there would be even greater nato support, not just for finland but also for ukraine. and putin s had a very bad six weeks as a result of the invasion, and it s only getting worse for him. and here s increasingly isolated, right? extraordinarily so. i mean, he had real soft power only through buying politicians and businessmen in europe. that s almost all gone now as a result of this major invasion. the change in especially german policy from one of kind of appeasement to resolute defense against kremlin aggression is particularly damaging to his foreign policy and good for the west. so i don t think he has much in the way of nasty cards to play because it would just have even further bad consequences for him. so then we look ahead, so what could the potential outcome be? we know that ukraine says russia is aiming to declare a victory one month from today, may 9th, a russian holiday.
run by the deputy, he wanted berman back in charge. whitaker reminded him that couldn t happen because of the recusal, but trump doesn t pay attention to the ethics rules, so that s what he was looking for. isn t the obstruction happening in plain sight? you re tweeting out to someone, well, maybe you should look into his father or something. hello! the president dares you to recognize what he s actually doing. when oprah said people tell you who they are. the president has tont told us he is since he arrived on the scene in the 70s in new york and declares, i can buy politicians. he was buying politicians, and in this case he wants to buy his way out of the prosecution. the president wants to have mueller fired but backed off when his white house counsel
i suppose you re a longtime listener, first time caller, thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. so in the last debate, you clashed with donald trump. you were the first in a way to speak up. i want to play a small bit of what you said. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. he s already hey, look, look, he s already hedging his bet on the clintons, okay. so if he doesn t run as a republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent, but i d say he s already hedging his bets because he s used to buying politicians. i ve given you plenty of money. so since that happened, since that debate, senator, you have slipped some in the polls. so will you change tactics tomorrow night? i think that was a little easy on him. i think he deserves every bit he gets. i would say i will make sure that everybody in the country knows that he s a fake
and i am discussing it with everybody. but i m talking about a lot of leverage. i want to win but i want to win as the republican. i want to run as the republican nominee. tonight you can t say if another one of these. this is what s wrong. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. dr. paul he s already hedging his bet on the clintons. if he doesn t run as a republican maybe he supports clinton or runs as an independent. okay. he s already hedging his bets because he s used to buying politicians. well, i have given him plenty of money. just to be clear we are going to move on. you can t make the pledge tonight? i will not make the pledge at this time. [ cheers and applause ] rand paul trying to share the stage there. that was the last rand paul was ever heard of. when you think about that dramatic moment and that was the
independent. okay. he s already hedging his bets because he s used to buying politicians. well, i have given him plenty of money. just to be clear we are going to move on. you can t make the pledge tonight? i will not make the pledge at this time. [ cheers and applause ] rand paul trying to share the stage there. that was the last rand paul was ever heard of. when you think about that dramatic moment and that was the way the debate opened up. trump took the stance. defended the stance. that s when he opened up to the bluntest possible kriccriticism the issue. look at the poll numbers after that. it s not hurt donald trump one bit for anybody to criticize him on the issue. until now his consistent stance that he would keep open the option of running as a third party wasn t hurting him. when he said last month it gave him leverage he s right.