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If Putin thinks that Ukraine is an appendage of Russia that has gone rogue due to foreign influence in Russia's space, then what would it mean for Putin to admit a desire of occupation of Ukraine? What does Putin think Ukraine is?
@@anthonynelson6671 Putin thinks Ukraine as nothing more as a country that they "have the right" to "control" because they're the bigger country, that's the world Putin wants to get back, pre WW2 world where the bigger states can just walk all over the smaller states and annex them. In the case of Ukraine it's also more extremely barbaric to see how Putin and Russians in general is denying that ehtnic Ukrainians as a people even exists and that they have the right to a country, which i personally think all people of this world does. Russia is on a genocidal warpath to eliminate Ukraine as a state, as a country and all of Ukrainians and if they can't do that they want to atleast try to once again erase their culture, language and to russify them. They're pure evil imagined.
@@anthonynelson6671Correct, His official narrative is that Ukraine is already part of Russia and the entire thing is a misunderstanding. Therefore this is not necessarily a "lie" per se. It's more a fantasy constructed for the Russian people.
Putin does not want to occupy Ukraine; he wants to conquer it. There's a qualitative difference, of course...If you want, I have a 30 minute history lesson prepped and ready for your silent consumption. People who are especially inquisitive can partake in Russia's favorite past time among the elite, state-sponsored base jumping and skydiving. Just in case, I'm being sarcastic.
You forgot about the oldest trick in the book of Putin, a centuries old map before the creation of Ukraine even civilization, as proof that Ukraine is an artificial country with bots created overnight. Thus they're just claiming back part of russia. Tadaaa, magic
@@wildman1978101 No, that just means when he is talking he is saying fluff, don't even bother thinking about anything he said, it's just a stream of bullshit.
I was wondering what you'd think of this, thank you for addressing it. Although I have to admit I'm still amazed by how you opened with your Silicon Curtain interview; kudos. Hoping to hear more from you soon
No one seriously believes Putin is endorsing Biden. He's hoping that his election interference will get his useful idiot, Trump back in the White House. Then he thinks that he can rebuild the Soviet empire again because Trump will neutralize the U.S.
Issue with that is. Trump is the one who said the EU needs to stop relying on Russian oil and gas. He also said EU and NATO partners need to increase their military spending and stop relying on the USA. Mind you this was when he was still president. Recently Trump threatened that any NATO partners that doesn't fairly contributes ie arms themselves will not be protected if he is re-elected. That being said. Trump wasn't and isn't wrong when saying that. The Top German general literally said it will take Germany 5 years to be ready for a war.. Germany the largest economy in Europe... the one that should be best prepared. When I read the State of the Bundeswehr it reads like a horror story. Russia isn't the only country that has neglected it's military.
Trump isn't a salvation for Putin. We don't know what Trump would do, but if you go based on what he did as president, not what he said, it wouldn't be good for Putin.
Thank you so much for making sense of what was looking to me as nonsense. I hope the fact that you are releasing more videos recently means that you are feeling better. Lots of love and best wishes for your health from Germany.
Scared of who? That senile old man? He is just a puppet. Putin knows this, and he's just talking crap. He'd rather have Trump, who will undermine NATO by his own self. So why rock the boat.
Russia is on the cusp of capturing yet another almost Bakhmut sized city and yet he's scared. Lmao. Ya'll need to stop pretending to be pro Ukraine. Your heart is with your political party and geriatric president, not Ukraine. Their are actual people who care about Ukraine, just not most people
Scared of what? This war would be long over if US provided just as much stuff as they dumped in Afghanistan. So why didn't they? Why are they still hesitating supplying long range weapons?
Scared that russians are actually going to wake up to the bs he's been pushing them with. We all know what happened to the last tsar and history will repeat itself as it always does. Not only that, Ukraine is wiping out russia's assets which we don't really hear about. We're due a hit anyway and Speaker Ivan Johnson has become the new favourite contender. I always thought it was going to be the toad Orban.
Your opening on silicon curttain was marvelous. Jonathan's response was surprising in how intimately personal iit was. It was great, responsible "UA-cam" . Did you discuss it prior to recording or you just laid it on him?
Vlad,Thank you for your efforts to continue to share your thoughts and analytical prospective with us.Your commitment to us is inspiring. Please take care of yourself.Your encouragement of critical thinking is desperately needed in the world of info saturation. 🤨🤔💡 Peace ☀
You need to make a video on the death of Navalny. I find it troubling that some people rejoice for his death: how many people have courage to change from mistakes of their past? Navalny was no saint, but he tried to change, got into trouble with Putin for that, was first poisoned with radioactive compound and even after that returned to Russia knowing he can die in prison camp.
I was about to say that i already knew how much of a destructive attempt at interference this was supposed to be from Putin. And yet you again captivated and surprised me with the depth of your analysis Vlad, thank you for your work.
Hey Vlad. Thank you for your hard work! As an enthusiastic Trump voter, I would be very interested in hearing you do a presentation on why you're deeply concerned about the prospect of him winning the election. Conservative Americans like me have been ridiculed, bullied and censored for so long that I have spent a great deal of time thinking about why I believe the things that I believe, and can articulate why. Most of the American lefties that I meet have gotten so accustomed to getting their way that they are simply unable to articulate why they believe what they do. After many hours of listening to you, I know that you would be capable of providing a thoughtful explanation of your position. Love you
I agree that it is challenging to have a conversation with a lot of groups on the left. But be careful when you start saying things like the left are just used to getting their way and then trying to explain groups of people to yourself this way . Because it's just as difficult to communicate with many on the right as well, for the same reasons,it just manifests differently. The short version: we have a lot of stubborn people in the world who are afraid to listen to someone challenge their beliefs and even more afraid to honestly challenge their own beliefs, even if it helps them grow. But who wants to be told they're wrong? I don't. The way you speak to Vlad is exactly how we all should communicate - able to respect and appreciate each other's opinions. You disagree on a major subject -- Trump. 99% of people won't move past this. I respect that you want to hear his perspective. NOBODY does this left/right/wherever. Vlad has a very unique following.
