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Welcome, it is Vertiquist. Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you.

In today's show, we've got a lot of big news.

It all revolves around Russia, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and the big meeting in Alaska.

Senator, what's even more amazing about this story is how Democrats

are obsessed with hating Trump almost as much as they hate Vladimir Putin and hoping that this

conversation is a failure. Even Hillary Clinton saying, well, if he can get a deal done, I'll nominate

him for a Nobel Peace Prize. But saying it in a way that was pretty clear, she thinks

this is never going to happen. Well, this was a major meeting that happened in Alaska. It was a one-on-one

meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. The proof will be in the pudding. We will see

what results, but my hope and my belief is this is going to result in a peace agreement,

and ending the war in Ukraine, and that's an outcome that needs to happen.

What we're going to do on this podcast is we're going to break down.

What exactly happened in Alaska, what we know, what President Trump said, what Vladimir Putin said,

and what's likely to happen next?

What are the consequences for ending the war in Ukraine? We're going to give you all the details on today's

pod. We're also going to talk about a story that you may not have seen, but it is consequential,

which is that I've been calling for the recognition of a new nation in Africa, Sabali Land.

And I'm the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa,

and the Chinese Communist Party is very, very unhappy with me for doing so.

And so they have been blasting me this week for daring to stand up to China and Africa.

Well, here's a spoiler alert. I'm going to keep standing up to them. But we're going to explain that issue to you because it's important and it's another arena in which we are contesting Communist China.

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