The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Republicans Blame Mass Shootings on Doors | Sergiy Kyslytsya

Episode Date: June 3, 2022

Engineers build the world's tiniest robot, Michael Kosta investigates the connection between mass shootings and doors, and Trevor talks to Ukrainian ambassador to the U.N., Sergiy Kyslytsya.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Coming to you from New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show. Tonight, the Queens throwing a rager, the door-controlled debate, and Sirhi Kis Lisa. This is the Daily show with Sherman Noah. Thank you so much for tuing in. Thank you for coming out in question. Thank you so much. Let's do this everybody. Welcome to the show. We've got a really, really fun episode for you tonight. The midterm elections have already been decided. Surprised. America's fish are doing drugs and her majesty

the Queen is celebrating 70 years as the world's most beloved unelected dictator. So let's do this people, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right everybody, as you may know, and as you should know, today was a very special day for the queen. And no, I'm not talking about Beyonce, I'm talking about the original Queen. The crown wearing, Range Rover driving, 96 year old, five-foot giant whose face has been on money longer than any of us, losers have even been alive, long lived the Queen! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, every one of us from the colonies we just get so excited when we were kids. the the the thiiiiiii th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. to to the th. toe, toe, th. thi, toe, toe, toe, toe, th, toe, thi, too, too, th, the toe, the toe, the toe, the the the the th, the th, th, th, th, toe, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th., th. th. th. th. th. th. And, toe, th. And, the, the, the, too, too, too. And, toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. And, the, their, I'm sorry, every one of us from the colonies, we just get so excited when we talk about the Queen. Yeah, they whipped it into us when we were kids, it's not my fault.

Where was I? Oh yes, yes. Queen Elizabeth, the second has now officially been on the throne for 70 years, which means it's time to throw a little party. Four days of parades and pageants and pagant their thiiiiaaaa thanananananan the morning to celebrate the historic 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth. Hundreds of thousands gathering outside of Buckingham Palace. Tens of millions watching around the world. An event filled with royal tradition and ceremony. Fifteen hundred troops, three hundred and fifty horses.

This pageantry is the envy of the world. At Stonehenge, they have been showing pictures of the Queen from different decades. The Jubilee's official dessert, a seven-layer lemon trifle, in honor of the Queen's seven decades of service. The Queen has given us her life, really. She loved her, she's beautiful. Go save the Queen! The incredible composure save the Queen! The incredible composure of the Queen herself standing on that balcony, just how glamorous Kate looked.

I mean, she is becoming an icon. And then little Prince Louis, who looked, frankly, bored and a little unimpressed by the whole thing. Yeah, of course he's bored. Don't forget, he's a prince, okay? So to him, she's not the Queen, she's the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, she's the queen, she's the queen, she's the queen, she's the queen, she's the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen, the the queen, the queen, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the queen, the the queen, the whole thing. Yeah, of course he's bored. Don't forget, he's a prince, okay? So to him, she's not the Queen of England in her palace. She's just granny in her house with the grandma's smell, all right? It doesn't matter what the spectacle is. At the end of the day, he is still a little kid at a family party.

If you want to hold the interest, you know what what got to do? You got to give them an iPad. Yeah. That's what I do with four-year-olds. Whenever I look after them, yeah, I put YouTube on Autoplay and then boom, they set for like 10 hours straight. Yeah, I'm the world's best babysitter and they come away understanding that Bush did 9-11. But seriously, this looked like so much thiiiiiiiiiiiii. th th th. th. th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I's, I's thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thoom-nc-nc-a, I put thoom-a, I put thoom, I thoom, I tho, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thin, I thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. I'm th. I nobody's pretending to be poor. They've got 1,500 troops, hundreds of horses, seven-layered desserts. The only part I didn't enjoy was when they projected the queen onto stonehenge. Yeah, that felt kind of like an age thing, you know? I was like, hey, you two know each other, don't you? Yeah, queen say how to the stone faces.

