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It's July 1st. I'm Brian Dean

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Wright, former CIA Operations Officer. And

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this is The Wright Report. A

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good day to you, ladies and gentlemen.

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Welcome to The Wright Report, your daily

0:21

news podcast. I've got

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two sets of briefs for you this morning that

0:25

are shaping America and the world. First

0:28

up, we've got the domestic and international fallout

0:30

from last week's U.S. presidential debate, with

0:33

Joe Biden refusing to step aside this morning. Democrats

0:35

are in a state of panic, and global

0:38

leaders are saying it is time for Mr.

0:40

Biden to go. We will talk about all

0:42

of that, plus what foreign spy services are

0:44

doing right now to take advantage of all

0:47

of the chaos. Second, we've got

0:49

international updates this morning to talk about, including

0:51

a new terror threat to U.S. forces in

0:53

Europe, the growing possibility of

0:55

a war in Lebanon that's on deck,

0:58

and also a quick update about the

1:00

elections in France. But first, let's

1:02

get to that top story of the morning. Joe

1:05

Biden is facing growing calls to step

1:07

aside from both his reelection and the

1:09

presidency of the United States. But

1:11

based on some fresh reporting, he is refusing

1:14

to do either of those things, in no

1:16

small part because of some advice from his

1:18

son, Hunter. But before we get to

1:20

that, let's start with a recap of

1:22

what has happened since we last spoke on Friday

1:24

morning. That's when 51.3

1:27

million people woke up after having watched

1:29

what was, by all accounts, an

1:31

absolute disaster for Mr. Biden and the nation.

1:33

And that is not my view. That is

1:35

yours and your fellow Americans. A CBS

1:38

News poll found that 72 percent

1:40

of you all do not believe that Joe Biden

1:42

has the physical or mental ability to run the

1:44

country. That number shot

1:47

up after the debate. And that is

1:49

why starting Friday morning, leftist media outlets like

1:51

The New York Times and The Atlantic said

1:54

that Mr. Biden needs to step aside

1:56

from at least his campaign. Swing

1:59

state newspapers in Georgia and beyond were calling

2:01

for him to do the same. All

2:03

in all, it was a bipartisan, near

2:05

universal message from U.S. media outlets across

2:07

the board that called for Biden to leave

2:10

the race. Joining those media

2:12

outlets were Democrat leaning voters as

2:14

well. pollsters at Morning Consult found

2:16

that 60 percent of

2:18

Democrat friendly voters said that, yes, it

2:20

is time for Mr. Biden to step

2:22

aside and step down. Throughout

2:24

the day on Friday and into Saturday, world

2:26

leaders and global press reacted much

2:29

the same. Germany's leading newspaper

2:31

said that the debate was painful to

2:33

watch. French media outlets called

2:35

it a disaster, a shipwreck and

2:38

a catastrophic event without precedent in

2:40

modern American political history. But

2:42

it was not just the foreign press that

2:44

weighed in with this view. Foreign leaders did,

2:47

too. For example, CNN spoke

2:49

with mostly European and Arab politicians

2:51

off the record who said

2:53

that they were shell shocked by Mr.

2:55

Biden's appearance and his performance. Meanwhile,

2:58

Italy's deputy prime minister said that Mr.

3:00

Biden simply cannot do the job anymore.

3:02

It is time for him to go.

3:05

Meanwhile, Poland's foreign minister compared Mr.

3:07

Biden and America to the end

3:09

days of the Roman Empire. But

3:12

to be clear, none of those foreign

3:14

officials were really surprised. As

3:17

The Wall Street Journal reported, they saw Mr.

3:19

Biden's mental decline began, gosh, well over a

3:21

year ago. And that was despite the White

3:23

House's efforts to hide it. As

3:25

Axios and NBC News report this morning,

3:28

Biden staffers have long avoided events both

3:30

here and abroad that occur

3:32

either late in the afternoon or into

3:34

the evenings. Those sundown hours are when

3:36

apparently Mr. Biden is the most prone

3:39

to confusion, mumbling and sudden changes in

3:41

mood. So this dementia

3:43

like state was also well known

3:45

to Mr. Biden's family and senior

3:47

Democrats. As Axios reports, Mr.

3:49

Biden is mostly fine from 10 a.m.

