This is a great, civil conversation between two people who disagree on a lot of things. Bravo.
@JorgeRzezak21 күн бұрын
I'm not sure that they disagree at least on the conversation issues, Ukraine and Israel conflicts
@jedbmorrisАй бұрын
I really appreciate the discourse and push-back by both of you throughout this conversation. This is exactly why I love listening to ProfG: the analysis is spot on, the opinions are debated with logic and facts, and the discussion is civil. Wonderful!
@scottaustinmartinАй бұрын
I absolutely agree. We need more people like prof G.
@NJIT22Ай бұрын
Agreed
@christianbrenes66415 күн бұрын
He didn't explain the facts around what JD Vance has said publicly and privately regarding Ukraine. He also weirdly thinks Mike Pompeo is bigger indicator of Trump second administration than, for instance, Steve Bannon.
@donutrock213229 күн бұрын
I admire the fact that you do bring on guests with different perspectives and opinions on topics. Great video.
@DividendFactoryАй бұрын
Honestly, an armistice when russia was "losing" 1 year ago would only have given them time to regroup. Today, the limitation on long range weapons usage on military strategic targets beyond 500Km of the border must be removed.
@willskaarupАй бұрын
This person speaks with a certainty that obscures his ignorance of American politics. He states his opinions as facts.
@jasonk125Ай бұрын
...his ignorance of American politics.... Don't stop there. His ignorance is vast.
@advocate156329 күн бұрын
Just fir the record he's a us citizen living in america. So his "ignorance" is shared with the rest of you.
@BenRobinson197429 күн бұрын
considerably less ignorant than 99.9% of his fellow Americans
@peredavi29 күн бұрын
@@BenRobinson1974 That’s an ignorant statement.
@darth.mingdom29 күн бұрын
Give one specific example?
@petexianАй бұрын
Where in the world did this Trump plan come from? It doesn’t sound like a Trump plan at all.
@MauricioGonzalezFilmsАй бұрын
I believe it came from former CIA Dir Mike Pompeo. Use back channels to negotiate a cease fire and in return release $ from sanctions. However, Russia has many avenues for income from petroleum. 15:16
@ChrisMarxАй бұрын
Just adding on - this was frustrating to listen to - at least Scott pushed back a little bit. Mike Pompeo is not Trump. The idea that Trump listens to his advisors is a joke right? Sure the plan sounds good in theory, however getting the government to follow through would be a different story. Trump will talk about many "plans" without specifics - throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks and gets votes...
@TrendyStoneАй бұрын
You must admit the Biden plan of helping Ukraine NOT LOSE but never WIN can only lead to eventual defeat once America gets tired or distracted.
@petexianАй бұрын
I agree.
@kevdaag2523Ай бұрын
@@ChrisMarx, Absolutely. It's bizarre that anyone claiming any intellectual integrity would structure the activity of planning to Trump.
@dennisfarris4729Ай бұрын
Pompe' ain't trump.
@JonathanLoganPDXАй бұрын
Why the delay getting funding/arms to Ukraine? Simple and clear: Putin --> Trump --> Mike Johnson
@stevechance150Ай бұрын
EXACTLY!! It wasn't Democrat politicians, it was Putin's fanboy Donald Trump. Ronald Reagan is SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE!
@stevenlarson3316Ай бұрын
Ya, I don't believe Ferguson's opinions are based on facts. The far-right republicans and isolationists responsible for delaying the Ukraine aid were looking to trade it for their demands related to U.S. / Mexico border policy. I don't see this going away if Trump were to be elected. It would only intensify. Trump himself doesn't have a plan. It's clear by his remarks on ending the war within a day. That's reminiscent of him saying he had a plan for healthcare in his first term when there was no bill written for it. If Russia doesn't want to negotiate, they won't. Ferguson is saying there was a missed opportunity for a truce, but Russia has never expressed interest in a truce without the capitulation of Ukraine. His claim that the US is purposefully holding back is somewhat true. Though Ukraine has gotten most of what they asked for. A lot of the more advanced U.S. military hardware takes time to train on and long logistics chains to operate. F16's for example, don't just ship over in a box and snap together like Ikea furniture. Other things like artillery shells needed to be ramped up in production. During Trumps first term he led a campaign of appeasement with Kim Jong Un. So, what makes Ferguson think Trump will be more inclined to threaten Russia? Trump was also famously friendly to Putin and his diplomats during his first term. I think it's likely we'll get the same thing we got in 2016 with maybe a few new twists if Trump gets elected.
