Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics
325 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsChit chat and debate about politics and culture in the US and UK, with Host Roifield Brown and guests.
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Ep:4 - 102 Trump rage tweets, Keir beats Boris and Canada rewards it's key workers
May 09, 2020 22:01 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBToday we are oined by pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Canada, Journalist Emma Burnell in London and political consultant Doug Levy in San Fransisco. In a week that has seen the UK become the European nation with the greatest number of COVID 19 deaths, we take a scattergun approach to news in the US, UK and Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep:4 - 101 How has Canada, The UK and US responded to Covid 19?
April 24, 2020 11:09 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBToday I’m joined by Laura Babcock in Hamilton Ontario Canada, Emma Burnell in London and Doug Levi in San Fransisco, California. Today we look at our respective countries responsive to the Covid 19 crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep:4 - 100 John Bercow - Sebastian Whale
April 04, 2020 01:17 - 1 hour - 226 MBFor the later period of the Brexit crisis, John Bercow became one of the most visible and powerful politicians in the UK, which is highly unusual for someone inhabiting the position of the speaker of the House of Commons and for a member of parliament who has as many detractors as they had friends. Today I speak to Sebastian Whale who has written an autobiography about the man who showed the real power that the speaker wheals in parliament and who rallied the opposition to Brexit and showing ...
Ep: 4-99 The world declares war against the Coronavirus
March 18, 2020 00:30 - 1 hour - 63 MBToday I’m joined by Emma Burnell in London, Benjamin Jacobs in Cranston Rhode Island and Clare Astbury in Bedford In a week that has seen world declares war against Corona Virus, we check in with each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep:4 - 98 Is America Ready for Bernie and Diversity in the UK Parliament
February 29, 2020 20:44 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBIn a week that has seen world markets tumble with fears that the coronavirus will disrupt global supply chains, we ask is America ready for a Bernie revolution? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 97 After New Hampshire, what now for the Democrats and Britain finally says yes to High Speed Rail
February 17, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBToday I’m joined by Mic Wright in London and by podcast pundit virgin Schon Stokes in Fremont California. In a week that has seen a Brexiteer complain that he has to wait in queue at EU airport: ‘This isn’t the Brexit I voted for’, we ask who will the Democratic presidential race change after New Hampshire? Two States have now voted in the Democratic Primary race, Now That It’s Moving To less white States in the union how will it change? Boris Johnson is overseeing the construction of Bri...
Ep: 4-96 The Republicans have no soul and Brexit is being done.
January 31, 2020 03:50 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBToday it’s a changing of the guard, we have the supply teachers in, we have first time contributor by Mila Atmos in New York from the Future Hindsight website and returning founder contributor in Mick Wright in Lime House in London. In a week that has seen Tate Britain defend its job ad for £40k 'head of coffee' which pays 5k more that the position of a curator, we ask where is the soul of the US Republican Party? President Trump has proven himself to be completely self-serving, he has lit...
Ep: 4 - 95 Trumps impeachment starts, as does Labour's leadership race
January 17, 2020 02:24 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBToday I’m joined by Emma Burnell in London and Doug Levy in Marin County. In a week that has seen UK pub numbers rise for the first time in a decade, we ask if Trump will get his comeuppance? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
E4 - 94 The labour party is routed and Trump to be impeached
December 14, 2019 01:52 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBIn a week that has seen England and Scotland both vote for nationalist parties we ask where does the 2019 election take the UK and left wing politics. Listener Philip Pomerantz has responded to Ben Jacobs call in last weeks show regarding Jewish allegiance to Israel and Zionism. Laura Babcock reports on Andrew Scheer's shock resignation in Canada. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Ep:4 - 94 The labour party is routed and Trump to be impeached
December 14, 2019 01:52 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBIn a week that has seen England and Scotland both vote for nationalist parties we ask where does the 2019 election take the UK and left wing politics. Listener Philip Pomerantz has responded to Ben Jacobs call in last weeks show regarding Jewish allegiance to Israel and Zionism. Laura Babcock reports on Andrew Scheer's shock resignation in Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 93 The world laughs at Trump and one week left in the UK election.