3:51

to 4 p.m., but after 4 p.m.,

3:53

Mr. Biden relapses

3:56

into various states of confusion.

4:00

That startling news trickled out throughout the

4:02

day on Friday and into Saturday. And

4:04

that then led to growing conversations about

4:06

how or if Democrats might remove Mr.

4:08

Biden from either the presidency or at

4:11

least his re-election campaign. As

4:13

noted by Bloomberg News and Reuters News Service,

4:16

it would be challenging to do if

4:18

Mr. Biden refused to step aside. But

4:20

it could be done, and

4:22

it could be either right now or at

4:24

the Democrat nominating convention in just a few

4:27

weeks or at some point this fall. But

4:29

the best option would be for Mr. Biden to

4:32

step down on his own accord. But

4:34

by Saturday morning, it became clear that he most

4:37

certainly would not. The Biden campaign

4:39

launched into various counter strikes throughout the day,

4:41

blasting this idea that he might back out.

4:44

As the New York Times reported, the campaign

4:46

stuck to three key talking points. First,

4:49

that while, yes, Mr. Biden had

4:51

a very bad night, all presidents

4:53

and politicians knew. Second,

4:55

he had a bad cold, and he felt

4:57

pretty crummy on debate night. Third,

5:00

the real problem is actually that Mr.

5:02

Biden was just too darn prepared. He

5:05

got overwhelmed with trying to relieve facts

5:07

during the debate, especially in the face

5:09

of Mr. Donald Trump's relentless lies. So

5:12

those talking points were what was echoed

5:15

by former President Bill Clinton, his wife

5:17

Hillary Clinton, and former President Barack Obama

5:19

and his wife Michelle. They all circled

5:21

the wagons to make it very

5:24

clear that Joe Biden is not going

5:26

anywhere. At least that is what these

5:28

Democrats were saying in public. Behind

5:30

the scenes, there were a handful of federal

5:32

and state Democrats who were a little bit

5:34

more panicked, again, in private. As

5:37

Bloomberg News reports, they believe that

5:39

Biden's unpopularity and his clear mental

5:41

decline will drag them down next

5:43

fall. But the Biden campaign

5:45

was aware of that, and they tried again

5:47

to calm those nerves throughout Saturday and into

5:49

Sunday. They pointed to a

5:52

Friday afternoon speech where Mr. Biden did

5:54

seem more aware and lucid. They

5:56

also played up this fact. The Biden campaign

5:58

has raised 33. $3 million

6:00

in the 72 hours since the debate.

6:04

But when that still didn't calm nerves,

6:06

the Biden campaign decided to get pretty

6:08

blunt. They sent out an email

6:10

to supporters saying that the process of

6:12

replacing Mr. Biden on the nominating ticket

6:14

would lead to weeks of chaos

6:17

and internal Democrat fighting between the

6:19

various camps. In fact,

6:21

the Biden campaign showed polling that

6:23

other likely candidates, to include the

6:25

Democrat governors of California, Michigan, and

6:27

Kentucky, would actually lose more

6:29

voters to Trump than Biden would,

6:31

even in his current mental condition.

6:34

And that is why, through yesterday morning,

6:36

the response from Washington, D.C., and the

6:38

Biden campaign was resolute and

6:40

unflinching. You all can just forget

6:42

this idea of Mr. Biden leaving the White House

6:44

or the campaign. He is

6:46

the choice of the Democrat Party. And

6:49

if there were any lingering doubts about that,

6:52

we got confirmation late yesterday that it

6:54

was full speed ahead. That

6:56

is when the New York Times reported that

6:58

Mr. Biden, his family, and several aides traveled

7:01

to Camp David for a private conversation about

7:03

what to do. And the message was clear.

7:06

Keep on fighting. The

7:08

loudest and most angry voice to stay in the

7:10

race, apparently, came from his son, Hunter. As

7:13

listeners may recall, Joe Biden has previously called

7:15

his son, Hunter, quote, the smartest

7:17

guy I know, end quote. Thus,

7:19

he listened to his advice. And

7:23

yet, the New York Times, the Washington

7:25

Post, and other traditionally leftist outlets continued

7:27

to say late last night that

7:29

Mr. Biden has to do something

7:31

more or different to prove he

7:33

is still viable because the debate

7:36

was so disastrous. And

7:38

that is why the Biden family will do two things,

7:40

they say. First, Mr.

