The opinions expressed on this show are those of the host and not of iHeart Media or its employees. Thank you for listening to NewsRadio 650 KENI. Amy Demboski, the show starts now. Our lines are open at 907-522-0650. This is The Morning Drive on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Good morning. It is Monday, March 3rd. I failed. I was going to try to see if I could find a king cake somewhere, and I did not do that. I got busy.
I don't know what it is. It just happens. I say I'm going to take day off on Friday, so I left work at 1 o'clock. Well, for you, that's a half day off. And I've got to admit, you got a few things accomplished on Friday. I like your hat. That is a snazzy hat. I agree. I like this hat also. I've been wearing it all night. I slept in the darn thing. You can tell it's pissed off on the side over here.
Yeah, yeah. Joe has his black MAGA hat on. Yeah, I was going to say, you're looking very Elon Musk over there. And I'm smelling Elon Musk-y too. What can I say? What are you going to do? I'm loving it. I appreciate the hat. I really do.
Yeah, well, I got to thank your brother for all the swag he sent me. That was so nice. You know, he's got this thing just like you about the Bigfoot, so I thought it was very kind of him to send that. What did you think of that shirt? I thought that shirt was like...
Fantastic. I've got to tell you, I love the Bigfoot sign, too. Daryl's brother sent me all kinds of Bigfoot swag, because you know how I am with Gigantopithecus. Absolutely. I get very excited about everything Bigfoot, because, you know. I'm just telling you. Gigantopithecus. It's real. It's a thing. I don't know why this is hard for people. Real thing. Real thing. So there you have it. But yeah, he made my absolute month.
It was awesome. It was awesome. It was quite a lot of swag, too. I laid it out all over on the table over here, and once I got it all in, I'm like, wow, that's... That's a lot of stuff. I know, I know. That's a lot of stuff. I didn't realize there was so much Bigfoot stuff all over the place, but really, you know, it was pretty awesome. But no, good weekend. I was going to say, it was...
It was not super busy for me, so to speak. I hear you had a busier weekend than I. Just helping people move things. When the weather starts getting like this. It's that springtime moving itch people get. Normally this doesn't happen until the end of March, middle of April. But we are like seriously accelerated on this month's summer happening. So, yeah, people started calling saying, could you help? And it's like.
I have this flaw that I usually just, I'm like, yeah, I can come help. So I'm sore back yesterday and this morning waking up. I'll tell you what. I wish I had those Dones pills. I don't know if you remember those, the green Dones pills. I haven't even thought of those. I don't think I've ever had one, but I remember the commercials. Well, it was old people that took those. And, like, I remember my dad had them and my grandpa.
I had them. And now I'm like literally looking around going, now I know why they have these things. Tylenol. Tylenol will work just fine. Yeah, but the tone's just something about it in that weird green pill. Yeah, I was going to say, I remember the commercial. Never took them. But what are you going to do? I mean, you know, you could just say no to people and say, no, I'm not going to help, but that's not your style. Yeah, I was going to say, yeah, that doesn't, yeah, no.
Oh, well. What are you going to do? I'll get over it. That's the number one thing is I will get over it, and I'll be bouncy again in probably a few hours, maybe. Well, I will say I started my day with two Tylenol, too. So, you know, I think it's a product of our aging. But we're good. There's an idea. Age Tylenol. Something. You know, they have Tylenol PM. I mean, you know.
I've tried some of these varying ones. They've got the PM. They've got all kinds of different ones. I find just give me the fast-acting one. Give me the one that hits me as fast as possible, and I'm okay. Yeah, yeah. Well, I suppose I should get into some community announcements. Let's do that, and then we'll go to the phones. I think there's not very many announcements today, so let's get to it. Today for the Mat-Su Borough, there's just a few meetings. Starting off at noon, there is a...
Joint Assembly School Board Committee Meeting on School Issues. That will be over at the Matsubura Central Office, 501 North Gulkana. That's at noon today. The Fish Hook Community Council has their board meeting tonight at 6 p.m. They hold that at St. Herman's Orthodox Church, which is off of Endove Road. Also at 6 p.m. tonight, the Planning Commission has their meeting. That will be in the Assembly Chambers located at 350 East Dahlia Avenue over there in Palmer.
White Building. The South Lakes Community Council also has their meeting at Whitefields Church tonight, starting at 7. They also have a link for Zoom, so if you want to attend virtually, just go to matzugov.us.
down to your community meeting calendar. Click on the community meeting you're interested in, and then it'll bring you to all that information. Last but not least, the Talkeetna Community Council also has their meeting at the Talkeetna Public Library tonight at 7 p.m. And again, they also have the Zoom link as well. If you need more information on any of these meetings, just go to matzugov.us.
the west silla city council has a special city council meeting tonight it's going to be a joint meeting with the planning commission and they're going to be discussing land development That will be from 6 to 9 p.m. this evening, 290 East Turning Avenue in Wasilla. If you need more information, just go to cityofwasilla.gov. Look at the calendar. You'll be able to find it from there.
As far as the municipality of Anchorage, we're skipping over Palmer because I didn't see anything in Palmer. As far as the municipality of Anchorage goes, the only thing I see on their calendar today is a couple board and commission meetings, starting with the planning and zoning commission. They have a meeting today. at noon in the assembly chambers. That will be, of course, 3600 Denali Street Anchorage at the Lusack Library.
The Military and Veterans Affairs Committee has a meeting today at noon. This will be in person at City Hall in Suite 830. So this is up on the Mayor's Conference Room. They do have a virtual meeting link, so if you need that, just go to muni.org, click on the Mayor's tab, and then click on the Boards and Commissions. Events tab. Click on the Events tab. That's what it is. And last but not least, then the Planning and Zoning Commission does have another meeting this evening at 5.30.
It's a work session. So that will be at the Lusack Library in the Beluga Room. That's the second floor in the Lusack Library. If you need more information, again, just go to muni.org, click on the Mayor's tab, and then click on the Events tab. to all the board and commission announcements. As I'm looking at the calendar for
the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The only thing I see on their calendar for today, 6 p.m., there's a Seward-Bear Creek Flood Service Area Board meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. today. That'll be at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Bear Creek Fire Station.
If you need more information, just go to the website, kpb.us, and you'll be able to find it. Just go down to the calendar, click on the link, and you'll be able to follow it through. And that really does it for our announcements. I didn't see anything for the city of Kansas.
So it looks like it's going to be a pretty light day for most communities around South Central. But we are a little early, so I'm going to go ahead and go to the phones. And Randy is with us bright and early. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Happy Monday, you two. You two. What's on your mind this morning? I've got a joke. Oh, I love it. And then a little comment about a king cake. Okay, go for it. Ooh, love it. What happens to, what's going on with the basketball teams that lose this March?
Oh, the basketball teams that lose in March, I don't know what's going on with them. March sadness. Instead of March Madness, March Sadness. I like it. I had to think about that one. I got it right away. I got it right away. Okay, I have one for you, Randy. Are you ready? Yes, indeed. Okay, what is the cheapest kind of pasta? Penne pasta. You're welcome.
there's a reason i don't get paid for my dad jokes all right what's your psa for today okay uh remember tomorrow uh it's going to be the state of union Five o'clock out time. And we see is Mardi Gras. And no, the Mardi Gras. tomorrow. Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, thank you. And also, March 8th is Trump's 47th day in office. 47th for the 47th president.
