And now, America's number one show on pop culture and politics.

This is the Michael Medved Show.

And another great day in this greatest nation on God's Green Earth, a great day to confront

some great questions about the new administration coming to power several weeks from now. In January

20th, they actually come to power. What do we know about the new administration so far based

upon their sometimes controversial cabinet picks? None of those picks have yet been confirmed,

by the way. That's an issue. And what does this mean for the rest of the world? That's the interesting and very relevant and intense question posed by Ian Bremmer, who's been a guest on the show, we're honored to say, many times before. he is a political scientist who helps business leaders

policy makers and the general public make sense of the world around them he is the president

and founder of eurasia group the leading geopolitical risk advisory firm and and he is author of 11 books.

His latest, The Power of Crisis, How Three Threats in Our Response Will Change the World.

So President Trump's victory, which you say in a piece that you've released, was expected or should have

been expected because of the tidal wave against incumbents all around the world, that victory,

you suggest, could create either unexpected catastrophic breakdowns or improbable breakthroughs.

Do you have a bet on which is more likely, the positive or the negative?

Yeah, by the way, always good to be with you, Michael.

Happy to be back on the show. Yeah, I think the improbable breakthroughs we're already seeing

with Ukrainian President Zelensky publicly yesterday saying that he expects that the war will be over

sooner because of the policies that

the Trump administration is likely to put into place, he understands he has a lot less

leverage and he's going to have to accept an outcome that he wouldn't have accepted

a few weeks ago, a few months ago. And as a consequence, it's much more likely that after Trump

becomes president, that we see a ceasefire and we see an end to the war that Trump has been

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