@JohnCorrUK29 күн бұрын
I thought JoeBiden was the 🇺🇲 President Jonathan?
@jasourwnjl29 күн бұрын
@@JohnCorrUKBiden needed the Republican controlled House to authorize the transfer of resources.
@brians350429 күн бұрын
@@JohnCorrUKCongress controls the power of the purse , you've known that your entire adult life
@Gensemund14 күн бұрын
Its so agreeable to have an interview conducted by someone who is as intelligent and able to communicate as the interviewee and yet does not grandstand his own opinions, but directs the conversation so that we get real answers to real questions.
@alexcipriani6003Ай бұрын
national security 😂😂… get a grip Neal
@15walkingaway28 күн бұрын
I had the same reaction.
@WalterBurtonАй бұрын
Deeply disingenuous of Niall to suggest that the funding holdup "misses the point." That is exactly the point. He's evading the question. It was not the will of a majority of Congress to block that funding. It wasn't the will of the majority of REPUBLICANS in either the House or Senate to block that funding. It was solely Johnson, at the behest of Trump. Being charitable, Trump didn't want to give Biden a "win." Being less charitable (but no less realistic), Trump is beholden to Putin, for one reason or another.
@wesleybaker9724Ай бұрын
It was the will of the people
@JamaikaISАй бұрын
Biden Administration did all it could too slow everything down as much as possible too.
@MrJdhistoryАй бұрын
yes, your are correct. Trump killed funding for 6 months, people in Ukraine dying the mean time.
@WalterBurtonАй бұрын
@@wesleybaker9724 : I take your point, but you ignore the variable of time (t) at your peril.
@tb8865Ай бұрын
It misses the point in that public support for continued funding of the war will decline. Americans will lose interest in keeping this thing going, as they already have.
@bernardbarry44727 күн бұрын
Can’t believe Niall believes he can trust anything Trump says or believes that comments from Vance have any bearing on Trump policy. Trump policy is whatever makes things better for Trump in the next month or makes him richer.
@postyoda16239 күн бұрын
I literally cannot find anything similar to what he claims Vance said about putting pressure on Russia. Only one who has said anything similar is Mike Pompeo.
@n8worksАй бұрын
This guy is a straight hypnotist.
@halojones1843Ай бұрын
Great interview. Thanks.
@freshofftheplane28 күн бұрын
Kudos to prof G for hosting Ferguson. Brings a good balance to otherwise leftleaning program
@lynnelee439026 күн бұрын
Except the lefty loonies are not hearing anything this man says. They can't stand the truth
@thinktwice-me7ie29 күн бұрын
O dear! Mr Fergusson has lost any credibilty on this subject. If he ever had any. Where is he`? In New England meeting with JD Vance? He is posing as someone who has Ukraines back. Shameful. Awful.
@michaelyeiser156529 күн бұрын
biden is bleeding Ukraine out, with no intention of helping it achieve victory. Of course, it's not really Biden, but the deep state moles running things.
@marianm.6926Ай бұрын
I think the prof‘s assessment is more right here. I would recommend inviting prof Sarah Paine.
@alko_xo29 күн бұрын
Dear Mr. Fergusson shows what the British do best - provoke others to do mad shit and not take any responsibility for it.
@samruda2329 күн бұрын
It shouldn't be so remarkable but when you pair someone with intellectual heft (Prof G) who has the capacity to ask muscular, relevant and core questions and then allow your solid guest to talk, uninterrupted and the pose a counter, you end up with an output that is equally intellectually stimulating and thought provoking. What I like about these Prof G podcasts, is that you come away smarter. And I do not agree with Prof G on everything, it has become increasingly clear that he has few peers. These are important discussions.
