Interview · moment 16 of 20
Young Voters, Ukraine Funding, and Putin
from Bernie Sanders | The Tim Dillon Show #467 · #467
4 min
Guest
Tim and Sanders discuss why young voters question funding for Israel and Ukraine, with Sanders condemning Putin but ruling out sending troops or long-range missiles to Ukraine.
- Young voters can't afford houses while billions go to Israel and Ukraine—the biggest tension point in both parties.
- Tim argues Trump telling Zelensky to retake all territory instead of forcing peace doesn't address young people's core question about funding.
- Putin is a disgusting human being, and hundreds of thousands of young Russians have died in the war—a fact not widely known.
- Tim counters that Americans don't want funding that increases deaths, and points out Putin has reorganized his economy and strengthened ties with China, India, and Brazil.
- European ambassadors fear Putin wants to rebuild the Russian Empire and will advance into Eastern Europe next, potentially involving US troops.
- The rebuttal: he can barely win in Ukraine, so the idea he'll march through Europe doesn't hold up.
- Tim asks when funding should stop and whether the guest would commit American troops or give Zelensky long-range missiles to hit Moscow.
Vladimir PutinUkraineVolodymyr ZelenskyyIsraelDonald TrumpRussian EmpireBRICS