1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: So this weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, well, he 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,679 was in Geneva, of course with Steve Whitcoff, the Big Help, 3 00:00:06,879 --> 00:00:11,080 as part of the peace talk between Russia and Ukraine. Now, 4 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:14,880 Trump had provided a twenty eight point piece plan twenty 5 00:00:14,919 --> 00:00:18,760 eight points literally to end the war, but reports show 6 00:00:18,839 --> 00:00:22,239 that it favored Putin and Russia. Welcome back to The 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,120 Michael Cone Show on our continued journey to half a 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:30,079 million subscribers. Again, phenomenal weekend. Thanks to you, so hit subscribe, 9 00:00:30,399 --> 00:00:33,719 watch comment. Please keep the comments coming and share with 10 00:00:33,799 --> 00:00:38,039 family and friends. Because this insanity, this stupidity, it has 11 00:00:38,119 --> 00:00:41,200 to stop. So let's get into some of the updates 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,719 from the war. Now, negotiations are allegedly continuing today, and 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,960 let me show you what Rubio told reporters. Play the clip. 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,119 Speaker 2: We arrived here today with one goal, and the goal 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,320 was to take what you knows twenty eight points twenty 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,119 six points depending on which version as it continued to evolve, 17 00:00:59,439 --> 00:01:01,799 and try to narrow the ones that were open items. 18 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,319 And we have achieved that today in a very substantial way. Now, obviously, 19 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,879 like any final agreement, they'll have to be agreed upon 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,879 by the presidents, and there are a couple issues that 21 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,560 we need to continue to work on. But I think 22 00:01:13,599 --> 00:01:16,879 the report today is that I think today was worthwhile. 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,519 It was very, very very It is probably the most 24 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:23,159 productive day we have had on this issue, maybe in 25 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:25,359 the entirety of our engagement, but certainly in a very 26 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,840 long time. But work remains, and because this continues to 27 00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:33,840 be a working process, you know, I don't want to 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,480 declare victory or finality here. There's still some work to 29 00:01:36,519 --> 00:01:39,280 be done. But we are much further ahead today at 30 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,560 this time than we were when we began this morning 31 00:01:41,879 --> 00:01:44,159 and where we were a week ago. For certain you know, 32 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,640 whether it's Thursday, whether it's Friday, whether it's Wednesday, whether 33 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:48,439 it's Monday or the following week. We want it to 34 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,359 be soon because people are going to between today and 35 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,560 the time we deal with this, more people are going 36 00:01:52,599 --> 00:01:55,239 to die, More destruction is going to happen. Our goal 37 00:01:55,359 --> 00:01:57,319 is to end this war as soon as possible, but 38 00:01:57,319 --> 00:01:58,280 we need a little more time. 39 00:01:58,879 --> 00:02:01,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, let me be very clear. That twenty eight point 40 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:05,239 plan that came out last week, the only way to 41 00:02:05,319 --> 00:02:08,639 describe it would be tantamount to taking in a brand 42 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,800 new Bugati and trading it in for a damaged Tesla. 43 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,439 I mean, that's how stupid, That's how stupid. This twenty 44 00:02:17,479 --> 00:02:22,479 eight point plan was basically, Ukraine, you capitulate to everything 45 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,800 that Russia wants, give them additional land that they don't 46 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,080 have right now, agree not to become part of NATO, 47 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,840 agreed to disarm absolutely. Vladimir, what else? Tell us? What 48 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:38,240 else would you like? Meanwhile, a Ukrainian official posted this 49 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,360 statement on x Let me show you what he said. 50 00:02:41,759 --> 00:02:45,039 It says this is a joint statement US Ukraine meeting 51 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,240 from today. On twenty third of November twenty twenty five, 52 00:02:49,319 --> 00:02:53,280 representatives of the United States and Ukraine met in Geneva 53 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:58,879 for discussions on the US peace proposal. The talks were constructive, focused, 54 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,599 and respectful, underscoring the shared commitment to achieving a just 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:09,360 and lasting peace. Both sides agreed the consultations were highly productive. 