Genius.
>> Greg: AMERICAN ALLY
SLAPPING MORE SANCTIONS ON
RUSSIA, VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS
ECONOMY, THE LATEST TARGET IS
THE CENTRAL BANK AND LIMITING
ITS ABILITY TO MAKE FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS.
THE CURRENCY HIT AN ALL-TIME LOW
AND ITS STOCK MARKET IS CLOSED
TODAY AFTER CRASHING.
EUROPE ALSO VERY UNITED IN THE
E.U. SHUTTING DOWN ITS AIRSPACE
TO RUSSIAN PLANES.
ALSO SENDING UKRAINE MILITARY
AID.
SO HAROLD, IF IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS LEAVING
HIS COUNTRY AND HE WAS A
NORTH KOREAN FUTURE, HE HAS NO
FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH ANYMORE, HE
LIKES TO TRAVEL.
HE CAN’T TRAVEL.
THERE’S NO SPORTS TEAM.
THERE’S NO WORLD CUP.
THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT -- IF YOU
WANT TO BE THE NEXT NORTH KOREA
HE JUST CHOSE THAT PATH.
>> Harold: ONE THING THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY
HAVE TO DECIDE IN THE NEAR TURN,
NOT THE OLIGARCH, BUT THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN THE RUSSIA IS HOW
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?
DO YOU WANT TO PAY TWO TIMES,
THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES FOR WHAT
YOU WANT TO BUY BECAUSE YOU ARE
LOSING VALUE BECAUSE THE CENTRAL
BANK CAN’T BORROW ON THE OPEN
MARKET?
DO YOU WANT TO COUNTRY WHERE
YOUR ENERGY IS CRIPPLED BECAUSE
YOU CAN’T SELL ANY AND YOU CAN’T
TURN ON ANYTHING?
FOR THE FIRST TIME A GENERATION
AND ONCE TELLING THEM WHAT IT
WAS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
THEY WANT ANY NATION ON THE
BLOCK TO BE LIKE RUSSIA, AND
THEN HAVE THEM DO SOMETHING THAT
MAKES THEM WANT TO BE LIKE
RUSSIA, NOT GO ON AND INVADE
THEM, OUR IDEAS ARE WINNING AND
I THINK THAT THAT BOTHERS HIM
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
WHAT HE HAS DONE, CONNECTION
MAKES YOUR IDEA WIN MORE AMONGST
THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE THAN ANYTHING
HE COULD’VE DONE ATTACKING OR
SPENDING MORE MONEY.
THIS MAY BE A GREAT MOVE FOR THE
IDEAS OF INDEPENDENCE AND
DEMOCRACY.
>> THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO PUSH
BACK IS THAT HASHTAGS ARE NOT
THE SAME AS BOMBS.
WE DO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE
SPIRIT OF THESE THINGS.
BUT THEY HAVE THE BOMBS.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT
THE BREAK, THE RUSSIANS GOT A
TON OF STUFF.
>> I’VE NOT SEEN A LOT OF THE
RUSSIAN AIR FORCE, WHEN THAT
COMES AND IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT
AIR ESCAPE.
SO I’M HAPPY TO SEE THE
EUROPEANS WAKE UP OVER THE
WEEKEND.
IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE RUSSIA HAD
TO ADVANCE AS RAPIDLY AS
EXPECTED ON THE CAPITAL AMBER ON
THE PHONE.
YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR FROM ME
AGAIN.
THAT’S NOT A FACING OF REALITY
THESE ARE TOUGH SANCTIONS.
THE SWIFT SANCTIONS ARE STRONG
AND THERE IS A CARVE OUT FOR
ENERGY TRANSACTIONS OF COURSE
AND WHEN THE GERMANS DECIDED TO
SEND WEAPONRY AND DOUBLE THEIR
DEFENSE SPENDING AND TWO YEARS I
WAS EXCITED AND THEN I
REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
GERMANS RAMP-UP MILITARY.
SO THAT GIVES PEOPLE SOME
FLASHBACKS SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN
BE BALANCED OUT.
THE ATTACKS AGAINST THE
OLIGARCHS, WHO KNOWS IF THAT
WILL WORK.
THEY ARE TARGETING PRIVATE JET
SEEMS TO BE GOOD.
AND THEY WILL NOT LIKE
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT’S FLY OVER
THERE.
IT SO I GUESS PEOPLE WILL BE
EATING AT HOME FOR A WHILE.
TO THE ATTACK AGAINST THE
CENTRAL BANK SEEMS TO BE THE
MOST DEVASTATING IF YOU ARE
HOLDING RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DEBT
THAT IS LIKE A DRUNK BOMB.