I've got to tell you, it's unbelievable he's only been president for 47 days this go-round. I mean, look at all he's accomplished in the first month and a half. It's really quite remarkable. Fantastic, yes. and i'll close on how my mom made uh uh king cakes okay stirred a wooden spoon and poked holes in the top, over the top, and then a lot of times she'd put the baby in the side and just cover it up. But all those holes, you'd be guessing which one, where is the kitten?
That's smart, Randy. That is, like, really smart. That's brilliant. It's real cheap. Well, you know, we didn't have money. Okay, y'all have a great day. Enjoy your podcast. All right. Have a good week. All right, you too. Thank you for the call, Randy. I appreciate it.
All right. Well, that wraps out our first segment for the morning. We are going to go ahead and reset and get into our headlines of the day when we come back. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show. The number is 522-0650. Every day, a child in poverty waits for a sponsor. is another day of hopelessness. There are thousands of kids who've been waiting over a year.
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Amy's already been on the phone with tech support for iHeartMedia this morning, and they're sensational. I've got to tell you, sensational. It's amazing. No matter what time of day or night you call, they always have somebody there to help the on-air people. And it was totally my fault. It was totally user error.
They sorted it out for me, so that's good. It's always nice when they do that. You got to remember, though, they sound perky and chipper when you call them. We call them at 6 a.m., and we're just like... Or five, and they're just all perky and chipper. And remember, they're usually like 10 a.m. They've already been up, almost ready for lunch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got to tell you. Well, you know, and it's always tricky because I got up extra early this morning to do some of my audio clips.
And my audio clips are not my cleanest cuts that you'll ever see today. I will tell you that. But I had to get the intent. You know, I didn't get to all the ones I wanted to get to because I had some tech issues going on. But, you know, look, God got me up early extra early because if I would have got up regular and just kind of nonchalantly like...
sauntered over here, we would have had issues. Oh, you would have been bouncing off the walls going, ah! You know, the funny thing is, is you said that about the cut. Remember this, Amy. It is so much easier to get clips and spots nowadays than back like, oh, when I started in the 90s. Oh, I can only imagine. Literally, cuts meant you actually cut the tape.
And had to roll it out and bring it in. Yeah, yeah. Oh, cutting things used to be a pain. Well, it's not so bad. It's not so bad now. I kind of laugh, though, because I look at my show prep.
outline for Friday we didn't get to it at all we didn't get to it but you know Friday for me is is freeform I prefer to get I will always put my stuff aside to let callers call in and have a conversation, because to me that's the value of community radio, really, is the exchange of ideas and the opportunity to hear what people want to talk about. you know
I've got to tell you, Daryl, you know, my rapid-fire list from last week, there was multiple stories that we missed last week that I think are all worthy of, like, lots of discussion. But we just didn't quite get to it. Donald's running for governor of Florida. I got to tell you, Byron Donald, if you haven't watched this guy, he has.
I would say in the past year and a half, I've really seen him more and more. And I just, I really like him. He is somebody that is just no nonsense. He'll go on the liberal shows. He goes on the conservative shows. He's straight talking. You know, they can't be all bad if they're from Florida, right? And me, I had no real idea who he was or where he went in the rankings until I saw a picture of him.
with Bernadette. And then I went, oh, okay, now he's got some standing with Bernadette, so okay. He was one of the first ones that came out and endorsed Nick Begich for Congress when Donald Trump endorsed Nancy Dahlstrom. Yeah, he was right there on the spot on it. But he was like, yeah, no, I'm going baggage. And he did. He endorsed baggage like right out of the gate, like very early on. And so, you know, look, he's an independent thinker. He's definitely.
Definitely conservative. He's going to throw the liberals in a tizzy because he's black, let's just say it. And, you know, they just don't know how to deal with a black conservative these days. You know what they say, he's not black. Yeah, right. That's their line. Yeah, right. You know, I'm not.
into identity politics but for the left they do not know how to deal with like a ben carson they don't know how to deal with you know somebody who is incredibly intelligent and you know doesn't fit the narrative of what they think a conservative should look like. And Byron Donalds, he's smart. He's articulate. I think he's conservative. And now he's running for governor of Florida. So I'm excited to see that.
The other thing that we never really talked about last week, it kind of made me laugh a little bit. I shouldn't laugh. It's not funny. But the governor made his appeal to federal workers. Any federal worker that may be going to lose their job, you can go ahead and apply to work for the state. We have like a 25%.
vacancies in multiple areas. So the governor is saying, hey, if you lose your federal job, you can always apply for some of our state vacancies. I thought that was, yeah, I was going to say, why not? Yeah, why not? And one that I didn't really get into, but I thought was interesting.
You know, this is not going to surprise anybody. There was an article out last week, a couple different articles out last week, about some Biden DOJ officials that, of course, now that they're out of the Biden, you know, the Biden administration. administration. Multiple of them. There's like five of them. Lan Cushy.
university gigs. Does that surprise you at all, Daryl? Oh, no. That's that pass the money around because it's a giant circular money system they've got. We'll donate to you. We'll bring all these donations over to here. We'll pass it on. You're going to give us what? All right, and we'll give you a job.
Exactly, exactly. The Daily Caller had an article out, top Biden officials who helped weaponize the DOJ land cushy university gigs. Leaders of former President Joe Biden's Department of Justice have already landed gigs at prominent universities. universities.
These were officials behind the Biden DOJ's most controversial actions, including leveraging the law to push abortion and prosecute pro-life activists, investigating President Donald Trump and advancing left-wing activists, through litigation quickly made the jump from teaching to law students Teaching law students, I should say. Former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clark will join Penn Carry Law to teach federal civil rights law boot camp during the spring semester.
According to the February 10th news release, she's also joining Howard University School of Law to conduct research and engage with Howard Law Community on racial justice and civil rights, particularly around intersections with... technology such as artificial intelligence. Under Clark, Civil Rights Division targeted pro-life activists using Freedom of Access to Clinics Act. They call it the FACE Act.
for those protesting at abortion clinics. Clark's Civil Rights Division also targeted Fire and police stations who disparate impact lawsuits when female applicants underperformed on physical tests and black applicants disproportionately failed written tests Lisa Monaco, who is Deputy Attorney General under Biden, rejoined NYU Law, goes on to talk about multiple others. But this is my point. I don't think anybody is surprised whatsoever. What so ever?
These top DOJ people that were weaponizing the justice system to go after conservatives now ends up teaching law at different universities. My question is, do they actually have to teach more classes than Joe Biden? biden did or are they gonna let it slide along that lines you know i yeah i i would hope so i would hope so uh so you know
I don't know. I just kind of look at it and I think, you know, there comes a point. There comes a point. You know, I don't know. I don't know. All right, let's go to the phones. And Jim is with us. Good morning, Jim. Oh, howdy. There's a discussion that he had between President Trump and Vice President Vance, and I guess it's President Lewinsky.
