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