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LARRY: SO ONE ANGLE HERE IS THE
U.S. SHOULD PREPARE FOR A
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE
MUCH LIKE POLAND AND OTHER
COUNTRIES IN WORLD WAR II.
THAT ACCORDING TO ROBERT
O’BRIEN, WHO IS FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR OF PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP AND OUR GREAT
FRIEND.
WELCOME BACK.
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT WE SHOULD
PREPARE FOR THAT.
ZELENSKYY IS ON THE SO-CALLED
KILL LIST.
YOU’RE ONLY PERSON THINKING
ALONG THESE LINES.
TELL US SOME MORE.
>> WELL, WE NEED TO DETER PUTIN.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THIS MOVE INTO
THE DONBAS IS THE WAY OF
CLIMBING DOWN.
HE ALREADY CONTROLLED THE
DONBASS REGION AND CRIMEA.
RUSSIAN SPECIAL FORCES TAKE OFF
THE LITTLE GREEN MEN UNIFORMS
AND PUT ON RUSSIAN MILITARY
UNIFORMS.
THEY’RE CLAIMING TO BE
PEACEKEEPERS.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS PUTIN
CLIMBING DOWN FOR A INVASION OF
UKRAINE OR GEARING UP FOR A
INVASION OF YOU KOREAN.
WE NEED TO WORK HARD ON
DETERRENTS.
ONE DETERRENT, IF HE TAKES AHOLD
OF KYIV AND PUTS PUPPET LIKE HE
DONE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, WE WILL
NOT RECOGNIZE THE PUPPET.
WE’LL RECOGNIZE ZELENSKYY, THEY
SET UP MAYBE NOT AT THE HOTEL
FOLKS DID IN WORLD WAR II, SET
UP A GOVERNMENT IN EXILE, IN
WARSAW.
KEEP THE SEATS.
KEEP ALL THE EMBASSIES AROUND
THE WORLD.
WE’LL ONLY DEAL WITH A
LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF
UKRAINE.
NOT DEAL WITH THE PUTIN PUPPET
HE INSTALLS THAT WOULD CREATE A
LOT OF PROBLEMS AND HEADACHES
FOR PUTIN GOING FORWARD.
HE WOULD TAKE THE COUNTRY WE’LL
TREAT IT AS OCCUPIED UKRAINE AND
TREAT IT AS A OCCUPIED COUNTRY.
THAT IS NOT WHAT HE WANTS.
LARRY: ARE YOU RETAILING THIS
BECAUSE I KNOW IT’S A GREAT
THOUGHT AND NOBODY IT IS A
CONTINGENCY AND NOT EVERYBODY’S
FIRST CHOICE BUT ARE YOU
RETAILING THIS?
THAT IS THE KIND OF THINK WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT?
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEPLOY
TROOPS IN UKRAINE AND WE’RE NOT
CALLING FOR THAT BUT WE NEED TO
TAKE EVERY STEP THAT PUTIN
MOVING INTO THE REST OF COUNTRY
AND TAKING KYIV IS BAD MOVE FOR
HIM AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE BUT
IT IS ALSO BAD FOR US.
HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THERE
WILL BE A HEAVY PRICE TO PAY IF
HE MOVES FURTHER.
I WAS PLEASED TO SEE SOME
SANCTIONS THAT WERE INSTALLED
TODAY.
I THINK THIS IS THE TYPE OF
SANCTION THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE
THEM SECOND-GUESS THEIR STRATEGY
OF COMING IN, PUTTING IN A
PUPPET.
HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL
ACQUIESCE WHOEVER HE SELECTS TO
BE THE NEW PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE
OVER TIME F WE REALLY STAND UP A
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE
WITH EXPATS AND REFUGEES IT WILL
MAKE HIM DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO
CONSOLIDATE CONTROL OVER THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY.
LARRY: AFTER BIDEN’S
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SANCTIONS
TODAY THE RUSSIAN STOCK MARKET
WENT UP 6 1/2%.
I THINK THEY WERE WEAK KNEAD
SANCTIONS.
