the division of positions, the separation of positions in the democratic party, it also affects the possible results of the elections to the house of representatives, they may again lose the opportunity to get a majority, so it is still myopia, or it is a political struggle, or it is after all, there are forces in the democratic party that would like to now take over... the reins of political power and promote their candidates, because there is practically no logic in what is happening from my point of view, but there is some logic in it, i think that you and i have forgotten the time when the republican and democratic parties were parties of lively debate, and in each of these parties there were serious internal disputes. discussions,

and party leaders had great authority and influence on the attitude of activists, this was the case for many decades. the republican party that we see today is a completely different party, it is a party that is consolidated around donald trump. we've never known a republican party like this, and of course, that's why this unity that exists in the republican party is amazing, it works to its advantage in that way. because... virtually all the leading figures in the republican party, they support donald trump, if any person expresses their disagreement with one or another of his methods or actions, they just fly out of the republican party and disappear, like mike pence, like lee cheney, like john bolton, the list goes on, people who disagree with donald trump have no influence on the republican party, they have zero influence. mike pence did nothing. so special, he simply

implemented the results of the presidential election in in the united states, when trump opposed this implementation, he actually ended his political career, although he is a man of extremely conservative views, which correspond to the views of most members of the republican party today, but this man did not obey trump, and this is enough to will never support her again, this is a completely new republican party, i repeat, there was no such republican party. never, and the democratic party remains what it always was and what the republican party used to be, that the debate party, it's a party where joseph biden is the leader, but a person who can give advice, and any of the, let's say, respected democrats, nancy pelosi or barack obama or whoever, can give advice to joseph biden, and as you understand, donald pramt doesn't need... advice,

the people who meet with him from the ranks of the republicans, they meet with him only to report to him, they only convince him until the moment when they don't care does not threaten, and it must be clearly understood, in this situation, as you you understand, andriy, the democratic party looks like a party of such discussions and a lack of joint actions compared to a consolidated, strongly republican one. party, this is the essence of the problems. well, and probably the last question that we will talk about in the united states of america, cnn, and with reference to its sources, published information that an assassination attempt on trump could be prepared in iran. of course, they don't claim that this particular person who shot trump was recruited by iran or trained by iran, but still information... there is, and it is quite, quite

interesting from the point of view of how iran has the ability to prepare or carry out assassinations of presidential candidates in the united states of america. to what extent do you, mr. vitaly, trust such sources, such information, or indeed the state. which belong to, as we have already said, the axis of evil, well, at least iran, yes, they can really influence the election campaign in this way or even prepare assassination attempts on candidates, in particular on donald trump. well, i believe that iran - it is a country with quite strong special services that have quite serious capabilities around the world. i already wanted to remind you that the special services of the islamic republic of iran, they are the heirs of the special services of the shah of iran, which. had serious

connections with western special services, the officers of these special services studied at the central intelligence agency of the united states, in other such organizations, they have a very good school, and this whole school has become a school of the latest special services. of the islamic republic, you just have to remember that the first point, the second point that needs to be said is that donald trump is a legitimate target for all these iranian intelligence services from their point of view, because it was he who gave the order to kill general soleimani, the head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, who was somehow a cult figure for the iranian clergy. the most influential figure in the power structures of the islamic republic. and i'm sure they'll hunt trump down, that eventually they'll try to kill him more than once and not, uh, ugh even if he becomes president. maybe in the future, in the future, there may be a situation where they will kill him

after he, as he becomes the president, but they will hunt him and other people who are involved in the elimination of general suleimani. i would like to remind you that... once upon a time, a long time ago, during the time of ayatollah khomeini, the first head of the islamic republic of iran, the ayatollah issued a fatwa that actually sentenced the famous writer salman rushdie to death for one of his novels, and this fatwa caught up with the rudder literally a few years ago, two years ago, or three, that is, several decades passed, and a person tried to kill him again, although ruzhdi had been hiding from him for decades. guards from the secret service of great britain, he never spent the night there in any specific places, he was almost impossible to find, but three decades passed there, it seemed that everything was over, the new head of the islamic republic of iran was clearly not interested in this fatwa there, and yet there was an assassination attempt, so i think trump

can't get away with it, he needs to to provide security for himself, he needs to think about his own security because he is a target, he became a target the moment he gave the order... the elimination of general soleimani, i think it was a completely logical decision for the american president, because general soleimani was one of the main saboteurs in the middle east, his elimination was a signal to iran that you cannot destabilize the region, but when you are the president and you give orders like this, you have to remember that you are leaving the white house and you have to take care of your security, then everything his next life, so i'm not surprised by this information, well, we'll also watch it, because on... really , really, including the american press very often says that there may be more attacks on donald trump attempts another topic is important for ukraine, because