For me, that was a problem. However, you've got to remember that Russia doesn't like China. China doesn't like Russia. Russia will be our ally when we run into problems with China. When he talks nice to Russia, I don't think you need to worry about it so much, although I personally believe we looked bad when it was two-on-one. And you probably should remember that this guy is in a war zone.
You've got to dress that way. You know, a different culture. You can't say, well, you know, there's phrases we use that other people have no idea what you're talking about, you know, like, you know, get off the pot or... There's all kinds of different expressions. So, you know, playing cards, he said you've got a bad hand. He should have said you had a bad hand there. You dealt a bad hand. So, anyhow.
Russia, I don't like them to ever have, but they were an ally to us. They ended up an ally to us in the Second World War with us, I guess, against Germany because Germany stabs it in the back, blah, blah, blah, blah, you know, all that stuff. I think it was bad news politically, but at the same time, Russia will be our ally when we have to go against China, and China apparently looks like they don't like anybody and they want to own the whole world.
Well, I will tell you, I think I might have a little different take than some pundits that you see. Actually, you've led me up really nicely to this discussion about Zelensky at the White House because I think a little bit of historical context.
would be helpful for a lot of people because I think it's a conversation. I am not an expert on Ukrainian or Russian history. I know a bit about it, but I'm not an expert. But what I do remember is I remember just... with Reagan and I remember Jim Baker going over there and I remember the end of studying anyway the end of World War II and look there's a it's it is not as easy as you would think but But here's the reality.
And Zelensky overplayed his hand, as Trump clearly mentioned to him. But the reality is none of this had to happen in public. None of it did. The deal that was supposed to be signed didn't have to be done in person. And in fact, from behind the scenes, People like Marco Rubio and others are saying this is exactly how Zelensky was acting over the last 10 days. Zelensky is the one who asked for the White House meeting. Zelensky did this on purpose. That's, you know, but.
I need to take a quick break, but you teed up a good topic. Jim, because I think this is a much more interesting conversation than some are playing it in the media, and we are going to jump into it. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. If you'd like to call in, 522-0650. Reach out to Amy now. 907-522-0650. That's 907-522-0650. It's Amy Deposki on NewsRadio 650. KENI.
Welcome back. Current time, 634. You know, there are far more knowledgeable Eastern European historians than I. I am not one.
Yes, I have a history degree, but I am not an Eastern European historian. But I do know a little bit. And as I'm starting to watch this whole discussion, the reality is... there is a red line that will not be crossed russia will not allow it to happen and the u s through diplomatic and behind the scenes efforts since world war ii has been eroding the deal that was made when Jeremy Germany was reunified what do I mean by that
What I mean by that is the thing that Russia was very clear about and that under Reagan really was promised was we would not expand NATO. towards Russia's border. Now, when you think about that, why would that matter? Because an attack on one is an attack on all, right? You start to look at Russia and you start to say, okay,
You know, Russia's the aggressor and Russia attacked Ukraine and all that. Okay. But when we look back at history and we see what Zelensky is pushing for right now, what do we see? We see him pushing to want to be. He was trying to put Trump in a power position to force Trump to commit U.S. military forces to Ukraine. Zelensky has said. He wants Russia to repay for all the damage that is done. That's not going to happen. He wants to be part of NATO. That's not going to happen.
These are red lines that will not be crossed. But when we start to look back at the history of NATO, and this is a big issue in Eastern Europe, when we look back at the history of NATO, You know, it's very interesting to me. I'm looking at the University of Notre Dame International Security Center. It's a history recap of NATO that was written and posted on the University of Notre Dame's website. And it says here, when World War II ended in 1945, Europe lay in ruins.
In the European theater of the war alone, it was estimated 15 to 20 million people lost their lives to secure peace and stability in Europe. In 1949, 12 countries on both sides of the Atlantic formed the North Atlantic. treaty organization that's what we call NATO as a means of ensuring their collective security
And those 12 original countries were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Now in 1952, Greece and Turkey were added. And then in 1955, West Germany. And then as you started to see the end of the Cold War, in 82, Spain was added. Then Ronald Reagan comes along, and Ronald Reagan says for the reunification of Germany, the deal was stricken with Gorbachev, that they will not expand to the east.
They will not expand towards the Russian border. And this was one of the things that was important to Russia because Russia was trying to protect their property. Well, back then it was the Soviet Union. As you look at that point, you know, this is where you started to see the Warsaw Pact come into play. That's the Soviet Union's response kind of to NATO. And as you start to see that unfold to some degree, then you start to see a change over the years.
And in 2004, you start to see these Eastern Bloc countries, you know, you start to see these Eastern Bloc countries brought in. You know, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia. That was a successor to Yugoslavia. Start to be brought in to this NATO alliance. If you were Russia, you probably would be concerned. And then you see in 2009, Albania, Croatia,
You start to see this expansion of NATO into some of these Eastern Bloc countries. I'm not saying that this is the reason, but you have to understand the history behind it. And you have to understand that when Ukraine, you know, which 25, 30% of their country speaks Russian, historically they have a very large Russian, you know.
history, right, used to be a territory, a part of Russia, when you start to see this expansion and you look at it in those eyes, And you think about, I mean, look, I've got to be honest with you, under Clinton, under Bush, under Obama, the United States did the same thing, kind of pushing this. you know, boundaries, so to speak, into the NATO alliance. And there comes a point where, you know, you have weakness. Russia's going to, they're going to push back.
And now when you see Zelensky, and this is the part that, you know, a lot of people in the media aren't talking about. I was listening to Secretary of State Rubio talking about this on CNN, and he had a really long interview on CNN, but it was very good. any audio clips from that one but You know, he was talking about Zelensky, and this deal was basically done. It was an economic interest, effectively, right? It would tie the United States to Ukraine economically.
by assuring that we would get a deal for their rare earth minerals. So what Trump is doing effectively is he's saying the US has a vested interest in some of these contested regions. or maybe I would say more delicate regions between Russia and Ukraine that house these rare earth minerals. By this deal, President Trump is linking the U.S. To the to the sovereignty and to the best interest of Ukraine right economically
So now the U.S. has a vested interest. You would think if Zelensky really wanted peace and to be protected, this would have made sense, right? And for 10 days leading up to this meeting that happened on Friday, apparently there was this deal. People have been saying behind the scenes Zelensky was being combative. He was being just like he was on TV on Friday.
And he was the one, rather than just signing the deal, who said he wanted to come to the White House, he wanted to be there in person. He wanted to come to the White House. See, Zelensky clearly had an agenda. Yeah, he wanted to get in front of American News. He overplayed his hand. He was trying to put President Trump in a power position. And if you listen, I watched the whole thing, the whole hour long. His body language, look, he should.
up in a military costume let's be honest you want to talk about being in a costume and he tried somebody asked him a reporter asked him why he wasn't wearing a suit and tie and he says well put on a costume when this is over well he's wearing a costume now because in his first term When he met with President Trump, he was wearing a suit and tie. And as the war went on between Russia and Ukraine, as this war has gone on, he started showing up in military uniforms everywhere he goes, or fatigues.