56 00:03:09,879 --> 00:03:14,039 The discussion showed meaningful progress toward in aligning positions and 57 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:19,000 identifying clear next steps. They reaffirmed that any future agreement 58 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:24,080 must fully uphold Ukraine's sovereignty and deliver a sustainable and 59 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,719 just peace. As a result of the discussions, the parties 60 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:33,199 drafted and updated and refined peace framework. The Ukrainian delegation 61 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,960 reaffirmed its gratitude for the steadfast commitment of the United 62 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,360 States and personally President Donald J. Trump, for their tireless 63 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,639 efforts aimed at ending the war and the loss of life. 64 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:49,360 Ukraine and the United States agreed to continue intensive work 65 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,879 on joint proposals in the coming days. They will also 66 00:03:52,919 --> 00:03:56,039 remain in close contact with their European partners as the 67 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,800 process advances. Final decisions under this framework will be made 68 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,400 by the President of Ukraine and the United States. Both 69 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:09,560 sides reiterated their readiness to continue working together to secure 70 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:16,079 a peace that ensures ukraine security, stability, and reconstruction. Now, 71 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:19,839 let me be very clear about something that's not what 72 00:04:19,879 --> 00:04:23,879 the twenty eight point plan that was initially being shoved 73 00:04:23,879 --> 00:04:28,720 down Zelensky throat called for. Again, it did not permit 74 00:04:29,079 --> 00:04:34,800 Ukraine's sovereignty, their stability, or their ability to protect themselves. 75 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:40,800 It was a literally a capitulation to Russia. Now, this 76 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,680 rhetoric coming out of the White House this week been 77 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:48,279 heavily heavily critical of Ukraine, not on Putin, not on Russia, 78 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:52,680 who of course started this war, but solely critical of Ukraine. 79 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:58,480 Trump posted this on Sunday morning, again claiming that Ukraine 80 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,319 hasn't been grateful. Let me show you what he wrote 81 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,920 in it. He writes, the war between Russia and Ukraine 82 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,360 is a violent and terrible one that with strong and 83 00:05:08,439 --> 00:05:12,959 proper US and Ukrainian leadership, would have never happened. It 84 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,480 began long before I took office for a second time. 85 00:05:15,639 --> 00:05:18,480 Huh hum, here we go again during the Sleepy Joe 86 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,600 Biden administration, and has only gotten worse. Okay, if the 87 00:05:22,639 --> 00:05:25,959 twenty twenty presidential election was not rigged and stolen, the 88 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,720 only thing the radical left Democrats are good at doing, 89 00:05:28,959 --> 00:05:32,160 there would be no Ukraine Russia war, as there hasn't 90 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,319 or wasn't not even a mention during my first term 91 00:05:35,399 --> 00:05:39,800 in office. Who Din would never have attacked. It was 92 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,360 only when he saw Sleepy Joe in action that he said, 93 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,839 now is my chance. The rest is history, and so 94 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,920 it continues. I inherited a war that should have never happened, 95 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,439 the war that is a loser for everyone, especially the 96 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,560 millions of people that have so needlessly died. Ukraine leadership 97 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,839 has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts, and Europe continues 98 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:06,800 to buy oil from Russia. The USA continues to sell 99 00:06:07,079 --> 00:06:10,959 massive amounts of weapons to NATO for distribution to Ukraine. 100 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,360 Crooked Joe gave everything free, free, free, including big money. 101 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:18,319 God bless all the lives that have been lost in 102 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:23,399 the human catastrophe. President DJT. Now, let me be clear 103 00:06:23,439 --> 00:06:28,519 about something. There is not an ounce of accuracy in 104 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,759 that entire post, that rant, whatever you want to call 105 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:36,439 except that this is a tragedy and that there is 106 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:42,480 loss of life. Everything else again, it's all about grievance politics. 107 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,720 Trump also then posted this this morning, just this morning, 108 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,800 is it really possible that big progress is being made 109 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:54,600 in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Don't believe it 110 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,800 until you see it, But something good just may be happening. 