Let's talk about the US accusing Russia of 'inexplicable escalation.'...
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
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Let's talk about the US accusing Russia of 'inexplicable escalation.'...
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| 0:00.0 | Well, howdy there, Internet people it spell again. |
| 0:05.0 | So today, we're going to talk about the U.S. accusing Russia of inexplicable escalation. |
| 0:13.0 | U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Tammy Bruce, said that Russia engaged in a dangerous and inexplicable escalation. |
| 0:25.1 | It's not inexplicable, not by any means. It's not even surprising. It's only hard to explain |
| 0:32.4 | if you believed Russian propaganda, thought Putin was your friend, or thought Russia wanted peace rather |
| 0:39.9 | than a pause? Bruce went on to talk about how Russia's escalation was counter to Trump's efforts, |
| 0:47.6 | saying, quote, at a moment of tremendous potential due only to President Trump's unparalleled commitment to peace |
| 0:56.0 | around the world. Both sides should be seeking ways to de-escalate. Yet Russia's action risks |
| 1:03.4 | expanding and intensifying the war. What if? Stick with me here. Putin's stated reasons for the war were simply pretexts, |
| 1:13.6 | that he really wanted the territory, and because of that, no amount of concessions the U.S. |
| 1:20.6 | pushes on Ukraine will bring peace. Russia will continue to escalate. They will engage in provocations against the U.S. because Trump |
| 1:31.7 | believes Putin respects him, and Putin finds it funny that he can push Trump around. So, what |
| 1:39.8 | was the inexplicable escalation? What was this unexplained and unpredictable event? |
| 1:46.0 | Putin launched an Russianic missile at Ukraine. |
| 1:51.0 | If the name of that system sounds familiar, think back to January 2nd, when we profiled a Russian intermediate-range nuclear-capable missile system that was being brought up to NATO's border, |
| 2:05.3 | and how it was a slap in the face to Trump. The exact words in the video were, |
| 2:11.4 | there is no clearer sign that Putin thinks Trump is scared, weak, and incapable of leadership than this. |
| 2:20.4 | The mere possibility of NATO arms being stationed directly along Russia's border at some point |
| 2:26.5 | in the future was used by Russia as a pretext to invade Ukraine. |
| 2:32.2 | Russia is actually putting previously banned missile systems on NATO's border, |
| 2:38.5 | releasing video of them doing it and admitting they're doing it. They feel comfortable doing this |
| 2:45.2 | because Putin sees Trump as too weak to respond. If they see him as too weak to respond, if they see him as somebody |
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