CrossTalk, HOME EDITION: Narrative as strategy

As Ukraine’s over-hyped counteroffensive stalls, Western leaders have made a remarkable rhetorical pivot. Biden says: ‘Putin has already lost the war.’ Secretary of State Blinken says: ‘Russia has lost.’ Their narrative is a form of pseudo-reality because making the claim Ukraine is winning is untenable.

CrossTalking with George Szamuely and Martin Jay.