n't do what we want. He says if we can work together, we can both get richer. That's really strong. And I don't believe anybody has said to Russia that someday we could work together and it'll be a great benefit to both countries. Now I don't know specifically what he has in mind, but don't you think that if we were, let's say if we could find a way not to be at each other's throats, that we could make some money and be safer? I think so. I think so.

So that's classic Trump and good technique. And then Trump says but first, as we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the war with Russia, Ukraine. Again, just perfect. I mean, I might sound like just a fanboy at this point, but I'm showing you the actual technique. I'm not just saying he's awesome. I'm showing you the details. This again is the right frame. Trump has been right on frame. This from the start. We want fewer people to die, blah blah blah, NATO, blah blah blah. We want fewer people to die, blah blah blah. Russia's natural defenses, blah blah blah, minerals. We want fewer people to die. Stay in that frame. Because if you stay in the frame of we want fewer people to die, there's a solution. If you leave that frame into all NATO, 10 years, oh you blah blah blah, degrade Russia's military, oh Russia had a good reason or didn't they have a good reason? Nothing. You got nothing.

But if you can agree to enter the frame of saving lives, then you got something to work with. So that's pure Trump. Pure perfect.

And then he says this is what Trump says. He says President Putin even used my very strong campaign motto of common sense. So apparently Putin appealed to common sense, knowing that he was echoing Trump's great unifying campaign idea. So there's nothing more unifying than common sense, because nobody can disagree with it. It's common sense. So it's the ultimate high ground. It very much worked domestically.

But here's an example of Putin being that good persuader. So you notice that Putin seems to be on board with all the framing that Trump has mentioned. We don't know, but there was no sense of an objection. So if he is, then he knows what a good frame looks like and he's willing to enter it. A good frame would be can we include all these other interests? That's a good frame. Can we just figure out how to stop killing people? That's a good frame. So Putin knows that.

But he's also using a technique called mirroring. So he's mirroring back Trump's favorite thing: common sense. That is strong technique because it's also a sign of respect and it makes you feel like the two of you don't have much distance. It's almost like you're one person because you're both having the same thought. Yeah, common sense. Let's do that common sense thing. Very strong. That's why Putin's good at this.

So yeah, and then that great benefit of working together, it's a carrot, not just a stick. It's all perfect.

So will Trump get it done? Don't know. But if he does get it done and he gets also a mineral deal, you know, a rare earth mineral deal with Zelensky, Trump might be able to do the thing that is so Trumpy. Here's what I mean. Ending the war would be a real major accomplishment, especially if he did it in a month. It would be one of the great accomplishments of a president. But is that enough to just be amazingly end a war that couldn't be ended by other people? It's not enough. Trump wants to turn Ukraine into a profit center and get our money back. Now I don't know if he's going to do that. I don't know if that's going to work. But if he ends the war in a month and turns Ukraine into a profit center, that's standing ovation. That's just like make room on Mount Rushmore. Like nobody could do that. Like no president would even try to do that. Nobody would even think that it was worth doing. Nobody would even put like one minute of energy into trying it. But I think he could get it done. So that's why we voted for him.

All right, so those are all the comments I have, my prepared remarks. If you're joining late, a little bit of technical difficulty, probably on my end. So we're only streaming today on X and on Locals, and I believe we'll be able to put the recorded version on YouTub