Tonight on The Readout.

I think if we had a policy which was firm, which armed Ukraine with defensive and offensive

weapons so that they could defend themselves, I think Putin would make different calculations.

So I think Obama's policy of weakness is actually making a larger conflict more likely.

Huh, that was less than eight years ago.

But now, DeSantis wants to appease Putin, calling the brutal invasion of Ukraine nothing

more than a territorial dispute.

It's the latest sign that the party of DeSantis, Trump and Tucker is seriously out of touch

with the views of most Americans.

Also tonight, how the failure of Silicon Valley bank is exposing the myths of deregulation

and the hypocrisy of libertarians, who all of a sudden seem real pro-government when

it comes to federal assistance for them.

And Donald Trump rolls out the Melania defense with his lawyer claiming the payment made

to the porn actress whom he was allegedly cheating with were made to protect Melania, not

to help him get elected president.

But we begin The Readout tonight with Happy Pi Day to you all.

To those not in the know, it is the celebration of a mathematical constant, not the dessert.

And here is another constant.

It's also national equal pay day, and women are still making less than men.

Speaking of men who have an overinflated sense of self-floor to governor Ron DeSantis has

finally shared with the world, or the roughly three million Americans who watched Tucker Carlson,

what his policy position is on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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