george friedman in his 2010 book, he says: russia is not a global threat.ut only the possibility, that it could cooperate with europe or germany, opens up the biggest threat of the decade, a threat that needs to be nipped in the bud. for usa.

which has expanded too militarily, is approaching the very end , it was very clearly stated by george friedman in his 2010 book that russia does not threaten the global position of the united states, but only but even the possibility that it could cooperate with europe or germany opens up the biggest threat of the decade, a threat that needs to be nipped in the bud for the us, he added in 2015, the most important. fear is german technology and german capital combined with russian natural resources and russian human capital human resources, this is what has frightened the united states for centuries, which is why the united states is trying to control that line along the baltic sea, the connection with germany through the baltic sea. the russian-german split is a well-known eternal goal of the united states. and even to the extent that even when the united states declares through anonymous sources that ukraine. the germans say that it was ukraine that staged the attack, but no, but they don’t give it away, they don’t publish it official investigation data. and people who call themselves environ

efforts, george friedman, in his 2010 book, says, quote, russia does not threaten americans global position, but the mere possibility that it might collaborate with the europe. and particularly germany opens up the most significant threat in a decade. a long term threat that needs to be nipped in the bud. therefore, maintaining a powerful wage between germany and russia is of overwhelming interest to the united states. for the us, free been added in 2015. the probably more the primordial fear is german technology and german capital. combining with russian natural resources and russian manpower to form the only combination that has for centuries scared the hell out of the united states. in this show down, the us aims to control the line from the baltics to the black sea. russia, by contrast, must have at least a neutral ukraine, not a pro western ukraine, because our mutual ukraine wouldn't be the pri, morley by mortal us gold, russian, german, fisher, the us, is opted for a proxy war. instead, the western governments are silent, even as the us says through anonymous sources, that you cray i

george friedman, in his 2010 book, says, quote, russia does not threaten americans global vision, but the mere possibility that it might collaborate with the europe. and particularly germany opens up the most significant threat in a decade. a long term threat that needs to be nipped in the bud. therefore, maintaining a powerful wage between germany and russia is of over whelming interest to the united states. for the us free been added in 2015. the probably more rule. the primordial fear is german technology and german capital, combining with russian natural resources and russian manpower to form the only combination that has for centuries scared the hell out of the united states. in this show down, the us aims to control the line from the baltics to the black sea. russia by contrast, must have that.

milton friedman in the middle. george had a very wry sense of humor. he said all economists are tall. there are two exceptions. [laughter] john kenneth galbraith and milton friedman. i mean, that is just a classic line. i showed this to ben bernanke once and he did not have a sense of humor. the man said, that is not logical. that was his answer. anyway, i had a lot of fun times with milton friedman over the years, but our debates got heated from time to time. he was a tough debater. it has been said that milton friedman never lost a debate in his entire career. his wife would dispute that, but nevertheless, i saw friedman in action and i never wanted to debate with him. last year, i was in the london underground with paul krugman. keynesian economist, "new york times" columnist, and krugman has quite a high opinion of himself. at one point, i said, paul, have you ever lost a debate? he paused for a minute and said, you know, i really don't think so. i said, it is too bad milton friedman is not alive because he you would lose. he humbled himself enough

with us now cnn legal analyst analyst former george -- and and karen friedman agnifilo, former chief assistant for the da for the manhattan district attorney's office. karen, let's start with you on -- optics are just not wanting to go? >> it could be any of those things. in georgia many several of those defendants have already -- entered pleas of not guilty and -- arraignment is an important part of the criminal justice process. and so, at some point, it will be important for trump and others to be in front of a judge, where the judge can tell them exactly what is expected of them and so that, if, for example he violates any conditions of his release the judge can say i told you, i told you can or cannot do this and then hold them accountable. but so far he has not seen any judge in the georgia case. >> no, not yet. and michael, on the issue of tv -- television cameras in the courtroom -- is that good or bad news for the prosecution or defense, do you think? >> i'm glad to be with both of you. i don't know that it is particularly good news for the prosecution. i think it allows thin