And while this extravaganza may seem excessive to people, you've got to admit 70 years on the throne is impressive. You know, in fact, it's impressive for any job. Who else has held on to a job for that long? I mean, if you think about it, in fact, maybe it's time for the Queen to try something new. I mean, with the skills skills skills skills skills ski ski ski sk, thi s's learned at this job, you know, she could try something else. She would be an incredible Walmart greeter, you know. Just like, plasma screens in all five.

She could be a consultant on the next season of Bridgeton, you know? Yeah, just being like, it's not bad, but I wish we had this many chocolate hunks in my day. Yeah, or the best for the war. Yeah, the queen would be seamless in that. Yeah, she's got the bodyguards, she's got the bling, she just went platinum. All she needs now is to start a beef with another monarch. Yeah, you want some of this, Emperor Naruhito? Didn't think so, bitch! But let's move on.

But let's move from someone who's been on the throne for 70 years. Donald Jubilee Trump. Because do you guys remember, you know, how Trump and his people peacefully tried to dispute the 2020 election? Do you guys remember that? Yeah? Well, if you don't, I understand. It was like 34 years ago in pandemic time. But it turns out that since Trump left office,

the MAGERDCR is because yesterday Politico dropped a bombshell story about how the GOP might plan to win the midterms without having the most votes. Yeah, because you see in 2020, they were trying to challenge the election. But thanks to a new leaked recording, we now know the new mega plan is to challenge the election from the inside. In a stunning piece of reporting, Politico has uncovered tapes of Republican operative strategizing on how to overturn votes in Democratic precincts.

The idea is to install party-trained volunteers prepared to challenge voters at Democratic majority polling places. And then to back up those party-trained poll workers with a quote army of party-friendly lawyers. Those folks are largely Q&N, election deniers, folks who think the election was corrupted, who are now going to be trained as poll workers sitting there having their hands on the ballots, taking in the information from the voters. Oh boy, this is not good. This is definitely not good.

Trump lovers are planning to install themselves in place of non-partisan poll workers. It's a major conflict of interest. It's like hiring death as a lifeguard. I don't know if he's interested in saving you. And look, I'm not surprised that Trump Republicans are switching their things up for this coming election, because last time, what did they do? They left it to this guy, right?

A man who was somehow even bad at sweating. I mean, look at that, right? That's what it looks like when hope physically leaves your body. And this is the thing about Republicans. They're not thapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapape th. th. th. th. tho thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi tho thi thi thi thi thi tho tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thiii thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the thing about Republicans. They're not deterred by setbacks. They tried to steal the election last time and what happened. Everyone laughed at them. And they could have given up, you know, and tried to win the election based solely on the strength of the ideas. But no, they got up. They dusted themselves off and they said, this time, we're not going to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to to to over to over to overturn to overturn to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to over to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tooexx., toe., toe. toe. toe. toe. toe count them in the first place. And let that be a lesson kids. You never give up on your dreams. I think that's the lesson, right?

That is the lesson? No, it's not that. Oh and by the way, if you're worried that this means you won't get your I voted stickers, calm down you will. Yeah, it'll just have a question mark at the end. All right, let's move on. Are you one of those people who eats fish instead of red meat because it's healthier for you? Well, if you live in Florida, you might want to think again. There's this alarming study out of Florida, finding fish off the coast are contaminated with pharmaceuticals.

Researchers sampled 93 bonefish over three years and found an average of seven meds per bone fish. One fish had 17 different drugs. List includes blood pressure medication, antidepressants, antibiotics, pain relievers, and a lot more. Researchers say the meds get in the wastewater every time people flush. You know, every time I think I've seen the most American story of old time, this kind of stuff comes up. Because which other country can say, there's so much the their their their their there's there's their there's there's their there's their their their their their their their their time I think I've seen the most American story of all time, this kind of stuff comes up. Because which other country can say, there's so much medication leaving our bodies,

we're basically providing Obamacare to the fish? Think about it. How much medication are American doctors prescribing people? I think it might be too much if I can shit out a full dose for somebody else. I will say this could be a good thing. There is a silver lining. Drug prices have gotten so high in America. If you can't afford your heart medication, now you can just go to red lobster.

