On the recordFebruary 28, 2022
When dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos, they keep moving.
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transcripts.cnn.comWhen dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos, they keep moving.
Axelrod highlights the importance of holding dictators accountable to prevent further aggression.
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I think the darker interpretation of what we saw today is that they were setting up a pretext, he and the vice president for walking away from Ukraine and blaming Zelenskyy for it.
I mean, he's president of the United States. He was elected. They should be there.
Well, the question is, what would prevent them from doing things similar to what they've done before? And I think that's the thing that the president and the Republican Party should worry about.
He wanted Zelenskyy to be an accomplice in dirtying up Joe Biden, who he feared as an opponent.