@@irnbrewhaha Making the extra effort to reach out to people of diverse opinions has become critically important here in the US because the fringes on both ends of the spectrum are already prepared to do crazy things. The only way that I've found to get somewhat accurate information these days is to listen to all of the biased sources and then make my own judgements. Didn't used to be that difficult...lol.
Vlad, in 2017 trump brokered the sale of USA's largest oil refinery in Port Arthur Texas to MBS's Aramco. Trump encouraged it "politically" saying it would bring the USA "energy independence". Trump and the Kuchners have continued doing "business" with MBS ever since, including 2021 trump bringing LIV golf tournaments to his Bedford New Jersey golf course which initiated MBS suing the US PGA for being a monopoly. The PGA anyzed that MBS could bankrupt them fighting this in court, so they acquiesced. Now there is only one pro-golf in the USA and it's called LIV/PGA ... that is the only public sell-out that I know of. Can you imagine what unseen sell-outs trump and the kushners have facilitated of US companies?
@@fatal_error_3 Republican hardliners actually love Putin though. They are probably not stupid enough to want his endorsement from an electoral perspective, but on an emotional level they're like, "he's one of us".
I have an honest question. I really hope you pick this up, Vlad. And let me break it down cartoonishly simple, as you say. Here in Germany 24 hrs ago pro-Palestine protesters shut down an art performance reading of one of Hannah Arendt´s books on totalitarianism. The performance involved Jewish readers, BiPoc people, so on and so on - in a liberal left museum art-space. The Pro-Palestine protesters claimed broadly everyone there participating was supporting genocide, zionism, should be ashamed for partaking, and - here´s to my question - if they´d even proclaim to be supportive of Palestine or Human rights whatsoever: it´d only be "performative". Hence the rightousness of the demonstrators. By that logic: where´s the threshold? How can we differentiate whether a political position uttered in a public space is merely performative (like say Putin´s utterances, which is what the protesters make of of the artists etc. involved in the performance) or a genuine position?
Are you asking for a differentiation between that which is performance and that which is protest? Also, if a protest isn't tangibly disruptive in any way can it lead to any constructive outcomes? Have our societal workings become so broken such that protest can only "break things" to send a message?
@@anthonynelson6671 first off: your questions already are clues to answers (it feels - I don´t have answers. I´m asking). To answer you: what becomes of a (political) position, if that it is only performative is lobbed against it as a totally negating critique? Devoiding it of any substance.
Putin’s position is not performative. It is manipulative. Performative implies expressive as opposed to effective, and furthermore tied to one’s identity. I will be talking about this much more I promise.
@@MonkeyManRoboDog (I too don't have the answers. But those are some of my questions developed in reaction to peoples' powerlessness to enact change in their interests all around us in our Western societies.) Is your last question here asking about political positions that will dissolve upon having only an "Oh that's just performative." thrown at that same political position?
@@anthonynelson6671 I guess Vlad pointed us in a promising direction, differentiating between expressive and effective. The question is where power lies. And where power *lies*. The deceptive similarity is throwing us off. Putin´s Judo-move I guess.
Something I always find fantastically difficult to ascertain with Putin is how sincere he is. For instance, when he states that the Western citizen should distrust their governments, is this something he genuinely believes or is this propaganda designed to undermine the West and cause cultural fragmentation and breakdown of trust in instutitions? It's very, very tempting to believe it's the latter, but frankly at this stage with Putin I find it equally likely he's become isolated enough that he genuinely believes it as part of a broader messianic role he's put himself into, and in this case that he feels that Western governments have lost their way in what it means to be truly Western. And all of this applies doubly to anything he says about Ukraine: I never have any idea whether it's a very conscious justification after the fact for ice-cold geopolitics or he does genuinely believe all this mystical blut-und-boden stuff.
PS. "Eschatological" would be a far better term than "mystical" describing Putin's vision. He's all about the end game with Russia on top of some Matrix like future. Crazy and irrational. Not mystical.
@@Chuvilyes obviously. Putin has a similar problem as Hitler did when he wanted to make peace in 1941. When you have broken your word and lied so often, so publicly and and so blatantly, you can no longer be believed. If Putin says he doesn’t want to attack NATO because it’s to strong, that might be true and he’s trying to calm things down. It might also be a transparent move to lull NATO suspicions 1 day before his invasion, like when he said the same thing about Ukraine in February 2022. So it doesn’t matter what Putin says, because his words have no worth
This is perhaps the best take on the problem of Biden's "oldness" I have heard. The perception is almost more important than the reality (to what degree he has cognative decline) because the perception has practical consequences that are intractible. Trump may be in worse decline (in actuality, behind the scenes, in his own head)... but if it's not perceived that way, he wont suffer the same consequences, which, to an extent, has value as the president.
It's been out there anyway (his age is not exactly a secret, and the go-to talking point on Faux if no other distractions present themself for outrage farming) - Proactively owning it instead of avoiding the topic is the only way forward. Someon quoted Reagan saying "I won't hold the youth of my opponent against him!" in a comparable situation and taking this "argument" off the table with it!
Thats a reverse psychology play so childish, only a person with severe brain damage or Trump (not a person, still severe brain damage) could fall for it.
