Russian Invasion A Historic Test For World Leaders



The world is seeing three very different examples of presidential power from Ukraine, Russia and the United States. NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss joins Lester Holt with analysis of this difficult moment as a test of leadership.

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42 comments

  1. Aliens came down and said “take me to your leader, oh wait, it’s Joe Biden. Let’s get out of here.”

  2. America is coward.
    Biden is coward.

  3. Thank everyone who voted 4 joe biden u got what u got⛽⛽⛽⛽⛽🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢

  4. reapect russia..🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺..love from india..

    i think if russia with this war then russia and chana blog become more powerful…

  5. Just a joke –
    It appears that Mr. Zelensky is the CEO of a startup and Mr. Biden the chairman of the board of a global company.
    Putin is exactly a boss of Mafia.
    Agree?

  6. If it happens it happens

  7. We need a test of caring for Ukrainian people and American middle class.

  8. Americans are afraid of the "N" word. The American government and American people immaturely abuse technology. Americans fear racism. America immaturely speed through the freeway. American have freedom of speech, but they are afraid of the 'n' word.

  9. Wait a minute, not fair, Americans don't have a leader.

  10. It should be an enormous lesson for all leaders. So much money spent, lost lives, destroyed assets, and suffering to all sides that will last for many years for an unwinnable war!!!!

  11. Ukraine is fighting for the world! They win and we win and Putin is gone! They lose and were screwed and will have to fight Putin someday on NATO soil and NATO blood will be shed! We have to support Ukraine 110%, if we do they might kick Goliaths fanny! God bless Ukraine!

  12. At the time of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin NATO had not surrounded Russia like today. Wrong comparison leads to wrong conclusion.

  13. Please help Ukraine close the sky! Help protect the civilian population! Putin is launching rocket and bomb attacks on kindergartens, schools, hospitals, maternity hospitals and residential areas! Putin is killing both old and young people, locals and foreigners! Please help stop Putin! Putin acts like Adolf Hitler. If he captures Ukraine, he will attack the next country! Russia is a country that is constantly waging wars of conquest! The Third World War has already begun! If Putin does not stop now, he will go on and on and attack the following countries! This war is already negatively affecting the lives of people all over the world, not just in Ukraine! Help end World War III as soon as possible! Help protect the skies of Ukraine and its population from Russian military planes and missiles!!

  14. Biden should ask the congress to give some fuel subsidy to Americans.

  15. Putin if have them well placed, go to Ukraine and measure yourself with president zelensky

  16. The test is over. They failed…

  17. Special Zombie convoy(from Zombie War Z),who lost velocity in the Ukrainian stepp
    https://youtu.be/JKQO8ybBZUo

  18. President zelensky should be fighting for Ukraine with Russia, participate in the war and command Ukraine military. Not making speech and doing reality show when his nation is under attack.

  19. Inter-woven through time and space. Our destinies; past, present, and future. Ever in the now. And we assume the edge, when ascending into the over- layers, only to meet adversaries even there. Who's to say any individual holds these ultimate good. The nemesis even is in the heavens. Aspire to win regardless; and be ready there too…. Inspired by Coast 2 coast, overnight radio….. Make NBC Evening News to be one of your daily layers.

  20. world government declared war on Russia!  God is with us ! Private companies that have imposed sanctions against Russia belong to the world government.

  21. Awesome soon sll my ai robots will skin everyone and replace their skin with animals

  22. Undernext in the price of gas went from 69 cents to a dollar but it WAS UNDER Fo r d the gas company said we want the same price for gas as milk from 25 cents to 69 cents to a dollar to a Dollar Plus they called FORD the gas company man remember that's why nobody voted for him that how Jimmy Carter got in you know DO NOTHING Carter have another Billy beer !