7:42

Biden's schedule will be further limited to

7:45

daytime hours when his mental condition

7:47

is less acute. Second, there is

7:50

going to be a big staff shakeup because

7:52

clearly they should have known better than to

7:54

push for evening events. They

7:56

also should have used better makeup, apparently, because

7:58

he looked very pale. on debate

8:01

night. And so folks,

8:03

that is the way forward as of this

8:05

morning for the White House to limit Biden's

8:07

activities to events before 4 p.m., then

8:10

work hard to minimize any public exposure and

8:12

the gaffes that often come with it, and

8:15

ultimately keep other Democrats in

8:17

line by all means necessary.

8:20

And yet, as the Times and

8:23

NBC are reporting, Mr. Biden and

8:25

his family know that the damage has

8:27

largely been done. Mr. Biden

8:29

apparently feels humiliated by what the world saw

8:31

at that debate, and he doesn't

8:33

want that to be his legacy. He

8:35

is a prideful man, the Times says,

8:37

and he will fight to salvage whatever

8:39

is left, no matter the cost or the

8:42

impact it might have on

8:44

the rest of the nation. And

8:46

with that, let's take our first

8:49

break of the morning. When we come

8:51

back, I'll offer you my analysis and

8:53

opinion, bringing in some American history and

8:56

my experiences from the CIA. We'll

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They collapse into a paranoid cocoon.

12:03

They are divorced then from both reality and

12:05

a care for the nation. They only care

12:07

for themselves and for survival. And

12:10

that is true of their staff as well. Regime

12:13

staff know that if their leader steps down,

12:15

or in this case from a campaign or

12:17

the presidency, the next

12:19

leader will have their own staff and their

12:21

own agenda. And that could include targeting

12:24

them as perhaps Trump may. And

12:27

so staff members then launch into absurdities,

12:29

like saying that Biden simply had a

12:31

cold during that debate night, or

12:34

that, you know, he just prepared too much with too many

12:36

facts and he got overwhelmed. Okay. Finally,

12:39

I've seen the hysterics of a regime's

12:41

bureaucracy. So in this case, that would

12:43

be Democrat senators or Department of Justice

12:45

officials. And when they

12:47

are confronted by a crisis, they scramble

12:49

too, because, well, as it relates to Biden,

12:52

they knew years ago about his dementia, but

12:55

they've been covering for him. And

12:57

now they will face questions and they fear what

12:59

will happen if their role in

13:01

hiding the truth is discovered. And so

13:03

they too, we would expect, will do

13:06

some paranoid and silly things, maybe dangerous

13:08

sometimes too. And that's

13:10

simply because there is no care amongst these

13:12

people about the good of the nation, only

13:15

saving their political hides. Again,

13:17

this is all classic behavior of

13:19

regimes and families that are consumed

13:21

by personal and party politics. And

13:24

that, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly

13:26

what George Washington feared would happen.

13:30

Back in the fall of 1796, President

13:32

Washington publishes farewell address to the

13:34

nation and he specifically warned

13:36

what would happen if America were to

13:38

become consumed by party politics and leaders

13:41

rather than focus on the nation and the greater good.

13:44

Let me remind you of those words

13:46

this morning. Quote,

13:48

however political parties may now and then

13:50

answer popular ends, they

13:53

are likely in the course of time

13:55

to become potent engines by which cunning,

13:57

ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled

13:59

to subvert. those

18:00

things to make things different in that

18:02

nation and better, at least from

18:04

the optic of the US government. And

18:07

that, ladies and gentlemen, is

18:10

exactly what the Chinese and the Russians

18:12

and the Iranians are doing to us

18:14

this morning. They've been doing it for

18:16

years. That's because Joe Biden's

18:18

dementia has been known for years, certainly on

18:20

a clandestine basis. And

18:22

while I hate this, I hate that this is happening,

18:25

I understand it is the business

18:27

of espionage. But

18:29

we should be very clear. This

18:31

is the cost, that is to say we

18:34

are being penetrated by these spies because

18:36

our elites are choosing to leave a diseased

18:38

man and the White House. But

18:41

here's something remarkable. George

18:43

Washington spoke of this threat

18:46

as well. He knew that

18:48

we would be faced with corruption by foreign

18:50

powers because some of us might go down

18:52

the path of worshipping a party over the

18:54

nation. Let me read those words.