He starts showing up and playing the part. I would argue he's wearing a costume now. How many times have you seen Vladimir Putin show up? on the world stage for meetings with world leaders not wearing a suit and tie. I'm trying to picture Donald Trump in BDUs. Yeah. I keep having a hard time picturing it. See, Zelensky is playing a game right now. So he showed up with an attempt to power arm Donald Trump. And if you listen to what he was saying.
He kept saying diplomacy basically is not going to work. Russia's not going to listen. They're going to break the treaty. But I bring you back to the conversation I had about NATO when I started this conversation. If we agree through President Reagan back in the 80s that we're not going to expand NATO, we're not going to advocate for expanding NATO, but you have U.S. president after U.S. president who has done just that.
If you're Russia, what do you think? I mean, people can go back and forth. Do I think Russia is the aggressor in this situation? I do. Don't mistake me. I think they're the aggressor in this situation. But it is more complicated than just simply Ukraine's in the right and Russia's in the wrong. I think any time your civilians are murdered, I think whoever's doing the murdering is in the wrong. So Russia definitely is in this case.
No doubt about it that Trump is trying to be Switzerland here, right? He's trying to be the mediator, if you will. And Zelensky walks in and he's effectively saying there can be no peace. There can be. no deal without a security guarantee. Just change out the word security guarantee for US military troops.
That's really what he's saying. He's trying to get the President of the United States to commit to U.S. military troops to defend Ukraine. And I'm sorry, but I'm not about that. That's what this is all about. You actually nailed it right there, is that he basically won. a u.s presence in ukraine which he would have gotten with this business deal but it would have been a business presence which means we would defend that we would defend our our presence there but he wants it literally as a
We want guns on the ground is what he wants. And it was obvious he went in with an agenda. He had a chip on his shoulder. He shows up in his little costume and his little his little black outfit. And, you know, he was rude. He was disrespectful. You know, he called the vice president J.D. by his first name condescending. There's some reports he may have cussed, you know, in Russian at him, whether that is true or not. You know, I didn't catch it.
But the reality is, Zelensky, this deal could have been made. In all accounts, the deal was basically hammered out, but he refused to sign it. He wanted to show up in person, and he basically tried to ambush the president and vice president. And in front of the public media, he tried to get them to commit to security forces, security presence. That's what this was all about. And it backfired in epic fashion. Well, that's not how you negotiate.
No. I mean, here's the reality, but this is how people say, like, I was listening to some.
And they were saying that this is how Zelensky has been acting for the past 10 days. And I'm sorry, but when you're coming to the United States, and we've already given you hundreds of billions of dollars, and you want more, and we're saying... look, if he really wanted to end this war, if he really wanted peace and to end this war, The smartest thing he could have done was to link himself economically significantly to the United States.
But I would submit to you, I don't believe this guy really wants this war to end. I think this is his gravy train. He's suspended elections in his country. He has tamped down on free speech. He's tamped down on Christians praying. I think this guy is a wonderful guy. to be dictator that's my view oh he is a dictator i'm sorry I think that is his proclivity. That is his tendency. Why in the world would you blow up one of the biggest levers you have?
to leverage the Russians to come to the table to negotiate a peace, and that would be to become very close economic partners with the United States of America. Why would you blow that up? I'm telling you right now, this is now it makes no sense. And that's why unless again, you know, he does not want this word to end. That's my opinion. I saw no evidence that he wanted this to end. I saw evidence of somebody who went in there with an agenda to insult, to belittle, to blow up
this economic deal, because he wasn't getting what he wants. Because Zelensky, if he doesn't get every inch of land that he believes is his, if he doesn't get membership into NATO, if he doesn't get somebody else i.e. Russia to completely rebuild his country if he doesn't get every single thing he wants he's out and that was the play he tried to make and it just didn't work with Trump
It didn't work with Trump. If you've heard the audio, if you've seen it, Trump says to him, you're gambling with World War III here. And I'm sorry. I have no interest in sending my son to Ukraine to defend one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Not interested. I'm not interested in that. You know what I am interested in? I'm interested in a piece. I'm interested in trying to stave off World War III. That's what I'm interested in.
And it was fascinating to me because rather than play you the clips that have been played 500 times, we're going to shift gears a little bit. Because I want to play for you a couple audio clips. When we come back, one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine who was in the room, who watched it, who now has switched sides, When we come back, we'll play you an audio clip. Stay with us. Now, back to the boss, Amy Demposki. Call 907-522-0650 and be a part of the show on NewsRadio 650.
All right, Daryl, can you queue up for me, Lindsey Graham? So I want to play an audio clip. Now, this is a little messy because I did it very quickly this morning. But I pulled a couple different audio clips from Lindsey Graham. Lindsey Graham, he's one of those Republicans. You know, I've got to be honest with you. I think he's kind of one of those.
How do we say? Do I want to say deep state? I don't know that I want to say deep state, but he is one of those middle-of-the-road Republicans that is... I will say, I don't know that he's ever seen a war he's not in support of. But Lindsey Graham has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine. A staunch supporter of Ukraine. and i'm not saying like again i think president trump was right on when he says i'm in
I'm on the side of the world. I'm on the side of peace. Donald Trump is trying not to take necessarily a side, but he's trying to be a mediator, somebody who can actually come in and get a peace deal. Right. And so he says, why am I going to I'm not going to call Vladimir names and then call him up and say, hey, come to the table and negotiate. He's like, that doesn't work that way. And so what he's trying really hard to do is try to be the peace broker.
And Lindsey Graham, somebody who has been to Ukraine many times, been a staunch supporter of Ukraine, was in that meeting, saw what happened, and this was his response. Let's go ahead and play it, Daryl. I've been to Ukraine. eight or nine times since the war started. I understand the consequences of Putin's actions against Ukraine. I appreciate what the Ukrainian people have done. They fought like tigers. At the end of the day, I was...
hoping that this minerals deal, which would be transformative in the relationship, would go over well. I talked to Zelensky this morning. Don't take the bait. President Trump was in a very good mood last night. Somebody asked me, am I embarrassed about Trump? I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of J.D. Vance standing up for our country.
We want to be helpful. What I saw in the Oval Office was disrespectful, and I don't know if we can ever do business with Zelensky again. I don't think... Okay, stay with me. It'll keep going. Ukraine and America is important, vitally important. But can Zelensky do a deal with the United States after what I saw? I don't know. What did he say to you about his interactions? He was shocked. He was very upbeat.
I told Zaleski, we'll talk about security guarantees. We'll talk about ceasefires and how the war ends. This is a process. You have a new relationship with America. A $500 billion, half a trillion dollar deal that President Trump is proud of. That gives us an interest worth defending. Let's talk about the positive. But Americans, they would not want to go in business with.
The way he handled the meeting, the way he confronted the president was just over the top. So I think the relationship between Ukraine and America is important. He has made it almost impossible to sell to the American people that he's a good investment. One at a time. One at a time. Senator Graham, thank you.
Do you think President Zaleski needs to resign to resume these peace laws? He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs to change. All right, that's good, Daryl. Let's go ahead and cut it there. So, again, that's Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been a huge supporter of Zelensky. And he was horrified at how Zelensky acted in the Oval Office. And he said so. He's like, he either needs to change or he needs to resign.
