Olaf Scholz
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Nov 1, 2026
Dominik KettnerHOST
Aber der Moment ist eigentlich legendär.
Dominik KettnerHOST
Es ist wahrscheinlich der geschichtsträchtigste Moment für mich in der, in der geopolitischen Geschichte, wie ein Joe Biden und ein Olaf Scholz da auf dieser Bühne stehen und der Olaf Scholz einfach nebendran weggeschnitten wird im deutschen Fernsehen und im internationalen Fernsehen fragen sie alle: „Was ist mit dem Dude los?" Die erklären ihm, dass sie seine Gas-Trans-Transitpipelines zerstören und er steht nebendran und sagt einfach nichts.
Salim SamatouGUEST
Mhm.
Salim SamatouGUEST
Mhm.
Stephanie BakerGUEST
And they've been doing the same in Germany, which has less consequences because it's not facing an immediate election.
Stephanie BakerGUEST
But it has been hammering Friedrich Merz, trying to undermine his authority because he has been much stronger on Russia and supporting Ukraine than his predecessor, Olaf Scholz.
Stephanie BakerGUEST
So, yeah, they view Europe as the last great stronghold that they need to undermine.
Stephanie BakerGUEST
And, you know, I think there's a question about The extent to which these disinformation operations are successful, you know, how much they're actually impacting people, but they are trying.
Alexander GabuevHOST
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Storey have just recently called Vladimir Putin, and that's for the first time since the beginning of the war.
Alexander GabuevHOST
We had some sporadic talks, like Chancellor Olaf Scholz called him, President Macron called him, but it really led nowhere.
Alexander GabuevHOST
But now these two gentlemen insist that that's going to be an opening of a special channel And they do it as Russia's neighbors.
Alexander GabuevHOST
They don't represent all of the EU.
Dashran YohanHOST
And a point that I would add to that is Anwar has actually been a fantastic... not without flaws, but pretty fantastic international ambassador for the country when it comes to ASEAN.
Dashran YohanHOST
I would even say standing on the stage with Olaf Scholz, one of my favourite moments in Malaysian contemporary political moments where he could go toe-to-toe with Olaf Scholz and put him in his place.
Dashran YohanHOST
And I feel that was missing from a domestic point.
Jason WeeGUEST
I don't want us to be talking about this without context because it has not been an easy year for the world.
JohnHOST
Right.
JohnHOST
When Germany's Olaf Scholz called Putin back in 2024, Ukraine's president warned it opened a Pandora's box.
JohnHOST
Meanwhile, the pressure remains high.
JohnHOST
Recent Russian drone strikes are still disrupting Starlink internet connectivity for Ukrainian forces.
Matt FreiHOST
Now, of course, we've come a long way since then.
Matt FreiHOST
Olaf Scholz, when he was chancellor, a couple of days after the full-scale invasion of 2022, gave his famous Zeitenwende speech, the change of the times, You could argue whether the Germans then lived up to that rhetoric or not.
Matt FreiHOST
It took them a bit of time to send the kit that the Ukrainians were asking for, and the Germans were the kind of bad boys in the initial phase of the full-scale Russian war.
Matt FreiHOST
Since then, Germany has stepped up to the plate rather nicely, thank you.
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Matt FreiHOST
that's sort of related a little bit to the first question.
Matt FreiHOST
So I think, I mean, it's interesting because I think we both covered the beginning of the war.
Matt FreiHOST
And right immediately after Olaf Scholz gave his famous Titan vendor speech and people said, well, what about air cover? there were more excuses for not providing it than there were reasons why you should provide it.
Matt FreiHOST
So one excuse was obviously escalation with the Russians.
TonyHOST
compared to the Germans who have really just kind of rolled over.
TonyHOST
I mean, now they're basically talking, what is his name, Olaf Scholz.
TonyHOST
He talking about how old, how there's too much like sick days, people need to work more and aren't productive enough.
Benjamin StudebakerGUEST
If you're going to say we have to import Chinese manufactured goods, but also we have to remain a manufacturing powerhouse, we can't deindustrialize and become a service economy, then you're forced to resort to stuff like that.
Isaac SaulHOST
it's okay.
Isaac SaulHOST
I mean, it's just tough because it was Olaf Scholz.
Isaac SaulHOST
Angela Merkel kind of dominated for a while, but...
Isaac SaulHOST
And
Philip HopfHOST
Der kam danach Angela Merkel, „Wir schaffen das«, größte Schädling, den unser Land überhaupt gesehen hat mit 2015, was sie in unser Land gebracht hat.
Philip HopfHOST
Dann kam Olaf Scholz, äh, der mehrmals Korruption vorgeworfen wurde, der gesagt hat: „Ich kann mich an nichts mehr erinnern.« Und dann kam Friedrich Merz, der gesagt hat: „Mit der CDU wird es keine Neuverschuldung geben«, um dann kurz nachdem er gewählt wurde, drei Tage später, die größte Neuverschuldung in der Geschichte unseres Landes begonnen hat.
Philip HopfHOST
Es sind Lügner, Lügner, Lügner.
Philip HopfHOST
Und wer war der letzte wirklich verdiente Kanzler? Das war Gerhard Schröder.
RosieHOST
Super exciting.
RosieHOST
And I feel like we're not going to talk a bit more about the article and what you find, but this concept of tipping points, which is like very, very close to, I mean, there was a speech, I think maybe three or four years ago at one of the Munich security conferences about, was the German chancellor at the time, Olaf Scholz, that came up with this idea of the Zeitenwende, this idea that there would be a moment of turning of the times, literally, so like when the time turns to another era.
RosieHOST
And actually, I really loved how you explained the concept of tipping points.
RosieHOST
So we would think of big political moments as being the moment in which democracy deteriorated or the moment in which the Western society fell or the moment in which democracy was lost in the East, for example, the idea of democracy, the wish for democracy was lost in the East.
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