Jordan voiceover the one who meddled in our election in 2016 . The one who is meddling in ukraine . What do they see in a guy who creates so much chaos . Hes strong. Hes wellmannered. He speaks well. Putin is well mannered, right . He knows where the fork goes, where the knife goes, which window the journalist goes out of. Yeah. I think hes a calm person. I think hes a methodical. I think he thinks about things beyond today. And i think he sees into the future for his country. It looks like hes thinking two steps ahead, right . Its almost like he knows what the next territory that he wants to infiltrate with his own perspective, right . Right. Who do you think started the war in ukraine . Joe biden and his son. This war was started so that biden could remain president. That is whats happening . Wartime president. So how did biden manufacture putin sending tanks into ukraine . Oh. Thats a good question. But you do think it was manufactured by biden . Yes. Yes. Well yes. Yes. Yeah, obviously. Woman yeah. But how he did it. How does he do a lot of things that he does . Thats a way to evade it for sure. Jordan voiceover wait, people are giving putin a pass here at a trump rally in a field in rural pennsylvania next to the most american vehicle in history, a monster truck with a tits license plate. The Republican Party used to talk about russia like this. Mr. Khrushchev understands only strength and firmness. They are the focus of evil in the modern world. Russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. Jordan voiceover but this aint your daddys gop. Its vladys gop. Nowadays, more than half of republicans think Vladimir Putin is a better president than joe biden. And its not just out here. Its everywhere. Tucker carlson recently went to moscow to marvel at ciabatta loaves and mass transit. How does russia have a subway station thats nicer than anything in our country . Jordan voiceover and the russian fandom goes all the way to the very braintrust of the gop. The Ukrainian Government is attacking christians. Russia is not doing that. Putin is smart. Our leaders are dumb. Jordan voiceover how did the Republican Party become moscow tools . The explanation for that stems largely from donald trump. Jordan voiceover this is john bolton, the most republican of republicans. He served under three republican president s, including trump, saw the invasion of iraq, and did some light geopolitical meddling. As somebody who has helped plan coup detat, it takes a lot of work. Imagine Ronald Reagan is caught in amber in 1988. Im using Jurassic Park technology. He wakes up now unthawed. What does he think of the modern gop . Well, certainly, the trump wing of it, he would be appalled by. Its just antithetical, not just to the philosophical beliefs of Ronald Reagan, but to the positive attitude about america and its prospects. So reagan wakes up and hes shocked . Right. And hes also like, what is this internet thing . Maybe we should send Steven Seagal over there to kick putins ass. Wait a minute, Steven Seagal already lives there. This is all too confusing. Lets just go back to ignoring aids. I think hed be stunned that the Republican Party had anything to do with donald trump. What is trumps infatuation with putin . Well, i think he has a fascination with authoritarian leaders generally. I think trump would like to be a big guy, but i dont think hes smart enough to be a dictator. So is trump, whats the term, an idiot . Well, i think Rex Tillerson had the iconic twoword description of trump. The first word, i wont repeat, even on your show. The second of which was moron. Ok, ill throw it in there [bleep] thats pretty much on point. Yes, a [bleep] moron. Right. Can a [bleep] moron still be a useful idiot . I think the answer to that is yes, and i think Vladimir Putin understands it. Jordan voiceover yes. For putin, trump is like one of those dogs that the russians shot into space, obedient, useful, and utterly disposable. But if putins puppy actually wins, what does that mean for things like nato, an alliance of western nations, which has been a thorn in putins side . Well, i think there are two main points that putin will be concerned about if trump wins in november. One, the most immediate point will be the war in ukraine. And second, related to it, but broader, the future of nato. Does trump know what nato does . He doesnt understand alliances. How important is having an alliance with perhaps somebody you dont agree with but connect with so that you can push together a common goal for geopolitical safety . Well, i think nato is the most successful Political Military Alliance in human history. So before we give that up, people ought to think about it a little bit more seriously than trump does. Jordan voiceover so the stakes of this election couldnt be higher. The only way to stop an existential threat is through alliances, a unified front for the common good. So picking between trump and biden must be a nobrainer. Im not going to vote for either one. I wrote in a name in 2020. Ill do that again this year. A wise man once told me that sometimes its important to make alliances with people that you may not agree fully with in order to have some sort of global stability. But maybe tell me more about writing in an unnamed candidate for president with 0 chance of winning. I dont think either prospect is very appealing, frankly. Jordan voiceover great. So in the race between a current president and a former president , it looks like the winner hi. Im Wolfgang Puckresident. When i started my online store Wolfgang Puck home i knew there would be a lot of orders to fill and i wanted them to ship out fast thats why i chose Shipstation Shipstation helps manage orders reduce shipping costs and print out shipping labels its my secret ingredient shipstation the number 1 choice of Online Sellers and Wolfgang Puck go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free jordan voiceover the gops softer stance and Wolfgang Puck on russia was giving me flashbacks to 2016 when putin tried to influence our election. I mean, it could be russia. It could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, ok . Jordan voiceover but russia would have to think