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leaders, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was there as well. this is prime minister keir starmer addressing the british people. prime minister starmer: we have to learn from the mistakes of the past. we cannot accept a week deal which russia could break with ease. instead, any deal must be backed by strength. every nation must contribute to that in the best way that it can. different capabilities and support to the table. we are all taking responsibility to act. all stepping up their own share of the burden. we agreed, some important steps today. first, we will keep the military aid flowing and keep increasing the economic pressure on russia to strengthen ukraine now. second, we agree that any lasting peace must ensure ukraine's sovereignty and

security. ukraine must be at the table. third, in the event of a peace deal, we will keep boosting ukraine's defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion. fourth, we will go further to develop a coalition to defend a deal in ukraine. to guarantee the piece. not every nation will feel able to contribute. that can't me and we sit back. instead, those willing will intensify planning now with real urgency. the u.k. is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air together with others, europe must do the heavy lifting. to support peace in our continent and succeed, this effort must have strong u.s. backing. we are working with the u.s. on

this. after my meeting with president trump last week. let me be clear, we agree with the president on the urgent need for a durable peace. now, we need to deliver together. host: that was british prime minister keir starmer. yesterday we will -- we will hear from president trump this week, tuesday evening said to give a joint address from capitol hill to a joint session of congress. we will be airing that live on c-span for you to watch and listen in. donald trump yesterday in one of several truth social posts said we should spend less time worrying about putin and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs and people from mental institutions entering our country so we don't end up like europe. the president will look for more of his comments on social media.

we will talk more about that address to congress. a preview of that coming up in about one hour here on "washington journal." for the first hour, we are what -- asking you what is america's role in the world today. [indiscernible] (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. we will start in texas, joe is on that line for democrats. good morning. are you with us? we go to ron in california, republican line. caller: thank you so much for taking the call. this is amazing times, historic times. it was just the highlight of my life since the election to watch the meltdown of our maga

president. it was unbelievable what they did bringing in mr. zelenskyy into the oval office there with all of those people. why did they need 20 members around him along with the press to make a big deal out of this? when they realized zelenskyy wasn't buying their process and he wasn't going to sell out his country without security, they melted down. host: you say all of this as a republican? caller: i could be honest. i'm a reagan republican. i'm from that branch of the republican party. i'm beside myself with what has happened to our country and what

they did in front of the international press. host: what is america's role in the world today? caller: you are exactly right. what the role should be is to be a leader as we have been for all of these years. bring mr. zelenskyy into the nato area would be a good thing. i think they should be european union. america should try and answer the european union. i'm hoping they will step up and fill the void that we are going through right now. it is a terrible thing. host: finish your thoughts. caller: i would just say this, we are at a crossroads that we really need to make a change. one last thing if you will let me mention this.

when they put the deal together with the saudis and the russians and they didn't bring the european union or ukraine as part of the negotiations, you know trump made a side deal with putin for goods of the rare earth. i'm hopeful that mr. zelenskyy never sells rare earth to the united states. thanks so much. host: we will stay in california. dan is in santa barbara, independent, good morning. caller: that last caller was spot on. unfortunately with this president the u.s. foreign policy is switching from global leadership and consistently siding with the moral countries. we are spiraling into this infantile isolationist type of foreign policy.

maybe at times predatory foreign policy, transactional, if it bred -- benefits the president and his cronies, it is really sad. there was a good monologue yesterday about that. except for a few mistakes we have made, we have always been on the side of right and just. now it seems like this president wants to make global alliance with empires like russia, china, take more of a predatory mindset and get what we can. prey on countries we view as weak. host: when you say except for a few mistakes we have made, what do you think in recent years has been 1-2 of the mistakes we have made? caller: the iraq war, a good idea of democracy flourishing but it was done. it led us to where we are at now

with isolation with jd vance and hulsey gabbard -- tulsi gabbard. they have this isolationist thing now. any conflict, don't get involved with it. being anti-nato, anti-global order, it will hurt us and hurt a lot of countries in the long run. things like that. it is a sad day for american foreign policy for people like reagan, john mccain, all of those guys are spending in their graves. host: that is dan in california. somebody who is very much an influence on foreign policy is the united states national security adviser, was on cnn yesterday going on sunday shows in the wake of this blow up in the oval office. this is michael waltz yesterday.

secretary waltz: let's ask, what will this look like a year from now? the patients of the american people to keep giving billions with no end in sight is not unlimited. we also made that clear to president zelenskyy at the end of that meeting. what i'm saying is this war needs to end. that will take concessions on territory, russian concessions on security guarantees. that is going to take all sides coming to the table. we are working very hard to drive these negotiations forward. we had our engagement in riyadh with the russians. we thought we had a deal with the ukrainians and then we will bring all sides together, not only president trump. >> you just mentioned a specific concession potentially that you

would like vladimir putin to make, could you elaborate on that? we haven't heard any specifics before. sec. waltz: this will be some type of territorial concession for security guarantees going forward. that has been discussed in previous rounds. >> a security guarantee from the u.s.? sec. waltz: some first principles, this needs to be a permanent end, not a temporary end. this needs to be european led security guarantees. part of that is europe's contribution to its own defense so he at -- it has the capability to do so. we have the united kingdom and france talking about their troops on the ground going forward. let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, what type of support we provide or not is to be negotiated.