But the reality is, you walk into our house, you disrespect us, and then you hold your hand out like you're owed something? I don't think so. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. The opinions expressed on the show are those of the host and not of iHeartMedia or its employees. Thank you for listening to NewsRadio 650 KENI. Welcome back to live. And insightful Morning Drive Radio on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Welcome back to Hour 2.
of the Amy Dobosky Show broadcasting live and local every weekday morning from 6 to 8 a.m. Oh, Daryl, I'm telling you, I'm watching right now Fox News, and this whole thing was Zelensky. You know, The audio is sensational when you watch it. And I watched the entire hour-long...
Press availability, the meeting between Trump and Vance and Zelensky. And there was a lot more. I mean, Marco Rubio was there. I mean, when you look at it, they had it zoomed in so you could only see those three. But there was, I mean. 12 diplomats, so to speak, if you would put it that way. When I say diplomat, I mean the vice president, secretary of state. There was a lot of people. But one of the most obvious things that Zelensky was crashing and burning.
was watching the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Her physical reactions as Zelensky was speaking, she had her hand, like, you know, at the bridge of her nose, and then she was covering her. head and then i mean he was it was i mean he was just he was a little punk like i wanted to i i was like he was a punk
And that's why I say there's no way he did this unintentionally. I think he got some very bad advice on how to, you know, you're walking into the guy that literally wrote the art of the deal. And he wasn't getting what he wanted. Yes, he was getting an economic alignment with the U.S. for strategic minerals, but he wanted more. He wanted U.S. military presence there. He wants to be paid back 100%. He wants, he wants, he wants.
That's not how negotiations work. And I think this was a failed attempt by Zelensky to really force Trump's hand. I agree. That's what I think it was. This is what I see. And like I said, he's a wannabe dictator. He suspended elections. in his country. He has curtailed free speech. They're forcing people into the military. I mean, the reality is... I think this guy goes unchecked. I think he becomes a dictator. That's what I think. I think he's already to that point. But that's my own opinion.
Am I saying what Russia did is right? No, absolutely not. But I'm saying you have to understand the history and what is going on and why Russia, there is zero chance Russia will accept. Ukraine becoming a NATO country. It's not going to happen. Never going to happen. It is like the red line that cannot be crossed. And that's exactly what Zelensky wants, right? In addition to all these other things, he doesn't want to have to pay the U.S. back for all the money that we've given him.
But he missed the boat here, in my opinion. I think he made a really big mistake. I think he overplayed. He thought he was in a power position. He's not. He's not. And when you flip one of your staunchest allies, Lindsey Graham, was so disgusted at his behavior, when you flip somebody like Lindsey Graham,
I'm just telling you, you messed up, buddy. You messed up. Now, we have another audio clip I want to play from Scott Jennings. Scott Jennings is a conservative commentator that's on CNN often. And very rarely do people agree with him. But he kind of sums it up, and I thought he did a good job in summing up this whole Zolinski exchange. So we're going to go ahead and play Scott Jennings here in just a minute. You've got to give me just a second.
Okay, Daryl's going to do it. But Scott Jennings, you know, had this, tell me, should I take Ken first? Daryl, you want me to take Ken? No, he's thinking. His computer's working. There we go. All Zelensky had to do today was put on a tie, show up, smile. say thank you sign the papers and have lunch that's it he couldn't do that this did not have to go down this way and however you feel about why it started why it's going on who's right and who's wrong
We can help them in this and come out okay on the other side and he's making it hard. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I actually agree with Scott. And everything that he said was basically right. Yeah, everything you said was basically right. I'm sorry for the music laid over. I pulled that audio clip and I didn't have time to pull it out. But my point is this. There was no reason for them to even have the White House meeting.
They've had this deal struck for 10 days, but Zelensky insisted to do this at the White House. The way it went down is how it went down. He had an agenda. And again, he was trying to plage Trump into a power position of forcing U.S. troops, because that's what he kept going back to with security. When he talks about security, security, security, security, he's talking about U.S. troops. He's trying to force.
Trump into a position where Trump's going to commit U.S. troops to Ukraine. And I think that's a huge mistake. Trump's not going to do it. And you try to force Trump in a public arena. Trump just basically said to him, you're playing with World War III. What are you doing? I don't know. It was something to behold. And this isn't new when it comes to diplomatic relationships. The only difference you see.
is this was the first time it was done in public with media there. But people are saying behind the scenes, this is basically how Zelensky was acting for the past week and a half. So, are we surprised? No. This is more of it. All right, let's go to the phones, and Ken is with us. Good morning, sir. Hey, I have a supposition. You said about this was all by intention.
On Zelensky's part, I always try to look for things that funnel in and feed into the news stream on these things. And two weeks ago, in the European Financial News, they talked about this. It was glory days for the European economy. Why? They're getting their chance to build up their military industrial complex. And you're talking, I'm at Rheinmetall's stock tripled.
And the European Union has pledged over $500 billion for this deal. So what else? It just all looks off contrived. And, you know, I watched the behavior panelists. Oh, by the way, go watch a video called Banker's Wars. And go watch that and then now go to this today. And it's all rinse and repeat. Making a lot of money and a lot of control of this whole conflict thing.
And I'm saying I don't care who the players are involved in. I don't want to talk about it. But it has happened. It's historical reference. And so when we fast forward to today and you see how things are playing out. Is it just another contrived conflict? And I've got to say, by reading the financial news in Europe, that's what I think. And should I doubt it? Well, should you doubt what was the cause of every major conflict in the past 100 years?
And it's hard to swallow. And when you see, I've watched the behavior panelists, and you see what they talk about, how people act. Trump really wasn't there. He was leaning forward. He wasn't engaged. He wasn't even looking at him.
It was almost like he was putting his time in on this thing. And so when they say he did this and he did that, I think, well, you know, he looks like a guy just kind of hanging in there until this whole thing's over. And that's what it looked like to me. And then when you know the financial news from Europe, two weeks prior.
Prior to this, what, are they soothsayers? Or have they got a crystal ball I don't know about? And I guess you could be on the life of stock picks like Dan Sullivan and make... 47% on your returns by this kind of thing. But you just got to watch these guys. And I'm not saying I think that's guaranteed, but it sure fits, does it not?
I don't know that I saw the same thing you did because I watched the video of Trump and I watched him. He did his typical where he leans forward. He has his hands kind of in that little, I don't know what you call this, power position where he had him down. And as Zelensky's talking. he's shaking his head yes like he's listening like actively listening he wasn't looking at him he was listening but at what that point that I'm thinking about Zelensky was talking directly to JD Vance and so
I think there's a lot more to it. I don't buy that Trump wasn't there and he wasn't present. I think he was. I think Zelensky went in there with an agenda to blow up the deal. on purpose, and I don't think Zelensky actually wants peace. I think what he wants is to become a dictator. I think Zelensky wants to have the U.S. commit to military troops in ukraine i want i think
I think that's what he's going for, and I think he wants somebody else to 100% rebuild his country. And I don't think he wants to pay back the U.S. for all the hundreds of billions of dollars that we've sent to Ukraine. So I think this guy was in a position where he's kind of forced. Now watch. Watch the news. news over the next few days. Does Zelensky actually want peace with Russia?
