essentially, russia s choices are between a bit of inconvenience and starting world war iii. there s not much in between. so we can either do a little bit and half in prof all they like, or they can massively overreact, take nato one, start world war iii, and lose.- overreact, take nato one, start world war iii, and lose. given nato are still holding world war iii, and lose. given nato are still holding back, world war iii, and lose. given nato are still holding back, obviously - world war iii, and lose. given nato are still holding back, obviously in. are still holding back, obviously in terms of full engagement in ukraine, expanding nato s boulders like this does carry risk for existing members, doesn t it? everything carries risk- members, doesn t it? everything carries risk. since members, doesn t it? everything carries risk. since the members, doesn t it? everything carries risk. since the 24th - members, doesn t it? everything carries risk. since the 24th of- carries ri
and while the vice president has remained publicly loyal and subservient to trump because, you know, he wants to be president some day, we learned yesterday that his most senior advisor, his chief of staff, marc short, has answered questions from the january 6th select committee investigating the attack on the capitol and on his old boss, former vice president mike pence. well, the pressure on pence was so public that the ex-president s supporters had time to construct a gallows on the grounds of the u.s. capitol specifically for the purpose of, yes, hanging mike pence. the january 6th committee remains interested in the behind closed doors pressure campaign against pence. enter marc short. nbc news reports, quote, the testimony from short, one of the highest-ranking trump administration officials to meet with the committee follows a subpoena at an earlier engagement with the panel. his willingness to testify is noteworthy, given that some of former president donald trump s allies have
couple thoughts. i traveled to hungary with george bush and it s amazing how quickly and completely and brazenly a country can lurch to sort of full authoritarian down with putin identity, and it struck me as just wild and crazy that the most watched host on one of the most watched cable channels in america is en route to visit orban again. i didn t know that fact. i think i know who you re talking about. but nicole, i want to answer both questions. to this question, it gets back to something you and i have talked about many times. the fight between democrats and autocrats is not between the east and the west like it was in the cold war. it s within democracies. so, we re having that fight here in our country. you talk about it always. viktor orban, you know, ideologically, i think is closer to vladimir putin than he is to president biden. and in many other countries in europe as well, and that
the language of recidivism and it seems to have sort of two purposes and i wonder your thoughts on this. one, to see if there were more than just one wing person for her in the republican party, if she can awake any other republicans from their stupor. to understand that this is a clear and present danger for 2024, not just about looking back, and to gird, perhaps, some of her fellow committee members on the other side of the aisle for what could become some pretty tough political fights in the months ahead. well, i think the latter is certainly true. i mean, she knows the political costs of the work they are doing better than anyone. she s locked in this very competitive primary in wyoming, although her office has been bragging about the stacks of money she s been raising in that fight. it s her primary in wyoming is the most important primary race in the country this year, and maybe in any, you know, recent midterm election that i can think of as a single race, right? i mean, she