Benny Johnson: “Ukraine isn't a real place. It's not a real place. It's not really a real people.”
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From the July 23, 2026, edition of The Benny Show, streamed on YouTube
BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): I am no simp for the Ukraine war. I hate the Ukraine war. If it were up to me, all of these nations would be sent to the bottom of the sea. I don't like these foreign countries that cause me and my — the administration so much pain and stress and I would rather focus on America. I don't give a damn about Israel. I don't give a damn about Saudi Arabia or about Iran or about Russia or about Ukraine. I could care less. I'm not going to visit those places. I'm not going to raise my kids there. None of it matters to me. I want peace. And this is exactly the horrors of war in the modern era. Unmanned drones are killing 90% of the people on the front line. They're also taking ground. It's a remarkable era that we're living in. Ukraine was able to take back a hundred miles of frontline territory using just unmanned vehicles and aircraft. No men. So they sent in a bunch of robot dogs and a bunch of robot vehicles.
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These strikes are 400 miles into Russia.
And there's no doubt in my mind. Of course, there is no doubt in my mind. Ukraine isn't a real place. It's not a real place. It's not really a real people. It's a total proxy war. Our CIA is running that war. That's been well reported on. This is us doing this to Russia. It's not good. I don't like it. And, you know, I hate it, actually.
And, there was only a matter of time before Russia starts helping out our enemies. And that's where we're getting, and this is what makes war so scary and these global wars so scary.