18:57

Quote, parties

19:00

and loyalty to a party open

19:02

the door to foreign influence and corruption,

19:04

which find facilitated access to the government

19:06

through the channels of party passions. Thus,

19:09

the policy and the will of one country

19:12

are subjected to the policy and the will

19:14

of another. End quote. In

19:17

other words, if you allow party politics

19:19

to prop up a corrupted commander in

19:21

chief, then do not be surprised

19:24

when foreign adversaries or even allies

19:27

take advantage of the resulting rot. And

19:30

of course, he was right. Of

19:32

course, George Washington and our founding

19:34

fathers and mothers were right. And

19:37

I suspect that they are turning over in their

19:39

graves this morning at the Republic that

19:41

we have become. But that's

19:43

as of this moment, the Republic that we have

19:45

become as of today. The

19:48

question before us is what will

19:50

we become tomorrow and beyond? Well,

19:52

that is a critical question for us this morning, isn't

19:55

it? We all know that Congress

19:57

could impeach and remove Mr. Biden for very

19:59

clear questions. laws. But as

20:01

of this morning, Democrats would block that in

20:03

the Senate because of those party passions that

20:06

President Washington warned us about. So

20:08

that means that America has one of four

20:10

paths forward, the first three just for

20:13

Democrats. Initially, they've got about

20:15

six weeks or so from now until the

20:17

convention in Chicago. That is the

20:19

cleanest option for Democrats to remove Mr. Biden.

20:22

Second, at the convention itself, he could be

20:24

removed. That's a little bit more messy, but

20:27

it's doable. And then third, we've

20:29

got a couple months between the DNC convention

20:31

and the general election in November. That

20:34

is the most messy and chaotic of all,

20:36

at least in terms of internal Democrat politics.

20:39

Then finally, we've got the general election,

20:41

of course, in November. That is a

20:43

long four months from now, plus then

20:46

two more months after that until inauguration.

20:49

And that's not great. Having a demented

20:51

commander in chief until next January

20:54

is not great. So that

20:56

is the moment, my friends, that is the history that

20:58

we are all living through. And

21:00

I don't know what's to come, but sadly, it

21:02

does not appear that Mr. Biden or his party

21:04

are going to do the right thing. America

21:07

has, in effect, gone to

21:09

what I recognize from my time abroad,

21:12

full regime, at least for the moment.

21:15

And that, I promise you, will

21:17

leave some Biden staffers, bureaucrats and

21:19

Democrat officials vulnerable to the approach

21:22

of foreign governments. In fact, I suspect

21:24

that they have already divided those people into

21:26

buckets based on intel, just like I used

21:28

to do. And I assure you, they

21:30

will pounce. It is a game that I know

21:32

well. So let

21:34

us watch, let us listen

21:37

and let us pray for the next

21:39

five months or so as we approach

21:41

the election and then the months thereafter.

21:44

Because if I may borrow another line from

21:46

another founding father, we've

21:48

got a republic for now, assuming

21:50

we can keep it. And

21:53

with that, ladies and gentlemen, let's take one

21:55

more break this morning. When

21:58

we come back, we've got news from the

22:00

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back to The Right Report with news

23:13

from around the world. We begin with

23:15

breaking news from the Pentagon this morning,

23:17

which told CNN over the weekend that

23:19

US military bases in Europe are on

23:21

a heightened state of alert this morning

23:23

due to credible intelligence suggesting that they

23:25

will be attacked by Islamic radicals over

23:27

the next week or so. We know

23:30

that one of the targets is the US

23:32

Army garrison in Stuttgart, Germany. They

23:34

raised their alert level to force protection

23:36

condition Charlie on Sunday, which means that

23:39

an attack is likely and based on

23:41

high confidence intelligence. The same

23:43

is true and other bases in Germany

23:45

plus Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria. The

23:48

Pentagon is not saying what the intel might

23:50

be, but we do know three things. First,

23:53

the FBI and the CIA have been warning

23:55

for months now that the threat of Islamic

23:57

terror is rising both in the homeland and

24:00

to US interests abroad. Second,

24:02

just a couple of weeks ago, Germany's

24:04

interior minister warned that Islamic radicals are

24:07

the greatest threat to her country.