SANCTIONING DONETSK, HOW ABOUT
THIS, STOP RUSSIAN SALES, STOP
THE SALES, STOP ANY SALES
TRANSACTED IN DOLLARS, WHETHER
YOU USE THE SWIFT SYSTEM OR
WHETHER WE JUST SANCTION THEIR
MAJOR BANKS AND THEIR CENTRAL
BANK WHICH WE CAN DO.
WE’VE DONE IT BEFORE.
WE DID IT IN OUR ADMINISTRATION
WITH IRAN AND SOME OTHERS.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE.
YOU KNOW, BIDEN DIDN’T GET THAT
DONE TODAY, ROBERT.
>> WELL, WHAT I’VE BEEN
ADVOCATING WE DECOUPLE RUSSIA
FROM THE FRY FREE WORLD ECONOMY.
YOU KICK THEM OFF SWIFT AND
DON’T DO ANY TRADE WITH THEM.
YOU MAKE THEM TOTAL DEPENDENT ON
THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
VLADMIR PUTIN WILL NOT LIKE
BEING XI XINPING’S JUNE YEAR
PARTNER.
WHAT, I’M HOPING IS THAT THOSE
SANCTIONS ARE RESERVE IF PUTIN
DECIDES NOT TO STAND DOWN, I
HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST STEP HE
IS TAKING TO WITHDRAW, BUT IF IT
IS NOT AND HE IS GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD, WE HAVE TO EXACTLY AS
YOU SUGGEST, WHAT I’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST WEEK,
TOTAL DECOUPLING OF RUSSIA FROM
THE FREE WORLD AND THE WEST.
THAT WILL CAUSE REAL PAIN FOR
PUTIN, HIS OLIGARCHS AND FOR
PEOPLE OF RUSSIA.
PART OF THAT, LARRY, ALL THE
RUSSIAN YACHTS IN ST. TROH PAY,
ST. BARTS, 100 BILLION-DOLLAR
HOMES IN BELLGRAVE, THAT HAS TO
BE SWEPT UP TRADING WITH THE
ENEMY TYPE ACTS DURING WORLD WAR
II.
LET THE OLIGARCHS LITIGATE FIVE
OR 10 YEARS TO GET THEIR
PROPERTY BACK.
MEANTIME IT ALL SHOULD BE
SEIZED.
LARRY: I LIKE THAT THOUGHT.
ONE LAST THOUGHT, ROBERT O’BRIEN
KIND OF BACKED OFF, THEY DIDN’T
SUPPORT THE INVASION.
THEY SEEMED TO TAKE OUR
POSITION, CLOSER TO OUR POSITION
THAN THE RUSSIAN POSITION.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> WELL LOOK, THE CHINESE AND
RUSSIANS HAVE NO LONG-TERM
INTERESTS TOGETHER.
THEY HAVE SHORT-TERM INTERESTS
TRYING TO DEFEAT AND UNDERMINE
THE UNITED STATES AND THEY BOTH
SEE AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS TO ADVANCE THEIR
INTERESTS BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT
RUSSIA CONTROLS THOUSANDS AND
MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PROPERTY
THAT THE CHINESE BELIEVE IS
THEIRS, TAKEN FROM CHINA IN THE
1865 TREATY OF PEKING.
THEY’RE COMPETITORS IN CENTRAL
EUROPE AND THE CHINESE STILL
HAVE EYES ON YOU CRANES AS A
BELTS AND ROAD PARTNER.
IT’S A LITTLE INTERESTING TO
WATCH XI XINPING SIZE UP VLADMIR
PUTIN.
I’M NOT SURE HE IS EXCITED ABOUT
PUTIN EXERCISING HIS POWER AND
INFLUENCE IN KAZAKHSTAN AND
UKRAINE.
MAYBE THE CHINESE ARE HAVING
SECOND THOUGHTS.
I THINK THEY’RE ALSO THINKING IF
THEY INVADE TAIWAN, THIS
EXAMPLE, THAT THEY COULD END UP
BEING CUT OFF FROM THE WEST AND
CUT OFF FROM SELLING THEIR
PRODUCTS TO THE FREE WORLD.
SO YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO TAKE A
REAL STRONG STAND AT THIS POINT
TO DETER PUTIN THAT WILL HELP
OUR FRIENDS IN TAIWAN AND
XI XINPING AS WELL.
LARRY: IF WE COULD, A STRONG