you guys were made to be the bad guys. this time it s a different story. they are talking about a profit tax on you guys and some type of control? it s totally inappropriate, brian. to your point, they have to find someone to blame. let s thing about the conversation you had with the mayor about venezuela. all he has to do is reverse the decision he made on inaugural day and let s start pumping oil. we had energy independence and we surrendered to the rest of the world because of the commitment to some of his supporters and investors. it s crazy. we have plenty of oil and don t need to go to venezuela. brian: meanwhile, straight ahead. inside john durham s case against the clinton campaign lawyer. the lie at the heart of the case
claim it was not from a bird but it was from corn. i was the iowa guy in the state for a couple years. i have been to some events in corn silos, i have never seen that happen. buff they say here at the white house the communications professionals here who are tasked with responding to bird poop gate. they say it was corn. ainsley: don t blame the birds. it was corn. steve bird poop gate. thank you, peter. brian: so amazing blaming vladimir putin on this. if he keeps saying it over and over again we will begin to believe it no one believes it because they see we are a million dollars day off. a million dollars off in pumping oil the way we were. they see that we are less energy efficient when it comes to pumping natural gas. they also understand that we have a situation where we spent $1.9 trillion that we didn t have after spending 700 billion that we didn t have in december. he spends 1.9 trillion and then
bend the knew to that lobby, we say this when jen psaki was asked about that question, she ignored it saying that american consumers, and economy can do stuff itself in the name of pursuit of the green agenda, taken hold of the democrat party. jon: vladimir putin relies on pumping oil to float to keep his economy afloat. the sudden increase in oil prices as a result of this conflict shopping him. i is only helping him, i imagine he figured on that. absolutely, vladimir putin is counting on two things public opinion driven his way. at regards to risk potentially escalating
their spigot up a little when it comes to pumping oil. is there a rapprochement or mbs asking too much? mbs is an autocratic leader, authoritarian. that s why he likes working with the russians and the chinese and has been flirting with both over the past number of years. it s important for us to continue to apply pressure on saudi arabia on the humanitarian front but also to see whether or not the saudis will cooperate more in terms of oil production. that is important. so, i don t think we should not have the dialogue, but i think we shouldn t capitulate to some of his requirements, and therefore things like, again, the horrific murder and dismemberment of khashoggi and the other types of atrocities perpetrated there, that should be front and center but it should not preclude the dialogue on these issues at the
we are going to do is help them transition to the production green energy. exxon doesn t know anything about solar cell and telling him to stop pumping oil and making solar panels is silly. that s like saying peter, we don t have a job for you at the university of maryland, will you play shortstop tuesday for the new york yankees? jon: tanks rolling through ukraine do not run on electricity. no, they don t. there are weapons we can give to ukraine back in shut down the russian air force and we don t. demand is only one step behind, he s not leading from behind, he s trying to catch up and catch up. that is the problem with this administration, always behind the curve. jon: university of maryland economist, peter, thank you. we ll be right back.