24:09

Third, we also know that French officials have

24:12

been warning of jihadi attacks in Paris during

24:14

the upcoming Olympics, just a few weeks away.

24:17

In short, we know that Islamic radicals

24:20

and their ideologies are on the march

24:22

this morning, heading towards US

24:24

communities. And as of this morning, US

24:27

military bases abroad, especially in Europe.

24:31

So with those quick facts and data, let me

24:33

offer you my analysis and opinion. For

24:36

the past six months, I've briefed you

24:38

on numerous European officials saying that Islamic

24:40

radicalism is a clear and

24:42

present danger to the continent. It's not

24:44

just Germany or France. And that

24:47

is why I've cautioned against travel to Europe

24:49

this summer, because bluntly, they

24:51

are not gonna stop all the attacks. Although

24:53

to be fair, neither will US

24:56

intel or law enforcement stop all the

24:58

Islamic attacks here. And

25:00

that's because in both places and in both

25:02

cases, governments have opened their

25:04

borders. And while doing so, they

25:06

have conducted very little vetting of the people who've

25:08

come across to include what

25:10

the cultural or religious affinities of these

25:13

migrants or illegal aliens might be. And

25:16

that has allowed in Islamists who want

25:18

to kill or create Islamic nations inside

25:21

of say, the US or Europe. And

25:24

now the price must be paid

25:27

for those reckless policies. So

25:30

our prayers are with our service members in

25:32

Europe this morning. And gosh,

25:35

if there were ever a time to have

25:37

a competent commander in chief in the White

25:39

House, this would be the moment. Alas,

25:43

we do not have that. Next,

25:47

we pivot to a different set of warnings

25:49

this morning from US and European intelligence services.

25:51

And here's the warning, a war

25:53

in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel is

25:55

likely to occur within the next few

25:58

days to a few weeks. And

26:00

that is why nations around the world are

26:02

warning their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately. It's

26:05

also why the US Navy is moving in

26:07

the USS Wasp and their amphibious Ready Group.

26:09

They are heading to the waters nearest Israel.

26:12

They will be responsible for any evacuations of

26:14

US citizens in the event that that is

26:17

necessary. And that does

26:19

look more likely than not to happen.

26:21

Political magazine is reporting that Israel is

26:23

building up its war materiel in the

26:26

north of the country. They're also ensuring

26:28

a steady supply of soldiers and reservists

26:30

to that area. Prime Minister

26:32

Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week that some

26:34

units will be shifted from Gaza in

26:37

anticipation of this fight. Meanwhile,

26:39

his cabinet ministers and those folks

26:41

across the political spectrum in Israel

26:43

are saying that they are ready

26:46

to hit Lebanon, quote, back into

26:48

the Stone Age, end quote, targeting

26:50

their power and distribution systems in

26:52

particular. To which Hezbollah

26:54

is saying this morning, bring

26:56

it on. The group's leader, Mr Hassan Nasrallah,

26:58

is saying that the group has far more

27:00

weapons than the last war that they fought

27:02

with Israel back in 2006. US

27:06

intelligence largely backs up that claim. Hezbollah

27:08

is known to have about 100,000 fighters

27:11

and hundreds of thousands of

27:14

rockets, drones, anti-tank and

27:16

anti-ship missiles. And it is

27:18

those latter missiles that are giving pause

27:21

to the Pentagon this morning. And

27:23

as you would imagine, the folks on the USS

27:25

Wasp. The

27:27

White House and European powers are trying

27:29

to calm the situation this morning to

27:32

include indirect diplomacy with Hezbollah. They're warning

27:34

the terrorists that the Pentagon cannot and

27:36

will not stop Israel should a war

27:39

begin. They're also

27:41

trying to convince leaders in Jerusalem to be

27:43

patient and let diplomacy play out for just

27:45

a little bit longer. But that

27:47

appears increasingly unlikely. Israel

27:51

argues that Hezbollah has increased its rocket

27:53

fire dramatically over the past month, and

27:55

that is true, certainly since

27:57

the Hamas terror attacks on October 7th. The

28:00

result has been the displacement of over 100,000 Israelis, and

28:02

it's caused some pretty nasty

28:05

forests and brushfires in the north over

28:07

10,000 acres burned so far. And

28:10

that the Israelis say must come

28:12

to an end sooner rather

28:14

than later. Now, the only thing

28:16

that might stop this war, say

28:18

European, US and Israeli officials, is

28:21

an unlikely peace deal or a ceasefire with

28:23

Hamas in the Gaza Strip. But

28:25

those proposals continue to be rejected by

28:28

Hamas and its leaders like Yaga Sinwar.