@WalterBurtonАй бұрын
Does Niall imagine that this has NOT cost Russia? 🤔🙄
@steveboyd345529 күн бұрын
Russia is fine taking human losses; they are mostly it seems from the rural republics not the major cities and they don't care about what number of their troops are killed, apparently. And as far as finances, Russia has plenty of room to spend to support it's economy as they have nowhere near the debt levels that western countries including the US have on their balance sheets. Russia is playing a long game and are fine to take hits short term, so long as they win and take what they want from Ukraine. Sad to see a bully abuse a smaller nation that is trying to become democratic.
@danielwebb840229 күн бұрын
Has Russian economic performance massively exceeded that the west assumed would be the case? Yep.
@jerrykaralis2679Ай бұрын
Good to hear other views but not sure this guy was the right person to deliver the message. I thought Scott had pretty reasonable push back and the guest failed to explain why he believes what he did other than he's a right winger.
@peredavi29 күн бұрын
It is remarkable and beyond sad that presently someone who is. “conservative “ will be shouted down at a university presentation or generally not listened to with an open mind.
@jessewarfield216722 күн бұрын
“This guy” is widely regarded as one of the greatest historians if not the greatest of our time. He is not “right wing”
@user-pl3lo8cc8yАй бұрын
Can’t agree with Mr. Ferguson’s assessment of Ukraine - I think the Ukrainians and Europeans have shown the ability to be much more efficient and effective with less (weaponry, manpower, etc).
@lembergnative773121 күн бұрын
We still can't go on forever and lose as many people as we have. it's unsustainable.
@WalterBurtonАй бұрын
Niall blatantly lies about the responsibility for US inflation, and when Scott pushes back Niall's all, "Haha, well, that's politics!" GFed.
@Masterdebater-q5cАй бұрын
Agreed, I could tell this guy was pompous when Scott asks where the podcast finds him and he says “I can’t say as a measure of national secuirty”. He writes books about international affairs, he’s not jason bourne
@xzcvdfxzc7256Ай бұрын
@@Masterdebater-q5c I'll bet his "undisclosed location" was actually a Mar-A-Lago guest room
@jlpowell5128 күн бұрын
He didn't lie about it, he said it didn't matter in the context of the original question, and he explained why. The buck stops at the White House, not at the Kremlin when it comes to a US election. The Biden administration has no qualms whatsoever taking credit for outcomes they had no measurable input/effect upon, they're also going to take the hit for perceived issues regardless of where the blame lies. He could have gone a bit further IMHO and pointed out how most of Biden's "stellar" data is directly due to measuring the difference between an economy shutdown unnecessarily for Covid and one that is allowed to spring back to life. Again, something that would have happened even if the administration had done nothing.
@lynnelee439026 күн бұрын
Gosh u people can't handle truth
@justinflannery867125 күн бұрын
@@Masterdebater-q5cIt’s called humour, you should try it sometime.
@litchipsАй бұрын
Niall is engaging in wishful thinking about Trump, probably as condition of his continued employment at the Hoover Institution. Trump could have come out and endorsed Pompeo plan on Ukraine, but he didn't. Instead he picked running mate who openly advocates abandoning Ukraine.
@mpetry912Ай бұрын
"the trump plan" ? really ? is there one ? c'mon
@lynnelee439026 күн бұрын
Yea there is. But if u go to Harris website u won't find one
@chri6393Ай бұрын
This cat is speaking directly out his butt
@LPJCPАй бұрын
The longer it lasts, the bigger the participant wins? Vietnam and Afghanistan say no.
