00:00OK, I know neither of you has a crystal ball, but I'm just looking forward to some foreign policy issues in 2026.
00:06I mean, perhaps more of the same of what we've seen in 2025, you know, Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela and perhaps, you know, the occasional spark between the United States and Europe.
00:21What would be your predictions, Greg?
00:23Yeah, I think you're right, Tom. It might be pretty much the same.
00:26You'll see a stronger NATO because of what President Trump has done over over both of his terms and obviously much more of a commitment from the NATO countries to hit their 5 percent of GDP.
00:38I'm not sure that they are capable of that, given that they're all for the most part, especially the Western European countries, are really become welfare states.
00:47So I don't know how they're going to hit that 5 percent number, but you will see it from Poland and some of the other Eastern European countries.
00:54So so that's good news. I think you'll see regime change in Venezuela that could come at any moment.
01:00I know that, you know, Maduro has talked to Belarus.
01:04He's I'm sure he's talked to the Russians about, you know, some sort of exit strategy for him.
01:09I hope that happens rather than any escalation in armed conflict.
01:14But and then, of course, you'll see this pivot to Asia continue.
01:18And so I think, you know, these are all positive things that that started in the first year.
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