U.S. Intelligence is Winning the War in Ukraine (w/ Michael Weiss & Marc Polymeropoulos)
6/18/202638 min
Journalist Michael Weiss, editor of The Insider, and retired CIA veteran Marc Polymeropoulous take over The Bulwark for the kind of conversation they have with each other every day about the intelligence world, what the hell is happening in the United States and what it means around the globe. As they started recording, Trump was wrapping his bizarre Wednesday speech at the G7 Summit defending his deal with Iran. Marc and Michael go off about the news conference and turn to a riveting conversation about what is different about the war with Iran compared to the continuing show of strength in Ukraine and how that's happening thanks to years of groundwork by the CIA. It's an alliance that is actually winning despite Trump's posture towards Ukraine and the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Follow Marc on X here: https://x.com/Mpolymer
...and Michael here: https://x.com/michaeldweiss
Watch Michael's latest conversation with Tim Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85RXVxg8CHI
And you can read Michael's work on his Substack: https://macspaunday.substack.com/
...and at The Insider: https://theins.press/en/authors/weiss
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Michael Weiss· Guest0:59
Hi, this is Michael Weiss. I'm the editor of The Insider, an independent Russian news outlet, and a frequent guest on The Bulwark with Tim Miller. I was just on yesterday to talk about, among other things, the big, beautiful memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran. Uh, and today I'm hijacking Bulwark Takes with my friend and co-conspirator, Mark Palimaropolis, a veteran CIA officer, somebody I'm sure you've seen on MS now. He's a contributor there, and he's also, I think, been on The Bulwark before. Is that right, Mark?
Marc Polymeropoulos· Guest1:27
That's right, I have. It's, it's awesome to be with