This is a Friends of History Debating Society. I am Gaius.

Dramaticus is here and we're Romans in the first century AD.

So we see everything through a filter that is colorful, colorful filter. We've watched very carefully when the Emperor shows strength or weakness.

These last days, the leader of the Ukrainian state, Salensky, traveled to Pennsylvania

and signed artillery shells in the front of a Democratic governor and then

traveled to Washington and traveled to the United Nations, made a speech, traveled to Washington and met with the President,

asking for, in exchange for his victory plan, a trillion dollars.

In addition, he wanted permission to use Storm shadows to

strike into Russia. In addition he wanted NATO membership and in addition he wanted EU membership,

Pronto, expedited.

And in exchange for that, his victory plan, which is unknown. We don't have all those secrets. I mentioned all this because he

was asking the president to deliver this.

The president of the United States, no, at this moment,

does not have that power.

Just as the president continued to tell Israel no no no

ceasefire ceasefire in Hamas and then ceasefire ceasefire in Hezbollah

there's reason to believe that Synwar is dead.

There's reason, more than reason to believe that Neswala is dead.

While the president is saying no, no, no, and when Ukraine shows up the president says no no

dramaticus translating our understanding of Rome this is not authority this is not authority, this is not power. The two people who are

contesting to take that seat in the White House in 2025, what does this tell them about what's awaiting them and what does this tell

the American people about the authority of the United States in the two active contests now underway.

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