The “That’s Rudy!” Edition

Rational Security

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News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Rudy Giuliani finds himself at the center of a misbegotten effort to interfere in the 2020 election. American diplomats and intelligence officers complain they’re being left in the cold after mysterious attacks. And the Trump administration sends an unusual envoy to Syria to discuss U.S. hostages.

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:20.0	You guys at long last I have come to the conclusion that if Rudy Giuliani did not exist we would have to invent him
0:30.5	Could we just not just a Rudy Giuliani? I would be okay with that.
0:36.8	You would deprive us of all of this joy?
0:39.8	It's like the opposite of It's a Wonderful Life. Like a world without Rudy and everything is just amazing.
0:46.0	Rudy Giuliani, I think you're all misinterpreting him.
0:49.0	You're thinking of him as a former mayor, as a president's lawyer, as a political figure, but Rudy is actually a piece of performance art.
1:00.0	Oh, so that's how he ended up in the Borat movie.
1:04.0	Oh, God.
1:07.0	Very nice. Hello and welcome to Rational Security, the That's Rudy Edition. I'm Shane Harris.
1:20.0	It sounds like a sitcom, doesn't it? I think you have to say it like this.
1:24.4	That's Rudy!
1:27.2	That's Rudy!
1:28.2	Ha ha ha ha!
1:30.2	da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. This man needs a variety show.
1:35.0	That's Rudy.
1:37.0	He does.
1:38.0	He needs like a variety show where he pops up in like strange scenarios like there he is like at the Wendy's serving your French fries and like there he is in a
1:46.1	hotel room with a woman he thinks is 15 years old that's Rudy.
1:49.9	And there he is with an agent of the Russian Federation receiving dirt on Joe Biden and his son
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