was to say that the eu had been created, had been designed to screw — that's his word — meeting kaja kallasas actually in this big cabinet meeting, which was the other major event of the week — this first cabinet meeting they're not all confirmed yet, but most of them are. it was 60 minutes or so before. 65 minutes! all the journalists taking all the questions. and the other remarkable thing, of course, about that was elon musk, you know, not elected, not senate confirmed. we don't know what kind of security clearance he has. that cabinet meeting as well. there in the cabinet meeting when the journalists reported between some of the cabinet members and elon musk over doge and some of the cuts that have been made. and president trump kind of turned to the room and said, you know, criticise musk in any regard. and it was...it was crickets. there was total silence. and i thought that was, you know, just a kind of a unique way that you don't see very often in america, that he is very much the boss in the room. and one wonders, you know, behind closed doors, whether some of those discussions did

i mean, we haven't even mentioned the eu, i mean, their chief diplomat, kaja kallas, was in town thisetary of state. i interviewed her on my show and the meeting gets cancelled. what do you do? but for us, if russia is going to get things they've asked for without shifting its position at all, that feels like appeasement. so kind of very strong words coming from the eu towards the us. so that's a tense relationship. and around about the time that secretary rubio was due to be of the week — this first cabinet meeting that donald trump held with his team. they're not all confirmed yet, but most of them are. and that was, again, extraordinary. it was 60 minutes or so before. 65 minutes. 65 minutes! essentially in a room and the president going around senate confirmed. and he was there addressing journalists as well, and we're told stayed in the room for the duration of were asking, you know, about tensions that had been reported between some of the cabinet members that have been made. and president trump kind of turned to the room and said, and it was...it was crickets. there was total s

emergency summit to discuss russia and a peace plan for ukraine, as european union foreign minister kaja kallas has said today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. it's up to us europeans to take this challenge. joining me now is ambassador michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia. ambassador, i thank you for joining us. my first question to you is this trump isn't mediating this war between russia and ukraine. instead, trump is putting his whole self, not his finger, onto the scale to tip it in favor of vladimir putin. >> tragically, that's exactly right. there's no other way to explain. his behavior leading up to this tragic meeting yesterday. if you look at their negotiating strategy, all they've done is given concessions to vladimir putin. they told the ukrainians they need to give up land. they told the ukrainians, you can't join nato. they told the ukrainians, you have to pay us back for the aid we gave before. they are offering no new military or economic assistance. they're asking putin to join the g7. i could go on. it's a long, long list. they voted with ru