WITH MY FRIEND STEVE MILLER,
FORMER SENIOR WHITE HOUSE
ADVISOR AND FOUNDER OF AMERICA
FIRST LEGAL.
WELL YOU’VE BEEN IN NATIONAL
SECURITY MEETINGS, I WENT TO
THEM FOR THREE YEARS, LOOK.
HERE’S THE THING.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RHETORIC OUT
OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CHANGED.
THEY HAVE BEEN BLUFFING AND
BLUFFING AND BLUFFING AND
BLUFFING AND THEY OPPOSE TED
CRUZ’S AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE
SANCTIONS ON THE PIPELINE
WHICH WAS A GIFT TO PUTIN IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
NOW THEY ARE SAYING A FALSE FLAG
OPERATION IN THE UKRAINE, RUSSIA
WILL MOVE GOD KNOWS HOW MANY
TROOPS IN, MAYBE ONLY THE
EASTERN PART NOT THE WHOLE
COUNTRY BUT SO WHAT THAT’S A BIG
DEAL, AND I’M JUST TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE PREPARING
FOR HERE?
WE’VE CHANGED OUR RHETORIC, NOW
THEY ARE SAYING MID JANUARY TO
MID FEBRUARY, THEY NEVER
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BEFORE, STEVE
MILLER.
THIS TO ME IS NOT CONFIDENCE
INSPIRING AND LORD KNOWS, WE DO
NOT NEED ANOTHER FOREIGN POLICY
CATASTROPHE AFTER WHAT
AFGHANISTAN HAS DONE TO US.
>> WELL, THERE’S A VERY REAL
RISK THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL
LOSE ITS MANTEL AS THE WORLD’S
SUPER POWER IF OTHER COUNTRIES
CONTINUE REALIZING THAT THEY CAN
BUCK US OR THEY CAN REVOKE US
AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND
THERE WILL BE NO REPERCUSSIONS
BUT LET’S GO BACK TO OUR CORE
PRINCIPLE HERE.
STRENGTH DETERS AGGRESSION.
WEAKNESS INVITES AGGRESSION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS THE FIRST
PRESIDENT IN DECADES UNDER HIS
PRESIDENCY THERE WERE NO NEW
WARS, BECAUSE HE TOOK A STRONG
POSITION FROM THE BEGINNING, HE
MADE IT CLEAR HE WAS WILLING TO
USE MILITARY FORCE IF NECESSARY,
AND HE REBUILT THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY.
RUSSIA DIDN’T DARE EXPAND THIS
TERRITORIAL AMBITION.
THE LAST TIME THEY DID THAT, WHO
WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS VICE
PRESIDENT?
IT WAS JOE BIDEN IN 2014, AND
HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING
ITSELF.
THE WORLD HAS TAKEN THE MEASURE
OF THE MAN AND AFGHANISTAN, OF
COURSE IS THE PRECIPITATING
EVENT HERE AND REALIZE THAT WE
HAVE AN EMPTY SUIT IN 1600
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
LARRY: THAT’S IT.
NOW, I’LL BE CLEAR.
I DON’T WANT AMERICAN TROOPS TO
GO TO THE UKRAINE.
I’LL BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT.
WE HAVE NATO COMMITMENTS AND
THOSE THINGS CAN BE MOVED AROUND
BUT I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT
PUTTING AMERICAN TROOPS INTO WAR
, BUT I THINK, STEVE, WE HAVE
TO DO, IN OTHER WORDS TAKING
RUSSIA OUT OF THE DOLLAR-BASED
FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
ITS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
IT WAS DONE IN IRAN BY THE WAY
WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS, NOT
THE ONLY PLACE.
GOING AFTER THE OLIGARCHS THAT’S
KIND OF, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
BLAH.
TED CRUZ, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE
HOUSE SHOULD HAVE BACKED TED
CRUZ’S AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE
NORD STREAM 2 SANCTIONS.
ANY ENERGY, YOU KNOW, ANY
NATURAL RESOURCE, IN OTHER WORDS
, I’M HEARING MADAM PSAKI
SAY THERE’S A THREAT
HERE BETWEEN MID JANUARY AND MID
FEBRUARY THAT RUSSIA WILL INVADE
FOR WHATEVER REASON.
STEVE MILLER, WHAT I’M NOT HEAR
ING IS PRECISELY WHAT AND
HOW QUICKLY WE WILL DO ABOUT IT.
>> YES, AND AGAIN, THEY’RE
PROCEEDING DOWN THIS PATH
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT WITH
THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN
CHARGE BUT LET’S ALSO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE DECISION ON NORD
STREAM 2.
