Description:
Episode 2232. Trump wants UFC boss Dana White as the next White House press secretary, and the news lands as Poland reels from a tragedy in Krakow during a tense judicial standoff. Alex breaks down Russia's hardline negotiating team for the Abu Dhabi talks with Medinsky, Ryabkov and Galuzin, and how Umerov, Witkoff and Kushner measure up, plus Patriot shortages in Germany, Paraguay's impeachment and coalition battles in Israel and Belgium, with references to Alexander Mercouris's analysis. Is Washington ready for what Moscow is bringing to the table?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Hybrid attacks and the Russia attribution question
00:00:47 Krakow tragedy in Poland
00:04:12 Timing raises questions amid Poland's judicial crisis
00:07:49 Russia's negotiating team for the Abu Dhabi talks
00:11:41 Umerov, Witkoff and Kushner outmatched?
00:14:24 Russian diesel tanker heads to New York
00:15:06 Democrats discuss 15 billion for Ukraine
00:17:01 Germany has no more Patriot interceptors
00:17:44 Sunday Times claims hybrid campaign against Ireland
00:18:11 Dana White as White House press secretary
00:20:46 Protests continue in France
00:23:49 Belgium's king rejects De Wever resignation
00:25:02 Coalition politics in New Zealand and Israel
00:28:28 Paraguay president Peña impeached
00:30:43 Clown world: Stephen Miller, Budanov, Black Sky, Sikorski