Does he actually want peace? I don't know that he does. I don't believe it. I don't think it's good for Zelensky. Look, you have a stand-up comedian who became president of this country. What's he going to do after this? What's he going to do if he's not president anymore? If he holds elections and he loses, which a lot of indications are that if he were to hold elections, he would lose, what's he going to do next?
I don't know. I don't buy it. I think it was a designed blow-up of this deal. That's what I think. We'll see, though, because what this effectively did for Trump, and if Trump did hold this meeting on purpose, do I think... Trump, I think Trump knew what potentially could come out of this when he held the meeting because all accounts are that this is how Zelensky has been acting behind the scenes. There's a lot of reports out there that this has been difficult. And like I said.
And for the last week and a half, do you think the U.S. didn't know what they were going to be walking into? I think they knew it was a possibility. But I think from Donald Trump's perspective, I think the American people got to see Zelensky for what they've been dealing with behind the scenes with Zelensky.
And now there's multiple reports out there after this whole exchange, the American people's support for the war in Ukraine has dramatically plummeted. Because now what you see is basically... ungrateful world leader who's holding his hand out basically telling American taxpayers my way or the highway I mean
I don't think it's going to play very well in the American public. I don't think it's going to be playing well with his own people. That's part of what the problem is. Can we ask Trump to maybe give Zelensky the nickname Lipinski? You know, because he's so lippy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. All right, let's go to Gary. Good morning, Gary. Good morning. I watched that whole clip, too. And what I was focused on...
was Alinsky's face and his body language. And I think where it went off the rails is when he pulled out those pictures. But having said all that... And I think Trump set him up for this big failure because Trump wants to see who his allies are. So now Zelensky went over there to the EU and you see him all lining up behind Zelensky.
which is not good, because now they're saying, I'm going to put $500 billion into a military. They're so far behind the curve, because we don't have the manufacturing, we don't have the rare earth minerals, we don't have... a lot of stuff meanwhile the enemy is being more and more defined and so when you look at what's happening the wobblers who create all this havoc
is being defined because you can't count on those people. So when you say that you see Trump has now defined who his real allies are. And I don't like this because when people are lining up, that shows us the solidarity of the West. The East... I'm going to call them the East. Our enemies, they are well-armed. They are defining themselves. They are setting us up better. Setting themselves up better. And I think we're in big trouble.
Well, I think Trump is exactly right when he says that Zelensky is flirting with World War III. He's right. I think he's absolutely right. This is probably the most dangerous conflict that I've probably seen in my lifetime. And I don't say that lightly because you have to remember, you know, whether we're talking about China, whether we're talking about Russia, we are dealing with nuclear-armed countries that have the technology and the ability.
to deploy that technology. And then you start looking at the absolute erosion of of democratic values in the West. I mean, start looking at it. The reality is very, very soon you're going to see the U.K. taking over. Their population is going to be overcome with these immigrants. from these Muslim-dominant countries, and you're potentially going to have a Muslim-dominated country in the UK that is nuclear capable. And it is... Look, the reality is, look at what happened in Lebanon.
back in the 70s and the 80s, when you had a beacon of potential. They used to call Lebanon the Paris of the Middle East. And then when their population got overtaken by a different ideology, The Christians were persecuted, and now it is a completely different country. Look at what they're doing at the U.K. right now, whether we're looking at Scotland, whether we're looking at England, whether we're looking at Ireland. You're looking at this crackdown on...
on free speech and Christian values. And then you look at what's happening in Ukraine. Now, granted, it is a war-torn country. There's no question. But the crackdown on free speech and Christian values is happening. The suspension of elections has happened. And so you look at that and you say,
What is actually happening? There's a much bigger play here than anybody's talking about, and I think it's a very dangerous one. And as you see, the U.K. and all these kind of Western countries start to align. And look, Ken's not wrong when he says, look at the military industrial complex and how much money people are making off a war. I think it has been true for many, many decades that has been the case. And so I think it's far more complicated.
than the general media is telling you. They're trying to say Trump was just rude. Trump wasn't rude. Trump was trying to broker a peace deal with a guy who has no interest in having peace because I don't think it's in his personal interest to actually have peace in his country. I think he's making a lot of money and he's staying in power by the fact that he's able to suspend elections and he's able to get...
other countries to send them billions and billions of dollars of cash and in weaponry. And, mind you, something nobody is talking about, probably half of the arms that the U.S. has sent to Ukraine, that Ukraine has turned around and sold. to drug smugglers, to other independent nations, to rogue outfits. Nobody's talking about that at all.
So I think this is a real big issue. And we have to start asking ourselves what really is in the best interest of the United States. And I think Donald Trump is right. I think it's peace. And I think it's a far more complicated issue than anybody is making this out to be. I'll give you the last word, Gary. All I recognize right now is the West is defining their weakness, and the East is going to make their move.
Yeah, you're probably right. I mean, like I said, I do think this is the most dangerous time that we're seeing right now. And we have high stakes. This is not a game. This is high stakes real life. And unfortunately. You know, we'll see. It's going to get harder before it gets over, I think. That's for sure. Gary, thank you so much for weighing in this morning. I appreciate your input. Thank you.
All right, let's go to Scott. Good morning, sir. Good morning. How are you? I am wonderful. What's on your mind this morning? Okay. I saw was hopefully the next president, J.D. Vance, just letting Zelensky know that once Trump is done, he's going to be the man. And it's going to be the same foreign policy as Donald Trump. We don't need to be going around being the world. Just imagine what that $350 billion that we sent there could have done for this country.
Yeah, I will tell you, you know, you saw, you know, and there's a couple things in there. You know, it takes somebody who has quite an air of themselves to walk into the Oval Office and knowing that just.
a few months earlier you had him as a foreign leader who landed on the ground in Pennsylvania let's not kid ourselves doing a campaign stop for Kamala Harris and then a few months later he's walking into Donald Trump's uh oval office like he like donald trump owes him something like the american people owe him something i mean i gotta be honest with you if it was me i probably would have been a little bit more humble
a little bit more respectful and I probably if there would have been any disagreement I probably would have not done that in front of the cameras that would have been me It probably started off on Iran's foot when Trump said, he's all dressed up today. Yeah, he did. Yes, he did.
Yeah, he did. Well, look, and I don't think anything Trump does is by mistake. I think if the reports are accurate, and I would assume some are, because, you know, when you hear Marco Rubio say, this is how this guy's been acting for the past 10 days. If the reports are accurate, look, Donald Trump, what did he just do? He just exposed for the entire American public to see how this person has been acting.
that the United States government has been funding this war to defend their country. I think, you know, there's right now, I have to pull up my thingy here, but there's... Right now, a poll out that says more people now think the U.S. is helping Ukraine too much. It's up from 7%. to now 41% of people polled think the U.S. is helping Zelensky too much. That's huge. Trust in Zelensky fell from 72% to 48% just after Friday.