December 06, 2019 00:30 - 54 minutes - 50 MBIn a week that has seen the speaker of the house Pelosi say that house Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against Trump, we ask just what has been happening in the run up to the most important UK election since 1945? Today I’m joined by friend of the show Doug "I know my wines Levi" in Marin County and Emma "off with the royal’s heads" Burnell in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 92 The British election race starts.
November 06, 2019 00:30 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThis week's show features political pundit Emma Burnell and first-time voter and Myisha Box discussing the start of the race to see which party will win the 2019 British election and we revisit Canada with Canadian political observer Laura Babcock to discuss the results of last months Canadian election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 91 MP Chris Williamson and Anti Semitism
November 01, 2019 19:40 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIn February 2019, Williamson was criticised for saying that the Labour party was being "demonised as a racist, bigoted party", partly because, in response to claims of anti-Semitism, the party had "given too much ground (and) been too apologetic". He has had the whip removed and he has been suspended from the Labour Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 90 The 2019 Canadian Election - Laura Babcock
October 17, 2019 23:19 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBTo celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving I sat down with my family and Canadian political pundit and commentator Laura Babcock to discuss the forthcoming general election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ep: 4 - 90 The 2019 Canadian Election - Laura Babcock
October 17, 2019 23:19 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBTo celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving I sat down with my family and Canadian political pundit and commentator Laura Babcock to discuss the forthcoming general election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 89 - How history predicts the 2020 election (and the next 40 years) Misha Leybovich
October 10, 2019 02:56 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBRoifield speaks to tech entrepreneur Misha Leybovich about this theory of the 40 year pattern in American politics and what it tells us about 2020 and 2060. https://medium.com/@mishaley/how-history-predicts-the-2020-election-and-the-next-40-years-1904e6ac19bd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump faces impeachment and Boris Johnson loses against the Supreme Court
September 27, 2019 03:32 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBToday I’m joined by friend of the show Karin Robinson from the Primarily 2020 podcast and by journalist Emma Burnell. In a week that has seen political eruptions in Washington and London, we ask will this be seen as one of the most momentous weeks in politics on both sides of the Atlantic? Join Mid Atlantic on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/170146093623078/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 87 Boris' terrible week in parliament
September 10, 2019 03:15 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBA rebel bill, which forces the prime minister to go to the EU and ask for an extension to the UK's membership if there's no progress with Brexit negotiations by 19 October, was passed by opposition MPs and 21 Tories, it was only the start of a bad week for the new Prime Minister in Parliament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 86 Constitutional coup. Boris trashes parliamentary procedure, sovereignty and primacy.
August 29, 2019 01:29 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBConservative and opposition MPs reacted in shock on Wednesday after the prime minister confirmed he had obtained permission from the Queen to prorogue parliament, limiting the time left for parliament to debate Brexit. The Commons Speaker John Bercow described it as a “constitutional outrage”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4 - 85 Trump attacks Baltimore and Johnson's cabinet veers right.
August 01, 2019 14:45 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBToday we are joined by love bomb Doug Levy in The San Fransisco Bay Area and the future Home Secretary Emma Burnell in London. In a week that has seen Britain record its highest temperature on record, we the president can call all Mexicans rapists and Baltimore a synonym for black America “infested? when will republicans call him on racism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4-84 Trump's racist tweets, where's me Jumper and more Brexit confusion
July 20, 2019 23:20 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBToday we are joined by pimp daddy Doug Levy in The San Fransisco Bay Area and the future celebrity love island contestant Emma Burnell in London. In a week that has seen the English win the cricket world up in the most dramatic game in history, we ask if we can send Donald Trump back to where he came from? Donald Trump, tweeted on Sunday that a group of progressive women of colour critics, three of whom were born in the US - and he then stood silent on Wednesday night as a rally crowd chant...
Ep: 4 - 83 Kamala Harris Surges and will the UK survive Brexit
July 04, 2019 07:15 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBToday we are joined by author Doug Levy in The San Fransisco Bay Area and Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London. In a week that has seen the US woman's football team knock out the plucky English in the semi finals of the World Cup we ask should we pay attention to the campaign of Kamala Harris. Download the new MidAtlantic Flick app Mid Atlantic Podcast https://flickchat.page.link/hznoEjvFy6EmesTN9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 82 Trump 2020 and the Tory Party leadership election
June 19, 2019 22:56 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBToday I'm joined by Pundit and Emma Burnell in London and writer Doug Levy in San Fransisco. In a week that has seen The number of rough sleepers in London reaching a record high after an increase of nearly one fifth in a year as ask can trump do it again in 2020? On Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida, Donald Trump "officially" kicked off his presidential re-election bid. his pitch to the American people for four more years, to Keep America Great. There is no doubt that he has the ability t...