111 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,040 God bless America. Now let me just turn around and say, 112 00:07:02,759 --> 00:07:05,920 a confusing post. There has never been one more confusing 113 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,439 than that. So do you have some inside information that 114 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,480 nothing is happening, or do you have some information that 115 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,920 something is happening and you're gonna pull it out of 116 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,480 a hat like a rabbit. Well, nobody knows, you see, 117 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,519 that's the problem. And as far as Ukrainian gratitude, how 118 00:07:23,519 --> 00:07:26,839 many more times do you want to see Zelenski on 119 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,879 his knees saying thank you, mister President. By the way, 120 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,399 it's not your money, it's the American people's money. But 121 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,079 thank you anyway, mister President, for all that you're doing, 122 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,279 for helping to create peace, for helping to save lives, 123 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,160 not just Ukrainians. By the way, more Russians have died 124 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,920 in this conflict by a multiple than Ukrainian. Now, I 125 00:07:50,959 --> 00:07:53,439 also want to show you some reporting from the New 126 00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:55,759 York Times. Let me show you what they say. It 127 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,120 starts off by saying President Vladimir Putin of Russia, for 128 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:04,160 his part, has sat back and watched. For the Russian leader, 129 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:09,560 a Kremlin friendly peace plan that enshrines Ukraine's perpetual subordination 130 00:08:09,959 --> 00:08:13,879 and vulnerability would be a win. So with a failed 131 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,319 process that leads mister Trump to pull remaining support for 132 00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:23,279 Ukraine and further antagonize European allies. Mister Putin weighed in 133 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:27,199 on Friday in a video conference with his top security officials. 134 00:08:27,399 --> 00:08:30,959 The Russian leader said the twenty eight point plan could 135 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,320 be the foundation for a final peace settlement pending substantive 136 00:08:35,399 --> 00:08:39,559 and meaningful discussion, or Russia could keep pressing its case 137 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,759 in Ukraine by force also turns out, says more Ukrainian 138 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:47,679 cities will fall to Russian troops, perhaps not as quickly 139 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,879 as we would prefer, but inevitably, mister Putin warned. He said, 140 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,039 such a path also suits us, because Moscow was content 141 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:01,840 to pursue its interest through armed confrontation. Finally, his message, 142 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,840 his authoritarian system can outlast the resources and will of 143 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:09,759 its adversaries. The West has entered a pain contest with 144 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,600 Vladimir Putin. Who can withstand more pain? Said Alexander Gabyev, 145 00:09:14,879 --> 00:09:19,159 director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. In this competition, 146 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,480 Putin can be tough as nails, and his system can 147 00:09:22,519 --> 00:09:25,320 be tough as nails. Well, let me be crystal clear, 148 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,279 it's fucking propaganda and nothing more than that. Russia right 149 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,360 now is economically in the toilet. On top of that, 150 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:39,480 they have lost approximately a million soldiers the vas vast 151 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,799 vas majority male. So what happens if the war or 152 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:47,559 when the war finishes, What happens to all the mothers 153 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,080 who have no idea? What happened to their sons? What 154 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:56,480 happens to the wives who aren't then reunited with their husbands, 155 00:09:56,799 --> 00:10:01,080 or to the children whose fathers are now gone. You 156 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,320 think Russia's gonna stand for this put In? I don't 157 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,320 even know what you want to call it, braggadocia where 158 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,440 he's going to continue. Do you remember that there were 159 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:15,039 so many Russian lives lost on the battlefield that they 160 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:21,039 brought in these mobile crematoriums because it was impossible to 161 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,960 bury all the bodies. Let me tell you that stuff 162 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,879 doesn't sit well with the Russian people, and unfortunately for 163 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,600 both parties, funds are actually running low, definitely for Ukraine 164 00:10:34,799 --> 00:10:38,440 and definitely definitely for Russia. Let me show you a 165 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,240 few headlines showing the difficulties for both of these countries. 166 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,360 In it, it starts and it says plunging oil prices 167 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,799 threatens Russia's vast spending on Ukraine war. The lower revenues 168 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,919 the resulting part of President Trump's trade war could prove 169 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,639 more damaging to the Russian economy than the penalties the 170 00:10:57,759 --> 00:11:01,799 United States and its allies have already imposed. Another one 171 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,440 said Russia's military budget shrinks as war costs hit Kremlin's 172 00:11:06,639 --> 00:11:10,720 economic limits. The budget indicates that Russia will continue to 173 00:11:10,759 --> 00:11:14,639 fight largely as it has, locking it in a grinding 174 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:19,039 war of attrition. Another one turns out as Zelensky under siege, 175 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,240 as corruption case shatters Ukraine's wartime unity, and anti Zelensky 176 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:29,279 political coalition is coalescing as the president's allies are accused 177 00:11:29,279 --> 00:11:33,759 of enriching themselves while the country soldiers die on the battlefield. 