Leftists clinging on for dear life too their old vegestable of a president is hillarious. Putin does want Biden as president because Putin is winning under Biden, and if Trump wins then Putin will have to concede to Trump in order to avoid being an enemy to right wingers and MAGA people.
You are making the mistake of thinking of a population as a single individual. There are factions on both side of politics in the USA that deny election results and like to blame foreign actors. "Trump won the election due to Russian influence operations", was a huge thing on the Democrat side, and we all know about the madness in Jan 6th. How many times do you go to a sports game to hear "the refs lost us the game", when you watched the game and it was clear who the better team was from the start?
I wonder what Trump's reaction will be. He's so egotistical about these kinds of things, would he even understand or care that this is Putin trying to help him?
@@benf1111 He already responded he said it was a "Complement" for him like making him look like the more hardline person in the elections so Putin sees Biden as a softer approach to Russia. What is interesting is that China for sure prefers Biden over Trump so this could be a play on the relations between Russia and China.
Extraordinary analysis and a perspective informed by genuine insight into the machineries of political engineering. Thank you, Vlad. Take good care of yourself, as always.
FWIW, as someone who thought Trump was going to lose in both 2016 (which I was wrong about) and 2020 (which I was right about), I think he's going to win in 2024.
It's a crapshoot at the moment. Nobody is sure what the election outcome will be, current polls favor Trump, but not by much. It's entirely possible that Trump could throw his lead away. It's equally likely that Biden could collapse, the guy is not in fighting shape. Then you have Kennedy running as a 3rd party....
@@alexpotts6520I don't think so. The real majority is the silent majority, and by their own norms Trump 2016 was a mistake. And even though the alternatives are not so inspiring, at least they not dangerous or as embarassing.
My friend tried to use this to prove that Putin doesn’t prefer Trump. I mentioned that he also said Biden is fully competent and not at all slow or aging in mind. My friend changed the topic.
I see why Putin and Biden don't talk after the interview. Putin starts his conversation with a 30min history lesson and Biden doesn't have time to go over stuff he's already lived.
nah. its clearly easyer to manipulate Trump (for a foreign power) if you smart. Biden isnt so personal and he clearly is being managed by team more then Trump. Trump clearly isnt listening so much for his team or goverment agencies advising him (sometimes even denouncing his own agencies) he has personality which SEEMS at first as very mad and unpredictable, but its actually very basic. you only need to push personal Trumps buttons to make him go easy on you. because he is lead by his emotions a lot. Biden is like a face of a team, while Trump is a dude on his own mission 😂😂
to me Trump seems like a dude which is a lot more easyer to manipulate, if you know psychology basics 😂 hes acting very emotional and reacting emotionaly to criticism or praises. he clearly is slightly vulnerable in that way because he just needs respect and affirmation. the best example would be his dealing with the rocket man. he clearly was like delighted by their meeting and was like: "its all under control" 😂 and now N.Korea got nukes and means to deliver them to USA. so when he say he will solve things in 1 day, only delusional people would believe that. when he talk about solving Ukraine then he offers solving it by forcing Ukraine to surrender in 2.weeks.😅
and I am not American or Democrat and so on ..and I am not saying Trump is wrong on everything. I do agree with with some of his views but his foreign policy is nuts, if be base that on individual level 😊 and he does
@@robertmax88 To be honest Robert, I'm not sure what Trumps foreign policy is. If it's in line with the last administration it's a good one. If it's what his supporters advocate for, then it's going to be a disaster. Holding up the Ukraine vote for a border deal is a bad, bad idea. However if you consider pure power politics, is a very smart idea. And Biden has been pretty weak as well. No good choices here sadly.
@@BooleanDisorder I would think politically active Biden voters see through it. MAGA land will probably spin it various ways. The average voter probably doesn’t even know Putin made the comment. It won’t change votes.
In the eyes of others - to say that you prefer one canditate over another and that canditate wins - your wit gets more acknowledged, your more like the majority of voters. In the hidden you can then support the other canditate (with the official statement as a protection if suspition arises)
There's also a more narrowly strategic aspect the Kremlin might hope to benefit from if Biden gets to serve a second term (which is somwhat related to the "predictable opponent" argument, but not fully captured by it): Controlling the escalatory dynamic and timeline of the war against Ukraine would be a lot harder vis-a-vis Trump, who is subject to significant domestic pressure wrt/ resolving the conflict (one way or another) in a somewhat timely manner. Putin, however, certainly values being able to prolong (or even freeze) the war and up-/down-regulate the intensity of military action in a more granular way - both in terms of preventing NATO/EU membership of Ukraine and his willingness to play the longer game.
You should add the fact that Trump is taking provigil or adderal whenever he has to speak publicly or on camera. sometimes he needs valium to get over the shakes - that is when he slurs. This is according to his producer on 'the apprentice'.
Many of the attacks on identity politics come from those who are themselves rooted in identity politics. For example, what is the Trump-cult if not a tribal identity?
after daring to appear stodgy & stale with Tucker the other day, Putin's decided to throw a monkey wrench into the mix and show that, on a performative level, he's capable of spontaneity and unpredictability. The point is to keep us on our toes, IMHO
As soon Putin said that I knew this is disinformation but I need to say he is getting weaker in this...Like common he is trying to cheat ameri cans as if they were donkeys😂😂😂
Man, now that he mentioned it, Hilary winning in 2016 seems like such a different world. I actually haven't even thought of that scenario in ages. With the context of the history of trump's presidency and the very very real possibility that his next one may be significantly more harmful to the world, the idea of a Trump victory is really terrifying
Thank you so much for your perspective, Vlad! I said this term previously somewhere else today... Trauma bonding. For who benefit is anyone's guess, but the personalities that do this, maybe do what teachers call a "praise sandwich"? Making out your not all bad is one way to play on people's empathy, he's not so bad after all, etc., etc., And nope, I don't buy any of what such a proven untrustworthy man of his word says. His reputation precedes him... it's none of russia's business, as one of their own governmental reps recently said, as to what other countries do internally. So, the "history boff" can [insert applicable].