Mid Atlantic meets The Primarliy 2020 podcast
May 31, 2019 23:15 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBDownload the new Mid Atlantic chat app https://flickchat.page.link/hznoEjvFy6EmesTN9 Saturday, June 29th 11 am – 7 pm The Centre for Social Innovation, New York https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/shop/ Saturday, June 29, 2019 for an event that will bring together many of internet’s best podcasters for a day of live podcast recordings, open tables, Q and As and seminars at The Centre for Social Innovation, Chelsea in New York. It’s an opportunity for listeners to meet the creators ...
Mid Atlantic meets The Primarliy 2020 podcast
May 31, 2019 23:15 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBDownload the new Mid Atlantic chat app https://flickchat.page.link/hznoEjvFy6EmesTN9 Saturday, June 29th 11 am – 7 pm The Centre for Social Innovation, New York https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/shop/ Saturday, June 29, 2019 for an event that will bring together many of internet’s best podcasters for a day of live podcast recordings, open tables, Q and As and seminars at The Centre for Social Innovation, Chelsea in New York. It’s an opportunity for listeners to meet the creators ...
Ep: 4 - 80 Alabama's shame and Boris does it again
May 17, 2019 23:36 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBToday we joined by writer Doug Levy in the North Bay of San Fransisco and pundit Emma Burnell in London. In a week in that has seen the Brexit Party and Lib Dems SURGE in the UK Euro polls we ask, why men are again trying to control womens bodies in America? The supreme court, which now has a conservative majority, to overturn the 1973 ruling legalising abortion but the Supreme Court did block a new abortion restriction law in Louisiana this year, are American states turning away from choi...
Ep: 4-79 8 indictive votes and 8 nays, plus Trump is vindicated
March 29, 2019 18:59 - 1 hour - 56 MBToday we joined by author and constitutional law scholar Cory Bretschieder in Rhode Island and Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London. In a week in a leading investor said that The UK increasingly resembles an “emerging market” and risks a currency crash should it leave the EU without a deal we ask what happened this week with the car crash that is Brexit? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4-78 Europe extends the date to Brexit but we still might crash out on March 29th
March 22, 2019 22:13 - 53 minutes - 49 MBToday I'm joined by Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London to look at the deepening crisis in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4-77 May is defeated as parliament takes control and the 2020 Democratic field gets even even fuller
March 13, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBToday we have a changing of the guard joined by author and constitutional law scholar Cory Bretschieder in Rhode Island and Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London. In a week that has seen the Cleveland Browns announce their intention to win the super bowl by signing Odell Beckham Junior, and the UK government admitting that Spotify music, Netflix could be blocked to British citizens on holiday in Europe in the event of a no deal, just when will this Brexit madness stop, we ask just wh...
The Oath and the Office Roifield talks to Corey Brettschneider
March 01, 2019 21:22 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB1. The Oath. Washington second inaugural. The idea that the office is not the person. Washington asks to be subject to "constitutional punishment," The idea that the president is not about the law. The notion that a president must go beyond courts to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution. 2. Adams attack on the oath. Signs the alien and sedition act. Shuts down criticism of the president. The most direct assault on speech and democracy. The key idea is it shows why the right to cr...
Ep: 4-75 At last the Democrats talking about the poor with Nathaniel Popkin
February 15, 2019 15:32 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBToday we are joined by writer and thinker Nathaniel Popkin Philadelphia-based writer, editor, and historian to look at attitudes to wealth and poverty in the US and the Democratic party's new found enthusiasm for talking about it. Presidential campaigns are not usually about poverty. Poverty is something that candidates pay lip service too but little more. Things are normally termed around helping the “middle class” or “American families,” not the poorest of the poor, why are things shaping...