So I think from Donald Trump's perspective, I think he might have done it on purpose, to be honest, accepted this invitation. Like I said, Zelensky could have just signed this minerals deal, but he wanted, he insisted that he was there in person and he go to the White House.
he insisted it careful what you ask for right well when you're going around canceling the elections shutting down the press canceling religion that seems to me like they're trying to be a dictator and that's what he's done that's what he's done Yeah, I think you're right. He's a con man. That's all that man is.
Yeah, I will tell you, he has definitely taken a tank in the American public's mind after that behavior. And, you know, I think he's a little too big for his britches. You know, we'll see. As long as, you know, to our last caller's point, as long as... The Europeans and the rest of the West is backing him and letting the money flow and letting the troops flow and letting the arms flow. He's going to continue to act like this because I think he's holding more cards than he thinks he has.
We will see. We will see. Scott, thank you for weighing in this morning. I appreciate it. All right, let's go to Bud. Good morning, Bud. Good morning, Miss Amy. Good morning, Daryl. Sorry, Daryl. I didn't see him. Okay, but I'm going to put you back on hold. I missed my break, Mark, so we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. We'll be right back. local and always insightful morning drive radio with eight late mornings on news radio 650 ke and i call now 907-522-0650
Welcome back. Current time, 738. We're going to go straight to the phones. And Bill is with us. Good morning, sir. Hey, good morning, Amy. I can tell you most of my conversations forget that, you know, the whole barisma thing with Hunter Biden and the prosecutor that was so famously fired. that Joe Biden talked about. Zelensky, I think people forget Zelensky was the big player in that firing. So I think Zelensky has obviously got dirt on the Bidens, and he's been blackmailing the Bidens.
throughout the entire presidency to enrich himself and i think that's got to his head and i believe in his mind he thinks you know that over four years of being able to call the shots with biden's get the money enrich himself And everybody says he's a dictator in the making. No, he is a dictator. He's canceling elections. He's doing that is a full blown dictator. So I think like you said, his he's.
He thinks he's got more cards than he has because he's been able to blackmail the Bidens for the last four years, and he doesn't realize there's a new sheriff in town. Yeah, I think, but I honestly think that is a really good analysis. And, look, it makes sense, right? When I saw that, you know, I've got to be honest with you, I watched it a few different times to say, what am I missing here?
I don't think Trump is a fool, but I think Trump exposed what he's been dealing with, and I think you're right. I think Zelensky overplayed his hand because there is a new sheriff in town. I think your analysis is probably spot on. and and and i just you know i think uh in his mind and you know power you know power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely and i think over the last four years in his mind
He's brought himself to believe that he is in control. He does have power over that, and I think this meeting was a big slap in his face to bring him back down. I think a deal is going to happen relatively quick. I think his hand got played, he got slapped back into place, and I think a deal is going to happen really quick. That's just my analysis.
Well, you may be right, because there's some reports coming out that Zelensky is trying to be a little prideful, but saying, you know, well, we're ready to sign if the U.S. is ready to sign. So we'll see if he means it. Bud, thank you so much for your call. I appreciate that insight. I think Bud is 100% probably spot on on this one. All right, we're going to go ahead and take another break. We'll be right back.
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Looking at your last conversation isn't needed because Bud articulated very eloquently what Zelensky faced. He forgot that Trump's family wasn't on the Ukrainian payroll. Yeah, that makes a good point. You know, Bill, as I was thinking about this over the weekend, you know, to me it really comes back to this. I believe what happened is...
You know, Zelinsky, from all accounts, this deal was made, but he wasn't happy, and this is what he was arguing about, you know, the last 10 days. He didn't get what he wanted, so he attempted to litigate it publicly. And I think it backfired on him because really what he keeps talking about is security guarantees, which means if we just.
you know, trans like that, American military troops, American might, American protection. And I just don't think Trump was willing to send American military soldiers to engage. I mean, that would be the... started world war three i mean it would i i think it was a big miscalculation on his on zelinski's part and he's overconfident because he's had an administration that he knew he has had under their thumb because of uh
personal exposure that could be very imminent if the U.S. didn't give them everything they wanted. Yeah, yeah, I think you're right. I don't know where we go from here, but I think there will likely be a deal at some point. I don't know. I think, again, It would have been a brilliant move to link the US economically to these rare earth minerals and a significant economic linkage. That would be something the US would want to defend.
I think it was a mistake on his part. I think he, frankly, got too greedy. I want to go to the local front. I am really involved in helping one candidate I think a lot of, and that's Daniel George in Anchorage. We're only going to... take over the assembly a seat or two at the time. And I tell you, this is one of the most impressive candidates I've seen in quite a while. And I say that he worked for me and he was...
I would call him one of the top two over 14 years in the legislature that worked for me. Daniel George, Assembly candidate, is one of the top two people I ever had working for me. He closed out his career working. He was so meticulous on helping me do our best, unsuccessfully. He got a couple of changes on the crime bill. He saw the problems with that and was...
And I haven't seen too many people that are as involved and care about their community as much as Daniel George. And people all across Stripes are supporting him just because of his... His competence and record of success in helping the neighborhoods out there. And he has, I haven't talked to him about this personally, but I don't think he's in favor of the ordinance. that his opponent pushed through that encourages people to walk in front of traffic in dark clothes.
Right? That doesn't make sense. So Daniel George is running for assembly for District 1, which is the downtown district. North Anchorage is what they call it. And I will tell you, I have had a chance to meet with Daniel over the years. I remember when he was their community council president down there, and he really was a huge advocate for all things downtown and for his community, very involved. I was very impressed.
of actually writing a letter of recommendation for him when he was named to one of the top 40 under 40 a few years ago. So I've only done that twice in my time where I've been, where I've chosen to write for somebody. And Daniel George was the first one I ever did it for, and well-deserving. He is a very impressive guy, and I think he would do a great job in District 1.
I can tell you a lot of candidates, you see them pop up, they start to pretend to care about their community because they're interested in running for office. He's running for office because he has decades of demonstrated... experience and support caring about his community he has it the just the opposite of most candidates in the right way yeah no i agree with you completely um i'm looking right here
You can email him at dgeorgeak at gmail.com if you want to learn more about him. I'm looking at his filing right here, and I'm trying to see if I see a website. I don't see a website yet. He has a vent tonight at Keith Monternak's hangar. I think I sent that to you via text. Oh, let me look here. Oh, there it is. I see it. So Daniel George, he has a fundraiser tonight, North Anchorage District 1, 5.30 to 7 p.m., hosted by Keith Montanac, 3720 Belanca Way in Anchorage.
He's a great guy. I've got to be honest with you. If people can get out and support him, I would highly encourage you to do so. He is really a great candidate, and he's just a great community member, very common sense, logical guy. Bill, thank you for calling. in this morning and reminding us about those assembly races that are coming up in just 28 days from now.
And sooner, isn't it sooner, ballots will start arriving, right? Yeah, probably in the next two weeks. They usually send them out. I think they'll send them out in the next couple of weeks. So you're exactly right. Thank you so much for calling and reminding us. We'll get into these assembly races here. Probably this week, actually. All right. Thank you so much. All right. Let's go to Bruce. Good morning, Bruce. Hey, morning, Amy. Morning, Daryl.