we do not see ukraine being a member of nato. that would automatically drag u.s. troops in. host: u.s. national security advisor michael waltz yesterday on cnn. this is the front-page headline of the "wall street journal" this morning. u.k., france look to repair diplomatic damage. speaking of volodymyr zelenskyy, this was his tweet yesterday talking about europe's role in the u.s. role as a result of these days we received clear support from europe. he said on the platform formerly known as twitter. even more unity, even more willingness to cooperate. everyone is united on the real issue for peace, we need real security guarantees. this is the position of all europe, the united kingdom, european union, turkey.

we understand the importance of america and we are grateful for all of the support we have seethed -- received from the united states. there's not a day we haven't felt gratitude. our resilience is based on what our partners are doing for us and their own security. we need peace, not endless war. security guarantees are the key to this. volodymyr zelenskyy on his acts page -- x page yesterday. eric, new york, democrat, good morning. caller: good day, i'm also ukrainian. everybody has been making great points about ukraine. the question is about america's role. define america, it is supposed to be the people's choice. the latest numbers were that 80% of americans don't trust putin. this doesn't look like america's role in the world, it looks like

it is trump and putin's world. they will be heading into an oligarchy. that fits russia's vision. they have been saying the stance from that meeting on friday works that way anyway. anybody who has listened to americans -- host: what should be the vision for america? what should we do in the new world? caller: we shouldn't be anybody's enemy for starters. i watched vietnam happen. i watched people get fed right into the meat grinder now like the ukrainian war. america has to be firm around policy and react to what americans want. i didn't vote for putin. host: do you think americans want american troops in ukraine? caller: no, i don't think so.

how does america do it? i don't know, it is very complicated. we have people on both sides that is the yen and yang of it. host: do you think americans want billions of dollars more in american money to ukraine? caller: i think that is a good price to pay. they are willing to fight the war and have their young men -- let's face it, both sides, there is russian men dying. it shouldn't be like that. i watched america's role in vietnam. i don't want it to be like that. that is for sure. i don't think americans like it either. everybody i'm talking to is really upset about this putin thing. he has given in way too quick. i had two uncles at the beach in normandy. trump's disdain for the military

is just -- i don't know what to do. i think we should always strive for peace obviously. we couldn't do it in vietnam, we could not do it in iraq, certainly not afghanistan. i don't like the role of being policeman. that doesn't work out. still people die for that cause. i would like to see americans represented in the world. host: got your point. that is eric in new york. this is arthur in florida. good morning to you. caller: america first. host: anything else you would like to add? caller: i would like to add something else, we have spent so much money on ukraine that could be spent better in the united states. instead of us thinking we could

spend millions and millions of dollars and it magically reappears, there has to be a point that this war stops. that is all i have to say. host: that was arthur in florida, this is lynn, independent in the tar heel state. caller: good morning, i'm so disappointed. this is the same playbook from world war i. you are talking about military, mining, all of this for what? for what? imagine putin comes over here telling us what to do. this is crazy. this has got to stop. host: did you say this is like world war i? caller: yes. is the same playbook as world

war i. host: explain what you mean. caller: world war i was started over nationalism, being militarized. those type of things. this is the exact same thing. almost the exact same playbook. we have nothing to do. we are helping ukraine fight, the same thing that russia did in world war i. the same exact thing. we are going to be involved in another war. we can't let putin do this. host: this is the editorial board of the "wall street journal," the conservative pages. this is what they write. with his first week's back in office after friday's oval office brawling with ukrainian president, it's clear president trump has designs for a new world order.

perhaps he could share this vision with the country when he addresses congress on tuesday. while he solicits moscow, trump is hammering traditional u.s. friends. claiming tariffs on canada and mexico in violation of his own trade deal. his trade secretary has threatened to invade mexico to pursue drug cartels. he wants to hit western europe with heavy tariffs. it's a return to great power competition and balance of power that prevailed before world war ii. it is less a brave new world then a reversion to a dangerous old one. tuesday night would be a great moment to make his ambitions create -- clear talking about president trump explaining his vision to the american people. that is the editorial board of the wall street journal. this is brian here in washington, d.c., good morning. caller: i think people need to

check their history. the reason this is appearing is because the united states and western europe. when the soviet union broke up, they had the third largest arsenal in the planet. that is a big card. trump talked about five bases -- aces. forgiving up that, the west and the united states ended up taking the nuclear weapons agreed to protect and ensure ukraine's borders at their then current state in the early 90's. host: talking about the minsk agreement. take me to today and what america's role should be? caller: the united states, they

said they would agree with that, they didn't. you had the one that zelenskyy talks about himself. why should ukraine agree to anything unless they put boots on the ground and have something to lose? right now, the only people losing is ukraine. all these things the west is doing. host: when you say they should have boots on the ground who are you referring to, the united states? caller: i know that will not happen, everybody part of that minsk agreement. we could protect ukraine and their border. i'm a black man in d.c., you know who i voted for. russia did everything against them. they gave up their cards.