Ep: 4-74 President Pelosi and Poor Theresa May
January 30, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBDemocrats in Washington have spent two years trying to thwart President Trump. After the president's defeat over the government shutdown will Pelosi’s speakership, signal the end of Trump's spell over the American people and its politics? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4-73 Elizabeth Warren runs and far right vitriol in British politics
January 11, 2019 17:08 - 58 minutesToday we are joined by my favourite senior political editor at Salon Amanda Marcotte in New York as Alice Thwaite is looking after her poorly Dad. We wish him a speedy recovery. In a week that has seen President Trump address the nation and then 2 days later say he'll 'probably, almost definitely' declare a national emergency, we ask Does Elizabeth Warren have what it takes to win the Democratic party nomination to become its next president? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Ep: 4-72 Working People with Maximillian and Zac Alvarez
December 23, 2018 14:10 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBToday we speak to Maximillian Alvarez is a dual-PhD candidate at the University of Michigan, a columnist for The Baffler magazine, and host of the podcast Working People and his brother Zachary Alvarez who is a writer and economist from the University of Chicago. The GM layoffs now (as part of a 30-year process of de-industrialization) show that labor's concessionary bargaining model of negotiating higher wages has shown its insufficiency. Labor should have stuck with a more militant, postw...
Ep: 4-72 Working People with Maximillian and Zac Alvarez
December 23, 2018 14:10 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBToday we speak to Maximillian Alvarez is a dual-PhD candidate at the University of Michigan, a columnist for The Baffler magazine, and host of the podcast Working People and his brother Zachary Alvarez who is a writer and economist from the University of Chicago. The GM layoffs now (as part of a 30-year process of de-industrialization) show that labor's concessionary bargaining model of negotiating higher wages has shown its insufficiency. Labor should have stuck with a more militant, postw...
Ep: 4- 71 Why are we scared of Immigration?
November 29, 2018 07:03 - 55 minutes - 51.4 MBToday we are joined by writer and foodie Doug Levy in San Fransisco and by the voice of the north Mike Holden in Preston, England. In a week that has seen The British PM cling on to office by her fingertips we question why immigration is so important a topic on both sides of the Atlantic. Fear of immigrants and Immigration was the not so secret sauce that led to Trump's Presidential victory and that made the UK vote to leave the EU in 2016. The outgoing Republican Congress largely supports...
Ep: 4 - 70 Who will run in 2020 and when will we stop remembering Remembrance Sunday
November 15, 2018 03:42 - 56 minutes - 52 MBToday we are joined by my favourite senior political editor at Salon, Amanda Marcotte in New York and by writer Alice Twaite in Kent in England. On the day that Theresa May is fighting to convince her cabinet that her Brexit deal is the best one for Britain, we ask after the midterms just who will run to be the Democratic nominee for 2020? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4-69 Trump the nationalist and the end of austerity in Britain
November 01, 2018 10:01 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn a week that has seen Lewis Hamilton win yet another F1 world championship, we ask what is the world coming to when the president of the United States can call himself a nationalist? Last week, Trump declared himself a "nationalist" at a campaign rally in Houston. "You know, they have a word. It sort of became old-fashioned. It's called a 'nationalist.' "You know what I am? I'm a nationalist, OK? I'm a nationalist." What does that mean in 2018? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Ep: 68 Nicki Arnold-Swindle runs for the 36th Alabama state district
October 25, 2018 12:10 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBNicki Arnold-Swindle talks to Roifield about running for the 36th Alabama state district. Nicki talks about healthcare, defunding public schools and the working class voting against their own economic interests in the deep south. Donate to her campaign here http://www.votenicki.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 67 David Shields - 'Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump' Interview
October 21, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBNOBODY HATES TRUMP MORE THAN TRUMP: AN INTERVENTION is perhaps the only genuinely original thing you have read yet about Donald Trump. It can be read in a variety of ways: as a psychological investigation of Trump, as a philosophical meditation on the relationship between language and power, as a satirical compilation of the “collected wit and wisdom of Donald Trump,” and above all as a dagger into the rhetoric of American political discourse. https://thoughtcatalog.com/book/nobody-hates-tru...
Ep: 4 - 67 David Shields - 'Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump' Interview
October 21, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBNOBODY HATES TRUMP MORE THAN TRUMP: AN INTERVENTION is perhaps the only genuinely original thing you have read yet about Donald Trump. It can be read in a variety of ways: as a psychological investigation of Trump, as a philosophical meditation on the relationship between language and power, as a satirical compilation of the “collected wit and wisdom of Donald Trump,” and above all as a dagger into the rhetoric of American political discourse. https://thoughtcatalog.com/book/nobody-hates-tru...