Yeah. Yeah, you might get your blood pressure down, or you might get a four-hour erection. Either way, you're happier. You're happier. You're happier. And I know, I know that some people who are like, Trevor, it's not about the people. This is unhealthy for the fish. It's not about humans. I actually think this is good for the fish. I do. I think it's good that they got a hold of some of those antidepressants, you know? Yeah, if your habitat was slowly boiling around you, you could use some LexaPro, you know? Just show you out.

You know, when I was watching this story, like, I know that we put toilet water in the ocean, but this story just reminded me that we put our toilet water in the ocean. Yeah, it's like, whenever I'm having fun at the beach, you know, frolicing in the wave, ah-ha. Ha ha ha ha. I never think, man, it's great to spend time in a big giant toilets. We don't think of the ocean as that when we're in it, you know? You realize people propose at the beach. Now, once you remember that our toilet water goes there, it's not as romantic anymore. You know, it's just like, so how did he propose? It's like, oh remember that huge dump you flushed the other day? It was right next to that. Oh my God.

All right, but let's move on to some exciting news from the world of science. And in particular, robots. There's no denying that robots have come a long way, you know, from helping humans assemble cars, to showing off their dance moves, to their their dance moves to distract us from the apocalypse they're planning, to even running some of the world's biggest social media companies. But it turns out the next big leap in robots might actually be really small. A group of engineers from Northwestern University developing the smallest remote control robots ever created. Look at this, so this tiny crab robot is only half a millimeter wide. That's smaller than a flea. It can walk along the edge of a penny too. Now the botch has the ability to crawl, jump, and even twists that the engineers hope micro robots can eventually repair small machines in tight spaces. Ew.

Those things look like something Wally picked up at an airport like Kinta. Yeah, it's like oh you got to wrap to wrap to wrap to wrap to wrap to wrap to wrap to wrap to wrap the the the the the the the the the the th. W wa th. th. W. th. W. th. to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. A th. A th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's a th. That's a th. That's a th. That's a th. That's a th. That's a th. That's a th. That's a th. A th. S. I's a thin. S. I's kind. S. I's kind. S. I's kind. I's kind. S. So. I's kind. I'm th. S. So. I's th. Sote. So. like Quinta. Yeah. It's like, oh, you gotta wrap it up, Wally. That looks disgusting. You know, I don't know why. This kind of robot scares me a lot more than the human-sized ones. You know, because at least if a big robot goes berserk, we can close the door. I don't know, man, we're making tiny robots. mouth, into your brain. Yeah. And they get into your brain and they trigger that memory of the time you asked that girl to prom and she said she was busy that night but then you saw her at the prom. Now I wish that robot had killed me. And you know while it's cool to have a super tiny robot to repair, to repair small machines, what are you going to do when the tiny robots break? thin? you don't think about it, do you? Yeah, you

realize what's going to happen. You've got robots breaking. You bring the tiny robots to fix those, and then the tiny robots break, and then what are you going to have to call the world's tiniest repairman to your house. Okay? Before we get started, there's thinne things I'm going to get to need to need to need to need to get to get to get to get to get to get to get. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. Gsox. to get to get a the to get a to get a drii. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. thea. thea. thea. tiny. tiny. tiny. tiny tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. tiny robot. take Venmo. Can't risk getting stuck under another dollar bill for a week. No more of that. And most importantly, make sure you lock up your cat. That thing's like a tea-rex to me. I'm tiny. Okay, finally. Have you ever wondered what happens between the time you click order on a food delivery app and the food actually arriving at your door? And you might be saying, I know, I, I know, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, and, I, and, and, th the, and, th th happens between the time you click order on a food delivery app and the food actually arriving at your door? And you might be saying, oh, I know what happens, Trevor, I rub one out while I wait.