28:31

You may recall my previous brief where

28:33

Mr. Sinwar argues that he has the

28:35

Israelis right where he wants them, and

28:37

he is willing to kill whatever number

28:40

of Palestinians it takes to accomplish his

28:42

dream of eradicating Israel. So

28:45

those facts and data, let me offer you my

28:47

analysis and opinion. Let's

28:49

begin with a reminder of why we should care

28:51

about this likely war. First,

28:53

we have US service members in Iraq, Syria,

28:55

and now just off the coast of Israel,

28:58

plus other places in the Middle East. And

29:00

they are all in the direct or indirect line

29:03

of fire that would result from this possible war.

29:06

Second, there is an economic cost, too. If

29:08

this war were to go to a regional conflict, we

29:11

would absolutely see a jump in the price

29:13

of oil. Some folks estimate

29:15

around $10 a barrel at least.

29:18

But really, the sky is the limit,

29:20

depending on how bad it would get

29:22

and how the Iranians would choose to

29:24

respond. Third, and speaking

29:26

of those guys, we would likely see an

29:28

increase in Iranian terror activities in places

29:31

like the Red Sea and Europe

29:33

and likely in the

29:35

United States. As listeners might

29:37

recall, Hezbollah has terror cells in California,

29:39

Michigan, and New York that just name

29:42

a few states. Fourth

29:44

and finally, we have to think about

29:47

how this localized conflict in Israel is

29:49

really just one chess move of a

29:51

much bigger global game about how

29:53

Iran, Russia, and China want to reorder

29:56

the world. In other

29:58

words, at what point do these nations... start

30:00

to coordinate their efforts to create a

30:02

three-front war in Ukraine, Israel,

30:04

and Taiwan, knowing that

30:07

the US can't possibly respond

30:09

to all three, especially with

30:11

a commander in chief that can't function

30:13

between the hours of 4pm until 10am.

30:17

So that is why this news from Israel

30:19

is important, and it is why I will

30:22

continue to watch those northern sections of Israel,

30:24

plus how the Iranians respond, and

30:27

as ever, what kinds of

30:29

funny business we might just see in Ukraine

30:32

and in Taiwan. More

30:34

to come. Finally, this morning,

30:36

a quick note for you about the election

30:38

results in France. Results

30:40

are still trickling in, but it is

30:43

worth a note this morning, the conservative

30:45

National Rally Party has won the first

30:47

round of voting, in second place

30:49

were the radical leftist parties of socialists and

30:51

communists, and in third was

30:54

the party of President Emmanuel Macron. That

30:57

was not supposed to be the

30:59

result, Mr. Macron gambled that the French

31:01

people would reject the conservatives and the

31:03

far left, but as the

31:05

French outlet Le Monde is reporting this

31:08

morning, his gamble has failed. Instead,

31:10

conservatives are ascendant in the country.

31:13

France now heads to a second round of

31:15

voting next weekend, that will determine who controls

31:17

the parliament. But even

31:20

if conservatives do well and capture

31:22

the parliament, Mr. Macron will still retain

31:24

the presidency. And that

31:26

could lead to a very awkward relationship,

31:28

and it could change their approach to

31:30

NATO and their response to Russia's war

31:32

in Ukraine. And that

31:34

is why we will be back to

31:37

France. Mr. Macron has been a big

31:39

proponent of more direct confrontation with Moscow

31:41

inside of Ukraine. He has

31:43

argued for boots on the ground. But

31:46

that push could be limited if

31:48

these conservatives win next weekend. So

31:51

yes, we will go back to Paris

31:53

no later than next Monday, I would

31:56

assume. And with

31:58

that, ladies and gentlemen, we conclude your morning. with

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the creed of every good spy

32:39

and every wise American. They're

32:41

the words from the Gospel of John, Chapter

32:44

8, Verse 32. And

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you shall know the truth, and

32:48

the truth shall make you free. Good

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day.