I think Putin and the Kremlin underestimates the degree to which the US Constitution protects our democracy. By design it cannot be undermined by individuals or even groups of individuals. We may go through hard times but our democratic institutions will not fall the way the Soviets did
How do we know it’s false? Putin may just be looking at the two candidates practically. His statement upsets a lot of antisocials and nihilists, who need us to believe a certain narrative
I just want to say i tried to listen to your discussion on Silicon Curtain and it went way over my head. I'm not an academic and I speak American rather than English so I don't think I understood the language. I'm not saying it's bad, I appreciate being challenged to understand.
American English is more casual...and I think we blend our sounds together much more. I like Minnesota : ) used to work summers there as a camp counselor during college.
I see two facets to Putin's endorsement: 1. If taken seriously it might make staunch Ukraine and NATO supporters question whether they want to vote for Biden. 2. If Trump wins, based on his first term, he is likely to once again claim that no one gets along with Putin better than he does, which would be undermined by Putin's endorsement of his opponent.
Putin also recently said that Russia is close to making cancer vaccines. I know that this is not really the channel's field, but how reliable could he be?
Ordinarily Trump would rage against anyone who endorsed Biden rather than him, even more so someone who switched sides. Let's see how much he rages against Putin.
Given the age & health of both candidates - wouldn't it make more sense to weigh the VP heavily, & decide which of THOSE is preferred? (Unknown as yet, of course.)
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He also said Russia’s aim is not to occupy Ukraine…it’s all lies on top of old lies.
If Putin thinks that Ukraine is an appendage of Russia that has gone rogue due to foreign influence in Russia's space, then what would it mean for Putin to admit a desire of occupation of Ukraine? What does Putin think Ukraine is?
@@anthonynelson6671 Putin thinks Ukraine as nothing more as a country that they "have the right" to "control" because they're the bigger country, that's the world Putin wants to get back, pre WW2 world where the bigger states can just walk all over the smaller states and annex them. In the case of Ukraine it's also more extremely barbaric to see how Putin and Russians in general is denying that ehtnic Ukrainians as a people even exists and that they have the right to a country, which i personally think all people of this world does. Russia is on a genocidal warpath to eliminate Ukraine as a state, as a country and all of Ukrainians and if they can't do that they want to atleast try to once again erase their culture, language and to russify them. They're pure evil imagined.
@@anthonynelson6671Correct, His official narrative is that Ukraine is already part of Russia and the entire thing is a misunderstanding. Therefore this is not necessarily a "lie" per se. It's more a fantasy constructed for the Russian people.
Putin does not want to occupy Ukraine; he wants to conquer it. There's a qualitative difference, of course...If you want, I have a 30 minute history lesson prepped and ready for your silent consumption. People who are especially inquisitive can partake in Russia's favorite past time among the elite, state-sponsored base jumping and skydiving.
Just in case, I'm being sarcastic.
You forgot about the oldest trick in the book of Putin, a centuries old map before the creation of Ukraine even civilization, as proof that Ukraine is an artificial country with bots created overnight. Thus they're just claiming back part of russia. Tadaaa, magic
I also use reverse psychology with my kid all the time.
So, THAT's how our "near peers" see us, huh... Time to become more mature and live up to our self-perception, I guess :)
Why didn't Putin activate the escalation forces in 2017 like he planned?
@Gweilo44 That's why the airqotes :)
Look what Russia did after Resident Biden was. Elected.
@Gweilo44 Indeed…Medieval is the exact description of Russia’s modus operandi.
How can you tell if Putin is lying? His lips are moving.
So did you think he was lying when he endorsed Trump?
@@wildman1978101 He doesn't endorse elections or democracy at all. It's just a big ruse.
@@wildman1978101 Of course he did. Trumpler is as much a "useful idiot" for him as Carlson is!
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@@wildman1978101 No, that just means when he is talking he is saying fluff, don't even bother thinking about anything he said, it's just a stream of bullshit.
And thank you so much for being with us!
Thank you for being with me!
I was wondering what you'd think of this, thank you for addressing it. Although I have to admit I'm still amazed by how you opened with your Silicon Curtain interview; kudos.
Hoping to hear more from you soon
If he did endorse Biden, he is using it to encourage more people to be for Trump because he knows that is his only salvation. Keep up the good words.
Trump is the last thing Putin wants. The precipitous drop in Petroleum prices alone will make Ukraine's victory certain.
No one seriously believes Putin is endorsing Biden. He's hoping that his election interference will get his useful idiot, Trump back in the White House. Then he thinks that he can rebuild the Soviet empire again because Trump will neutralize the U.S.
Issue with that is. Trump is the one who said the EU needs to stop relying on Russian oil and gas. He also said EU and NATO partners need to increase their military spending and stop relying on the USA. Mind you this was when he was still president.
Recently Trump threatened that any NATO partners that doesn't fairly contributes ie arms themselves will not be protected if he is re-elected.
That being said. Trump wasn't and isn't wrong when saying that. The Top German general literally said it will take Germany 5 years to be ready for a war.. Germany the largest economy in Europe... the one that should be best prepared. When I read the State of the Bundeswehr it reads like a horror story. Russia isn't the only country that has neglected it's military.