Ep: 4-66 Trump's backing state sponsored murder and is this Mays last stand?
October 17, 2018 22:37 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBToday we are joined by the eloquent Brexit naysayer Femi Oluwole and liberal US sage Doug Levi In a week that has seen the man-boy that is the president of the United States call a woman a horse face, we ask where is the moral leadership at the heart of the US administration? “I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump said isn't that right Saudi Arabia should be guilty before proven innocent? "Intensive work" is needed to overcome differences on the Irish border and reach a ...
Ep: 4-65 Should men just shut up about me too and has May done enough to hold on to power
October 04, 2018 05:13 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBToday we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich. As rape allegations surface against Ronaldo we look at the man who was once part of 100 Kegs or Bust fraternity and his attempt to became one of the most powerful men in America and the whirlwind of allegations against him. With Trump mocking Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally as supporters cheer and Republican Jeff Flake calling Trump’s speech ‘appalling’ while Ford’...
Ep: 4-64 An Irish opinion on Brexit - William Campbell of Challenging Opinions
September 26, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBWhen the history books are written about Britain in the early 21st century this will be the period where the raw soul of the country will be remarked upon. We have always been able to hide behind a Whiggish view of history that progress was and is inevitable and that we are an ordered and people. Brexit has but a lie to that fallacy. The idea of this show was to look at the Irish perspective of Brexit with podcaster William Campbell along with the issue if the Irish border but we veered off...
Ep 4-63 Venezuela Teetering on the Brink and The South China Sea with Tim Marshall.
September 24, 2018 06:59 - 40 minutes - 37 MBVenezuela Teetering on the Brink According to the United Nations, approximately 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled their country over the last several years. Extreme shortages of food and medicine, coupled with hyper-inflation that could approach one million percent, are pushing Venezuelans to flee to neighbouring Ecuador, Colombia, and elsewhere. There are no real prospects for positive change in the foreseeable future, with the Maduro government beginning its second term by simply blamin...
Ep: 4 - 62 Kavanaugh's me too moment and the calls for a second referendum on Brexit
September 20, 2018 05:09 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBToday I’m joined by Alice Twaite of the Echo Chamber club in Kent and Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn New York. In a week that has seen the Austrian EU Presidency propose a special Brexit Summit in November, we ask just what does the Kavanaugh’s me too movement say about sexual politics and power in America today? Kavanaugh’s Supreme court confirmation, seemed certain, was cast in doubt after Dr Christine Blasey Ford said in an interview published Sunday by The Washington Post that a d...
Ep: 4-61 Trump vs Obama and Johnson vs May
September 12, 2018 02:37 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBToday we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin, and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich. In a week that has seen the release of Bob Woodward's book 'Fear' on the Trump White House, we look at two feuds either side of the Atlantic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 4-60 Trumps beef with McCain and racism in British politics
August 31, 2018 15:59 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBToday we are joined by the happy curmudgeon that is the New Statesman's Jonn Elledge somewhere in London and by Salon's political editor Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn, New York. In a week that has seen Theresa May strike trade deals with Malawi to replace our membership of the EU, we ask was John McCain the saint the press would have us believe? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4 - 59 Draining the swamp of American lobbyists and Boris Johnson's burkha broadside
August 09, 2018 10:19 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBToday we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich, England and by that sensible man of the left who likes good wine Doug Levy in San Francisco California. In a week that has seen Another warning bell for Republicans In the shape of the closeness of the special election in Ohio we ask who will ever drain Washington’s swamp. Boris Johnson has an appeal to white working class voters, who are traditional Labour voters but who backed Brexit, so his cozying up to ri...
Ep: 4 - 58 Trump the Traitor and could there be a National Government because of Brexit
July 26, 2018 14:10 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBToday we are joined by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of The Left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York and in Burnley sometimes called the renaissance capital of Lancashire with have Donald Trump’s favourite tweeter Mike Holden. In a week that has seen the 40th birthday of the world's first test tube baby we ask is Donald Trump a double agent? President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that he was "very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard ...