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The "art of the deal" has met the art of war—and America is losing. In this explosive episode of The Holler Report, we break down how the Trump administration's "real estate" approach to Ukraine isn't diplomacy; it's a catastrophic failure that plays directly into Vladimir Putin's hands. Are Witkoff and Kushner naive deal-makers or something more dangerous? KEY SEGMENTS: 0:00 The Hook - "Useful Idiots" 1:30 Act 1 - The News Desk: The Real Estate Fallacy 3:15 Act 3 - Max's Rant: "They're Dealing Cards to the House!" 5:00 Act 4 - Public Pulse: A Mother's Fear, A Kid's Prophecy 7:45 Act 6 - The Operatives' Dinner: Chilling Billionaire Logic 10:20 Act 7 - The Intellectuals: The Psychological Failure 12:30 Act 8 - The Karmic Warning & Pauline's Heartbreak 14:00 Bonus: Weiner's Wrap-Up BULLET POINTS: • Why comparing Putin to Hitler isn't hyperbole—it's essential context. • The shocking miscalculation: treating zero-sum fascist expansion like a positive-sum business deal. • Thomas Friedman's crucial distinction between a "dirty deal" and a "filthy deal"—and which path we're on. • How this "deal-making" philosophy erodes democracy and security at home. • The haunting call from a mother living in her car, connecting global weakness to domestic violence.
By Joseph deslauriersThe "art of the deal" has met the art of war—and America is losing. In this explosive episode of The Holler Report, we break down how the Trump administration's "real estate" approach to Ukraine isn't diplomacy; it's a catastrophic failure that plays directly into Vladimir Putin's hands. Are Witkoff and Kushner naive deal-makers or something more dangerous? KEY SEGMENTS: 0:00 The Hook - "Useful Idiots" 1:30 Act 1 - The News Desk: The Real Estate Fallacy 3:15 Act 3 - Max's Rant: "They're Dealing Cards to the House!" 5:00 Act 4 - Public Pulse: A Mother's Fear, A Kid's Prophecy 7:45 Act 6 - The Operatives' Dinner: Chilling Billionaire Logic 10:20 Act 7 - The Intellectuals: The Psychological Failure 12:30 Act 8 - The Karmic Warning & Pauline's Heartbreak 14:00 Bonus: Weiner's Wrap-Up BULLET POINTS: • Why comparing Putin to Hitler isn't hyperbole—it's essential context. • The shocking miscalculation: treating zero-sum fascist expansion like a positive-sum business deal. • Thomas Friedman's crucial distinction between a "dirty deal" and a "filthy deal"—and which path we're on. • How this "deal-making" philosophy erodes democracy and security at home. • The haunting call from a mother living in her car, connecting global weakness to domestic violence.