@BeardLAD29 күн бұрын
Ukraine is different, it’s a frontline where the excuse to impose national service - and further leverage over European citizens - is made available to those in power: to maintain & increase their power over the citizenry. You only have to look at where spending has occurred, where it’s been interfered with, what problems are on the horizon and how war++ solves these problems ie failures of successive western governments. Ukraine & the ME are the same war, and to use the chess analogy: the west are playing white. They aren’t that powerful to guarantee a win, and, even if the west ‘wins’, we the people lose. There’s a significant likelihood of nuclear conflict escalating from a ME tactical nuke being used, too. BRICS are the new Gaddafi/Lybia, and again: this is nothing similar to previous conflicts. The Samson Option should concern everyone globally: religious & irrational. MADness = secular & rational
@Mr.Eeeeeeeee28 күн бұрын
Agreed. Also having NATO support is advantageous. Far more resources to work with than Russia.
@korespodance281515 күн бұрын
It is totally different, Russia can easily administer the territories it occupies bcs the population is close to Russia, culturally, ethnically etc; in the US in Vietnam or Soviet Union in Afghanistan this was not the case
@tuckerbugeater14 күн бұрын
@@korespodance2815 why are they administering over a foreign country?
@JanB5614 күн бұрын
@@korespodance2815 not that easily, even if they "win"... there will be terror and repressions, the Russian way... They've created an enemy for years to come perhaps generations
@EasyTiger.01343Ай бұрын
This man is simply an academic who occasionally gets on TV and an appeaser. His opinions are no more valid than any other rent-a-pundit. Appeasing dictators has, on multiple occasions, been proven to be a losing strategy.
@jasonk125Ай бұрын
And a buffoon.
@TrendyStoneАй бұрын
LOL…. A little cognitive dissonance perhaps?
@JamaikaISАй бұрын
Is just his opinion, nothing more. He also doesn't particularly like russia. His teory has some truth in it but nothing is established in advance. If everything would have been based on resurses US would have pacified Afghanistan and Irak long time ago.
@Masterdebater-q5cАй бұрын
Agreed, I could tell this guy was pompous when Scott asked where this podcast finds him, and he says “I can’t say as a measure of national secuirty”😂 Sweet bro, you write books on international affairs, but act like you’re jason bourne or tom hanks circa the davinci code
@JamaikaISАй бұрын
@@Masterdebater-q5c I think this secrecy has more to do with his wife which is under protection for the last 15 years or so.
@Stuart.McGregor28 күн бұрын
Thanks Prof G, your audience needs more of this type of discourse. I hope you’re up for more of it.
@hubertbross672517 күн бұрын
Ferguson is delusional about Trump.
@nickjablonski455229 күн бұрын
Niall was much better when he stuck to his knitting as a historian rather than trying to be a political hack.
@Mr.Eeeeeeeee26 күн бұрын
It is people like this who are disingenuous and spreading outright lies that hurt the citizens. He failed to mention the fact that Trump has openly been obsequious to Putin for decades. It is blatantly obvious to everyone who is not brainwashed to see that Trump will serve up Ukraine the minute he takes office.
@HiroProtagonist-uz3ug26 күн бұрын
Km plp😊p ppp😊😊o😊😊😊die 😊oder oder Pl lp😊😊l
@jamesdunne983317 күн бұрын
As usual Ferguson is wrong on Ukraine.
@davereynolds340310 күн бұрын
Evidence ?
@chrisrecord562529 күн бұрын
Ten GOP Senators, including Hawley, Cruz, VANCE, Lee, and others voted against the Foreign Aid bill. The GOP neo-isolationist segment is growing and Trump easily goes along with that.
@michaelyeiser156529 күн бұрын
America needs to fix its own problems. Today, America's communist deep state is spreading its horrific ideology to all of America's colonies. Ukraine would be better off ruled by Russian kleptocrats than by American child abusers and third world worshippers.
@963seeker24 күн бұрын
I think Americans are tired of war and gaslighting. Let Europe sort their issues out, they should pay more into Nato if they feel deeply concerned or beef up their own security.
