We start today's double podcast discussing a recent article written in the NY Times with respect to the Pentagon and then another article in the NY with respect to the ridiculous claims that a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the NordStream sabotage. There are several statements which provide significant insight into the thinking inside the Beltway. We then move onto Scholz's meeting with Biden in Washington and the current broader feeling inside Europe with respect to the Ukraine war. We conclude by providing a brief assessment of Germany's deindustrialisation, the perception about inflation and why a local election in Berlin is indicative of huge problems now in the German coalition government.