ds our military industrial complex. But we also have some strategic reasons to be a strong partner with Israel, probably economic reasons as well. So it's a more complicated situation, and I don't think that my ethical or moral opinion about anything moves any needles. So I just stay out of the whole conversation. But I don't back Israel. I don't support Israel because they don't need it and it's none of my business. So I have to say that every time I think.

Meanwhile, let's talk about Ukraine. Zelenskyy has said that there's no way that the U.S. is going to take over any of their nuclear power stations. Now there's some, you probably heard the news that Trump said when dealing with Putin, what if the United States takes over some or all of the nuclear power plants in Ukraine? And that would be, I guess the thinking would be would be good for Ukraine's power structure because of our expertise, but also it would be a reason not to attack Ukraine because that would be a bigger American presence there.

But then some are saying that that only applied to one nuclear power plant that's in the area controlled by Russia at the moment. So I'm not even sure what the details are there. But Zelenskyy is defying that, according to The Independent, and he says no way that America is going to have any of our power plants.

Now does it feel like any progress has been made? Because it seems to me there are two situations that will never work. One situation, according to Zelenskyy, is that if America tries to negotiate a peace plan without Ukraine at the table, that there's no way that will work. Do you agree? Do you agree there's no way that the United States can come up with an agreement that Ukraine will accept? I agree with that, because even if we say oh but we can twist his arm and we can threaten him and we can just make Zelenskyy do what we want, he's going to do every one of these weasel tricks. He's going to have the European Union on his side. He's going to have each of the countries over there on his side. He's going to have a lot of Americans on his side. So as long as Zelenskyy is a weasel, and whoever might replace him would just be weasel number two, I don't think that we can come up with an agreement that he would keep and would end the war.

So situation number one that won't work, and I agree with Zelenskyy on this, is trying to negotiate a peace deal without Ukraine at the table. But there's one other thing that won't work: trying to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine at the table. Because if you put them at the table, they're going to ask for things that nobody's going to give them. If you don't put them at the table, we're going to give away things that they're going to work behind the scenes and in every way to thwart us. So you can't make a deal with them at the table, and you definitely can't make a deal with them not at the table. And those are the only two options. They're either at the table and it doesn't work, or they're not at the table and it doesn't work. In my opinion, I don't see anything that looks like even a little bit of progress. What do you think? Do you see it differently?

And to me it looks like Russia is just going to keep chewing up whatever they can because they have such a dominant position at this point. Theoretically. I mean I'm not there, so maybe the drones and robot dogs that the Ukrainians have can turn the tide of the war. I mean maybe. But I don't see it happening. So I don't see any progress there at all, nor do I see a path. So unless something big happens, I'm not expecting anything to happen except the United States getting out of the game.

So let me make a prediction. Given that Zelenskyy doesn't seem to be serious about peace, because being serious about it would be giving up more than he's willing to give up, but we don't have to pay for it. So I think Trump's next move would be to remove just every bit of support for Ukraine and say, Germany, I'm glad you've increased by a trillion dollars your spending. Hey, Great Britain and France, good luck with that. We'll sell you some weapons if you like. Would you like us to sell you some weapons? Because we'll be happy to sell you stuff.

But I think so that's my prediction. My prediction is no peace in Ukraine, and the United States pulls out entirely and just says every one of you. And I think we're really close to every one of you because we're being dragged in. I mean I guess we dragged ourselves in. You could argue that we're responsible for it. But at this point we certainly have a fiduciary responsibility to deal with our own budget problems and let them have whatever fate they decided they wanted. Because if Zelenskyy wants to fight, why should we stop him?

Anyway, according to Live Science, an octopus has been spotted riding on top of the world's fastest shark. This is my favorite story. There's even video of it. So somehow an octopus grabbed on the top of a shark, and it happened to be coincidentally one of the fastest type of sharks, a shortfin mako shark. And that shark can go up to 50 miles per hour underwater. Can you imagine how much fun that octopus is having right now? Unless the moment it lets go, the shark is going to eat it. So I don't know if sharks eat octopuses. I think they do, right? Are sharks picky about what they eat? So it could be that the octopus is thinking, okay, if I ever let go I'm going to be lunch. Or is the octopus saying I think I just figured out the greatest thing ever. I've got a pet that's going to take me places, man. Am I traveling. I'm seeing the world.

So anyway, they're calling it the Sharktopus. It's a combination of a shark and an octopus. The Sharktopus. It was spotted in the Hauraki Gulf off of New Zealand. So be careful if you go to New Zealand because it might not be the only Sharktopus there. There might be lots of them.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all I needed to tell you.

So here's what I think. I think the Ukraine war will not turn nuclear,