the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi visited great britain, a strategic partner of our country, in particular he met with... the king of great britain, the prime minister with the ambassador of ukraine to great britain valery zaluzhny. zelensky actually spoke before the british parliament, held talks with the current prime minister, more precisely with the new prime minister of great britain, starmer. important really important, important visit, important meeting. in fact , british prime minister starmer said that supporting ukraine is a priority for the new government, that great britain will support ukraine as long as necessary,

and here, of course, we must talk about this topic and also understand or indeed... great britain will now perhaps take on more commitments, whether there will be more aid to ukraine, and how effective the new british government, the new british majority, will be, compared to the previous majority, compared to the previous government, in supporting our country. well, i think that there is a consensus regarding the support of ukraine and great britain, and for good reason, the current one. the ministers of kir starmer's government, who when they were ministers of the target government, came to kyiv and voiced their positions on supporting ukraine, just as they are doing now in their new ministerial positions, so i i think that all this will really be the way it is, the only thing is that, of course, it must be understood that great

britain can increase the level of support for ukraine there, but not significantly, because it has its own budget opportunities, and ker starmin got the country in a deep crisis, otherwise it would be his victory. was not so triumphant in the parliamentary elections, and to what extent aid to ukraine can be significantly increased, this is a rather difficult question for me, because i do not know what budget possibilities are still available in great britain, in great britain. there is always political opportunities, these political opportunities are related to what, for example, volodymyr zelenskyi proposed when he told a joint meeting with the british government that he would like britain to allow its missiles to be fired over the entire territory of the russian federation, so that it becomes a pioneer here , to allow it to do this, we still do not have a concrete answer to this question, and we see that, in principle, none of the western countries is ready... to independently make such decisions as, by the way, the decision to shoot down

russian missiles over ukrainian territory, you know that during the stay in warsaw and the signing of the joint support agreement with the prime minister of poland donald tusk, the ukrainians also talked about the fact that there could be such an option as the destruction of russian missiles by western air defense forces over ukrainian territory, however, as soon as this information appeared, it appeared immediately... this is another information, that the nato countries are against it, that it is not agreed, and it is the same here. why is it hard to say? we have information that the west is afraid of what russia will do supply long-range missiles to the houthis. and this is a serious element, i would say blackmail, that can be used by vladimir putin, so that the west is careful with strikes on the territory. russia, because putin has already talked about an asymmetric response, if

russia hands over long-range missiles to the houthis, who have already arrived in moscow according to the wall street journal, then this will change the security situation in the far east, but yesterday we saw a drone that from tel - aviva, flew to tel aviv, killed there man, he was from yemen, and you understand that israel is fighting. will bite even harder in yemen than with hamas in gaza and hezbollah in lebanon. this time. imagine that there will be long-range missiles of ossuary. first, they paralyze all world shipping in the red sea. and these are multibillion-dollar losses for the united states and great britain and other western countries. second, it will change israel's security situation. because these missiles will be more difficult to intercept, as we see, than those missiles that even. flew from iran, that is, putin, has additional options, and these politicians obviously know about these options,

by the way, from the latest news in front of our airwaves there was information from the local media that israel struck yemen, more precisely , the houthis, about as we speak, fuel depots in the prototype city of kho became the target. hodeidah, which is controlled by the houthis, and there are already a huge number of videos on social networks where these fuel depots are actually burning, maybe something else is burning, maybe some kind of weapon, i think the information will be supplemented and we will find out in time, but we saw that there was an israeli response, and maybe there was also information that... israel struck together with the united states of america, this information needs further clarification, so

really, if we are talking about great britain , if we are talking about the permission to hit the territory of russia with high-precision missiles, then we really observe that there will be a possible escalation, in fact, again in the middle east and again in the territory currently controlled by the yemeni houthis, so in the continuation of this , in continuation of the visit volodymyr zelenskyi to great britain, it is also necessary to mention the statement of the new minister of defense of this country, in particular, the minister of defense stated that china is a mortal threat to great britain, this is also quite... a reasonable and interesting statement that confirms that , that, if not all, then

at least some european states and great britain itself, are gradually beginning to understand that something needs to be done with china as well. this statement of one of the representatives of the british government, how it can be interpreted, including within the framework visit volodymyr zelenskyi of the ukrainian delegation to great britain? well, great britain is an ally of the united states anyway. i am in the united states with interests in the asia-texas region now. is key, and, by the way, not only donald trump is talking about this, joseph biden also always considered these interests to be key and that is why he tried to agree with vladimir putin that putin did not start this big war against ukraine, because it is clear that this big war, it diverts resources, including the political one of the united states, for to be able to really contain

