thank you so much actually for mentioning that. because many americans might say that, we have nothing to do with iranian people. let them fix their own problem. but when the u.s. government give billions of dollars to this regime, the lives of europeans are in danger, the lives of americans are in danger. the money goes to the revolutionary guards to send drones to put in to kill innocent ukrainians. money goes to morality police to kill innocent women and girls in the street. the anniversary is coming. ten months. i have to say, my heart is broken. i m happy to see siamak namazi is released. this is a betrayal to americans and iranians that the u.s. government was trying to get a deal with such a hostage taker, such a barbaric regime.
along. i think it is incredibly naive to think that if the white house had thought the 14th amendment would work they would not have invoked it. of course they would have, but they did the math and they realize that the turmoil this was likely to cause in the courts was not going to work. i think the president was very canny and the way that he handled this negotiation because he did not get out and lie like mccarthy did, he did not go and get all extreme about it. he made them come to hit with an offer, he sat down, he negotiated this, and i gotta tell you this is a lot better than most people thought they would end up with a budget from mccarthy and the republicans on an ongoing basis and the normal budget process. okay, last word to you bruce. you re being naive, david suggests. this was a better deal than anyone expected. we ll look, if you re going to say to a hostage taker. okay, i m glad i bid you down
along. i think it is incredibly naive to think that if the white house had thought the 14th amendment would work they would not have invoked it. of course they would have, but they did the math and they realize that the turmoil this was likely to cause in the courts was not going to work. i think the president was very canny and the way that he handled this negotiation because he did not get out and lie like mccarthy did, he did not go and get all extreme about it. he made them come to hit with an offer, he sat down, he negotiated this, and i gotta tell you this is a lot better than most people thought they would end up with a budget from mccarthy and the republicans on an ongoing basis and the normal budget process. okay, last word to you bruce. you re being naive, david suggests. this was a better deal than anyone expected. we ll look, if you re going to say to a hostage taker. okay, i m glad i bid you down
we have got a hostage taker who s saying that he s willing to blow up the economy and put millions of people out of work if he, kevin mccarthy, and the house republicans don t get to make a lot of very painful cuts in the budget. he claims to be physically responsible, cares about the increasing national debt, and yet they every time the president and other democrats like me, talk about bringing in more revenue as a way to reduce the national debt, he says no. he can t possibly do that. while this fight plays out in this moment of, we ve got somebody that s willing to take a hostage, willing to do a lot of damage to the economy. willing to destroy the name around the world. and they claim that it s physical responsibility, that this is really just a fight