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. >> i want to bring in michael mcfaul, former u.s.ernational affairs analyst. okay, you heard him. putin insisting he and russia are in a stronger position. what's your judgment in this moment, ambassador? well, i'd say it's complicated, is russia in a stronger position than before they invaded ukraine across the board? absolutely not. they're isolated with sanctions. they have lost tens of thousands of soldiers needlessly. they have strained relations even with chain because xi jinping does not support this war. he doesn't criticize it, but he never supported it in the united nations. all of europe is now united against him. that is not true in 2022. where he's partially right, and i say this tragically, he's partially right. is that despite fighting for three years, he has drafted more soldiers, he has sustained his military industrial complex because of support from countries like china and india, that continue to buy his fossil fuels and continue china and other countries to provide technology, and therefore tragically the russian

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that this nominee in the middle east, you know, and michael mcfaul saying he won't be able to accomplishim. but what's his mission to go -- what is his mission? i think his mission is corrupt at its core. his mission is to make everything to the betterment of the trump family in the course of this. and sitting across the table, as your previous point came into this, with people that have a financial interest, i don't think this new nominee has the traditional, you know, strategy that any of us would think that somebody going to the middle east would have. but i sure believe he's going to do exactly what donald trump wants, and that's his mission. >> it's remarkable. i mean, that's probably a great reality check for me. i do want to show you, though -- i mean a reality check for everybody of what's going on in the middle east. i'll show you what tony blinken was talking about today in jordan. no one's going anywhere. we need to fit in a short break. we'll be right back with that. d. we'll be right back with that. p! people was tripping. where are you going!? he was actually saying goodbye