There are some things that are tough to watch—or to listen to. In the case of a new video of Secretary of State Antony Blinken trying to play rock ‘n roll on a bright red guitar, it’s definitely both.
On a previously unannounced trip to war-torn Ukraine, Blinken showed up at the watering hole Barman Dictat and took to the stage with local Ukrainian rock band 19.99. Before hitting the chords, though, he had some words for the crowd:
And listen, I know this is a really, really difficult time.
Your soldiers, your citizens, particularly in the northeast in Kharkiv, are suffering tremendously. But they need to know, you need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you. And they’re fighting not just for a free Ukraine but for the free world, and the free world is with you too.
Then he launched into Neil Young’s 1989 rebellious classic rock tune “Rockin’ in…