were fools to fall for that again. This is the traditional image of americans that russians have in their minds, that were stupid, that were gullible, that we smile at everyone like total idiots. You can seed information in their head, and they will parrot the information that is useful to you. Jordan voiceover this is russianborn american journalist julia ioffe. As a correspondent in moscow, ioffe covered putin and the kremlin, so i wanted her to help me parse through what id been hearing at rallies. There was an amazing Washington Post report by catherine belton, an investigative reporter, who got her hands on some secret kremlin documents. So this is a pitch for a partisan Media Campaign in the us. The targets of this campaign are Republican Party voters. Mhm. We want to echo what theyre saying, which is that im just reading from the document here. Colored perverts and invalids get all the privileges. Sounds like a toby keith lyric. This will sound familiar to you. The danger of criminality of colored people and immigrants. Yeah, ive heard a thing or two there. I used to live in milwaukee, and theres places in milwaukee that you cant go to because me, as a little white guy, i wouldnt feel safe being there. You see the streets in russia, it looks like their infrastructure and their country looks a whole lot nicer than ours does here. The murder rate is twice as high in russia as it is in the United States. I didnt know that, guys. I mean, well, thank you for informing me. The best political influence campaigns are the ones where you dont invent anything. You just take the facts on the ground, and you amplify them, right . And so what you see these fake accounts amplifying are arguments that im sure youve heard on the trail and at these rallies, which is that democrats are globalists who care more about ukraine than about the southern border. Its, russias good and ukraine is corrupt. It is corruption. They are taking advantage of the situation, what they created. Its by design. Theyre pumping money over there, and we know its coming back to politicians pockets here. Now, it goes into the means of spreading this information. How are they going to do it . Well, youre going to use social media. But it says, the only place where they can spread this information without any censorship is im going to let you guess. Where can they get the vitamins . Where are you selling tshirts . Im red pill ken on truth socials redpillken. Both truth social. Yes. The most useful of the idiots can be found on truth social. Or owning it. Connect these dots how zelensky is benefiting from this. Wheres, wheres the because he has yachts. He has plenty of money. And guess what zelensky does . He sniffs cocaine right in front of yall. So the yacht story is that volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine, took money that the us sent him for weapons, siphoned it off, and bought two luxury yachts. The story is completely false. But then researchers were like, where did this come from . Jordan voiceover it came from a little website called dc weekly, which is from not actually here in washington, dc. Dc weekly is allegedly run out of here, moscow. Then the story spreads across the internet and makes its way to there. To [bleep] there yep, it was shared by Marjorie Taylor greene and jd vance. There are people who would cut social security, throw our grandparents into poverty, why . So that one of zelenskys ministers can buy a bigger yacht. Jordan voiceover meanwhile, military aid for ukraine hung in the balance. Not another penny will go to ukraine. Jordan voiceover congress eventually gave ukraine a whole lot of pennies, but aid was stalled for seven months. In that time, ukraine suffered tremendous battlefield losses. So people are actually dying because members of congress are parroting fake russian bullshit. So is that a win for putin . 1,000 . Jordan voiceover yes. Putin was winning, but it wasnt just because of disinformation. Whats happening in russia is basically a republican wet dream. They have banned the international lgbt movement. Theyre restricting abortion. Vladimir putin invokes a lot of what republicans call wokeness. It just seems that magaheads, theyre much more comfortable with that authoritarian persona, especially when the guy is white, male, christian shirtless, hairless [music playing] clearly, a big putin fan. Well i mean, i its like a souvenir. Jordan voiceover meet kline preston. Thats the founder of the kgb . Yes. Jordan voiceover he was a lawyer for a future gop senator, marsha blackburn. He attended the Nra Convention in 2015 with a convicted russian agent. And in 2020, he fought to overturn bidens Election Results in michigan to help trump. And he knows all about Election Integrity because hes been an official observer of seven russian elections. So in russia, they have legislation that allows for foreign observers. What do you say to the critics who might say maybe theyre choosing outside observers who are biased to be a little prorussia . Well, i wouldnt say that im prorussia. From a decorating perspective, perhaps. Well, i mean, i could see how someone would make such a comment based on, you know, knowing my background. Or your furnishings. My furnishings and, you know. Yeah. Or your knickknacks. Yeah. Your oil paintings. Long interest. Weaponry on the wall. Yeah. The bust. [chuckles] who do you point the finger at for that russian invasion . The west. When russia invaded in 2022, in february, it was a defensive move. Putins a victim here. Well, i mean, to some degree, russia is. The fact is, and american politicians hate this, Vladimir Putin has done a very good job for his country, and hes really popular. Some people claim that he controls the media. He controls and or executes his enemies. I mean, who . Well, navalny. But theres no proof that he killed him. Jordan right, ok. Yevgeny prigozhin. Prigozhin, ok. His plane blew up or whatever. What about somebody like nikolai glushkov, putin critic . Is that suspicious to you, his death . Yeah, its suspicious. Absolutely. Yeah. But can i say that Vladimir Putin did it . No. No. Litvinenko, do you remember him . I dont. Well, lets just say he had a penchant for