BACK TO YOU.
>> Steve: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MEMBER OF THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR TWEETS.
WE ALL HAVE.
I HAVE A LIST OF THEM HERE.
SOME SAY THE WORST IS YET TO
COME.
HE IS GOING TO COME IN FROM
BEHIND, CUT OFF FORCES.
ENERGY PRICES GOING TO SKYROCKET
FOR EVERYONE.
WEAKNESSES ALWAYS INVITES
AGGRESSION AND THERE ARE A FEW
MORE THAT I -- YOU DON’T THINK
THIS IS THE END.
DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO GO INTO
THESE REGIONS AND PUSH THROUGH
THE REST OF UKRAINE OR WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THAT?
>> I READ THE INKS, ENGLISH
TRANSLATION.
I’M NOT GOING TO READ THAT OLD
THING.
HE WENT THROUGH THE LONG
RIDICULOUS HISTORY LESSONS.
HE WAS ARGUING THERE ARE AREAS
THAT THESE TWO GROUPS, THESE
PRO-RUSSIAN PUBLIC GROUPS CLAIM
THAT IT CURRENTLY POSSESSES.
NOT THE AREAS THEY ARE
CONTROLLING.
AREAS THAT UKRAINE CONTROLS.
THEY CLAIM THOSE.
THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE ON THOSE.
WHEN THEY MOVE ON THOSE, IF THEY
DON’T GIVE IT UP, PUTIN IS GOING
TO SAY THIS VIOLATES OUR MUTUAL
DEFENSE AGREEMENT AND THEY ARE
GOING TO GO WAR.
THAT’S WHAT HE’S GONNA DO.
HE’S NOT GONNA STOP WITH THE TWO
LITTLE SMALL AREAS NEAR THE
BORDER.
YOU DON’T NEED 2,000 TROOPS WITH
ALL THE POWER TO SIMPLY OCCUPY
TWO AREAS WHERE YOU’VE ALREADY
HAD A STRONG SEPARATIST PRESENCE
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Steve: JOE BIDEN CLAIMS
THAT IF HE WAS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, HE WOULD BE THE ONE
TOUGH ON VLADIMIR PUTIN.
ONE OF HIS TWEETS FROM TWO YEARS
AGO ALMOST TO THE DAY -- GO WHEN
HE WAS RUNNING AS A CANDIDATE.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID.
I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION.
HE SAID VLADIMIR PUTIN DOESN’T
WANT ME TO BE PRESIDENT.
HE DOESN’T WANT ME TO BE OUR
NOMINEE.
THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EVER GONE
TOE-TO-TOE WITH HIM.
DOES VLADIMIR PUTIN THINK
JOE BIDEN ARE KAMALA HARRIS ARE
GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH HIM?
DOES HE SEE AN OPEN FIELD?
>> HE SEES CONVENTIONAL
POLITICIANS.
HE UNDERSTANDS CONVENTIONAL
AMERICAN POLITICS.
VLADIMIR PUTIN BASICALLY
BELIEVES IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO
THE PRESIDENT IS, THE AMERICAN
BUREAUCRACY IS WHAT CONTROLS THE
GOVERNMENT.
HE MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT
OPINION WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS IN
OFFICE.
I THINK HE KNOWS HOW TO DEAL
WITH SOMEBODY LIKE JOE BIDEN
BECAUSE HE’S BEEN DEALING WITH
PRESIDENTS LIKE THOU THAT
OPERATES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF
ORTHODOXY AND KNOWS EXACTLY HOW
THEY ARE GOING TO REACT.
OUR PRESIDENTS, AND GO.
PUTIN’S BEEN THERE CONSISTENCY
FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
NO, I DON’T THINK HE IS WORRYING
ABOUT JOE BIDEN IN THE NEXT MOVE
HE MAKES.
>> Steve: I TELL YOU ABOUT.
THERE IS A STORY RIGHT NOW,
SENATOR, IN
"THE WASHINGTON POST" THAT SAYS
HE’S WRESTLING OVER WHETHER
RUSSIA HAS INVADED UKRAINE YET.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FULL
INNOVATION.
IT IS JUST --
HE’S NOT GONE ALL IN YET.
THEY ARE WAITING FOR MORE
SANCTIONS TODAY.
SHORT OF THE BIG SANCTIONS BUT
ULTIMATELY, IT WAS GERMANY ABOUT
90 MINUTES AGO THAT PULLED THE
PLUG ON THE NOISE STREAM 2.
THAT’S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE
BEFORE.
>> THAT’S MY POINT BEFORE.
PUTIN KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
CONVENTIONAL POLITICAL TYPES.
HE KNEW THIS EXACTLY HOW THEY
WOULD REACT.