THAT’S WORSE THAN A JUNK BOND.
SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO.
BUT THAT’S PRETTY STRONG.
THE FOOD PROBLEMS COULD BE
SERIOUS, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME
THEY COULD NOT EXPORT, I THINK
THEY HAD THE ARAB SPRING, AND
THAT’S WHO PURCHASES ALL OF THE
RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN WHEAT,
THERE IS ABANDONMENT AND
EVERYBODY WENT WILD, THAT
SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR.
IF THEY RESPOND TO THIS, ALL OF
THESE CRIPPLING SANCTIONS WITH
CYBER AND EVEN CUTTING THE
UNDERWATER CABLES THAT DEAL WITH
OUR INTERNET, THAT COULD GET
REALLY CRAZY.
HOPEFULLY IT DOES NOT ESCALATE
TO THAT.
>> Greg: EVEN SWITZERLAND
THANKS TO RUSSIA!
AND OLIGARCHS HAVE $11 BILLION.
I THINK IT’S 11 BILLION, MAKING
THE 11 BILLION POUNDS.
MAYBE GOLD BARS.
THEY CAN’T GET THEM, EVERYTHING
IS CONNECTED.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
RID OF HIM IF THEY WANT THE
MONEY BACK.
>> Katie: YOU KNOW THAT THERE
HAS BEEN AN AWAKENING WHEN
SWITZERLAND AND SWEDEN ARE
GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE
BANKING AND THE SANCTIONS ON THE
MONEY TO NOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF
WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT’S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THIS
FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF YEARS
RUSSIA HAS BEEN USED AS A
POLITICAL POINT, UKRAINE AS
CORRUPT PLAYGROUND FOR ELITE TO
GO AND GET RICH UNDER JOE BIDEN
INCLUDE N.
AND NOW IT’S ALL COMING HOME
FROM WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
HERE AND EUROPE SEEMS TO BE
WAKING UP.
YOU HAVE GERMANY WITH THE 2%
PAYING MORE.
AND LOOKING AT THE MAP AGAIN.
PAYING MORE ALL ALONG.
IT TAKEN THE RUSSIA THREAT
SERIOUSLY, PILLOW SLIM AND
POLAND, LAFAYETTE, CROATIA, AND
NOW YOU HAVE WESTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES GOING, THIS IS
ACTUALLY A REAL THING THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
IT SO YOU HAVE SEEN EUROPE COME
TOGETHER AND NOW YOU’RE SEEING
FINLAND WANTING TO JOIN NATO.
SO YOU SEE THIS EFFORT BY PUTIN
TO LIMIT NATO EXPANDING
INCLUDING VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY
WITH THE REQUEST TO JOIN THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
SO HERE IT GOES.
CERTAINLY CREATING UNITY AMONG
THE EUROPEANS WHICH WE HAVE NOT
SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT --
HE ASKED IRRATIONAL, BUT THERE
IS A PART THAT HE SAW THIS, AND
IS READY TO ENDURE THIS LIKE THE
BEAR HE IS.
>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW,
BUT ONE OF THE IRONIES.
>> Greg: LET’S TALK ABOUT IT
NOW, JUDGE.
>> Jeanine: NO, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT ONE OF THE IRONIES AND I
WILL ASK YOU ABOUT IT.
BUT ONE OF THE IRONIES IS THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN DID NOT GO IN AND
SUCCEED AS QUICKLY AS HE DID.
HE GAVE THE WEST THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COALESCE AND EVEN AS YOU SAY
TO GET SWITZERLAND, FINLAND,
EVERYONE IN THE WEST IS INVOLVED
AND SO HIS HESITATION OR HIS
EFFORT WHATEVER IT IS BECAUSE HE
IS HOLDING BACK AND SOME OF THE
PAINFUL FEELS, OR BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT HE WOULD SAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS TO OUR BENEFIT
AND TO HIS DETRIMENT.
AND NOW WITH THESE FINANCIAL
SANCTIONS, THE GUY IS IN REAL
TROUBLE.
IN TROUBLE WITH HIS OWN PEOPLE.
IN TROUBLE WITH THE UKRAINIANS
THAT FAMILY IN RUSSIA.
AND I’M NOT SO SURE THE GUY HAS
HIS GAME ON RIGHT NOW.
BUT FOR HIM TO JUMP TO LET’S GET
NUCLEAR ALERT STATUS WHAT HAS
JUMPED TO THAT.
>> Greg: THAT’S IN THE NEXT
SEGMENT, JUDGE.
IT’S CALLED A T’S.
VERY CLEVER, JUDGE.
ALL RIGHT.
UP NEXT, AS RUSSIA THREATENS