It's Getting WORSE And WORSE - Douglas Macgregor

🔥You can NOW Become a member of our channel to support us🔥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZg7FTpyFB9lSpk-_cVr3Q/join In this new interview, Colonel Douglas Macgregor warns that Russia is preparing a violent and decisive military response after absorbing strikes on Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Rostov that have killed Russian civilians and destroyed infrastructure. He reveals that Ukraine proposed purchasing $90 billion in American weapons, a figure confirmed by President Zalinski in Washington in August 2025, and that Russia has expanded its active force to 1.5 million troops under a December 2024 decree, making it the second largest military on Earth after China. Macgregor states that Odessa will fall very suddenly and very quickly, that Russia has the concentrated forces on hand to do it, and that once Ukraine is landlocked Moscow will reach out to the Russian population in Moldova. He argues that the United States maintains 750 bases in 80 countries with no coherent strategy since George Kennan's 1947 containment doctrine, that there is no strategic framework or end state, and that roughly 50% of aid to Ukraine disappears into corruption or is sold to cartels in Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico. Macgregor warns that the US has roughly $18 trillion in treasuries rolling over in the next 12 months at an average coupon of 3.3% while the one year treasury sits at 4%, adding $49 billion in annual interest costs before factoring in the $2 trillion annual deficit. He states that the strategic petroleum reserve is reaching perilously low levels within two to three weeks, that the military privately requires at least 240 million gallons to operate, and that the economy is broke. This interview was recorded as Russia prepared expanded war aims including Novorossiya or New Russia, an imperial era label Putin has invoked to describe Ukraine's south and east, as the strategic petroleum reserve fell to around 349 million barrels in June 2026, its lowest since 1983, and as net interest on the federal debt crossed $970 billion in fiscal 2025 against a national debt near $38 trillion. Macgregor warns that the longer negotiation is delayed the worse the outcome becomes, that Iran won and the US didn't, and that if people don't believe Putin is winning then he needs to demonstrate pretty conclusively that he is. 📚 Sources cited in this video: • International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance • U.S. Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve https://www.energy.gov/ceser/strategic-petroleum-reserve • Reuters, Finland Nuclear Weapons Policy Shift https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland/ • Congressional Research Service, Ukraine Military Assistance https://crsreports.congress.gov/ ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This channel provides AI commentary and analysis for educational and informational purposes only. Views expressed by guests are their own and do not represent the positions of any company or institution. We encourage viewers to consult multiple sources and form their own conclusions. #douglasmacgregor #russiaukrainewar #russia