IF YOU READ WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
IS TELLING REPORTERS LAST NIGHT,
RUSSIA IS ONLY MOVING INTO AREAS
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN.
THEY ARE JUST DOING OPENLY WHAT
THEY’VE BEEN DOING SECRETLY FOR
2.5 YEARS.
THAT’S NOT AS BIG A DEAL.
THIS IS SILLY, BUT HE KNOWS IT
AND HE’S PLAYING THEM.
BY THE TIME HE DOES MOVE ON THE
REST OF IT, IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
HE KNOWS IF HE DOES THIS BIG
MOVE AS I BELIEVE HE WILL, THIS
IS GOING TO INCREASE OIL PRICE
IS $110 OR $115 A BARREL.
AND THE REASON WHY, IT’S GOING
TO BE MASSIVE DESTRUCTION TO THE
GLOBAL ECONOMY.
EVENTUALLY OPEC WILL TRY TO
REACT BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THE U.S. HAS
PULLED BACK FROM OIL AND NATURAL
GAS EXPLORATION.
IT’S MADE IT HARDER UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
WE WENT FROM BEING A NET
EXPORTER FROM THE FIRST TIME
EVER IN 2018 TO ONCE AGAIN KIND
OF FALLING BACK IN OUR
PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF WE WANT
MORE RENEWABLES AND WIND AND
SOLAR IN THE LIKE.
THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS HE IS
CALCULATED.
BIDEN ENERGY POLICY IS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT ENCOURAGE PUTIN
THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT
WHICH HELPS HIM.
HE ALSO KNOWS HOW VULNERABLE
THAT MAKES EUROPE AND OTHER
COUNTRIES.
HE BELIEVES THEY WON’T BE ABLE
TO SUSTAIN THESE SANCTIONS FOR
LONG BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> Ainsley: WHY SHOULD WE
CARE?
IT’S HAPPENING SO FAR AWAY.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT GAS PRICES,
THEY ARE ALREADY GOING UP.
THEY ARE AT THE HIGHEST OUT OF
FLORIDA THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2022.
AVERAGE $3.51.
PALM BEACH, $3.63.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT
AMERICANS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN GAS PRICES GO UP AND FUEL
PRICES GO UP, AND THE PRICES ALL
ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE
EVERYTHING WE BUY AND SELL HAS
TO BE TRANSPORTED BY SOMETHING
AS BURNING GAS OR DIESEL.
AS OTHER THINGS.
UKRAINE IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S
LARGEST PRODUCERS OF NEON GAS
WHICH IS CRITICAL TO THE
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY.
90% OF NEON GAS USED BY OUR
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURERS IN
THE UNITED STATES DEPENDS ON THE
ON GAS FROM UKRAINE.
IF THAT’S DISRUPTED, IT’S REALLY
GOING TO HURT THAT INDUSTRY HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY ARE A HUGE PRODUCER OF
AGRICULTURE.
NUMBER FOUR IN WHEAT AND NUMBER
FIVE IN THE WORLD.
THAT’S GOING TO RAISE GLOBAL
FOOD PRICES WHICH WILL IMPACT US
AS WELL.
ANY TIME COUNTRIES ARE CUT OFF
FROM A CURRENT SOURCE, THEY
BECOME YOUR COMPETITORS IN THE
GLOBAL MARKET FOR THOSE GOODS
WHICH INCREASE THE PRICES ON
EVERYBODY.
WE ALREADY HAVE OUT-OF-CONTROL
PRICES.
THIS IS GOING TO ADD TO THAT.
>> USED THE PHRASE, "THE
CONFINES OF ORTHODOXY" THROUGH
WHICH JOE BIDEN LOOKS AT THE
WORLD.
WHAT WOULD BE THE UNORTHODOX
THING THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA SHOULD DO RIGHT NOW IF
WE WANTED TO PREVENT WAR
BREAKING OUT?
>> I THINK NOW IS SORT OF THE
STUCK OTHER OPTIONS.
WHAT IS RUSSIA’S LEVERAGE OVER
EUROPE?
IT’S ENERGY.
LET’S WRAP UP ENERGY PRODUCTION.
RIGHT NOW.
WESTERN ENERGY PRODUCTION OVER
UKRAINE?
LET’S SPEED UP THE AMOUNT OF
DEFENSIVE WEAPONRY WE PROVIDE
THEM.
LET’S HELP THEM START SETTING UP
IN A MORE RAPID SCALE.
THIS MAY HAVE SNUCK UP ON THE
NEWS BUT INTELLIGENCE HAS BEEN
WARNING ABOUT THIS FOR OVER NINE
MONTHS.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARING
FOR THIS AND PREPARING FOR THEIR
INSURGENCY MONTHS AGO.