@Jckay2003Ай бұрын
F.O. Niall
@chri6393Ай бұрын
Pampeo isn't in the Trump administration, and he won't be
@kinghenry1002 күн бұрын
Interesting the entire media establishment advocated for evans release yet not a squeak over julian assange.
@scottgaillard8486Ай бұрын
Ferguson is fairly predictable. If a Democrat is in power every conflict should be escalated, but because they don't they are weak. Also he ignores practically everything Vance and Trump have said about Russia and Ukraine. Ferguson is presumed to be credible because he has a Ph.D. has that Oxford English accent and writes a lot of book. If you boil him down he's just a garden variety conservative with a smooth delivery.
@EasyTiger.01343Ай бұрын
@@scottgaillard8486 his tenure at The Hoover Institute tells you all you need to know about his political leanings.
@scottgaillard8486Ай бұрын
No doubt
@stevengray2835Ай бұрын
I did a quick fact check on his statements about Vance changing his mind about funding Ukraine. As we all could predict this was total BS. Ferguson is a smart, convincing guy so it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. But basically any time he tries to normalize the MAGA Republicans, particularly the leadership, a red flashing BS beacon should blare.
@haakontangvald-pedersen837429 күн бұрын
I have to agree, sadly. I like his historian tilt with his counterfactual approach. But his massive blinders on current foreign policy is getting silly, when the Maga-Republicans are todays isolationist and strongman-supporters. Also his support of Netanahuo-Israel and China-belligerence.
@tchai9128 күн бұрын
An Oxford English accent? Are you sure about that?
@johnstark147428 күн бұрын
Confiscating Russia's foreign currency reserves would GREATLY accelerate de-dollarization from from many governments around the world. Very, very risky to pursue this if we hope to maintain our exorbitant privilege.
@JonathanLoganPDXАй бұрын
"The Trump Plan"? 😂 Whatever Putin Wants!!!
@brians350429 күн бұрын
The sad thing is your comment should be cynical but unfortunately it's very close to the truth
@doublezero0068Ай бұрын
really, really, REALLY appreciate Galloway bringing on someone with whom he knows he does not often agree.
@StudebАй бұрын
Why give somebody not serious the airtime to mislead people who may not know better?
@MillmanPercussion29 күн бұрын
@@Studeb it was a civil discussion, and Galloway wasn't shy about interjecting in places where he disagreed. This was multiple viewpoints, not a platform to spout anything unchallenged.
@Studeb29 күн бұрын
@@MillmanPercussion You don't need two points of views on every topic, Trump and Vance have been very clear on their stance, if they get power, they will give Putin everything he asks for in return for helping him getting elected.
@steadfastanddominoАй бұрын
Hoover Institute = absolute BS
@alexlauber843229 күн бұрын
Americans would be crazy to pay for Ukraine’s war.
@oldschoolpanelsАй бұрын
This was the best interview in a bit. Good for you Scott for bringing on someone that pushes back a bit. I especially loved the digs about Democrat elites in Aspen, meanwhile you joined this call from your fourth or fifth home..in Aspen. Chef's kiss
@frankagliotti36269 күн бұрын
Thank you so much Niall for sharing your wisdom and insights.
@victorhankinson1530Ай бұрын
This guys take on trump is absurd
@shamanandАй бұрын
Superb Scott and Nail
@int_pro29 күн бұрын
This guest sounds absolutely clueless with regard to how a 2nd Trump administration would operate. As if Trump would listen to "wise counsel" from anyone in his cabinet or that he'd do ANYTHING that displeased Putin. He can't even STAND with a straight back while next to Putin. 🤦
@berningid18 күн бұрын
He's either clueless, unlikely, or he knows and endorses trump anyway. Which is more likely. I lost all my respect for the man.
@resurrectedstarshipsАй бұрын
This guy doesn't really know anything.
@JorgeRzezak21 күн бұрын
Maybe he should call you 🤣
@AEARArg28 күн бұрын
From Argentina here. I could not care less about America's internal affairs. That said, I was happy when Biden won because I thought that Trump Presidency was bad for world geopolitics. Now I am praying God the almighty for Trump to win, because democrats ended up being 10 times worst.
