Hi there, everyone. It's four o'clock in New York. Think of it this way, like a violent home invasion. You call the police, and when they arrive, officers take the side of the intruders. You started it, they say,

insisting the only peaceful way forward for you and your family is to let the invaders keep the

upstairs bedroom. You'd, of course, be shocked. Your neighbors would fear for their own safety.

And how long would any semblance of peace in your house or your neighborhood last? Well, today, Donald Trump called

Ukraine's President Zelensky, a man who's done nothing but valiantly defend his homeland and his

people, a, quote, dictator without elections, an especially insane and rich accusation,

given the fact that Trump's administration is right now at the

negotiating table not with Ukraine but with Vladimir Putin, who most recently won a miraculous

88% of the vote in Russia, a figure nearly as high as it is preposterous.

Trump's entirely upside down insipid and backwards analysis that it's Zelensky, an American ally, who is somehow a dictator in this story, was a response to an observation President Zelensky made 24 hours ago, that Trump was in a, quote, disinformation bubble by suggesting that Ukraine was

responsible for its own invasion. It's another blinking red plot point in the Republican Party's

dissent from a functional political party from anything resembling the good parts of what it

used to be. A departure from values it claimed to hold dear

last week. Watch Republicans, praise Zelensky. Zelensky and the Ukrainians are clearly showing

the will to fight. I do believe he's turning out to be a modern day Winston Churchill.

You're the ally I've been hoping for all my life. Not one

American has died defending Ukraine. You've taken our weapons and you've kicked their ass.

So what now, Republicans? It's not the first and it certainly won't be the last time for

choosing for Republicans in a second Trump presidency.

So we'll pay attention both to what they say and what they do, like this.

Do you agree with President Trump that Zelensky's a dictator?

I would say that.

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