polonium. Right. Especially in his tea. He died a horrible death. It seems like the oscars style in memoriam for all the opposition leaders and journalists who have died under putins watch is just like i dont know if john legend has the stamina to complete that. Jordan voiceover as we were talking, kline got an unexpected call. Oh, man, ive got to do it. Got a call . Yeah, rt thing. Thats Russian Television thats calling . Yeah. I mean, i have to ask, are you a russian asset . [laughs] well, if i am, im a bad one. Jordan voiceover wait, was kline about to feed the propaganda from the kremlin back to Russian State Television . Theres nothing democratic today about ukraine. Jordan voiceover oh, no. Was i the biscuit in a propaganda circle jerk . Norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. I know. Faster wifi and savings . I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . Jordan voiceover putin has a clear set of goals beyond decorating his us assets offices. He also wants to stop funding for ukraine and weaken nato so he can expand russian territory. And donald trump is playing right into putins hands by threatening to leave our allies to fend for themselves. You didnt pay, youre delinquent, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. If trump wins a second term, what happens to nato . I think trump will withdraw from nato. I think thats his intention. How do you stop Something Like that from happening . The best advice i can offer for people in a second term, since i wont be part of it, is keep distracting trump. Hes like a cat. Get a laser pointer into the white house, right . Jesus christ, its the only way to save nuclear apocalypse. Well, i hadnt thought of that, but that might do the trick. If we do pull out of nato, who is the most screwed . Well, i think any country that borders on russia or a former part of the soviet union. So if i were booking travel into the eastern bloc, to, say, estonia, maybe slow down or at least get the trip protection . I was going to say go now. Jordan voiceover if you say so, john. When has following john boltons advice on Foreign Affairs ever gone wrong . [estonia national anthem] this is estonia, a nato member country of just over a Million People that sits on the border of russia. Since the invasion of ukraine, estonians have been wondering, are we next . To see how people here are feeling about being in putins crosshairs, i sat down with estonian prime minister, kaja kallas, who has been described as the iron lady of the baltic for standing up to russia. Apparently, im the only leader that is on russias most wanted list. Oh. Yeah. Youre on the most wanted list . I am. Im not in danger, right . No. Im a brave fake journalist, but im only so brave and mostly fake. Jordan voiceover as putin has gotten bolder, kallas has become one of natos most vocal supporters. We shouldnt dismantle nato. Nato is the Strongest Military alliance. We dont have war here because we are in nato. In america, a president ial candidate is arguing that if everybodys not paying their fair share in nato, then why should we be facing the brunt of it . First, we are paying more for defense. I mean, estonia, we are you guys are . Yes, we are spending 3. 2 of our gdp on defense. Its more than United States is spending in terms of percentage. Nice flex. How i explain nato to school children, i always say that, you know, if you have a school bully, and you are weaker physically, the bully doesnt bully you when you have big friends. And this is how nato works. So what happens if one of your big friends also happens to be a bully whos talking about just becoming friends with the other bully and then bullying all the Little People . Well, that is definitely going to be more complicated. Yeah. If russia will succeed in ukraine, then their appetite will grow because, you know, they have expanded their empire and colonized the country. Aggression pays off. Every next time, every next step, theyre bolder. Ok, Nothing Happened to us. We can do this. They have built up their military to colonize another country. Just for clarification, how close is russia to us right now . Its 320km or something. Im from new york. How many city blocks is that . Its a threehour drive. Threehour drive. Ok, so thats a good seven city blocks in new york. Thats congestion. New york is intense that way. Jordan voiceover turns out were so close, that estonian civilians are training in the woods in case of a russian invasion. These are our guys . Ok. If russia were to attack along with you guys, i got to be honest, im not really the fighting kind. Jordan voiceover this is the Estonian Defense league. Theyre an allvolunteer army of about 30,000 regular estonians. What do you do . Whats your day job. You were a choir conductor . How do you go from studying to be a choir conductor to in the middle of the estonian Woods Holding a ar of some sort . When americans gather like this, theyre usually training to keep a barbershop open during covid. And you guys are training to jordan voiceover and theres a reason these soldiers are concerned. I got your six, or whatever it is in metric. 12 . I russia brutally occupied estonia until 1991. Jordan voiceover so while maga world turns a blind eye to putins plan to expand russia, people who lived under that occupation have a different view of it. Everybody is for peace, but we understand what peace under soviet or Russian Occupation means. You had mass atrocities, mass deportations. My own mother was deported to siberia as a sixmonthold baby. There were mass killings. They were suppressing our culture, trying to erase our language. This is what peace under occupation means. That doesnt mean that the human suffering will stop. Jordan voiceover if only we could get that information to go viral on truth social. What if you could go from this to this. With just one step tresemme silk serum. Time for the ultimate humidity test. Weightlessly smooth hair your turn. New tresemme keratin smooth collection. Every time you step up to the grill, you gotta deliver. And flavor is the last thing you have to worry about. Because no one flavors like we flavor. grill mates. 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