vladimir putin grabbed a piece of ukraine for russia. the rest were horrified. it all looked very different through russian eyes. i never met as russia who accepted the notion of ukraine totally separate. many ukraine recented the nation but not russians. they see it as a rival of deep sense of power and national destiny. putin have given their pride back. russia is once again a great power. putin is an ideology, above all, he s of national power. putin may say he has made russia
politics on tv, i do it every day. what i see one democrat don t look like all democrats. like ned said, we do underperform but i ve never seen the enthusiasm that i ve seen coming in this off year. i remember in 1994 when the same enthusiasm was on the other side. the great thing about politics swings back and forth and if politics listens to the people we will be okay. rob: gentlemen, thank you so much for coming on this morning, we appreciate your time. thank you. jillian: 15 minutes until the top of the hour, yeti under fire for getting political, the cool maker getting heat for cutting ties with the nra, carley shimkus with the outrage that maybe taking your time this morning. rob: first let s check with steve doocy to see what s coming up at fox & friends , i saw you at palm beach with the president, why didn t you hitch a ride back? why didn t i?
reporter: but it looked very different through russian eyes. i never accepted the notion of ukraine as a separate state. reporter: many ukrainians deeply resented the invasion. but not russians. they see it as the revival as a deep sense of power and national destiny. putin has given them their pride back. russia is once again a great power. reporter: putinism is an ideology of social conservativism, of anti-westernism, and above all, national power. putin might say he has made russia great again. sound familiar? we will make america great again.
massive geopolitical event took place. russians were, you know, on an equal footing in their minds at least with the united states, and they were suddenly reduced to an impoverished nation that had to go cap in hand looking for food even from other countries. it was a deeply humiliating experience for many russians, that fell off that perch, and you know, they clung on, they have clung on to vladimir putin as their leader who can give them their pride back, and that s perhaps been one of the main reasons for his enduring popularity today he s given russians back their sense of pride. it s incredibly important factor in this election and putin s popularity in general. in terms of russia s response, russia s attitude toward the united states, i mean, look, there was a moment when donald
experience for many russians that fell off that perch, and, you know, they clung on. they have clung onto vladimir putin as their leader who can give them their pride back, and that s past been one of the main reasons for his enduring popularity today that he has given russians back their sense of pride, and i think we shouldn t dismiss that incredibly important factor in this election and in putin s popularity in general. in term of russia s response and russia s attitude towards the united states i mean look. there was a moment when donald trump was the candidate, when he was elected president of the u.s., but russians really believed after years of being, you know, kind of jostled around and being, you know, kind of disrespected i suppose they could see it by the administration of those earlier, they thought the situation was going to turn around. they had really high hopes that