we believe there s an innovator in all of us. that s why we build technology that makes it possible for every business. and every person. to come to the table and do more incredible things. all right. so, the new york times is reporting this week that jared kushner secured a $2 billion fund led by the saudi crown prince just six months after leaving the white house. highly skeptical about giving kushner s firm all of this money. and for good reason. they actually noted that trump s son-in-law has no relevant experience, and the firm s operations were deemed unsatisfactory in all aspects. but kushner, perhaps to no surprise to anyone, got the
this is mark meadows seems to have been texting literally everyone in washington after the election. and the fact it s his text messages that have been turned over is clearly a boom for the committee and their investigation. between this, the ginni thomas texts, his texts with donald trump jr., he was the focus point for so much of trump s efforts to overturn the election. so, both on the specifics of the texts that were released from cnn this week, i think that they re fascinating. i think the fact that mike lee was pushing this theory that was also trying to be carried out in the justice department, one of lawyers who had refused to answer congressional subpoena, who worked at the justice department, who trump immediately made attorney general to try and keep this hope alive, lee was all in favor of this pushing state to say, despite the majority of the voters saying otherwise, that trump should get their electoral
mitch mcconnell nominally presided over the senate sergeant of arms. they are nominal to the story. they should testify. mike pence is obviously central to this whole thing. he should definitely be asked to testify. and i think kevin mccarthy should as well. he spoke to trump in the middle of the attack on the capitol. and he said, you know, well, what relevance is that? well, it s of huge relevance. yeah. you know, on january 13th, kevin mccarthy says that president trump, quote, bears responsibility for the attack on our capitol. think about that for a second. take a step back and think about what that means. somebody who says, he bears responsibility, is now deferring to him, kowtowing to him as the leader of the republican party, he s for him being president if he s nominated, giving this guy the keys to the car after what he did?
the u.s. as being in a state of, quote, deevolution, with the checks on executive power flagging. and she makes clear that despite the change in u.s. administration, one thing remains constant, that is, quote, putin has been there for 22 years. he s the same guy with the same people around him, and he s watching everything. your thoughts on her assessment of it? this is an extraordinarily interesting interview in the new york times magazine. and her book, by all accounts, is outstanding. so, she tells a really some ways frightening story. she went into the trump administration as a russia expert and a putin expert. and she found that president trump resembled vladimir putin more than he resembled his own american predecessors. in other words, he is an authentic authoritarian. and then of course in the first
mall. the question is, how can that be explained? max boot argues it s the brutallization of the putin military, which trump would have praised while he was in office, which is hindered the combat performance. he sums it up, quote, spare me the woke u.s. military. the u.s. military s wokeness is commitment to the humane treatment of soldiers and civilians alike is actually a major source of our strength. let s get into it with hayes brown, jonathan altars, presidential historian, author, and columnist, and stephanie miller. it s great to have all three of you for the hour. hayes, i want to start with you. your thoughts on max boot s argument here. is the brutality of the russian military hurting its ability to conduct the military operation?