Are countries booming now, despite the fact that we're in a, I call it a mini-war, because that's all they are?

Okay, that's President Trump.

Again, calling the war in Iran, which the administration says isn't a war, actually calling it a war, despite everybody in the White

House telling Congress. Otherwise, Willie, I don't know. Does a mini-war require a many authorization

constitutionally? Well, the big war, they don't want to authorize constitutionally. So maybe that's

why he's downplaying what this is.

He tries to use the ceasefire as well. There's a pause on the 60 days that would require congressional

authorization. But to downplay a war, there are no many wars. People die in wars and they're dying

in this one as well. And Joe, some, it's stepping up, frankly, in the Strait of Hormuz this morning

with some allegations back and forth, some attacks it's stepping up, frankly, in the Strait of Hormuz this morning with some

allegations back and forth, some attacks on ships they're passing through as the United

States tries to escort at least some U.S. vessels out of the strait.

It's getting messier by the day and far from a mini-war.

It is getting messier by the day.

Also, Willie, I've just, you know, there's some days that you go on and you read the news and read everything that's breaking.

And, you know, it is the old quote that sometimes nothing happens in decades and other times a decade happens in a week.

It seems that a decade is happening a day at a time in Ukraine right now.

I mean, you look and you see Zelensky, I mean, basically saying, okay, we will allow Russia to have

its victory celebrations on May 5th and 6th because obviously they can't do it without getting the go ahead from the

Ukrainians because Ukrainians' ability now to strike deep within Russia and even Moscow

is extraordinary reports out of Russia from well-placed sources that Vladimir Putin is becoming

more and more paranoid. He's got a bunker mentality, afraid that the

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