I THINK NOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE
NEED TO DO IS BASICALLY HAVE A
PLAN IN PLACE TO RECOGNIZE
LEGITIMATE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT
WHETHER THEY ARE IN KEY EVER
CROSS THE BORDER OR WHEREVER
THEY ARE IN THE WORLD, WE NEED
TO LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENTS SO
THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
TO.
ONE THING IS TO EVADE AND
ANOTHER IS TO OCCUPY AND HOLD.
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS AS LONG AND
PAINFUL AND COSTLY TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN AS ANYTHING
POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER VIETNAM FOR HIM, AND
OTHER AFGHANISTAN.
IF WE DON’T DO THAT, HE WILL DO
MORE IN THE FUTURE.
>> Steve: WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
IT PAINFUL ON HIM TO SANCTIONS.
YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST A MATTER OF
TIME UNTIL THE HACKERS, THE
RUSSIAN HACKERS HIT US.
I KNOW YOU HAVE INTEL WITH YOUR
JOB.
AND WHAT PARTS AND THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY SHOULD WE BE WORRIED
ABOUT THE RUSSIAN HACKERS?
WE KNOW IT THEY DID TO THE
COLONIAL PIPELINE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY IT’S NOT JUST
THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS.
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFEND
AGAINST.
WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO THEM THEY
CAN DO TO US.
I WOULD ADD ONE MORE THING.
YOU MAY THINK YOU ARE KNOCKING
OUT A PIPELINE, BUT IT MAY TURN
OUT TO BE MUCH BROADER AND MORE
CATASTROPHIC GOOD THAT’S ONE
THING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
NO ONE HAS EVER CONDUCTED A
BROAD CYBER WAR.
NEVER CYBER WARFARE.
OR THERE IS NO DOCTOR AND THERE
IS NO RULE FOR HOW YOU ENGAGE IN
THIS AND FRANKLY NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU
START ON THAT ROAD.
IT COULD ESCALATE PRETTY
QUICKLY.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO REALLY BE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT CYBER COULD RAPIDLY
ESCALATE TO SOMETHING FAR MORE
DANGEROUS INCLUDING
UNFORTUNATELY KINETIC MILITARY
CONFRONTATION IF YOU RUN OUT OF
CYBER OPTIONS.
THAT’S SOMETHING WE SHOULD SEEK
TO AVOID GOING DOWN THAT ROAD OF
ESCALATION.
>> WE WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION
TO WHAT THE CDC IS DOING GREAT
THEY REPORTEDLY PUBLISHED SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT DATA ON COVID
AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
VACCINES AND THE NUMBERS.
THEY BASTED DOWN TO AGE AND RACE
IN VACCINE STATUS.
THEY WITHHELD SOME INFORMATION
APPARENTLY.
>> MOST OF IT.
>> Ainsley: THEY ONLY REPORTED
A FRACTION OF IT.
THEY DIDN’T REPORT THE
18-49-YEAR-OLDS, THE GROUP LEAST
LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM THE
BOOSTER SHOTS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THEY LEFT THAT
OUT?
WHAT IS THE REAL REASON?
>> I THINK IT GOES AGAINST THEIR
PUBLIC NARRATIVES.
I THINK IT GOES AGAINST THEIR
PUBLIC GUIDANCE FOR THE SAME
REASON DR. PROUTY TOLD HIM NOT
TO WEAR MASKS AND HE SAID HE HAD
EVERYONE HAD TO WEAR MASKS IN A
FACE SHIELD AND A SPACE SUIT
BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN TELL US
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE, THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
IN THE FUTURE WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC FAR WORSE
THEN COVID POTENTIALLY IN NO
ONE’S GONNA BELIEVE THESE GUYS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TREATED US
LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN, LIED TO US
AND MANIPULATED US AND TOLD US
WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR.
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO PEOPLE’S
CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS.
>> SPEAKING OUT TREATING PEOPLE
LIKE CHILDREN, IN MANY CASES,
CHILDREN ARE STILL IN MASK WHILE
ADULTS ARE NOT.
IT’S INCREDIBLE.
WE HAVE SEEN HYPOCRISY AT THE
HIGHEST LEVELS OF POLITICAL
LEADERS IMPOSING MASS MANDATES
ON THEIR CITIZENS WHILE THEY
FLOUT THOSE RULES THEMSELVES.
IT’S A VERY PARTICULAR INSTANCE
IN VIRGINIA AT A SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING WHERE HER MOTHER WENT TO
THE MEETING AND POINTED OUT THE
FACT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD
CHAIRWOMAN WHO IS IN CHARGE OF
THEM ASKING ISN’T WEARING A MASK
YOURSELF.
HERE IS A PORTION OF WHAT THIS
VIRGINIA MOM SAID WHEN TEARING
INTO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ON
THEIR MASK HYPOCRISY.
