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There's mention of Greenland being
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invaded by the United States. There's
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the situation in Iran. Trump has
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snatched Maduro from Venezuela. What the
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hell is going on?
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>> Well, what you're seeing is the West
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becoming weaker and emboldening our
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enemies and the final collapse of a
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shared myth that we were living in a
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structured world where everything is
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done according to the rules. That is now
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gone. And Trump is acting in recognition
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of that reality, saying we are not going
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to play by the fake rules anymore that
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no one else is playing by anyway. Is
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there a risk with this strategy?
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>> Of course, and we can talk about the
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reasons for it. I think it's really
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important.
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>> The floor is yours.
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>> So, Russia invading Ukraine was not an
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accident. It was a consequence of the
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fact that Putin felt this was the moment
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to test the waters. Can we now do the
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things we've always wanted to do because
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the West lost its focus and sense of
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purpose. So, for example, I don't know
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if you know this, Europe is 12% of the
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world's population, 25% of the world's
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GDP, and 60% of the world's welfare
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spending. Germany destroyed its nuclear
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facilities, thereby making itself
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reliant on Russian gas. And in Britain,
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we've destroyed our manufacturing which
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is now produced elsewhere and we've run
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down our armed forces because we have
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felt so safe and so comfortable because
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there's been no consequence. Well, the
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consequences are here per person. We
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have less money today than we did 20
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years ago. We have the highest tax
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burden in peace time history. We're
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driving out the entrepreneurs and we've
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already seen a decline in our power in
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the world and our influence in the
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world. But there is an opportunity to
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turn things around if we can make these
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big decisions.
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>> But are you hopeful?
