from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast

Center.

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

The Armstrong and Getty Show.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is asking for a secure corridor for Ukrainian

vessels to be able to ship out grain and prevent food shortages in Africa and Asia.

The request comes as Russian officials say two major Ukrainian ports seized by Russia

were ready to resume shipments if Kiev demined the approaches to its ports.

The war is forcing the World Bank to downgrade its outlook for the global economy.

That's a pretty good angle for President Zelensky.

It's true.

And plus if he can get the world to focus attention on, hey, he had hundreds of millions of

people that might starve because the Russians are doing what they're doing in terms of farming

and grain and ports and all that.

And that'd be a good way to maybe force the world's hand.

Yeah, generally the world is pretty lazy until they have to do something.

The countries where most people are going to starve don't have the power to do anything.

I harbors some hope.

Joe soft on starvation today.

Well, not that.

It's just like the World Bank is what they say downgraded their expectations.

You can't downgrade my expectations.

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