No. What I mean is what happens on the food side? You guys are disgusting. Well now, delivery drivers are revealing what's really happening behind the scenes. You may want to pick it up instead of having it delivered. According to a new poll, 80% of delivery workers admit to eating some of the food in their customers' orders. More than 500 delivery drivers were pulled for the survey, and the results show, 25% confessed to hooking up

with someone in the vehicle. I'm sorry, that is shocking. 80% of drivers eat their customers food? So that means 20% of drivers are delivering vegan meals? That can't be right. I actually don't necessarily have a problem with sharing my food with someone. I'm not Swedish. And also, this news actually makes me feel better about ordering takeouts.

Yeah, because now when someone says, Do you know how many calories are in those fries? I'll be like, 30% less, th.. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, so th, so th, so th, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so th. So, so th. So, so th. So, so th, so th, so th, so th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi. So, thi. So, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. So, so thi. So ordering takeouts. Yeah, because now when someone says, do you know how many calories are in those fries? I'll be like 30% less, thanks to Barry. Five stars, Barry, five stars. And before you hear this news and go, ah, delivery drivers are shit, they're eating our food. Maybe you should be asking, why do these billion-dollar tech companies pay the delivery people so badly that they have to eat your food. In fact, they should have an option

where on top of the tip, you can order extra food for them. The only detail that threw me in this whole thing is the part about hooking up in the car. Yeah, when they said like delivery drivers admit to hooking up in the car. Like, when? I just want to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the their.... their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. to their. their. I. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their..................................................................................................................... is it when they're on the job? Is that like while they're delivering the food? Because I'll be honest, man, you know, I don't want my freshly cooked dumplings to witness that. Oh boy, oh boy, I can't wait to go to my new house. Oh, it's gonna be wait. Why are we stopping? What, what are you two doing? Ah, I don't want to see this! Close the lid, close the lid! Why does he have a sausage out here? What's going on?

Tough lack of the dumplings. All right, we've got to take a quick break, but don't go away, because when we come back, Michael Costa hits the streets to find solutions to America's gun problem. You don't want to miss it. Welcome back to the daily show. On May 14th, a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle shot up a supermarket in Buffalo. ten days later, another man with an AR-15 style rifle shot up a supermarket in Buffalo. Ten days later, another man with an AR-15 style rifle shot up a supermarket in Buffalo. Ten days later, another man with an AR-15 style rifle shot up a school in Texas. And just yesterday, a man with an AR-15 style rifle shot up a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now, you might think the problem here is all the AR-15-style rifles.

But that just shows how little you know, because the real problem, according to some, is all the AR-15 style rifles. But that just shows how little you know, because the real problem, according to some, is all the doors. Have one door into and out of the school and have that one door armed police officers at that door. There should be one entrance in and one entrance out, and all of our elementary and all of our middle schools. They're small enough to do that.

It is about the single point of entry. If this school was on lockdown, could have the doors have been locked where he couldn't have gotten in? Classroom doors should be hardened to make them lockable from the inside and close to intruders from the outside. That's right. America has a doors problem. In fact, some doors are totally unhinged and yet politicians are doing nothing. And since we know other countries don't have America's mass shooting problem, that clearly means that they know something about doors that we don't. So we asked Michael Costa to hit the streets and find out how other countries deal with their doors. In the day since Uvaldi, we've had 11 more

mass shootings. Hold on. Shit, another one. In the day since Uvaldie, we've had 12 more mass... Hold on, news alert. Thirteen! Sh-14 mass shootings. Jesus.

But for some reason, mass shootings are the one part of American culture that isn't popular in other countries. How often are you having mass shootings in India? Is it weekly? Is it daily? Zero? None. In our 30 years. Never. Never heard of mass shootings in Ireland. Wow. So what are they doing differently than us? Mass shootings in America. Everyone knows what's causing them. No one's really saying it. It's the elephant in the room. Let's say it together. America has too many doors. Wait, what did you say? The one thing America can do to prevent mass shootings is to limit each school to one or even better zero doors. I disagree. What? That doesn't made sense. One door how is that going to work? One door for the entire school? It's like like a a the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. It's like their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th. their. their. thoomoomoomoomoomoomoomoomoomoes. their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. toes. toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooes. t door, how is that going to work? Like, one door for the entire school?