Trump isn't a salvation for Putin. We don't know what Trump would do, but if you go based on what he did as president, not what he said, it wouldn't be good for Putin.
Would you said the same, if Kremlin endorsed Trump now?
Man i wanted to suggest this for a video, but you were faster. Thats what i call swift delivery!
Just expressing you my support, I read about the condition you have and sounds so harsh. 😢
And makes your work even more valuable. ❤
So lovely of you!
Yes, Vlas is swimming upstream. It's not easy with what it trying to take him down.
The Joker would break Batman out of prison to properly defeat him.
why did Batman go to prison?
what does that have to do with this?
Thank you so much for making sense of what was looking to me as nonsense.
I hope the fact that you are releasing more videos recently means that you are feeling better. Lots of love and best wishes for your health from Germany.
Misdirection. Putin is hilarious. Classic Princess Bride move
Inconceivable!
This was clear and informative. Thank you.
He wants Americans to think that he's afraid of Trump "the though guy in the neighborhood".
"Though guy" gets thumbs. The though superhero offers a " though" option to criminals, "though you are bad, you could be different."
Trump's favorite song is Y.M.C.A by The Village People.
Thanks for great analysis, Vlad!
My pleasure.
Hello, Vlad! Thank you for sharing this. ❤
Insightful as always, thank you!
Reverse psychology there. The reality is, putino is scared.
Scared of who? That senile old man? He is just a puppet. Putin knows this, and he's just talking crap. He'd rather have Trump, who will undermine NATO by his own self. So why rock the boat.
Russia is on the cusp of capturing yet another almost Bakhmut sized city and yet he's scared. Lmao. Ya'll need to stop pretending to be pro Ukraine. Your heart is with your political party and geriatric president, not Ukraine. Their are actual people who care about Ukraine, just not most people
Scared of what? This war would be long over if US provided just as much stuff as they dumped in Afghanistan. So why didn't they? Why are they still hesitating supplying long range weapons?
Scared that russians are actually going to wake up to the bs he's been pushing them with. We all know what happened to the last tsar and history will repeat itself as it always does. Not only that, Ukraine is wiping out russia's assets which we don't really hear about. We're due a hit anyway and Speaker Ivan Johnson has become the new favourite contender. I always thought it was going to be the toad Orban.
Your opening on silicon curttain was marvelous. Jonathan's response was surprising in how intimately personal iit was. It was great, responsible "UA-cam" . Did you discuss it prior to recording or you just laid it on him?
Thank you for helping me to untangle the confused threads in my head caused by this interview.
Tnx vlad!!Very interesting!!
"nuts" is someone you don't fear, it's someone you lock up so that he cannot do any more damage.
Vlad,Thank you for your efforts to continue to share your thoughts and analytical prospective with us.Your commitment to us is inspiring. Please take care of yourself.Your encouragement of critical thinking is desperately needed in the world of info saturation. 🤨🤔💡 Peace ☀
Добрый день виду вы хорошо разбираетесь в вопросе. Помогите найти видео где Путин говорит о поддержке Байдена, пожалуйста или другой источник об этом
Thank you for helping this make sense to me.
Brilliantly argued, and spot on.
You need to make a video on the death of Navalny. I find it troubling that some people rejoice for his death: how many people have courage to change from mistakes of their past? Navalny was no saint, but he tried to change, got into trouble with Putin for that, was first poisoned with radioactive compound and even after that returned to Russia knowing he can die in prison camp.
Why aren’t we talking about Trump’s cognitive decline and psychiatric disorders?
Any proof of that?
@@Chuvil Everything he does in public in full view.
@@Chuvil Probably Personality disorders would be more specific.
Why aren't we talking about Biden's cognitive decline? And Kamala Harris waiting in the wings.
I always assumed identity politics as 'born' in Russia. Thanks for another great video Vlad 👑
I was about to say that i already knew how much of a destructive attempt at interference this was supposed to be from Putin. And yet you again captivated and surprised me with the depth of your analysis Vlad, thank you for your work.
Hey Vlad. Thank you for your hard work!
As an enthusiastic Trump voter, I would be very interested in hearing you do a presentation on why you're deeply concerned about the prospect of him winning the election. Conservative Americans like me have been ridiculed, bullied and censored for so long that I have spent a great deal of time thinking about why I believe the things that I believe, and can articulate why. Most of the American lefties that I meet have gotten so accustomed to getting their way that they are simply unable to articulate why they believe what they do. After many hours of listening to you, I know that you would be capable of providing a thoughtful explanation of your position.
Love you
I agree that it is challenging to have a conversation with a lot of groups on the left.
But be careful when you start saying things like the left are just used to getting their way and then trying to explain groups of people to yourself this way . Because it's just as difficult to communicate with many on the right as well, for the same reasons,it just manifests differently. The short version: we have a lot of stubborn people in the world who are afraid to listen to someone challenge their beliefs and even more afraid to honestly challenge their own beliefs, even if it helps them grow. But who wants to be told they're wrong? I don't.
The way you speak to Vlad is exactly how we all should communicate - able to respect and appreciate each other's opinions. You disagree on a major subject -- Trump. 99% of people won't move past this. I respect that you want to hear his perspective. NOBODY does this left/right/wherever. Vlad has a very unique following.
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Making the extra effort to reach out to people of diverse opinions has become critically important here in the US because the fringes on both ends of the spectrum are already prepared to do crazy things. The only way that I've found to get somewhat accurate information these days is to listen to all of the biased sources and then make my own judgements. Didn't used to be that difficult...lol.
Who needs an explanation for that...Putin might be able to fool a 5 year old
Incredibly transparent. Almost funny
As a Russian, I think both candidates are fine, Americans can't really go wrong this year.
