Political Commentator (3:53)

All right, General, now let me show you national security advisor, or soon to be national security advisor to Trump, Mike Waltz here. He also says, ah, you know, we need to formulate the conditions and we'll be able to figure this all out. And you know, uses a bunch of word salad. In other words, they are nowhere near any type of deal in Ukraine. Here, watch this.

Mike Waltz (4:17)

Like Trump had, of course, had said that he could have the war ended even before he took office. I assume that's not going to happen. We're just eight days away from him being sworn in. What is the realistic time frame for at least a cease fire in Ukraine? What do you think? What's the goal?

Political Analyst (4:33)

Well, we would like to see a cease fire any minute, any day. I think that would be a positive, incredibly positive first step on both sides. And that would then allow us to enter into the framework of some type of negotiated solution here. Everybody knows that this has to end somehow, diplomatically. I just don't think it's realistic to say we're going to expel every Russian from every inch of Ukrainian soil, even Crimea. President Trump has acknowledged that reality. And I think it's been a huge step forward that the entire world is acknowledging that reality.

Political Commentator (5:10)

But now I want to show you the tactic that they both use as well. Remember what I've been saying? WMD weapon of mass distraction. Here's the fake, because it's an obvious lie, a lie that Donald Trump promised to voters as one of the reasons they should vote for him. Right. You know what we call that in, in common English, we call that fraud. We call it fraud. But now here's the, here's their maneuver and here's what they're depending on us to do that we're going to be distracted by. Oh, Donald Trump's going to invade Greenland and Canada and Panama. We should take that seriously. We should take it seriously, but we should also not focus so much on the fact where we should not get distracted from the fact about Trump's lies. So let me show you what then they do. Just so you see the scheme here, this is what Trump's future nsa, head of nsa, Mike Waltz does as well. I think Greenland puts us in an interesting position if we take over Greenland and we'll have to see, they may want to be independent here.

Keith Kellogg (6:16)

Watch this out of the box. He's trying to engage and he's putting the United States in a position of global leadership. So when you look at it historically, there's a lot of things he is saying is very, very accurate historically. And it makes a lot of sense internationally, what it looks like for the future. You know, when it comes to Panama. I was an assault brigade commander during Just Cause, the invasion of Panama. We actually did take the Panama Canal back in the late 80s during Operation Just Cause, and three weeks later we gave it back to him. So we've taken it before. It's happened before. And, and I think his point about the Chinese running the canal is a good point because over 70% of the commerce that goes through the Panama Canal is in fact American. So it is in our vital interest, in our vital natural interest that that canal stays sovereign.

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Political Commentator (8:51)

And I want to show you this other clip too from Keith Kellogg. I found this odd in the interview. And here Keith Kellogg is asked about, you know, Donald Trump gave a press conference recently where Trump said how Vladimir Putin wants to meet with him. Um, and that Trump was getting. Gonna, gonna meet with Putin. Hey, Kellogg, what do you. I want you to watch what Keith Kellogg says here. Let's play it.

Keith Kellogg (9:18)

You know, I don't want to divulge anything that the President says or doesn't say because he speaks for himself. I do not speak for him. We've had an opportunity to talk about it and we'll have more after the 20th of January when he's officially the President, not President Elect.

Political Commentator (9:32)

Interesting thing for the special envoy whose job is to speak on behalf of the administration regarding a discrete area, that area here being Ukraine and Russia's unlawful invasion. And you hear what Kellogg said. He goes, I don't speak for Trump. Trump speaks for him. So I was just hearing that. Also, I want you to watch some of the rifts that I think will develop early between Kellogg and Trump. Because what we've seen before are people who are like Kellogg, who don't make it very long in Trump administrations when Trump pulls crap like this. Because what Trump will do is undermine the negotiations by Kellogg. Kellogg knows you're not in a position of power. If you brag about Vladimir Putin inviting you to meet and you go there with your hands out, begging Vladimir Putin for a deal, that doesn't put you in a strong negotiating posture. It doesn't put you in a strong negotiation posture. In fact, as I teach my law students and my undergrad students, when I teach negotiation, the worst thing you can do as a negotiator is impose arbitrary timelines and deadlines on yourself in a negotiation and allow your adversary to know that because you give up a major part of the negotiation power, which is time and your utilization of time. But that's precisely what Donald Trump does over and over again. And I'll leave you with this clip right here. This was a man at a Trump rally. He's asked by one of these right wing propaganda networks if he believes Donald Trump will end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Watch this. And that President Trump often says that.

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Political Commentator (11:28)

Matter of time instead of just throwing money at it.

Keith Kellogg (11:30)

Absolutely. He has a plan. He knows those people. He's dealt with them when he was president.

Political Commentator (11:36)

Okay, but then they move on to Greenland, Canada. Ooh, who are we mad at, New scum? Who are we mad at? What's he tweeting today? What's he posting today? That's. You keep the base in a constant rage. That's what Trump and these magas do. Oh, you should get mad at the transgender volleyball player. We mad there. Oh, wait a minute. You thought we were actually going to lower prices? You thought we were actually going to make housing more affordable? You thought that we were gonna do the things that we said? No, but aren't you mad about the transgender athletes in the NCAA? There's about 10 of them out of 510,000. Should we bully the transgender folk who are playing? Should we should? Should. Should that what we do? Should that be what we do? And let's bully some new marginalized community today, which is just absolutely horrific. It's all part of their wmd, their weapon of mass distraction. Folks, focus. Focus on what's going on here. Okay, we hit subscribe. Let's get to 4 million subscribers. Love this video. Make sure you stay up to date on the latest breaking news and all things Midas by signing up to the Midas touch newsletter@midastouch.com newsletter.

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