It's like a jail. How are you going to get out of fire? Let's say we're in a school together with no doors and we're in a fire. That's why the kids should have to have guns. You shoot out a circle. I'll grab your hand. It'll be like, I'll be like, I'll the, I'll the, I'll the, I'll the, I'll the, I'll the, I'll the, I'll the, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'll, I, th. th. th. How, th. How, how, how, the, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to. How, the, the, to. How, the, the, the, the, tho. Howe. How. How. How'm talking about like doors, you know, like the shooters come in through doors. Okay, right? I wasn't sure why these tourists were ignoring the real threat to our nation.

Doors. How did the Polish government defeat the door lobby? They don't. They just let people have doors. Okay. And how many shootings have they been. the the they they they the they they the they they they their. None. Exactly. What? None. Yeah. But these are little European doors, like little ones that like Hansel and Gretel walked through? No. This isn't the old daes with the old doors, the big wooden heavy doors.

It was real difficult to open. You know, these are new, modern doors. Like even a kid can open them. There's so many heartless manufacturers, like Smith and West no like crate and barrel they make doors doesn't have to do with the doors I realize doors are a hot button issue but just keep your cool I'm not saying anything crazy I'm just saying you should have a license to buy a door you should have a background check to buy a door if you have committed a violent crime in the last five years maybe there's a waiting period for you to buy a door. So you say that buying a gun should be easier than buying any door?

But what do guns have to do with it? Guns are what keep us safe. Foreigners like to say that Americans are obsessed with guns, yet when it comes to preventing mass shootings, all they wanted to talk about was guns. Now who's obsessed. Do you think it would help to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban to ban the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the Now who's obsessed. Do you think it would help to ban revolvers? Yeah. You know the doors that go around like that? Oh, I thought revolvers. Sorry.

Oh, you were thinking of guns? No gun. No shooting. Yeah. But what about your constitutional right to have a gun? No constitutional right. Whoa. Does it suck over there? We have a low. You can't buy a gun just like that.

You have to have permission to have a gun. Permit, a license? Yeah, a license. You can't go in the shop and have a gun. It's complicated. It is. But let me tell you what's simple. One door.

You keep coming back to the doors to do dangerous stuff. Well, they have to have something dangerous with them, like a gun. And the doors, I don't know, you walk through the doors. I can't see the right. I'm sorry, I can't understand. I appreciate you apologizing. An apology accepted. Maybe one day these foreigners will have some actual advice and how to stop mass shootings in America. But until then, then, our door the th th th th. th. then, our th. then, then, then, then, the, the, the, the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I'm tho, I'm the, I'm the, I'm tho, I'm tho, I'm tho, I'm their, I'm their, I'm their, I don't their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their, I'm the, I'm to the. to to to toean. toean. toean. toe. toea. tho. toeanananan. thean. thea. thean. And, I thethen, our door is open. We'll figure it out, Michael. Stay tuned, because we're going to be joined by Ukrainian ambassador to the daily show. My guest tonight is Ukraine's representative to the United Nations.

He's here to talk about Russia's war in Ukraine. Please welcome Ambassador Sergei Kiseltzia. Ambassador, welcome. Welcome. Ambassador, welcome to the Delhi show. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. You have a really interesting position and a difficult undertaking right now because you are representing Ukraine at the UN and Ukraine is in one of the most precarious positions right now. Before we get into where we are, let's maybe clear up the beginning. How did this start and what

is the cause of what we're seeing in Ukraine? Well do you want a long story or or you want a short version? I guess we're on TV so the cause of what we're seeing in Ukraine? Well, do you want a long story or you want a short version? I guess we're on TV. So the short one is like 300, 300 years. But the short one is Putin came to power. And he probably promised himself that he would restore the Soviet Empire. And ever since we are in the state of war, and now we are in the state of hot war. I mean, actually the war started not on the 24th of February.

