ILLUSTRATIVE OF METAPHOR FOR THE
TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.
THAT MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS FOR
STOCKS.
HARD TO TELL.
GENERAL JACK KEANE IS LOOKING AT
THE OTHER PART OF THE
DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING
ELON MUSK, THAT WOULD PROBABLY
BE THIS NOTION SOME ARE LOOKING
AT THIS A REFLECTION OF HIS
DESIRE TO SEE THIS END BECAUSE
EUROPEAN SUPPORT SEEMS TO BE
EBBING THEN AT THE SAME TIME A
NUMBER OF FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
SEEING A HURRICANE IN THE UNITED
STATES, REMINDER WE SPENT A LOT
MORE MONEY HELPING THE
UKRAINIANS, NOT NEARLY ENOUGH
HELPING AMERICAN SIT ESSENTIAL.
FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE GREG
STUEBE AMONG THOSE SAYING NOT
ANOTHER PENNY TO UKRAINE.
WE SHOULD FOCUS HELPING RIGHT
NOW PEOPLE HERE AT HOME.
GENERAL, THAT IS A LONG AND
WINDY INTRODUCTION TO YOU, I
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT
THE APPETITE TO HELP UKRAINE
IRONICALLY NOW SHOWING REAL
PROGRESS AGAINST THE RUSSIANS
MIGHT BE THE LAST THING UKRAINE
NEEDS, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> YEAH, WELL CERTAINLY THAT THE
SUPPORT AMONG THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO HELP
UKRAINE IS ABOUT 66%.
SO IT’S PRETTY SOLID BUT THERE
ARE PEOPLE IN THE CONGRESS AND
SOME OF THEM ON, SOME OF THEM
REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE ALWAYS
EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT
SPENDING IN TERMS OF SPENDING
MONEY ON THIS, ON UKRAINE BUT WE
HAVE 6 TRILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET.
IT IS ACTUALLY LARGER THAN THAT
BUT A FEW HUNDRED BILLION.
WE’VE INVESTED, I MEAN INVESTED
$66 BILLION IN UKRAINE THIS YEAR
AND THAT IS LIKE 1.1%.
WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THAT
INVESTMENT?
WE HAVE PUTIN, WHO WE WERE
DISMISSING FOR YEARS, AND NOT
TAKING SERIOUSLY DESPITE
GEORGIA IN 2008, DESPITE SYRIA,
DESPITE CRIMEA, AND EASTERN
UKRAINE IN 2014, BECAUSE HE IS A
DECLINING POWER.
HE HAS GOT, ECONOMY IS IN THE
TANK, ONE ECONOMY ECONOMY, WE
HAD TENDENCY NOT TO TAKE HIM
SERIOUS YET ALL THE TIME HE HAS
BEEN TALKING ABOUT UKRAINE IS A
PART OF RUSSIA AND I’M GOING TO
MAKE IT A PART OF RUSSIA.
PRESIDENT XI SAYS THE SAME THING
ABOUT TAIWAN, BY THE WAY.
AND ALSO, AND THIS IS THE
IMPORTANT PART, THAT HIS DESIGN
TO BRING BACK UNDER THE UMBRELLA
OF RUSSIA THE FORMER SOVIET
REPUBLICS NOW IN NATO AND THAT
IS LARGELY THE BALTICS AND
PARTICULARLY POLAND, LESSER
DEGREE ROMANIA.
WE DISMISSED ALL OF THAT BUT I
BELIEVE PUTIN HAS NEVER GIVEN UP
ON THAT.
FOR $66 BILLION WHAT WE’RE GET
SOMETHING UKRAINE IS DOING THE
FIGHTING, THEY ARE LITERALLY
DESTROYING THE RUSSIAN ARMY ON
THE BATTLEFIELD, WHICH WOULD SET
THEM BACK FOR YEARS AND DENY
THEM THE ABILITY TO EVER
ACCOMPLISH UNDER PUTIN ANY OF
HIS AMBITIONS IN TERMS OF TAKING
BACK SOME OF THE SOVIET
REPUBLICS.
BY THE WAY IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN,
THAT WOULD MEAN WAR BETWEEN NATO
AND RUSSIA.
THE SCALE OF THAT WOULD BE MUCH
GREATER THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT
NOW.
THE RISKS CERTAINLY OF NUCLEAR
WAR WOULD BE MUCH GREATER,
SOMETHING WE HAVE AVOIDED ALL
THROUGH THE COLD WAR A
CONVENTIONAL WAR WITH TWO
SUPERPOWERS HOLDING STRATEGIC
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
SO FOR THIS INVESTMENT, I THINK
IT IS WELL WORTH IT.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN FLORIDA IN
TERMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND
SUFFERING OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, GIVE THEM WHATEVER IT
TAKES FINANCIALLY TO SOLVE THAT
PROBLEM.
THAT IS OUR HISTORY.
NEIL: THEY ARE GOING TO GET IT.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN DOUBT.
I JUST DON’T KNOW IF THIS WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WERE
OPPOSED TO ALL THE AID WE’RE
GIVING UKRAINE AND CRITICIZING
THE FACT THAT MUCH OF EUROPE IS
NOT, A POINT YOU RAISED, THAT IS
ONE THING BUT IF WE ABANDON THEM
OR CUT BACK AT THIS TIME THAT
COULD BE GAME OVER RIGHT THERE.
>> OH, AND WHERE DOES PUTIN STOP
AFTER HE ACHIEVES A VICTORY IN
UKRAINE IS MY POINT?
NEIL: RIGHT.
>> WE ARE NOT DOING THE
FIGHTING.
AND THAT’S CRITICAL TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE.
YES, ARE WE FUNDING IT BUT IT IS
AN INVESTMENT AS FAR AS I’M
CONCERNED, AN INVESTMENT IN THE
SECURITY OF OUR FUTURE.
AND YES, WE’LL TAKE CARE OF
AMERICANS WHO ARE IN HARM’S WAY
AS A RESULT OF THE STORM FOR
SURE.
THAT IS OUR HISTORY.
NEIL: WE ALWAYS DO.