178 00:11:34,279 --> 00:11:37,919 And finally the last one, Ukraine's cash is running low 179 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:41,799 and Europe has no good plan. B. The European Union 180 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,639 wants to finance Ukraine's war efforts using a loan based 181 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,240 on Russia's frozen assets in Belgium. If that falls through, 182 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,799 there's no easy alternative. Now, I do want to end 183 00:11:55,120 --> 00:12:00,440 with two clips, two clips outlining just how insane the 184 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:05,399 United States foreign policy has truly gotten. Kristin Welker. She 185 00:12:05,519 --> 00:12:10,000 tried to ask Scott Bessant about this twenty eight point plan. Bessant, 186 00:12:10,039 --> 00:12:13,159 of course, being the jerkwal fee Is, claimed that he 187 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,679 didn't have information on who wrote it, but then proceeded 188 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,879 to claim that a deal had been written and was 189 00:12:21,919 --> 00:12:22,919 at the center of it. 190 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,639 Speaker 3: Play the clip is you just talked about the president's 191 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:30,759 peace deals. Let's talk about Ukraine. US lawmakers on both 192 00:12:30,759 --> 00:12:33,879 sides of the isle, Ukrainian officials who I've spoken to 193 00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:38,159 say the peace plan for Russia and Ukraine as written 194 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:43,000 only benefits Russia. Let me ask you simply, mister secretary, 195 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,120 was this twenty eight point plan written by Russia. 196 00:12:46,639 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 4: I have no information on that, Kristin, but I can 197 00:12:49,039 --> 00:12:51,600 tell you I am the highest ranking US official to 198 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,799 have visited Ukraine. I went last February. And when I 199 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,799 went last February, I went with an economic cooperation agreement 200 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,720 between the US and Ukraine. President Zelenski pushed back against it. 201 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,240 The same people you're just talking about there pushed back 202 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:10,960 against it. Mainstream media pushback against it. You know what, 203 00:13:11,159 --> 00:13:13,679 we did it three months later and now it is 204 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:19,200 the centerpiece for the Ukrainian economy. That this agreement is 205 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:25,120 even funding military plants for the very innovative military sector 206 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:25,879 in the Ukraine. 207 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: So that's great. He went nine months ago. Mazl to you. 208 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,759 And finally, because we need more foreign leaders kissing Trump, says, 209 00:13:34,879 --> 00:13:41,080 NATO Secretary Mark Rutt congratulated Trump on his worldwide peace campaign. 210 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,799 This is NATO play the clip. 211 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,639 Speaker 5: And it starts with a president, President Trump who wants 212 00:13:47,639 --> 00:13:51,240 to end this as he did with Pakistan India, as 213 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,720 he has done so successfully in Gaza, as he has 214 00:13:54,759 --> 00:14:00,440 done with basically eliminating the nuclear capabilities of Iram, what 215 00:14:00,519 --> 00:14:02,879 he has done between Eminianasabad Jawn. So this is a 216 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,559 president really pushing peace. Ruld's right, this is a difficult one. 217 00:14:07,799 --> 00:14:09,360 He said that he said this would be one of 218 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:11,720 the easier Well, no it was not true. It is 219 00:14:11,759 --> 00:14:14,399 one of the more difficult ones. But I'm sure that 220 00:14:14,519 --> 00:14:18,000 we will get this done. And yesterday was an important step, 221 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:20,440 and of course there will be more steps following you 222 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:21,159 the coming days. 223 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is the problem. I get it. I get it. 224 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:30,519 They're playing to Trump's ego, including NATO Secretary Mark Rutt. Serious, 225 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,279 this is the whole problem. And this, my friends, is 226 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,799 why we the American people, the voters, we must make 227 00:14:37,879 --> 00:14:40,519 sure that the twenty twenty six midterms go the right 228 00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:45,000 way because this stupidity has to stop. And as always, 229 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:49,159 thanks for listening. Hey everyone, First of all, thanks for watching. 230 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,360 I mean we're going to be posting daily episodes with 231 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:56,679 reactions and talking about politics. We'll be talking about everything 232 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:01,159 in fact, so please liken subscribejoin us on this journey