  23. Ze balls are in hand of Baiden, but Baiden's balls are in vise. Who is vise owner?

  24. Putin y Baiden not good . Very bad person

  25. We need that Asia NATO now!

  26. I certainly hope Americans are in love with freedom and wise enough to elect those who believe the same .

  27. Absolutely, perfectly informative and relatable!

  28. putin went not only unpunished for long time, but also praised buy giving him gas and oil money, what do we now expect? he will start ww3 he knows he will get away

  29. History repeats itself, in another form. Viola 2022, what concerning is technology keeps evolving and people's humanity is not evolving at the pace of their technology evolution. Resulting in more dangerous environments and conflicts.

  30. So stupid this is appeasement it would be cheaper to do no fly zone and send message that west much better. This weakness is why he invaded. Ww3 avoiders are just appeaser. Weakness will lead to more death a short war aganist Putin will actually lead to less death. The war is not optional or somthing to be avoided. More we wait the bigger the war will become

  31. NBC liars protecting these false Jewish!America started this war don’t let the news fool you with there narrative.Putin is in the right he don’t want American influence at his borders by Ukraine jointing NATO also don’t won’t paganism which they call democracy to come into his country!EU and America are evil Kabbalist pope included!warning news controlled by them they only showing what they want you to see to program you!wake up it’s a game of control

  32. Congressional testimony today revealed that the United States and Ukraine were working on bio-weapons in labs in Ukraine. Which is illegal under countless treaties.

  33. I just wanted to get your thoughts on the whole Russia and Ukraine situation…

    You know, here's my first thought, I'm not going nowhere to fight. None of these wars for these politicians. I'm staying at home and when the war comes to Arkansas, I will dig my boots in the ground and I will die for everything I love and I will not retreat. If this country is invaded and everybody is saying, well we got to evacuate, we got to leave, I will not. I will dig my boots into Arkansas soil and I will fight for the people that I love, for the land that I love and the way of life that I love, but I'm not going overseas to fight.

    I don't know what's going on, to be honest, brother, I really don't. There's so much stuff and I don't think nobody knows what's going on, fully. There's been so much political corruption in that area." – Bryce Mitchell

  34. US and Ukraine voted against the UN resolution condemning the glorification of nazism.

  35. Biden takes revenge on Putin at the expense of the American people 🤣

  36. Does anyone remember the Iraq, Afgan and Falklands Islands War? It's Okay if Americans say so. Didn't approx. a million people die in the Iraq War?

  37. Reality is this is a money thing and it's a genocide thing thing what has biting done he says he's helping out America gas prices go up it's to punish Russian but what about the poor middle class people people say they have no problems paying extra money on gas in reality the people do especially the poor and middle class and food prices ridiculous I see millions of people homeless on the streets they lost their jobs I think there's a meaning behind all this I think what's going to go on is they're going to get Russia to Lucas blame it on Russia when they hide under bunkers and they have protection and we all die genocide us here in America that's what it seems like they're doing

  38. Here's the question I have to ask okay you say that you're not getting gas from Russia no more but you're going to raise gas prices here and people say oh I have no problem paying more on gas but what about the middle class people on the poor people we barely make it no apologies no nothing but you punish us you raise the food prices up raise the gas prices up people open your eyes there's a meaning behind all this why are they trying to start stuff with Russia they say in Russia is starting it what they're trying to do is get rushed to Lucas genocide is what's going on

  39. They treat us like cannon fodder they don't care. All they care about is themselves and what they can get, and everyone knows it now, and everyone is sick of it.

  40. Test leadership of Putin, not easy to beats Putin feet. Cheating, expanding, fighting mean hatred Putin. Use nuke for communism states. Or turn the face go and not turn left. Refugees lost their country want to go home because the west did many country the same as Ukraine.

  41. Poland wants US to transfer these jets to Ukraine. Even polish politicians are not crazy enough to do this. Washington nut cakes are needed here. Our economy is collapsing. It's literally being killed by hyperinflation and these nut cakes are busy starting WW3.