00:00Mr. President, where is Russia? Where is President Putin? I asked that question in light of what's
00:20been happening over the past week in Iran. Where's Russia? Where's President Putin? You couldn't
00:34find either one of them with a search party. Dog the bounty hunter all of a sudden couldn't
00:43find President Putin. All of a sudden, even Google can't find Russia. I thought Iran and
00:55Russia were peeps. I thought they were best friends. I mean, for decades, Iran and Russia
01:05had to have a partnership where they have attacked everyone in the freedom-loving West. They're
01:19best buds. Now, I know Iran has a relationship with China, but that's more transactional.
01:26China just likes to buy Iran's cheap oil. With Russia and Iran, it was supposed to be a
01:38deeper, more meaningful relationship. And this isn't something new. This has been a partnership
01:45for decades. I remember when Putin invaded Ukraine. One of the first allies he turned to was Iran.
02:03And Iran sent Russia ammunition. And Iran sent Russia artillery shells. And Iran sent Russia drones.
02:13And ammunition. And artillery shells every single day of the war. So where's Russia? I mean, it hadn't been a good
02:31week for Iran. Where's Russia? On Monday of this week, Iran's top
02:43diplomat. Met with President Putin. And asked for help. You know what President Putin said he would
02:57provide? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Not I. Some kind of friend. And you know, it's not the first time.
03:13That we've seen President Putin's true colors. It's happened before. You would think that Iran
03:23would learn. The month after Iran, through Hamas, attacked Israel, back in October of 2023,
03:35Iran immediately asked Moscow to supply Iran with, because Iran knew what was coming. And so did Hamas.
03:47They knew retribution was coming from Israel. Iran asked Moscow for jet fighters, for attack helicopters, air
03:59defense systems, air defense systems, and training jets. And Iran was sure that their buddy Putin
04:05would be there. Putin sent them a few jets and said, go away. Don't bother me. And then, not long ago,
04:17when Israel took out the better part of Iran's air defense system, it's golden dome. It wasn't
04:27exactly golden. It was more like 10. But the Israelis took it out. Iran asked Russia, said, look, we have to
04:38rearm. We're naked and alone here. We need more air defense missiles to shoot down the Israeli planes.
04:51President Putin said, go away. Don't bother me.
04:56What a friend. President Putin has done it to other countries. Russia has had alliances, not just with Iran
05:09through the years. I'll give you a couple of examples. Armenia. Armenia and Russia were best buds.
05:18Two peas in a pot. But when Armenia got in a war with Azerbaijan. Let me say that again. Azerbaijan.
05:35Once again, you couldn't find Russia with a search party.
05:38Iran and Russia worked together to prop up Assad in Syria. Remember that? When the people of Syria were
05:53revolting against Assad, who had blood under his fingernails, you know who kept him afloat?
06:03Iran. Iran, yes. But especially Russia. And then Assad got in trouble. And that's when he really needed
06:15Russia. And he went to Mr. Putin and said, help me. Help me. And Mr. Putin said, no. You're on your own.
06:28You can come to my country where they can't get to you, but that's it. Too bad. I don't need you anymore.
06:39I hope a lot's going on with respect to the Middle East right now.
06:44But I hope that the world notices what kind of friend Russia is.
06:50I hope other countries that Russia has alliances with and that Russia is assiduously courting
06:59to be a, quote, partnership notices how Russia reacts to their friends.
07:08Where's Russia? Where's Putin? All of a sudden, you can't find him.
07:19Now, I'm delighted with that. I'm just delighted. But this was very, very predictable.
07:27With friends like Russia, I say this to every country in the world that might be thinking about
07:34partnering with Russia, with friends like Russia, who needs enemies.
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