@dbladeford25 күн бұрын
The Trump Derangement Syndrome in these comments is glaringly obvious. Sadly, the comments are ridden with ad hominem against Niall, but very few intelligent and in depth comments from those who oppose his stance.
@hughwardjackson477622 күн бұрын
Yea, if he hadn't said he favors trumps plan they'd all have been fine.
@matiashofmann601020 күн бұрын
Only the people who are so deep into degeneracy to elect such a low quality buffoon for president are capable to start crafting new words and concepts. BSA at it's prime
@mebsrea18 күн бұрын
Because 1) Trump’s comments on Ukraine have been all over the place, except for his refusal to ever criticize Vladimir Putin, 2) he bears grudges like no one else, and Zelensky earned Trump’s eternal enmity by refusing to help him corrupt American democracy, and 3) in every interaction, Trump has shown himself utterly subservient to Putin. Add to this Russia’s role in getting him elected in 2016, the many, many crossovers between members of Trumpworld and the oligarchy around Putin, and Trump’s anti-NATO animus since the 1980s, I think Ferguson’s take here is simply not credible.
@Mellisa0269 күн бұрын
Great insight from Niall in relating the 1953 Korean armistice, to the situation in Ukraine. Sadly, very few academics or analysts recognise the parallels.
@davidstansfield6944Ай бұрын
27th and 28th minutes I'd say would be wishful thinking Niall.
@justinzak502529 күн бұрын
This guy is full on Trumpian. Netanyahu basically interjected himself into US politics in 2016
@Allen102925 күн бұрын
That geezer’s right about everything.
@michaelrichardson42822 күн бұрын
Ferguson is one of the West’s geopolitical thought leaders. His analysis of issues is unparalleled in clarity and concision. It doesn’t mean he is always or will always be right. Thanks to Scott Galloway for giving him a platform to share his views even though I know they have some fundamental differences of opinion.
@user-sv8dy3fb8p25 күн бұрын
Listening to this podcast gives you intelligent and intellectual analysis of geopolitics.....❤
@notheotherklaus24 күн бұрын
An informative talk.
@AlexanderKirilkin14 күн бұрын
Guys, think not about how Ukraine may lost war, think how Ukraine can win!
@robweber6034Ай бұрын
Niall Ferguson talks about the next Trump administration, as though it will perform as some former Trump admin officials say it will. What about the major problem with Trump's instability? Are you trying to say he has never ignored the experts?
@drakeblessum346629 күн бұрын
Not the best guest.
@maxborges12325 күн бұрын
Great guest. Well informed and sober view of the Ukraine and Israel conflicts.
@sethjones8759Ай бұрын
Is he blind to the situations, or just in the pocket of the right wing?
@jpgsf1978Ай бұрын
He is a right wing pocket !
@JustinRubychannel29 күн бұрын
$90B aid packages aren't 'drip feeding'.
@davidgleason854622 күн бұрын
It's strangely distracting the Scott rarely looks into the camera, almost as if he's not fully engaged. Regardless, a great conversation between two wise Scots, concerning issues with serious consequences and plenty of warnings of what is coming next. And by all means, yes, let's give Ukraine the support it needs to win, not simply hold on. What's new since this interview is the Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk Oblast, which perhaps won't continue, but could lead to a major shakeup in Putin's police state. P.S. to follow Niall's comments about Dickens in the U.S., see Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit, where he describes the perfect prototype of Donald J. Trump (Major Pawkins) and the widespread practice of property fraud by professional conmen on the prowl for innocent and naive British nobles looking to make a quick buck (or pound).
@gingerLad15 күн бұрын
A few seconds in and already questioning why prisoner exchange is a cold war thing. What about the 3,000 years before the cold war we exchanged valuable prisoners ?
@FernandoNagibАй бұрын
Why Niall Ferguson prof G? Why!?