It started back in 2014. And you're in a position now where, as you said, I like that you call it a hot war because it's a war that people can see very clearly. There are many people who are being killed, there are tanks rolling in. It's a different type of war, though, because everybody agrees that Ukraine is in the right. Everybody agrees that Russia is doing something wrong, and yet because of Russia being Russia, it seems like the United Nations and many other countries are scared to overact for fear of causing a world war. How do you then ask for help and what do you hope will be achieved if countries,

you know, have to balance this precarious position? Well, I think that as a matter of fact, for me, we are already in the Third World War, which may be kind of crazy to say, but the 21st century is not the 20th century where we had these standard wars, with thanks crossing the borders. We are in a hybrid world. And you don't really need to cross the border to attack the United States. You can do that in the cyberspace. You know, or you can do like a terrorism or financial terrorism. So basically, we are there in the United Nations.

And the United Nations is a product of three old gentlemen, which were Joseph Stalin. So it's not perfect. And we still, in the hundreds day of the war, we still have Russia sitting in front of us, and we still pretend that we have to respect it. And the only reason we respect Russian Federation is because, I do not respect, but they have to respect it. That's a very important correction. Because they possess the nuclear arsenal, and they are really paranoid that Russia may that that that that that that that that that the the th that the the the th correction because they possess the nuclear

arsenal and they are really paranoid that Russia may use nukes against them. So is your argument then that Russia shouldn't be sitting as one of those permanent members of the UN? Oh first of all, Russia is not a permanent member, if you ask me, I mean Russia occupied the seat of the Soviet Union back in 1991? The same way Russia occupied Georgia, the same way Russia occupied Transnistria in Moldova, the same way Russia invaded Syria. So Russia occupies, occupies, occupies,

and we are all complacent with that. I mean, we were complacent with that until the night of the 23rd, and all of a sudden we were surprised that it happened, I mean, which was imminent for 30 years. But do you think that maybe this has been, you know, everything in hindsight is 2020. You know, and I've read, you know, some historians who would argue that, you know, they could have been a way for the world to bring Russia into the fold from the very beginning. Some say the problem was the fact that Russia was pushed out. Russia felt like they were th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th like th th th th like thi thi thi thi tho tho tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi. thiou. thiou. thiou. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeeei. thi. thei. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th fold from the very beginning. Some say the problem was the fact that Russia was pushed out. Russia felt like they were being isolated. It felt like NATO was encroaching on their territory.

If Putin was brought into the fold, he would have had a vested interest in being part of the world. Do you see any credence in that argument? Well, you know, I saw many criminalologists, sovietologists, as they called, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, their, their, was their, was their, their, was their, was their, was their, was encroa, was encroaulage. their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their, was their. their. toldo, was toldo, was toldo, was too, too, tolde. too, their. their. thooom. their, was encroa, was their vision of the world the same way like Germany was to know with North Stream you know they saw the world through the tunnel of North Stream and we were all of us we are guilty of letting Putin grow as a dictator of unprecedented scale in Europe probably Hitler or only the one we can compare him with. No, I don't believe in appeasement. I believe in the need to fight the virus.

And Russian Putinism is the same as COVID, but it's only the international politics COVID, you know. Right. And it is taking its toll as well. Your country is in a position now where every day we read about how Russia is changing its tactics. You know, it's slowly becoming a war of attrition as opposed to a direct assault. You know, Ukraine has inspired the world in how you're fighting back. You know, your president has been there staying in the country, you know, despite what everyone thought

he would do. When you get to the point, thoughthough where it feels like European nations are almost encouraging Ukraine to in some way give up a piece of territory, you see many European nations saying, Ukraine, maybe you should just give them the Donbass region, just give them that part that has already expressed some sort of interest in becoming part of Russia. You have said that that is a complete non-starter. Why? Yeah, it's absolutely. I mean, unless everybody's amnesiac, you know, let me remind it what happened in 1938 when Hitler signed a Munich agreement with Chamberlain. The New York Times literally, literally ran an article, and I can quote from it, the world has

never been pregnant with hope as it is now. And then what happened? Czechoslovakia lost one-fifth of his territory. The Nazi troops moved in. And then in less than 12 months, the Second World War started, and the whole Czechoslovakia was invaded. So basically, if people are not very cognizant of the history lessons. They have to go back to schools, I think. And it's a duty of all of us to make them study the history.