So, obviously, the Linsky-Trump deal is the big, hot topic, and the analysis that callers have given has been really good. But I think it's even something maybe a little bit simpler.
If you remember when Trump was running for president and he was asked about Russia-Ukraine, he said he wanted the dying, the killing to stop. Yeah. And, you know, those of us that have served and had to lose somebody and go to a funeral detail and... lose somebody you know it it sucks man and president trump his last you know time in office he had to go meet parents with the coffin draped with the american flag on there and i think that really hit home with him and
All the deals that he wants to do, that's all great. But at the end of the day, I do think he wants peace because he's seen it up close. And once you've seen it up close, it changes you forever. And he just wants peace. That's all. He wants the killing to stop, just like you said, and I believe him. Yeah, no, I think you're right. I think from his perspective, you know, Zelensky was baiting him a little bit about trying to, you know, name call Putin. Look.
I don't think anybody believes that Vladimir Putin is a saint, nor do I believe. I think he is the aggressor in this situation. There's no defense of him. But if Trump is really the one who's trying to arbitrate a deal, if he's trying to mediate the deal, the mediator can't. go out calling names on this side or that side. He's got to come out and he's got to be able to get both sides to come to the table. And I think that was Trump's point. And I think Zelensky was publicly trying to get Trump.
to take his side and to commit to military troops. And when I hear Zelensky keep saying we need security guarantees, to me, what I'm hearing him saying is he wants U.S. troops in Ukraine. And I don't think Trump's interested in that. for all the reasons you expressed. I think that would be an escalation, and we would see World War III. I think that would be a mistake. And if you look at the U.K. prime minister that came out and said, you know,
We're going to put boots on the ground. That's World War III right there. Yeah, it's a dangerous game they're playing. And Trump's trying to prevent it. So I just want people to remember it doesn't matter. where people are from or whatever, when you lose a loved one in war, I don't care how righteous you think it is, it sucks, man. So that's all I had to say.
Bruce, thank you for the call this morning. I really appreciate it. All right, we're going to go ahead and take our last break of the show. When we come back, we will continue with your calls, 522-0650. Welcome back to live, local, and insightful Morning Drive Radio on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Welcome back. All right, we are going to go to another bill. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Domboski team. All right, what's on your mind this morning? Do you have thoughts on this whole Zelensky thing?
I do, I do. Just how Zelensky has the Biden administration over a barrel, this, conversely, it brings credence to the fact that... There was no Russian collusion with Trump or Putin would have Trump over a barrel. So that totally negates the Democrats' argument. Oh, interesting, interesting. Here's the thing. You don't have a throwdown like that if you have some dirt on somebody because they probably would just...
would just fold like a chief suit. So to your point, I think maybe it does prove that Trump is probably, you know, innocent of such accusations. There was no Russia, Russia, Russia stuff, or he would be completely kowtowing to Putin, which he's not. Yeah, exactly. Well, you know, we'll see what comes of all this, but I think it is a very serious issue. Like I said, I think there's a lot of things. I was watching Tucker Carlson a while back, and he was the only one I remember talking about.
Ukraine actually selling half of the arms that we're sending them on the black market. I'm like, why is nobody else talking about that? That's an issue. I think that's an issue. And so I think it's way more complicated than just we should be supporting Ukraine because they were invited by Russia. I think it's more complicated than that. I agree. And to your previous caller's point, I feel terrible for the people of Ukraine. They have a terrible government that doesn't support them. And I feel...
It's terrible for all the family members in Russia who have lost soldiers to this stupid war. You know, playing chess with people's lives is just the wrong way to go. I agree. It is a dangerous, dangerous time we're in. Bill, thank you so much for your call. I appreciate it. Take care.
You too. Well, you know, I wanted to take the show a little different because everybody is going to play you the audio clips from that exchange. And I will say, I think it's important not just to listen to the last 10 minutes. I think if you have an opportunity. Sit down and watch the whole hour long.
press conference because what you see is changes in body language I'm not saying either side was perfect but you're seeing changes in body language and then go and listen to Marco Rubio he's our secretary of state listen to what he says about it because look whether it's Scott Besant or whether it is Marco Rubio, any of these people that have been trying.
to strike a deal with Ukraine, you have to remember this opportunity for Ukraine to economically link to the U.S. would have made Ukraine's position stronger. Think about that. You're now tied to the US. with a deal that potentially would mean hundreds of billions of dollars for the US over a period of time. This is a significant economic interest that the US would defend. Why would you sabotage that?
I mean, it's a common sense question. Why would you sabotage that? And when you see what Zelensky has done, and now he's coming out, Breitbart's reporting, Zelensky shuts down calls for immediate ceasefire in war with Russia. Now it says apparently being bolstered by the fawning of some of these Western countries after the Friday meeting, Zelensky expressed intent to continue the war until he is satisfied with the security guarantees on offer.
from Western powers. So what he is saying is he won't agree to a ceasefire unless Western powers agree to protect his country. And that means U.S. troops. Let's make no mistake about it. Now, does he have some validity in saying we've had deals with Russia before and they've broken it? Of course. Of course. Obviously, if the United States of America is coming in saying we're going to sign this huge economic deal,
for something that is going to be of strategic importance to us. That means the U.S. will obviously defend that. What does that mean? I don't know exactly. Would it be troops? Would it be support? Would it be... whatever it means, but what the president's not going to do is say we're going to send our military over there and defend your country. That is a guaranteed escalation that would lead to World War III. And that's what Zelensky is asking for. He wants...
the U.S. to guarantee his security. And that is just a step too far. Trump is not dumb. He recognizes, and he said it during this exchange, he recognizes that this is flirting with World War III. And this is not something he's been saying he wants to be a president of peace. He wants to end this war.
But there's a lot of money at play. To Ken's point, there's a lot of money at play. And there's some people that I don't think want to end this. But when you have somebody like Senator Lindsey Graham, who i you know i flirt with some days i i love hearing what he has to say in other days i'm like oh gosh here we go another one of these cheney type of you know endless war republicans
But other times I'm just like, yes, but when Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, comes out and he basically says that Zelensky blew it up. He messed up bad. He blew up the deal. I don't know if we can repair it. He may have to resign. Those words right there. coming from Lindsey Graham should express to you how seriously Zelensky messed this up.
I think it's just that significant. And I think at the end of the day, I think Bud's right. I think there will be a deal. but it's going to take a lot of diplomatic relations, and it's going to take the U.S. pressuring other Western countries to get on board to get Zelensky to make a deal. Because right now...
You know, Russia's been pretty clear of some of the things that they want. They don't want an expansion of NATO, which we've talked about. And Zelensky's trying to force his way into NATO. I think that's the red line. I don't think it's going to happen. But... Time will tell. I'm not in those inner meetings. I can only imagine what those would be like. But again, if this is how Zelensky's been acting behind the scenes,
I mean, he made a mistake by telling Trump he wanted to come to the White House and do this at the White House. I think he didn't get exactly what he thought he was going to get, but he's acting like a petulant child. He's kind of stomping around. I think he thinks he has more of an upper hand than he actually has. We will see. We will see. Time will tell. I'm sure Clay and Buck will have a lot to say about this today. So you'll definitely want to listen to that.
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