@peredavi29 күн бұрын
Oh you poor child.😂
@WalterBurtonАй бұрын
Niall envisions the war ending without a tribunal and Putin in the dock, which is a fantasy born of his dependence on unfortunate allegiances. Bucha, Mariupol, etc.
@digital_echelons202329 күн бұрын
Two assumptions that we shouldn't necessarily back too much: 1.) that a Harris administration will be just as drip-feedy as Biden, she may very well end up being her own woman, and 2.) that Mike Pompeo has any real read on what Trump would do, in the nightmare scenario he's reelected. Pompeo and Trump do not have a good relationship; the former is not playing in role in the latter's campaign. Pompeo can say whatever he wants concerning what ought to be done regarding Russia-Ukraine, just don't conflate that with a likely Trump policy. For as wonderful a historian as Ferguson certainly is, his analysis on the current balance of capabilities, regenerative capacities, will of Europeans to collectively ensure against Ukraine's defeat, and other critical variables is seriously lacking.
@nickgood816624 күн бұрын
Sir Niall is waay easier to listen to than Sir Kneel!
@jlziux28 күн бұрын
Why can’t conservatives be more like Ferguson and less like Trump. I might even vote for one then 😅
@SPS_SMАй бұрын
'Because the republican party is not under the control of eletes...' 😂 preferences.
@15walkingaway28 күн бұрын
Right. Vance is owned by Thiel. And before Musk reneged on his $45 million monthly donations Trump was going to give him whatever he wanted. And those are the billionaires we know about.
@ricklarson39214 күн бұрын
Regardless of the campaign rhetoric, anyone who thinks Trump would not throw Ukraine under the bus is simply naive.
@dvdwltnАй бұрын
An appeaser on the Russian war against Ukraine; a hawk on Israel's war against Palestinians. Otherwise a garden variety ideologue for the right.
@brians350429 күн бұрын
Very well said, I could feel it but I couldn't stay at the way you just did.
@aerosolessmedical492028 күн бұрын
Scott , One of your best interviews. And even as a liberal you’re open to changing your views. You actually don’t have OPS
@smirhash29 күн бұрын
His idea to solve self induced problems : pressure, military, sanction, threat, I thought and hoped US elites are smarter than this
@sixteengloucester188329 күн бұрын
rare props to scott who is a super left wing koolaid drinker - that i love to follow - for having a real thinker on.
@user-ow2id6lu1rАй бұрын
I think Ferguson is a pretty good historian. His 'Paper and Iron' 'House of Rothschild ' and 'others are all good. But the more I see him talk on current geo politics and domestic politics the more disappointed I get. Occasionally he hits the mark but more often not.
@thinktwice-me7ie29 күн бұрын
I totally agree. Being a historian myself I am disgusted by Fergussons wrong assesment of the entire Ukraine thing. He could know better. but he decides to just be a trumpian bootlicker
@christiansmith-of7dt28 күн бұрын
Yeah it looked real good
@WalterBurtonАй бұрын
"If you set aside the personalities of the candidates...." 🤦♂ Does Niall imagine that the majority of American voters pull the lever for policies over personalities? Good grief.
@cyberpunkalphamaleАй бұрын
Just look at how Trump cancelled the Republican written Border bill to keep a talking point for the campaign
@chaueter104129 күн бұрын
Niall is certainly a bright man, but I think he's looking at the world through Fox News lensed glasses
@lilUrso1119 күн бұрын
great convo- thank you both to your candor; Prof- i appreciate your follow up questions. great guest to help me understand a different intellectual perspective about global and domestic events
@Madison780729 күн бұрын
Trump would rollover for Putin--who is Ferguson kidding. That grand plan he read in the WSJ is not what Trump or Vance are proposing.
@michaelyeiser156529 күн бұрын
obama and biden invited both invasions the Ukrainians should have agreed to reunite with Russia to escape people like obama and biden, the evil communists of the american permanent regime
@hughwardjackson477622 күн бұрын
What has trump ever done or said to make you believe that?
