chair of the finnish foreign affairs committee. he says the war in ukraine madejoining nato the best option. it seems that in february we had a naive and slightly wrong impression of what kind of country russia is. we now know they are willing to use reckless brutal military force against its non allied neighbours, without provocation, to further its expansionist imperialist agenda. this is the new reality with which we have to cope, and it has forced us to reassess or reconsider some of our long held traditional ways of thinking. our long held traditional ways of thinkina. , . , our long held traditional ways of thinkin. , , ., , , our long held traditional ways of thinkin. , , ., , thinking. james reynolds is on the border between thinking. james reynolds is on the border between finland thinking. james reynolds is on the border between finland and - thinking. james reynolds is on the l border between finland and russia. james, what is the sense there of the announcement? it has
that s not in the nature of autocrats. indeed, now people s eyes are watching moldova. the logic we re seeing, like a civics lesson in what i call ladies and gentlemen stage autocracy. when you ve made a blender, you can t back down constitutionally, psychologically, so you actually do the opposite of what people expect, which is you become more excuse me more aggressive, more imperialist, more repressive. and it leads to nothing good. all right. professor of history at new york university, ruth bin-ghiat. and the washington post david ignatius. thank you both for being on. ahead, we ll go to atlanta for a live report as a special grand jury will be seated in a case against former president trump and his allies. when he called the secretary of state, who was counting the votes, and said, hey, buddy, i need you to find me one more
imperialist leadership. the fact that he happens to be a pooe priest doesn t change the fact that he s part of the leadership team that literally has blessed this war. willing to be bought, willing to be prefersuaded by gifts or money. it s not just being bought. it s that he s a powerful man. he enjoys being a powerful man. he doesn t like that the other orthodox in ukraine have broken away from moscow s control. and i think he believes what putin believes, that the russians have a destiny to control the orthodox world. there s no tension between opportunism and deeply held beliefs in this case. both of those things are at work here. if putin is able to use religious has, you know, an aspect in starting the war, might that also be the gateway of potentially ending it?
talks about brotherly love for the nation of ukraine, we have a common history, our languages are similar, why does he take that approach, to try to bring them closer? he that approach, to try to bring them closer? that approach, to try to bring them closer? ., , ., , them closer? he does, he does. he keeps them closer? he does, he does. he keeps talking them closer? he does, he does. he keeps talking about - them closer? he does, he does. he keeps talking about ukraine | he keeps talking about ukraine being a brother nation. we have the narrative about ukraine as far right, trying to suppress russian ethnic rights et cetera et cetera and then we have the ukrainian narrative about russia which sees russia as an imperialist. what we have is a complete disconnection of the two narratives. they are talking at each other and not with one another. is talking at each other and not with one another. with one another. is that riuht? with one another. is that right? absolutely - with one
of issues. roosevelt was a complicated person both in his motivations and consequences. james earl frazier was a complicated sculptor. reporter: the museum writing in 2020, in its initial removal request, the statue conveys a racial hierarchy and the museum and members of the public have long found disturbing. a city parks official calling the move incredibly rare but the right course of action. over time, the meanings of the statue really did start to change as we thought more about what our social landscape looked like. reporter: workers began dismantling it this week. roosevelt, who also served as new york s 33rd governor, was hailed as a driving force for antitrust and progressive policies and as a conservationist. but scholars says he was also an imperialist, and he said of immigrants in his 1905 message to congress, the laws now existing for the exclusion of undesirable immigrants should be strengthened. it s pretty clear that his personal opinions were quite frankly raci