinos. He is sneaky. Not honest person. He is becoming easier to read…all the others are just tingling cymbols and sounding brass. No substance. Amazing egos, no style, no policies…just floating with the wind.
Pence, pathetic as he is, expresses the views of the deep state and neocons for all to see.
We have no interest in Ukraine. It was always accepted as being in the sphere of Russia until western politicians and state players figured out how to use one of the poorest, and most corrupt county in the world to launder taxpayer cash to themselves and special interests.
JEB2!
How much do we believe DeSantis in his words here?
If you look closely, you can almost see the globalist oligarch Ken Griffins hand up Uniparty Rons backside working his mouth like a puppet.
We desperately need regime change here and furthermore reinstate Trump as president. Arrest and try all the pedo criminal globalists and their allies in government, corporations and media for crimes against humanity.
Pence is the Chatty Kathy doll of the elites and their mega donors. But his answers are actually to reassure the mega donors that these are the answers Hedgefund Ron would give if free to do so.
More verbal warmongering by Trump, who did an excellent job of NOT starting wars when he was President…We are not facing the Russia and China of 2016, they are much stronger now…How about bring back industry to the US as first priority?!
I found myself agreeing with pence and Christie, 2 politicians that are traitorous but fair on this issue.
The worst demagogue was Trump for whom i have no respect followed by DeSantis who has my respect.
Demagoguery is particularly easy when you know the war will be over by 2024
Ohhh, that hurt ….
Jim Coomey trolling on the Treehouse?
Meanwhile, our country is being invaded every single day and nothing is being done to stop it. The US is also drowning in debt, but keep sending billions to the crooks and Nazis in Ukraine. Probably won’t be long before Zelensky stuffs a suitcase full of our tax dollars and hightails it to one of his many mansions. Meanwhile, the west’s support for the war is only succeeding in destroying Ukraine and killing thousands of its men, young and old.
After following President Trump since 2015 with his refreshing, down to earth truth telling and easy to understand views and positions, I can’t stand to listen to other politicians with their so-called nuances, shady answers, and quite frankly, lies.
I get disgusted and tune out as soon as I see a politician do that fist pointer bent finger point (Nikki is the worse at that), trying to be so tough and speaking to us like we are children. Get lost.
Trump and MAGA that’s who I will vote for.
Had Trump been president in 2022 it would have had no bearing on Russia’s decision to undertake the SMO (Special Military Operation–not an attack!) on Ukraine, unless PDJT could have influenced NATO to set aside their ambitions of making Ukraine a member and at the same time warned Zelenskyy to stop shelling the Donbass and insisted on the Minsk accords been adhered to. That might have kept Putin from conducting the SMO.
We’ll never know…but this was likely beyond Trump’s ability to influence.
DeSanitized for your protection:
“Our citizens are also entitled to know how the billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are being utilized in Ukraine”.
As with everything in life, you must sometimes read between the lines to discover what is NOT said. DeSanitized did NOT say we should STOP paying such a RIDICULOUS amount of American taxpayer $$$ to fuel a futile war in Ukraine. All he said is that we should know how much goes to Ukraine cabinet salaries … and how much goes into ammunition purchases. Although even THAT level of detail wasn’t actually mentioned by DeSantis. Nope. Just a squishy-worded political statement that has no real meaning whatsoever. And implied … is that we will keep sending this rate of remittance to Ukraine.
I can’t believe ANY MAGA voter will fall for this bullshitty cheerleader politics … as if we rubes out here are stupid and just want our ears tickled again. That crap ENDED with McCain and Romney. The GOPe can take their candidates and shove em … no matter what Tucker sez (and I remain a Tucker fan on balance).
Shame on you Tucker … for not challenging the SUBSTANCE … read: lack thereof of these “presidential candidate” responses. It’s not enough to wet yourself over the fact that you received responses from everyone … feeling proud of your “importance” … but you needed to take the time to dissect the statements and the missing specifics. Once again, Trump looks America in the eye and communicates his true intention and policy … not some focus-group-tested … “safe” … bullshitty nonsense.
And this segment was obviously framed to give DeSantis a platform; exposure. ” Any possible GOP candidate”
I am not certain how to respond to this.
How are things in gloccamora?
This really shows the growing power and sophistication of Tucker Carlson as the responses are very helpful to voters.
Make the Democrats the war party.
Pence has dug his own grave with the GOP base. The only ones pushing him are the Never Trumpers and he’s giving them their money’s worth by betraying President Trump.
Christie is a out and out war monger like many in the GOPe. He flaps his lips just to hear himself, ’cause no one in the base is listening.
The usual warriors in the US Congress are all for US involvement. The same characters who want US troops to go fight the cartel, that wanted Iraq & Afghanistan to continue on & on [although not ending in the manner the present occupant arranged] and Al Assad to be removed. .
I don’t believe a word DeSantis said. He is being allowed to claim he is against regime change in Russia and the Ukraine war by his donors. If, God Help us, he gets in, he will revert back to neocon.
The donors own Ron.
I see he is claiming that his administration is drama free, unlike President Trump. Let every law enforcement entity in the country go after him and see if he can still make the same claim.
He is a lying ingrate. At this point, I don’t even want him in 2028.
Overton DeSantis strikes again.
lol .. Tucker Carlson’s Twitter bio :
Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson
Non-binary climate change activist of color. Visionary tech founder. CNBC market analyst. Informal Zelensky advisor
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