china, that is absolutely clear to me. and the fact that great britain builds its vision of the challenges, if it wants, in accordance with the american vision of the challenges, that is also an important thing. on the other hand, we understand that great britain and the united states will have to negotiate with european countries that look at china in a completely different way. these are just the last months. emmanuel macron, olaf scholz, and george meleni came to china in... there was sijin pinen in paris, that is, european countries continue to look at the people's republic of china, communist china, as an important trade and economic partner, they are trying to build a special kind of partnership with it, and they hope that china will realize that economic development is more beneficial to it than political

confrontation, i would like to remind you by the way that not only china when american. anthony blinken said that china helps russia by 90% in the restoration of the military-industrial complex, and volodymyr zelenskyi answered that sidzimpimo promised that china will not supply russia with weapons, these are two different approaches to china, and the ukrainian approach is closer to the french and german than to the american and british, it must also be remembered that we still have the illusion that china can be in some ways, it is beneficial to end the war in such a way... that it is good for ukraine, as trump would like on ukrainian terms, but it is clear that china would just like the war to end on russian terms, because russia is for him and the proxy army in fight against the west and an important ally for values ​​of the modern world, that is, after all , the position of great britain is different

from the position of the european union, and britain is ready... even to some extent, to go to a confrontation with china, to go to a confrontation with this axis, not only, not only china, and also by those states supported by china, yes, and in this case we can have more significant support from britain, yes, than, for example, from a number of european states, i do not... i do not argue, but again, we we can have support if we look at it that way on china, rather than looking for opportunities to involve china in our peacemaking efforts. here the question arises as to who should support whom, but again, one must understand that in this situation a lot depends precisely on

the possibility of economic and political containment of china. great britain is not as economically dependent on china as european countries. but it cannot influence china, like many other countries that are consumers of chinese products, and this is also clear, so the british can calmly talk about china as the europeans do not speak, because their level of their economic integration with china is still difficult to compare with the european level, and if we recall another issue that concerns great britain, actually the ex-prime minister. minister boris johnson met with donald trump, well , we come back to trump again, we talk about him again, but, as they say, it has to be, because trump is now number one on the lips of the majority, including european politicians, and a really interesting thing happened meeting, trump met with johnson or

on the contrary, and johnson announced that donald trump will decide. to support ukraine. how do you comment on this statement and this meeting, is this not an attempt by politically bankrupt politicians, perhaps great britain, to pull themselves out of a certain oblivion and demonstrate that they can still play a certain role in the world itself. political or geopolitical map, well i wanted to remind you that for donald trump it is absolutely not interesting who is bankrupt or who is not bankrupt, he supports people, alone views and values ​​with him, and when there were elections in... whose party won only 4%, four seats, sorry, in the house of commons, well , in terms of the number of people who voted for it, it is

the third party in the country, but none the less the result is not very significant, and nigel farage is a friend of trump, and he welcomed him. the same applies to boris johnson, between trump and johnson, despite certain conflicts that existed between them, there have always been, there was some kind of understanding, it is... true, it must be said clearly, and absolutely logical it is a fact that politicians on the right of the conservative camp are now fighting for the ears of donald trump, some of them sing to him one thing, others another, and boris johnson, whose position on the russian-ukrainian war is significantly different from the position of, say, viktor orban, who recently met with donald trump, tried to discuss with him precisely his vision , which is completely opposite to orban's, and by the way, why don't you think that the very possibility of a conversation between. and trump, could somehow be related to the conversation between johnson and trump. maybe boris johnson could be the one who finally convinced donald trump to talk to the president of ukraine and say

what trump said. here, after the meeting with trump, johnson said that trump will resolutely support ukraine. and now we heard some similar words from trump. he continues to talk about negotiations, but pro-ukrainian conditions are not negotiations, not his own conditions are not negotiations. and this may be the result of his meeting. with boris johnson, trump is quite impulsive such a politician, and johnson, johnson really can to influence trump's position, or at least his words, so to speak, if that position corresponds to the view of the electorate who might vote for trump, yes? when you talk to people like trump, i think johnson understands it perfectly, no worse than you and i, you have to talk about their interests, and if their interests sing. with your point of view, without a doubt they can go to your meeting, with their point of view, with their, with their vision of the situation, yours, your