Are you worried that European countries may at some point say this is too much for us and we don't know if we're going to back Ukraine through this? Because we've seen, again, through history, Russia is not afraid to fight long, painful wars. It seems like Vladimir Putin's not afraid to send his troops out onto the front lines and have them perish because he doesn't have to worry about an election that he's losing. And approval is not his issue.

And so if you're in that position, you know, Ukraine is in a space where you have your people who may get demoralized, you know, you have a nation that is constantly bombarded, you know, obviously the US is helping you. But what would you hope the next steps would be then? Where do you see the world moving towards to help Ukraine? Well, Trevor, you just came from Europe, on to you, right? I did? Yeah.

You see, it was your own eyes that Europe is not really homogeneous. It's so diverse. It's like a bouquet of nations. Right. So it would be kind of over generalization to say that Europe believes Europe says, I mean, we have wonderful, wonderful nations like Poland, like the UK, like Portugal, I just talked to the Portuguese ambassador, like Baltic states. They will fight hard until the very end to defeat the Russian despotism. You know, we have some countries that got used to live in comfort for so long that they're out of context altogether. But the thing is that if we do not defeat Putinism today, right, if we will be satisfied with just a military defeat of Russia in Ukraine and we will let these dictator to regrow his chopped back claws, they will hit all of you again like in five or seven years from now and then we all

paid triple price for it. So even from the point of view of investing money in Ukrainian victory, investing money in Ukrainian victory is investing money in your own security, and you should be all grateful that it is the Ukrainian soldiers, not the British soldiers, now the American soldiers who are dying in the front, defending the collective democratic world. So I have to remind about that to all of our viewers and to all people in Europe in North America and not only there. I have to remind all Africans who will suffer from the food shortages in two months from now.

A lot of people don't know about that. I saw many people complaining about food prices going up. Many people in the Middle East Africa struggling with, you know, a shortage of wheat and bread is, you know, one of the most important food sources. Many people don't know how much of that grain is coming from Ukraine for the entire world. There are countries, there are countries that are 70% dependent on Ukrainian grain and those countries are devastated with civil wars or with droughts or with climate calamities. They have no way to go on the market and buy grain from somewhere else.

So, I mean, for them, it is a matter of survival. And the fact is that we have 21 million tons of grains sitting to be exported. And we can't do that because one crazy little person in in Kremlin does not really allow us to do that, you know. And that's amazing. I mean, that's amazing. And one of the jobs we have to do, one of the things we are doing currently in the United Nations, we are desperately seeking the way how to save millions of people who are literally under the threat of dying of starvation, 10,000 miles away away away away away away away away away away away away away away the the way to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. thii. thi. the, the, the, the, the the the the the the the the the theauuiauiauiauiauiauiaqaqa.a. the. the. toe. to save millions of people who are literally under the threat of dying of starvation, 10,000 miles away from Ukraine.

And that is why this conflict has so many implications that, unlike in 2014, when we were all happy to have 100 nations voting in favor of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. We now have an overwhelming majority. We have 141 nations that voted on the 2nd of March and that identify Russia as an aggressive state. You know, there were only four countries, such wonderful countries as North Korea and Syria who voted in support of Russia. And it's very important. It's very important because the world finally understood that it's not just about Ukraine. It's about the entire collective democratic community of nations.

Thank you so much for joining us, Ambassador. Thank you for inviting. I appreciate your time. Hopefully we'll see you again. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be you again. All right, we're going to take a quick break, and we'll be right back. Yeah, it's coming to this time. This year, on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, we erected a tribute

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