Bash: Walz Doesn’t Have Any Terrain to Go to on Middle East Crisis Because the World Does Seem on Fire

PHILLIP: “That’s really surprising to hear, though. I mean, this issue —“

BASH: “Which is surprising.”

PHILLIP: “That they’re scrambling.”

BASH: “Well, what I mean by that, it’s not that — I don’t mean to suggest that they weren’t already prepared for this issue, but this is like obviously next level.”

PHILLIP: “It is next level. I do think though, that this is the central argument against the Biden-Harris presidency on foreign policy issues, which is the world is in chaos and it’s all Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s fault. And so that is what we can expect to hear from J.D. Vance tonight. The question is, what is Tim Walz’s response going to be to that? It’s not clear. And to your point, Dana, I mean, this — and Jake as well, this is not really a thing that he’s spent a lot of time talking about. I mean, I also think, I don’t think we should have high expectations that we will get any groundbreaking foreign policy answers from either of these two gentlemen.”

BASH: “It’s going to be about leadership.”

PHILLIP: “A lot of talking points, frankly.”

BASH: “And I just want to — I just went back to look at what Trump said in his statement right after the strikes happened in the noon hour. And his first sentence is the world is on fire. I would be shocked if we don’t hear that from J.D. Vance, because it’s about leadership.”

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