All right, Alexander, let's talk about some of the rhetoric that is coming out of Germany with

regards to Russia, blaming Russia and Putin for everything, including Germany's economic decline,

economic recession, de-industrialization, blame it on Russia. And I would like to hear your thoughts on on cd u c s u mertz as well and his

his ultimatum to to putton as well with regards to uh the conflict in ukraine his 24 hour ultimatum to

puttum or at least urging the German parliament to issue this ultimatum,

either Putin's stop or tourist missiles will be sent to Ukraine in 24 hours. Anyway, let's start

with Schultz and the German economy and Russia. And then if you could chime in on Mertz in his

statements, because Mertz could be Chancellor of Germany. Oh, absolutely. I mean, more likely

than not he will be. I mean, if the polls

continue the way they are. All of these statements, both the

ones by Schultz and the ones by Mitz, show you

in what a mess Germany is in and how concerned and worried now

the political establishment in Germany, both the SPD side and the CDU side, now is, bear in mind

that the most likely outcome of the parliamentary elections next year

will be a coalition of the CDU and the SPD.

I mean, another grand coalition.

I mean, that seems to me to be where we're heading based on the opinion polls. So they're very

worried. They're seeing their supportive road. But more importantly, they're also seeing the economy

that they presided over, which has made them such a powerful force in the world. And above all,

in Europe, that that's now weakening and

closing down and failing all around them.

So they want to do two things.

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