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ey stranger, what would you do to end the war in Ukraine? Almost everybody would say, well, you know, Zelensky is going to need to get flexible about losing some land. Russia is probably going to keep what they've already gotten. And probably the only way the war ends is if Ukraine makes some kind of commitment not to join NATO. Right? Yeah, you and I could have done that. And it looks like that's…
← Previous segment →rest in keeping Ukraine a sovereign country. If we don't have access to your minerals, you're just an expense and you're on your own. Well, that should loosen them up a little bit, don't you think? Because I think that's exactly the situation. We're either going to turn you into a profit center or you're on your own, because we're not going to pay forever for something we don't need and don't want.
All right, I'm looking at, yeah, I think Zelensky is probably just negotiating, but he doesn't have a strong hand. So we'll see how that goes.
This is what Trump said himself about his conversations. I guess he had a big phone call with Putin. And I'll just read it because I want to tell you what both of them are doing right. I've decided that the three most persuasive leaders in terms of technique who actually understand persuasion are Trump, number one, best in the world. Putin, number two. You don't have to like Putin. This is not a pro-Putin statement. I'm just
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saying that his persuasion skills are way above average. And then I'd say Bukele from El Salvador. So I put him in the third spot. But all of them are world-class persuaders, just completely in a different, they're in a level of their own. If you look at Canada, Justin Trudeau, no skill at all. No skill. Great Britain, no skill at all. Germany, no skill at all. Yeah, but America, Putin, and Bukel…
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