>> RIGHT HERE ON FACEBOOK WAS A
CROWD OF PEOPLE, THAT’S IT WITH
NO MASK ON.
>> EXCUSE ME, NO.
>> HERE’S ANOTHER PICTURE WITH
NO MASK ON.
>> I’M SORRY, YOU ARE DONE PICK
AND WE HAVE A POLICE OFFICER,
PLEASE?
>> SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY
HERE PEACE.
UP HAD TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO
CRITICIZE ME.
>> THAT IS MY FAMILY.
>> WHAT ABOUT OUR FAMILY?
>> I’M NOT.
>> OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN
SUFFOCATED TO DEATH.
WE ARE COMING FOR THEM.
ALL OF THEM.
>> SENATOR, WE HAD THAT MOM ON
THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
LISTEN.
>> WE HAD TO SIT THERE AND
LISTEN TO THEM TELL US THAT WE
MUST FOLLOW THE ORDERS AND WE
DID.
AND WHEN GOVERNOR YOUNG CAN
COMES INTO OFFICE AND EXPECTS
THE SAME, THEY DIDN’T WANT TO
FOLLOW HIS ORDERS.
THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR KIDS
THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TEACH
THEM TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE
BOARD?
WE THE PARENTS ARE FED UP WITH A
HYPOCRISY OUR KIDS HAVE HAD TO
SUFFER FOR TWO YEARS THESE MASKS
HAVE CAUSED ISOLATION,
DEPRESSION.
IT HURTS THEIR EARS.
THEIR FACES HAVE BEEN BROKEN
OUT.
IT HAS JUST BEEN SUCH A HARM TO
OUR KIDS.
AND WE SEE THE SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS GET ON I JUST WANT
OPENLY WHEN NO MASK ON.
IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT
HYPOCRITICAL.
I THOUGHT THE BOARD NEEDED TO
KNOW THAT.
>> SENATOR, YOUR REACTION.
>> THERE ARE STILL PLACES IN
THIS COUNTRY WHERE KIDS ARE
EATING OUT IN THE COLD AND THEY
CAN’T TALK DURING LUNCH.
IN MANY CASES, THESE PEOPLE WANT
TO KEEP THESE POLICIES IN PLACE
BECAUSE IT MAKES THEIR LIFE
EASIER THEY THINK.
IT HAS BECOME A DISEASE.
THIS WHOLE MASK MANDATES ALL THE
STUFF HAS BECOME ITS OWN
DISEASE.
PEOPLE HAVE BECOME DERANGED
ABOUT IT AND THEY DON’T KNOW HOW
TO LIVE WITHOUT IT.
I ALSO THINK THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THE POWER.
THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO FORCE
PEOPLE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
I DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS
DISEASE.
IT IS A PSYCHOTIC ONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE CAUGHT IT ARE IN
POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
I COULD NOT SEE THE VIDEO BUT
I’M SURE IT SHOWED.
THIS POLICE OFFICER WAS STANDING
RIGHT NEXT TO THAT LADY AS IF HE
WAS ABOUT TO APPREHEND HER.
I WISH ONE OF THESE OFFICERS
WOULD ONE DAY SAY, I’M HERE TO
KEEP THE PEACE.
I’M NOT HERE TO ARREST
LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST
HERE TO PROTEST AGAINST SCHOOL
BOARDS.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT INDIVIDUAL
OR OFFICER WORK FOR THE CITY OR
THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTLY.
I THINK THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT
WE ARE NOW LIVING IN A COUNTRY
WHERE PARENTS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT
THEIR KIDS SCHOOLS ARE BEING
TREATED LIKE TERRORISTS AND
CRIMINALS.
CRIMINALS ARE WALKING INTO THE
STORES BREAKING, HAVING WHATEVER
THEY WANT, WALKING OUT.
WE ARE BAILING OUT PEOPLE THAT
ARE TRYING TO KILL PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
A GUY DOWN IN KENTUCKY WALKS
INTO HIS OPPONENT’S OFFICE,
SHOOTS HIM.
HE’S OUT ON BAIL AND A DAY
LATER, $100,000-BALE A DAY LATER
WALKING THE STREETS.
THAT’S HOW CRAZY IT HAS BECOME.
>> Steve: THEY ARE NOT HAVING
THOSE PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOLS IN
FLORIDA.
OBVIOUSLY, MARCO RUBIO IS
SHOWING OFF THE BEAUTIFUL
WEATHER IN FLORIDA WHILE WE ARE
HERE WHERE IS FREEZING.
>> IT’S TOUGH.
IT’S 70 DEGREES.
WE’VE GOTTEN USED TO THESE HARSH
CONDITIONS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Ainsley: IF ONLY WE COULD
FIND HOUSES THEY ARE, AFFORDABLE
NOW.