Great video! Thanks so much!
💛💙💜💙💛 is this like Brer Rabbit begging Brer Bear not to throw him in the Brambles? 🤔
Vlad, in 2017 trump brokered the sale of USA's largest oil refinery in Port Arthur Texas to MBS's Aramco. Trump encouraged it "politically" saying it would bring the USA "energy independence". Trump and the Kuchners have continued doing "business" with MBS ever since, including 2021 trump bringing LIV golf tournaments to his Bedford New Jersey golf course which initiated MBS suing the US PGA for being a monopoly. The PGA anyzed that MBS could bankrupt them fighting this in court, so they acquiesced. Now there is only one pro-golf in the USA and it's called LIV/PGA ... that is the only public sell-out that I know of. Can you imagine what unseen sell-outs trump and the kushners have facilitated of US companies?
Putin can't be stupid enough to think we're gonna fall for his reverse psychology
Surely this pronouncement is not meant to affect western voters. It must be for domestic consumption.
Republican hardliners most certainly are going to fall for it, because it fits in their agenda.They want it to be true.
@@fatal_error_3 Republican hardliners actually love Putin though. They are probably not stupid enough to want his endorsement from an electoral perspective, but on an emotional level they're like, "he's one of us".
Putin fully expects the reverse psychology but it keeps the Biden name in the list. Biden is so over.
Thanks Vlad. At some point a video on the legacy of soviet dialectics in contemporary Russian polittechnology would be interesting.
I have an honest question. I really hope you pick this up, Vlad.
And let me break it down cartoonishly simple, as you say.
Here in Germany 24 hrs ago pro-Palestine protesters shut down an art performance reading of one of Hannah Arendt´s books on totalitarianism. The performance involved Jewish readers, BiPoc people, so on and so on - in a liberal left museum art-space. The Pro-Palestine protesters claimed broadly everyone there participating was supporting genocide, zionism, should be ashamed for partaking, and - here´s to my question - if they´d even proclaim to be supportive of Palestine or Human rights whatsoever: it´d only be "performative". Hence the rightousness of the demonstrators.
By that logic: where´s the threshold? How can we differentiate whether a political position uttered in a public space is merely performative (like say Putin´s utterances, which is what the protesters make of of the artists etc. involved in the performance) or a genuine position?
Are you asking for a differentiation between that which is performance and that which is protest? Also, if a protest isn't tangibly disruptive in any way can it lead to any constructive outcomes? Have our societal workings become so broken such that protest can only "break things" to send a message?
@@anthonynelson6671 first off: your questions already are clues to answers (it feels - I don´t have answers. I´m asking).
To answer you: what becomes of a (political) position, if that it is only performative is lobbed against it as a totally negating critique? Devoiding it of any substance.
Putin’s position is not performative. It is manipulative. Performative implies expressive as opposed to effective, and furthermore tied to one’s identity. I will be talking about this much more I promise.
@@MonkeyManRoboDog (I too don't have the answers. But those are some of my questions developed in reaction to peoples' powerlessness to enact change in their interests all around us in our Western societies.) Is your last question here asking about political positions that will dissolve upon having only an "Oh that's just performative." thrown at that same political position?
@@anthonynelson6671 I guess Vlad pointed us in a promising direction, differentiating between expressive and effective. The question is where power lies. And where power *lies*. The deceptive similarity is throwing us off. Putin´s Judo-move I guess.
Something I always find fantastically difficult to ascertain with Putin is how sincere he is. For instance, when he states that the Western citizen should distrust their governments, is this something he genuinely believes or is this propaganda designed to undermine the West and cause cultural fragmentation and breakdown of trust in instutitions?
It's very, very tempting to believe it's the latter, but frankly at this stage with Putin I find it equally likely he's become isolated enough that he genuinely believes it as part of a broader messianic role he's put himself into, and in this case that he feels that Western governments have lost their way in what it means to be truly Western.
And all of this applies doubly to anything he says about Ukraine: I never have any idea whether it's a very conscious justification after the fact for ice-cold geopolitics or he does genuinely believe all this mystical blut-und-boden stuff.
PS. "Eschatological" would be a far better term than "mystical" describing Putin's vision. He's all about the end game with Russia on top of some Matrix like future. Crazy and irrational. Not mystical.
Agree.
Absolutely - just a crude campaign ad for voting Trump. First thing we thought of. Rule No.1: take no Kremlin statements at face value.
Would you said the same, if Kremlin endorsed Trump now?
@@Chuvilyes obviously.
Putin has a similar problem as Hitler did when he wanted to make peace in 1941.
When you have broken your word and lied so often, so publicly and and so blatantly, you can no longer be believed.
If Putin says he doesn’t want to attack NATO because it’s to strong, that might be true and he’s trying to calm things down. It might also be a transparent move to lull NATO suspicions 1 day before his invasion, like when he said the same thing about Ukraine in February 2022.
So it doesn’t matter what Putin says, because his words have no worth
I saw through Putin's statements the moment he said them, I was hoping you'd help to confirm my suspicions. Great video!
This is perhaps the best take on the problem of Biden's "oldness" I have heard. The perception is almost more important than the reality (to what degree he has cognative decline) because the perception has practical consequences that are intractible. Trump may be in worse decline (in actuality, behind the scenes, in his own head)... but if it's not perceived that way, he wont suffer the same consequences, which, to an extent, has value as the president.
Yes, but it's rather sad. Such a big country, and you can find only two old men able to do the job.