explanation and their interest, let's say so, that is, to ukraine, in this situation, in the situation that trump can become the president of the united states of america, it is worth looking for some mediators, some people who can be a bridge to the position. donald trump in order to possibly change his mind, it is possible to see, it is possible to change the mind of donald trump, i say again, now we see what interest donald trump has, what this interest will be after the presidential election, we do not know, it is trump's interest very often of a virtual nature, this is also a huge problem, and precisely because this interest of a virtual nature is not well understood, how it can be really influenced, so of course you need to look for it. the possibility of conversation in both political camps in the united states, both among republicans and among democrats, because given the configuration of congress and the fact that the presidential decision one way or another depends on the congress of the united states, this is

also a very important point. one more topic, and one more, one more block is important, this is the situation in the european parliament, in the european union, not so much time has passed, and we see that... the european parliament actually was formed, the main officials of the authorities, the european commission in the european parliament were elected, the first session of the new european parliament took place, and the warnings that we talked about on our broadcasts, and about which many ukrainian politicians and experts also spoke, fortunately so far, two actually have not come true. far-right groups or right-wing groups, they did not get any important positions in the european parliament, and in fact we also saw that

such a far-right german party alternative for germany did not get either in fact, no positions, at least influential ones, so it seems to me that she did not receive any positions at all, so if we are talking about... the first session of the european parliament, in which she showed her strengths or weaknesses, how much she showed her commitment to ukraine, and that's it after all, here are these two right-wing or right-wing radical groups to a certain extent, can they influence the next sessions of the european parliament and increase their influence. including within the framework of negative trends for our state. well, firstly, i wanted to remind you that these two far-right groups are not a homogenous kind of far-right.

the formation in the european parliament, which is the ultra-right group headed by the representative of the brothers of italy party, the group that is oriented towards the italian prime minister george melena, this group in general is absolutely loyal to ukraine, its representatives always support ukraine, so there are no problems here , there is another group that focuses on hungarian prime minister viktor orbán and the leader of the national association of france marine le pen, well, the situation is not very clear either, because of course this group. is more cautious about the russian-ukrainian war, however, marine lippen has recently changed her rhetoric and calls russia's actions aggression, so she opposes french troops being sent to ukraine, it is true, she opposes the permission to use western weapons for strikes on ukrainian territory, this is also true, but at the same time, it clearly supports ukraine, so to say that this is some kind of cemented union,

and... anti-ukrainian cannot be said that way either, here is an alternative for germany, yes, representatives of this party, together with representatives of the left-radical alliancesukhneh, even left the bundestag meeting hall when the ukrainian president spoke there, but this formation remained outside both ultra-right ob unions, neither george melanie nor marine le pen want to see her in their ranks, and this also says a lot, so in this regard, we can say that just the vast majority of the deputies of the european... parliament are in favor regards ukraine and our struggle for the preservation of sovereignty, and that it cannot be said here that automatic membership in far-right political forces is a marker that you do not support ukraine. no, it is not like that. no, we clearly see that some of the political parties that are, including, even in these two factions, they, they

cannot be counted among... anti-ukrainian, there are indeed separate parties that are ready, at least in the information space , to voice some russian narratives, but again we must emphasize that it is not everyone, and i think that the majority, even under certain media pressure, are ready to weaken their position, ready to move to a more liberal position regarding ukraine, and here is another topic, in the same context, and another group, more precisely, one of these two groups, as we called it, orbán's group, yes, and we will actually talk about orbán now. in a letter to the european council, orban proposed that the european union, in fact, restore diplomatic relations with russia, if not now, then at some future date, also based on these statements and on

these... letters were answered by one of the leaders of the european union, mr. michel, he stated that this is not orbán's role, that orbán, de facto, has no right to speak on behalf of the european union, and in general, as we can see, there is a certain position of certain members of the european parliament, certain political forces, which... say that hungary in general should now be removed from the leadership in the european union, which it accepted from july 1 of this year and will actually continue until 31 december, again this year mr. vitaly, orban continues to promote russian narratives, he writes letters, one, two, three, he says that it is necessary

to finish somehow there... that there is no need to quarrel with russia, that it is still necessary to establish diplomatic relations with the occupying state , that is, orbán does not stop, criticism of him, accordingly, also does not stop, and all this can clearly even lead to discussions about removing hungary from the leadership in the european union, what is orbán doing it for, what is he suitable for. to certain red lines that can harm, including his positions, positions, positions of his country in the european union. well, i think because he wants to be a leading european politician, the only person who can go to kyiv, moscow, beijing and meet with donald trump at the same time. and