Vladimir Putin
4 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 31, 2022 by Dr. Mark Esper · said 46 times in 8 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2025 2 mentions in 1 episode
2024 3 mentions in 1 episode
2023 11 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
- Mike Pompeo: Negotiating with Tyrants, Spy Balloons (or UFOs?) & Why Trump Didn't Ban TikTok · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police Inside America! Congressman Mike Gallagher · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 59: Adi Berlia Explains India's Remarkable Rise Out of Socialism · Joe Lonsdale
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2022 30 mentions in 3 episodes 10 per episode
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Mar 31, 2022 negative
Esper: Putin failed strategically by unifying NATO and driving Ukraine westward
“I said before the invasion actually began that Putin had already lost. He lost because he had done three things before invading that he shouldn't have wanted to do in the first place. That is, number one, unifying NATO. Number two, have more NATO troops move t…”
Mar 31, 2022 negative
Esper: Corruption and Sycophancy Undermined Putin's Military Modernization
“I think that is a prevailing theory that despite whatever Putin was doing when it comes to modernizing his forces, there was a lot of corruption going on. A lot of people were telling him what he wanted to hear. And at the end of the day, you can see the perfo…”
Mar 31, 2022 negative
Esper: Putin Cannot Accept Defeat and Will Continue Shelling Ukrainian Cities
“Can Putin walk away with a loss? I don't think so. He's gonna have to find a face saving way out. I think folks are gonna try and help him do that. At this point, I think his tactics will continue to be the indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities.”
Feb 22, 2023 negative
Pompeo: Xi Jinping Holds Increased Leverage Over Vladimir Putin
“Having now failed, having now demonstrably been unable to execute the, at least the military and diplomatic objectives of the invasion of Europe, I think Xi has even more leverage over Vladimir Putin today. Think think energy as their sole customer, near sole …”