@f.s.b.8796Ай бұрын
Prof.G does not particularly "like" this guest, nor does he agree on most of the talking points. However, it is an interview with some self-consciously defended and true statements by Niall Fergusson.
@locomotion365616 күн бұрын
Ferguson must get something right sometime, but I am unaware of it.
@abdelra7man8718 күн бұрын
I used to listen to this guy but for the last copule of years he is just speaking rubbish
@luminyam614524 күн бұрын
Great conversation, thank you.
@kevdaag2523Ай бұрын
11:52 watch Fergie's confidence melt when he realizes he's speaking to someone intelligent with intellectual honestly. 😂😂😂
@stevefazekas980011 күн бұрын
Scott you pushed back too gently
@erusum17 күн бұрын
I can see Scott’s assessment on Western support to Ukraine as much more feasible and rational than this Niall. Dunno why a random historian can’t disclose his location due to “national security” issues, first red flag…
@zephyrus00129 күн бұрын
Didn't find a lot of this particularly well reasoned particularly the bit on Israel, but it was refreshing that ProfG gave him room to lay it all out instead of hair splitting on every point. He nailed it on the description of the presidential race. Anybody but Trump would wipe the Democrats off the map.
@rbailey29424 күн бұрын
Like others here, I also admire your bringing guests with differing perspectives, and hope you continue to do so. But I must say, this man was remarkably disingenuous. And even if I take him at his word: 1. So J D Vance now...FINALLY... 'gets it' about the importance of Ukraine's success. Now that's the kind of quick mind I want my VP to have. 2. Putin knows it is NOT to his advantage to have Trump win this election. Trump [made of such stern stuff] will be HARD on him. Really? 3. Like JD Vance, the GOP House has had a foreign policy expert come talk to them and explain how critical Ukraine's success is, and now THEY get it. If they had only known, they would NEVER have held up the military aid package to Ukraine. Somebody [looking at you, Biden] should have told them this sooner. Niall Ferguson, as opposed to being a serious scholar of history, seems to be battling to be the heir apparent to Newt Gingrich as the GOP token [pseudo]-intellectual, providing paper-thin coverage of their incompetent / malicious strategies. Good Grief!
@dmitryfedorov11410 күн бұрын
Niall forgets the main difference between candidates. Democrats' platform is that Ukraine is autonomous and sovereign in their decisions to start or not start the negotiations, and that US merely provides needed military support. Putin's view is that this is a play, and that there's no point negotiating with Ukraine, and the only negotiation he will have is with the United States. Trump offers exactly that, which ignores Ukraine's agency and confirms its status as a chesspiece (which, funnily enough Niall agrees she is). This also confirms Putin's whole premise for starting the war.
@Quackacs29 күн бұрын
I dont take anyone seriously who uses Nixon as a measuring stick of anything good. WTF.
@michaelyeiser156529 күн бұрын
Nixon was a terrible turncoat. He played the Republican, yet wrote more new regs than any President before or since. He also inflicted racial quotas on the Federal government and gave the nod to racial quotas in the universities. He was a communist at heart.
@petervandenengel120819 күн бұрын
How do you define loosing or winning.
@nathanngumi846727 күн бұрын
Great discussion!
@julietlangford410910 күн бұрын
There was a really excellent deal negotiated in Istanbul back in the spring of 2022. Boris Johnson, presumably at the behest of the US, told Zelensky that Nato would not support Ukraine if he accepted that offer. Concerning Israel how can Hamas negotiate when Israel assassinated the chief negotiators (one notably Tehran)? As for tepid US support the war on Gaza would stop tomorrow without daily US arms shipments. It is Israel and Ukraine/Nato that are acting outside of international law and that is why countries all over the world have had enough of the so called rules based order and wish to join Brics and dump the dollar.
@waeljallad67126 күн бұрын
canon hallucination Doom "cannot disclose my location because of national security"- niall ferguson
@kevdaag2523Ай бұрын
So now the new Ukrainian Kharkiv offensive had captured 500+ square miles of maybe Russian territory, perhaps it would have been stupid to appease Putin last year?