at the urging of the united states and other country, they gave up their cards and folded. host: that is brian here in d.c., this is robber in maryland, good morning, republican. caller: i think everybody needs to think back a couple years ago when biden was in saudi arabia. he called the prince of saudi arabia i think a terrorist or whatever. he went to shake his hand and he left with nothing. i think trump is a phenomenal negotiator and he knows you get more with money. i don't think he likes putin. he is a dictator. he's not going to get in a fight with him trying to get a peace deal. he's totally saying i'm going to take care of you, it is critical

that ukraine stays free. he's not going to do it by having a public fight. i watched the entire news conference three times. trump said at least six times, i'm not talking about security right now. we will take care of security. now you have all of europe saying we will take care of you. nobody is throwing ukraine under the bus. you just have to trust trump. it scares me how many people are thrilled he looks bad now. they don't realize if trump looks bad, the u.s. looks bad. host: do you think trump looks bad right now? caller: i think to a lot of people he does. to me, he looks great. i think he handled it beautifully. trump is holding all the cards.

zelenskyy was terrible. listen to the callers, i'm so embarrassed. it's crazy. if trump looks good the united states looks good. how could somebody want to see trump fail? i think he did a great thing saying you are not ready for peace. thank you very much. host: you are in maryland, you might want to read the piece in today's washington post. making some of the points you are making here. mark writing the blow up in the oval office was zelenskyy's fault saying he should've stayed in washington until the rift was mended. trump gave him a way out in that truth social post saying he could come back when he's ready for peace, he should've seized

that opening expressing his sorrow that the meeting had gone off the rails. regretting the role he played in its demise and clearing his intention to work with trump for peace. he got on his plane and left. his stubbornness internet -- was an asset in 2022 when he refused to flee kyiv with advancing russian forces. his greatest virtue becomes his worst vice is the headline in the piece if you want to read it today. simply asking you what is america's role in the world today? questions amid these discussions about the future of ukraine, about zelenskyy's role in ukraine and the future of ukraine. some suggesting that peace negotiation could include zelenskyy stepping down. bernie sanders was on "meet the press" yesterday and specifically responded to that suggestion. sen. sanders: zelenskyy is

trying to lead a democracy against an authoritarian dictator. i think millions of americans are embarrassed, ashamed, we have a president of the united states who says ukraine started the war. that zelenskyy is a dictator. he has it backwards. the people of ukraine have lost tens of thousands of soldiers. their cities are being robbed as we speak. our job is to defend the 250 year tradition that we have of being the democratic leader of the world. not turn our backs on a struggling country that is trying to do the right thing. host: senator bernie sanders on "meet the press," yesterday. also james lankford giving his view about the implications of what is happening today in

ukraine, what it means for the united states in the world going forward. james lankford, republican of oklahoma. >> are you concerned that what happened in the oval office, the fact that the united states sided with russia and north korea in that u.n. vote? the fact that president trump accuse zelenskyy of starting this war. could that be sending a signal to china that is a green light to invade taiwan? mr. lankford: if china receives that, they are receiving the wrong message. we want to see peace in that region and continue to have relationships all across that region. china should not miss read this at all. what president trump is trying to do is get both sides to the table. this is the interesting challenge that has not been done through this entire war the last three years trying to get both sides to figure out how to get a

stop to the fighting and keep the fighting stopped. that is the next challenge. host: senator james lankford. the senate is in today at 3:00 p.m. eastern. the house returns at noon. we are expecting a busy week here on capitol hill including a joint address to congress and the american people by president trump from the house of representatives. it is what in other years would be called a state of the union address. simply referred to as a joint address in the president's first year after an election. that is on tuesday night. we will cover it here on c-span. 7:30, asking this question, what is america's role in the world. what do you think? caller: thank you for taking my call. i have three points. as far as the united states role , after world war ii we were the leader of the free world. we were a safe haven,

protections for the world. we also control and try to fight people -- evil. i have not watched any senator in the last seven days even talk about this, about russia. this is what i think, i looked at that and i just think that was a terrible thing that happened in the oval office the other day. i think they should still pay for our military. we forget, three years ago, we came home every day for six months in a row, we sit down, we are watching cities get bombed on our tv. that's the first time other than israel that bombs