It's been out there anyway (his age is not exactly a secret, and the go-to talking point on Faux if no other distractions present themself for outrage farming) - Proactively owning it instead of avoiding the topic is the only way forward. Someon quoted Reagan saying "I won't hold the youth of my opponent against him!" in a comparable situation and taking this "argument" off the table with it!
@@elkiebeerepoot5829 I second that motion. Anybody with value may not want the job; with all its focus and opprobium !
Trump at least has the energy to show his mental decline publicly, a sadly many people seem to believe his nonsense
Biden is senile not Trump
Thats a reverse psychology play so childish, only a person with severe brain damage or Trump (not a person, still severe brain damage) could fall for it.
Leftists clinging on for dear life too their old vegestable of a president is hillarious. Putin does want Biden as president because Putin is winning under Biden, and if Trump wins then Putin will have to concede to Trump in order to avoid being an enemy to right wingers and MAGA people.
You are making the mistake of thinking of a population as a single individual. There are factions on both side of politics in the USA that deny election results and like to blame foreign actors. "Trump won the election due to Russian influence operations", was a huge thing on the Democrat side, and we all know about the madness in Jan 6th. How many times do you go to a sports game to hear "the refs lost us the game", when you watched the game and it was clear who the better team was from the start?
I wonder what Trump's reaction will be. He's so egotistical about these kinds of things, would he even understand or care that this is Putin trying to help him?
I have a feeling that even if he understood it as a plus, his fragile ego would still scream about it.
@@benf1111 He already responded he said it was a "Complement" for him like making him look like the more hardline person in the elections so Putin sees Biden as a softer approach to Russia. What is interesting is that China for sure prefers Biden over Trump so this could be a play on the relations between Russia and China.
To Trump, Putin is a gas station owner with nukes he can't access. Trump knows real estate and what it takes to get out squatters.
Of course fake.... as if Putin comes clear anytime ...its ridiculous 😂😂😂😂
Thanks Vlad,it was a joy listening to you unweave and weave this story of the Kremlins political machinations..
The Soviets also thought that the collapse of the West was both imminent and inevitable. They thought that for 75 years.
I'm surprised Navalny didn't fall out of a window. RIP.
Extraordinary analysis and a perspective informed by genuine insight into the machineries of political engineering. Thank you, Vlad.
Take good care of yourself, as always.
thank you
I think Putin is more divorced from reality than everyone realizes
He probably knows Trump will lose and he will lose so he's thinking ahead?
The US political system is not transparent enough for him. He has no clear view about the outcome of the election. Probably thinks it’s 50-50.
FWIW, as someone who thought Trump was going to lose in both 2016 (which I was wrong about) and 2020 (which I was right about), I think he's going to win in 2024.
It's a crapshoot at the moment. Nobody is sure what the election outcome will be, current polls favor Trump, but not by much. It's entirely possible that Trump could throw his lead away. It's equally likely that Biden could collapse, the guy is not in fighting shape. Then you have Kennedy running as a 3rd party....
Trump will NOT win
@@alexpotts6520I don't think so. The real majority is the silent majority, and by their own norms Trump 2016 was a mistake. And even though the alternatives are not so inspiring, at least they not dangerous or as embarassing.
I had not read this before I figured that reverse psychology is in play! 😍😍😍😍
:-D It´s so much fun watching your face as you comment on Putin´s newest pranks!
My friend tried to use this to prove that Putin doesn’t prefer Trump. I mentioned that he also said Biden is fully competent and not at all slow or aging in mind.
My friend changed the topic.
Reverse Dynamic Fukayamism is just as illusory as the Original Static Version.
I see why Putin and Biden don't talk after the interview. Putin starts his conversation with a 30min history lesson and Biden doesn't have time to go over stuff he's already lived.
Some people might just say that Trump is so mad that even Putin wouldn't endorse him.
nah. its clearly easyer to manipulate Trump (for a foreign power) if you smart.
Biden isnt so personal and he clearly is being managed by team more then Trump.
Trump clearly isnt listening so much for his team or goverment agencies advising him (sometimes even denouncing his own agencies)
he has personality which SEEMS at first as very mad and unpredictable, but its actually very basic.
you only need to push personal Trumps buttons to make him go easy on you. because he is lead by his emotions a lot.
Biden is like a face of a team, while Trump is a dude on his own mission 😂😂
to me Trump seems like a dude which is a lot more easyer to manipulate, if you know psychology basics 😂
hes acting very emotional and reacting emotionaly to criticism or praises. he clearly is slightly vulnerable in that way because he just needs respect and affirmation.
the best example would be his dealing with the rocket man.
he clearly was like delighted by their meeting and was like: "its all under control" 😂
and now N.Korea got nukes and means to deliver them to USA.
so when he say he will solve things in 1 day, only delusional people would believe that.
when he talk about solving Ukraine then he offers solving it by forcing Ukraine to surrender in 2.weeks.😅
and I am not American or Democrat and so on ..and I am not saying Trump is wrong on everything. I do agree with with some of his views but his foreign policy is nuts, if be base that on individual level 😊 and he does
That sounds like a very modest proposal to me
@@robertmax88 To be honest Robert, I'm not sure what Trumps foreign policy is. If it's in line with the last administration it's a good one. If it's what his supporters advocate for, then it's going to be a disaster. Holding up the Ukraine vote for a border deal is a bad, bad idea. However if you consider pure power politics, is a very smart idea. And Biden has been pretty weak as well. No good choices here sadly.
I think the rollfarm so active here and in other comment sections is less effectove now that millions have wised up to it.
Yeah that was definitely a fake preference.
Yes, but do people see through it? You do, we do. But do the relevant people?
@@BooleanDisorder I would think politically active Biden voters see through it. MAGA land will probably spin it various ways. The average voter probably doesn’t even know Putin made the comment. It won’t change votes.
