THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KENNEDY.
KENNEDY: UH-HUH.
MEANWHILE, "TIME" MAGAZINE
NAMING VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY ITS
2022 PERSON OF THE YEAR FOR HIS
ABILITY TO GALVANIZE THE WORLD
AGAINST THE INVASION OF UKRAINE.
AND 10 MONTHS IN, STILL
GALVANIZING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKING CONGRESS
TO SEND, YEAH, LISTEN FOR IT,
ANOTHER $37 BILLION IN AID JUST
LAST MONTH.
TODAY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN TOLD REPORTERS HE EXPECTS THE WAR TO BE A LONG PROCESS.
THE WAR TO BE A LONG PROCESS.
SO WILL ZELENSKYY BE "TIME’S"
PERSON OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEXT
DECADE?
JOINING ME NOW, RETIRED MARINE
CORPS SERGEANT JOEY JONES.
WELCOME BACK, JOEY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
PERSON OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, WEREN’T WE ALL PERSON OF
THE YEAR MAYBE A DECADE AND A
HALF AGO?
I MISS THOSE DAYS WHEN PLACES
LIKE "TIME" MAGAZINE UNDERSTOOD
THE CONTRIBUTION OF, I DON’T
KNOW, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER?
I MEAN, I THINK IF ANYBODY
REALLY DESERVES CREDIT FOR
UKRAINE STILL BEING AROUND, IT’S
THE UKRAINIANS THAT HAVE FOUGHT
OR THE AMERICANS THAT HAVE PAID
FOR IT.
BUT THIS IS NOT SURPRISING, AND
I’M NOT OFFENDED BY IT, I’M NOT
UPSET BY IT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
THE ENTERTAINMENT CABAL THAT
EXISTS.
AND NOBODY HAS HAD A THE PR
CAMPAIGN THAT ZELENSKYY’S HAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW THE
GUY.
MAYBE HE’S GENUINE, BUT, YOU
KNOW, THERE’S A VOGUE SHOOT THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE ON HIS SIDE WISH
HADN’T HAPPENED.
KENNEDY: YES.
AND THERE WAS THE COMPARISON TO
THE HOLOCAUST THAT MANY
PEOPLE --
>> YEAH.
KENNEDY: -- THAT MANY PEOPLE
WERE OFFENDED BY.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR HERE,
THAT WE’RE PROPPING UKRAINE UP
JUST ENOUGH SO THEY CAN HAVE
THEIR OWN FOREVER WAR THAT’S
GOING TO GO ON, YOU KNOW, 10, 15
MORE YEARS, OR THAT THE
PERCEIVED GOOD GUYS WON’T STAY
GOOD GUYS FOREVER NOW THAT THEY
ARE FLUSH WITH WEAPONS SYSTEMS
AND CASH?
>> YEAH, IT’S ALL OF THE ABOVE.
I MEAN, LISTEN, BEFORE THIS
HAPPENED THERE WAS A LOT OF
SKEPTICISM OF ZELENSKYY’S
GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE, AND I
DON’T THINK THAT SKEPTICISM
SHOULD GO AWAY BECAUSE VLADIMIR
PUTIN IS A PROVEN BAD ACTOR, AND
HIS INVASION OF UKRAINE IS A
PROVEN BAD THING.
YOU KNOW, ANY ADMINISTRATION
WOULD BE MANY A TOUGH SPOT ONCE
THIS HAPPENED -- WOULD BE IN A
TOUGH SPOT.
THE PRESSURE FROM WITHIN AND
WITHOUT TO AID UKRAINE IS ONE
THING.
THE PRESSURE TO DO IT IN A WAY
THAT DOESN’T PROVIDE WEAPONS TO
OUR ENEMIES OR EMBELLISH THE
PRO-AMERICAN STANCE OF A COUNTRY
BEING INVADED.
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE
THAT ARE NOW LOOKED AT AS
OUTLIERS, CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THE RAND
PAULs OF THE WORLD THAT ARE
ISOLATIONIST, ALL THEIR
QUESTIONS ARE COMPLETELY VALID.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY
THAT ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNED
WITH WHERE SOME OF THE WEAPONS
ENDED UP, AND THE HANDS THEY
ENDED UP AND WHO’S GOING TO KNOW
WHAT OUR ARSENAL LOOKS LIKE FROM
THE INSIDE OUT NOW.
THOSE ARE ALL VALID.
OUR GOVERNMENT DOES A GREAT JOB
OF SPENDING MONEY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE NOT GOOD
AT MUCH ELSE.
SO WHEN WE ARMED THE UKRAINIANS,
WHICH IS A GREAT THING IN SOUND
AND VERBALLY, BUT THE PRACTICAL
APPLICATION HAS BEEN ANYTHING
BUT LOGISTICALLY SOUND, AND
THAT’S A CONCERN.
ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU’RE JUST
GOING TO NAME A PERSON OF THE
YEAR, I SEE WHY IT’S ZELENSKYY,
I DO.
HOW ABOUT ELON MUSK?
WHETHER YOU LOVE HIM OR HATE
HIM, WHO’S CHANGED THE WORLD
MORE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAN
PROBABLY HE HAS?
HE PROVIDED STARLINK TO UKRAINE
WHEN THEY HAD THEIR WAR.
HE JUST BOUGHT TWITTER, THE
WORLD’S PREEMINENT -- AT LEAST
IN THE RULING CLASS --
COMMUNICATION PLATFORM.
AND IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN FROM
THERE, PETE DAVIDSON’S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A
LOT OF THE ART THAT INFLUENCES
OUR CULTURE WITH ALL HIS
EX-GIRLFRIENDS, AND IF YOU WANT
TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, WHAT
ABOUT ENNIS FREEDOM?
WHO STOOD UP TO CHINA AND THE
NBA AND JUST SPOKE THE TRUTH AND
GAVE UP HIS FAMILY AND HIS JOB
TO DO IT?
KENNEDY: YES.
AND HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS UP
AGAINST.
THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY BRAVE
PERSON --
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
KENNEDY: -- DOING SOMETHING THAT
LeBRON JAMES WOULD NEVER HAVE
THE NARDS TO DO.
I’M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE
WAY HE HAS STOOD UP AGAINST
TYRANNY AND AUTHORITARIANISM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
KENNEDY: NOT JUST IN HIS NATIVE
TURKEY, BUT ALSO THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND EVEN SOME OF
THE BAFFOONS HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT YOU POINTED OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RAPEN --
IRANIAN WOMEN SHOUTED OUT AS
WOMEN OF THE YEAR AND TALK ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY RISKING
THEIR LIVESES, AND THEY’RE DOING
IT EVERY DAY TAKING TO THE
STREETS.
AND THEY KNOW IT IS TANTAMOUNT
TO A DEATH SENTENCE, WHAT THEY
ARE DOING, AND I THINK THAT THEY
DESERVE SOME RECOGNITION.
>> IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, I
BELIEVE "TIME" MAGAZINE LABELED
THEM HERO OF THE YEAR, SO I
APPLAUD THEM FOR THAT.
I’M A FAIR PERSON, AND IT’S NOT
JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DRAGGING
OUT THE CRAG OF "TIME" -- THE
RAG OF "TIME" MAGAZINE.
BUT THAT’S A CONSOLATION PRIZE.
THEY DON’T PUBLICIZE IT THE SAME
WAY, AND I THINK MAYBE IF THEY
HAD THE CHANCE TO REVERSE THOSE
TWO, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD BE HAPPY WITH IT.