Remember in the initial months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fake news
that was going around, including that some weird people were popping up there.
Like Steven Seagal.
Even Joe Rogan who normally doesn't get fooled.
He posted this supposed screenshot of Steven Seagal being
dispatched not just to Ukraine, but fighting with the soldiers.
Now there was always good reason to not trust this because it's Steven Seagal.
He's 90 years old.
I don't think they need or want him.
But while that was fake he apparently is there right now actually in Ukraine,
not fighting for Russia, but he is involved in their efforts.
He's a special representative of Russia's Foreign ministry tasked with
US Russian relations.
Focusing a little bit more on the Russian part of those relations because I don't
think any in America wants to talk to him.
In any event, you can see here's some reporting from insider.
He's, they're basically examining wreckage of a disputed site
that was destroyed where a number of prisoners of war were killed.
So here's a little bit of the video of him.
[INAUDIBLE] So that's a little
bit of the reporting he has been doing.
He went there to examine the wreckage because he totally has training and
doing that and
will be a very effective researcher considering that he can only look at
the rubble that happens to be around where he's sitting at any given moment.
The dude is a shell of a man.
He's more a shell of a man than that's a shell of a building that he's fake
investigating for the Russian state.
Anyway, look, the site that he's at, what happened there is a massive tragedy.
50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were apparently killed.
The circumstances are described as disputed because while the Ukrainians say
that the Russians destroyed,
the Russians are saying that the Ukrainians destroyed it.
And in particular, Steven Seagal is saying that the Ukrainians destroyed
it with US provided weapons, which is not a inconceivable, this is a war.
And you shouldn't necessarily trust either side, but
you definitely shouldn't just trust the word of Steven Seagal.
And in particular when they say the reason the Ukrainians purposefully targeted
this building and killed dozens of their own people and soldiers was because
one of them was a Nazi who is speaking out against Zelensky, that is not impossible.
That could be true.
But I think bold claims demand bold evidence and
thus far, I haven't seen that being provided by Steven Seagal.
>> This is weird, it's a weird thing I was gonna say about American nature when it
comes to maybe it's worldwide, but Steven Seagal.
Even if you haven't seen his movies, I'm sure many people haven't,
he still holds this weird characterization of him as this badass Rambo
type of figure under siege, I think was the movie that I did see.
This was like 1991 or something.
So he's a badass enough for people to believe that that first picture that was
doctored or whoever photoshop that it could possibly be real.
That he's literally leading Russian troops through whatever kind of occupation or
conflict that they show him doing there because he was in movies bro.
Does anybody think that Sylvester Stallone is getting into the ring and
starting to fight people that are 26 years old?
Does anyone believe that?
No one should believe it.
But rocky did it like 7 to 8 to 9 times according to all the movies that
were made.
We believe Steven Seagal is leading Russian forces because of movies bro,
because of movies, but
in reality he's doing exactly what an old decrepit old actor would do.
That's part of the Russian propaganda talking.
>> Yeah, no, it's not glamorous as that is.
They don't generally like that.
They're actors, yes, sometimes I did once get a ticket from jean,
Claude van Damme Timecop.
But no, it's not, they don't really do that.
I think The Rock could do many of those things.
I feel like he's actually in pretty good shape.
You can do a lot of it.
Ken Vin Diesel drive a car by swinging a hook over a ravine.
Yes, probably.
I think he's got a lot of experience at this point, but no,
Steven Seagal is not gonna be taking out soldiers on his own.
So anyway, this story is ridiculous.
It's also a reminder that there has been from the beginning,
a lot of misinformation about this.
Not all of the misinformation will be coming from the invaders.
That said, just don't accept any of these big claims without good evidence.
That's all I'm saying.