In the eyes of others - to say that you prefer one canditate over another and that canditate wins - your wit gets more acknowledged, your more like the majority of voters. In the hidden you can then support the other canditate (with the official statement as a protection if suspition arises)
Spot on
Interesting analysis
Hi Vlad. I really do want to hear your analysis of identity politics and the reaction to it. Soon please! Oh, and thanks for your time and efforts
Reverse psychology? 😂
Duh. His endorsement was the most comically childlike attempt at reverse psychology ever.
There's also a more narrowly strategic aspect the Kremlin might hope to benefit from if Biden gets to serve a second term (which is somwhat related to the "predictable opponent" argument, but not fully captured by it): Controlling the escalatory dynamic and timeline of the war against Ukraine would be a lot harder vis-a-vis Trump, who is subject to significant domestic pressure wrt/ resolving the conflict (one way or another) in a somewhat timely manner. Putin, however, certainly values being able to prolong (or even freeze) the war and up-/down-regulate the intensity of military action in a more granular way - both in terms of preventing NATO/EU membership of Ukraine and his willingness to play the longer game.
Vlad, would you consider doing a video on music theory?
I will - on the music channel. The channel is up. But there are no videos there yet!!
He couldn't be more obvious.
In the US. '16 and '20 were interesting. '24? Hold my beer!
We are going to need something stronger than beer for '24....maybe some Russian vodka 😆
You should add the fact that Trump is taking provigil or adderal whenever he has to speak publicly or on camera. sometimes he needs valium to get over the shakes - that is when he slurs. This is according to his producer on 'the apprentice'.
Many of the attacks on identity politics come from those who are themselves rooted in identity politics. For example, what is the Trump-cult if not a tribal identity?
Putin meant as a joke. The media doesn’t get it.
Thanks
after daring to appear stodgy & stale with Tucker the other day, Putin's decided to throw a monkey wrench into the mix and show that, on a performative level, he's capable of spontaneity and unpredictability. The point is to keep us on our toes, IMHO
It strikes me as possibly an attempt to recover from missed opportunities in the Tucker interview
@@_amalfitano I thought that too.
He's using child psychology on the American electorate or "please don't throw me in the briar patch".
As soon Putin said that I knew this is disinformation but I need to say he is getting weaker in this...Like common he is trying to cheat ameri cans as if they were donkeys😂😂😂
I expected your analysis be like that, but of course it was much smarter.
Man, now that he mentioned it, Hilary winning in 2016 seems like such a different world. I actually haven't even thought of that scenario in ages. With the context of the history of trump's presidency and the very very real possibility that his next one may be significantly more harmful to the world, the idea of a Trump victory is really terrifying
Putin's Words and Deeds do not match? WOW! First time? :D
Thank you so much for your perspective, Vlad! I said this term previously somewhere else today... Trauma bonding. For who benefit is anyone's guess, but the personalities that do this, maybe do what teachers call a "praise sandwich"? Making out your not all bad is one way to play on people's empathy, he's not so bad after all, etc., etc., And nope, I don't buy any of what such a proven untrustworthy man of his word says. His reputation precedes him... it's none of russia's business, as one of their own governmental reps recently said, as to what other countries do internally. So, the "history boff" can [insert applicable].
Where can I purchase one of those shirts and sweaters?
No shit ? Wow anyone with a well informed mind already knows this.
Putin is also hedging…
Kiss of death is what I call it
I think Putin and the Kremlin underestimates the degree to which the US Constitution protects our democracy. By design it cannot be undermined by individuals or even groups of individuals. We may go through hard times but our democratic institutions will not fall the way the Soviets did
How do we know it’s false? Putin may just be looking at the two candidates practically. His statement upsets a lot of antisocials and nihilists, who need us to believe a certain narrative
Does the Office of Perception Managment pay you directly or through donors?
I just want to say i tried to listen to your discussion on Silicon Curtain and it went way over my head. I'm not an academic and I speak American rather than English so I don't think I understood the language. I'm not saying it's bad, I appreciate being challenged to understand.
American English is more casual...and I think we blend our sounds together much more. I like Minnesota : ) used to work summers there as a camp counselor during college.
A do Comrade Putin’s bidding and will vote for Biden👍🏼
What is truth: people, whow belong to the same reality construct, define it for themselves. (Wirklichkeit und Wahrheit - Paul Watzlawick)
I see two facets to Putin's endorsement:
1. If taken seriously it might make staunch Ukraine and NATO supporters question whether they want to vote for Biden.
2. If Trump wins, based on his first term, he is likely to once again claim that no one gets along with Putin better than he does, which would be undermined by Putin's endorsement of his opponent.
Why do you call Clinton by her first name and Biden by his last?
Maybe because there was another Clinton who served a 2 term presidency.
Possibly to distinguish Hillary (a presidential candidate) from Bill (a former president). There has only been one Biden vying for the top job.
Putin says he prefers Biden...and over on Rumble there is one huge wink wink, nudge nudge.
Putin also recently said that Russia is close to making cancer vaccines. I know that this is not really the channel's field, but how reliable could he be?
Ordinarily Trump would rage against anyone who endorsed Biden rather than him, even more so someone who switched sides. Let's see how much he rages against Putin.
What if President Medvedev, had Putin, bumped off before 2012 and all we are seeing now is Doubles.
You are having a dream !
Makes no odds.
He was too busy sampling vodka
Duma and the oligart ?....can you run one on those connections please,u rock
Given the age & health of both candidates - wouldn't it make more sense to weigh the VP heavily, & decide which of THOSE is preferred? (Unknown as yet, of course.)