THIS IS THE CLEAREST EXAMPLE
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE.
THEY PROVIDED RUSSIA WITH HUGE
UNPARALLELED ECONOMIC LEVERAGE
AND NOW, THEY ARE USING THE
FILIBUSTER, WHICH I’M TOLD,
LARRY IS RACIST AND SEGREGATIONI
ST TO BLOCK TED CRUZ
’S BILL DOING A FAVOR FOR
RUSSIA, SO THE FOREIGN
POLICY HERE IS INEXPLICABLE.
APPARENTLY THEY ARE ONLY
CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA WHEN
DONALD TRUMP IS IN OFFICE AND
THEN ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
RUSSIA HOAX.
I’D ALSO MAKE THE POINT THAT I
READ IN THE RECENT NEWS REPORT,
I’M SURE YOU’VE SEEN IT TOO.
THE UNITED STATES IS THINKING OF
SCALING BACK UNILATERALLY OUR
OWN NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
THIS IS UNHEARD OF.
RUSSIA’S BUILDING UP ITS ARSENAL
, CHINA’S BUILDING UP ITS
ARSENAL, NORTH KOREA IS BUILDING
UP ITS ARSENAL, IRAN IS TRYING
TO GO NUCLEAR AND HERE WE ARE
GOING TO UNILATERALLY DISARM
THIS MINDSET PROVOKES AGGRESSION
AND CREATES INSTABILITY, THE
WORLD OVER.
REMEMBER, RIGHT AFTER BIDEN CAME
IN, WHAT HAPPENED?
HAMAS ATTACKED ISRAEL.
THAT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE, LARRY.
THE WORLD KNEW THAT THE UNITED
STATES WAS RETURNING TO A
POSTURE OF WEAKNESS.
I LIKE YOU, I DON’T WANT ANY
AMERICAN TROOPS ANYWHERE NEAR
UKRAINE.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT
THIS HAS TO DO WITH RESPECT FOR
THE UNITED STATES.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE,
OTHER COUNTRIES KNEW WHAT THE
BOUNDARY LINES WERE AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CROSSING
THEM AND THERE WAS A LOWER
CHANCE OF HAVING TO USE AMERICAN
MILITARY FORCE, BECAUSE SOMEONE
WEAK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
THERE’S A GREATER CHANCE OF WAR
AND CONFLICT INSTABILITY AROUND
THE WORLD.
LARRY: COULDN’T AGREE MORE,
LOOK, I LEARNED THE FIRST TIME
FROM REAGAN 40 YEARS AGO,
STRENGTH AT HOME MEANS STRENGTH
ABROAD, WEAKNESS AT HOME MEANS
WEAKNESS ABROAD, AND I LEARNED
YOU’RE QUITE RIGHT, NOBODY
ATTACKED US.
WE WERE THE ONES THAT MADE THE
MOVES ON OUR TIMETABLE.
STEVE MILLER, EVERYONE IS YELL
ING AT ME TO GET OUT BUT I
JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, I NEED
HELP, ALL RIGHT?
I’M GOING TO, I’M GOING TO PLEA
FOR HELP.
I HAVE IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK
, MANHATTAN, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY WHO OPPOSES BAIL AND
JAIL.
HE OPPOSES BAIL AND JAIL.
OKAY?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH
THIS AND SHOULDN’T THIS BECOME A
NATIONAL ISSUE PARTICULARLY A
GOP ISSUE PRESUMABLY BUT I
WELCOME A LAW AND ORDER DEMOCRAT
BUT THIS GUY, NO BAIL AND NO
JAIL.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH
THIS?
>> WELL FIRST OF ALL, THE NEW
MAYOR OF NEW YORK IS BASICALLY
DOOMED IF THIS CONTINUES.
I MEAN, HE’S ALREADY GIVEN
NON-CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO VOTE
BUT IF HE HAS A PROSECUTOR WHO
WON’T PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL THEN
THE NEW YORK PRODUCT IS FINISHED
BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED AND
THERE’S NO CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
AND REPUBLICANS NEED TO TAKE THE
MESSAGE NATIONWIDE COUNTY BY
COUNTY STATE BY STATE THAT WE
ARE GOING TO VOTE THESE RADICAL
NO JAIL NO BAIL PROSECUTORS OUT
OF OFFICE AND IT HAS TO BE A
MAJOR MOTIVATION FOR TURNING OUT
THE VOTE IN THE UPCOMING
MID-TERM ELECTION.
LARRY: YUP, THERE YOU GO, WELL