keeping them at bay, keeping them happy with more conservative friendly policies and you see number ten trying to do this in the last few weeks and months. i think that will be part of the strategy as well. , ., , ., ., well. the mishandling you mention, do ou well. the mishandling you mention, do you think well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is an well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is an aspect - well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is an aspect of- do you think that is an aspect of the arrogance at whitehall or at number ten? the arrogance at whitehall or at numberten? following the arrogance at whitehall or at number ten? following on from that, many people are concerned there is a lot of star feeling aggrieved that they are getting the fines, they confessed so they have got the fines. and this is going to be a case o
west that our people have often been ahead of our politicians. ukrainian flags flying in small towns in america, in germany complete overturn and reversal of decades of policy because the german people, the american people know that this is an unjust war and because of that we have seen our governments really standby, step up to support ukraine. i think that s going to continue. rich: real quick, what you have seen in major parts of ukraine, that resilience there, is there a sense that things are somewhat returning to a sense of normal in the western part of the country as the battle has now focused on the east? you know, it was really interesting in lviv and the west, people were trying to live their lives being out in the square, musicians playing almost as act of defiance. kyiv is a bunker mentality starting to come back to life but you can see the effects of the war. the further to the east, much this is a war zone. so it really varies across the country and part putin wants to
lots of presidents have had tough times. they can pull out of it. how does he do t especially if he has another legislative defeat with voting rights? build back better agenda is also stalled in the senate and obsly the covid response is certainly dealing a little bit of a blow to a little bit of a blow to his ability and his approval ratings. they re pretty bad right now fending on which poll you look at. the big question for the white house is how can they rebound, how can they get out of this spiral that they re in? joining me now is someone who knows a thing or two about white house messaging, that bunker mentality you can get sometimes, it is patrick gaspart, the white house political director under president obama during the first term and a former u.s. ambassador to south africa. patrick, we will get into the specifics in a minute on voting rights itself, but you ve seen these moments, president obama had these moments, president bush had these moments, purchase had it basical
adding to that the washington post describes the putin that we re seeing now like this. in this is the quote. his latest follows two years of pandemic isolation and eight years of western sanctions that analysts say fed the bunker mentality he exhibited since early years. given that backdrop, how do you stop someone like putin who feels so em boldened to start war. just to get what he wants. sanction him to the fullest extent that the sanctions can manifest themselves. ukraine leadership in ukraine have long called for sanctions that include sanctioning the elites around putin. sanctions putin directly. sanctioning banking systems where oligarchs conduct business. the reality is this, putin secretary of state had a point when he talked about the reconstitution of the soviet union. the way he talks about this
your thoughts on that? this will not plan for him for sure. he pretty much expected a thunder run into kia. residents greeting the soldiers and much easier then it s turning out to be. but vladimir putin is basically in a bunker mentality right now. he has gone in. he is not going to turn around and go out and yes losing touch with reality. that is what some people say. could he be crazy, yes, but may be crazy like a fox, that is a problem. trace: greg palkot, we will get back to u.s. the show goes on but in the meantime coming up after strong resistance from ukraine, will russia change its planned attack? army lieutenant colonel daniel davis joins us next.