my feeling is that everything donald trump is doing is to bow down to putin. putin started the war. i'm so sorry that he lost 600,000 troops. he devastated the ukrainian economy and the population there. i think about out to his demands would be giving into him. i do believe when kruschev retired, he lived in florida. i'm wondering if that was -- i was laughing when her the guy saying when putin retires he will move to the united states. i'm sure trump will have a spot for him at mar-a-lago. i say stand firm, and unfortunate for the united states with donald trump there. i don't know what the solution will be. i just say he should bring up the words of kruschev, we will bury you, cap >> today president trump welcomes indian prime minister

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that is putin's words. he spent in power for 25 years that he has been in power for 25 years -- he has been in power for 25 years. watch trump's insane little stunt. he's already told him you want that 20% of ukraine, you got it. you want to not to be in nato, you got it. he already told putin, what do you want? i will baldoni kiss your feet. you got it -- bow down and kiss your feet. he said he will make the soviet union again. he went into georgia. please trying to go into moldavia. -- he is trying to go into moldavia. the man is a killer. they have a thing on cnn. what is wrong with you? he is a murderer. you don't negotiate with a murderer. thank you. host: david in lynchburg, virginia. democrat. caller: i see you got my house in the background there. i'm a vietnam that. [indiscernible] host: we are having trouble hearing you. say that again. caller: i said [indiscernible] host: david, call back on a better line. we are having trouble hearing. we definitely want to hear your comment. caller: i'm a vietn

already.— putin already. putin already. yes, and how will this be viewed - putin already. yes, and how will this be viewed in - putin already. yes, and how will this be viewed in kyiv? l will this be viewed in kyiv? president zelenskyy must be incredibly concerned? certainly. unfortunately, ukraine's position not ideal right now on the battlefield. russia has an upper hand in advancing further over the last several months. to the same time, to my knowledge, there hasn't been any serious moves by the current administration to offer more military aid to ukraine, which is absolutely needed to at least prevent further russian advances in ukraine, and in this situation zelenskyy probably has no other chance than to go with the flow, because he of course, and the future of his country is definitely highly dependent on the continuing western assistance.— the continuing western assistance. , , assistance. president trump said zelenskyy _ assistance. president trump said zelenskyy would - assistance. president trump s

so now i like putin now. putin called me a genius, by the way. >> well, it's unclear how all this is related, but trump did secure the release over these past two days of u.s. citizens detained in both russia and, of course, its satellite state, belarus, american marc fogel returned to washington last night, and today, an american citizen was released from a prison in belarus, according to the white house. jeff zeleny is outfront live outside the white house. and jeff. trump spoke with volodymyr zelenskyy today as as i said, but he made it clear it was to to to inform him of the details that he of the conversation that trump had had with putin. and that seems to be what this is about. trump and putin talking trump and putin meeting to decide what will happen in ukraine. >> aaron, it. >> was. >> the order of. >> these phone calls. >> that really underscored. >> the importance in. >> which this. >> white house views this. the the president reached out to vladimir putin this morning in a 90 minute phone call. it

and vladimir putin. that included the phone call between both presidents this was a deal that we negotiated with the belarusian authorities in minsk. >> they are responding, as i mentioned before, to president trump's focus on returning americans. and secretary rubio's focus on returning americans. they're making good decisions by releasing these people into our custody, and we're bringing them back. we see this as a response both to the peace through strength agenda, but also a desire on the part of the lukashenko authorities to have a stronger relationship with the united states. >> ambassador. >> i just want to note. all that's gone on here, and this is really representative of the president's focus here. we saw yesterday we'll send planes out. you have steve that sent his plane out to pick people up. we'll go to the border to pick people up. we'll go anywhere possible. we're going to bring them all home. >> because you mentioned that, first of all, this is this is fascinating that you're bringing thi

if this is how nato will make putin to start the talking process but just give him what he wants. sec. general rutte: well, listen, in washington again, nato committed to future nato membership for ukraine, but it has never been agreed that whenever peace talks would start, that peace talks would end anyway and always and definitely with nato membership. that has never been agreed. it could be. but it never was that clearly stated. what i consistently have said is we have to make sure that whatever the outcome is, we have to make sure that vladimir putin will never, ever try again to attack ukraine. that is crucial. and then you and i, as i said yesterday, we can spend time and not for a long time, i think in 10 minutes we can think of 5 or 10 ways to make sure that we have those guarantees in place for ukraine going forward. but there has never been a promise to ukraine that as part of a peace deal they would be in nato. >> alright, and now we'll go to the woman in the black jacket. >> italian public television. us secretary of defense said that us are interested towards indo-pac

and by the way, putin had that. you know, trump obviously likes to kind of talk off the cuff about it. and that's always dangerous. and that's what's what's happened in the past. but again, you know, i mean, he did say he would end the war in ukraine in 24 hours. he hasn't done that. but i'm glad at least he's talking to putin about it. and i hope he includes mr. zelensky in those discussions. >> vaughn hillyard and rick stengel. rick, thank you very much. great seeing you both, i appreciate it. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. ali vitali picks up with more news right now. >> good day. i'm ali vitali in washington, and we. >> begin with. >> breaking news from the white house. >> president trump. >> saying he's spoken. >> with russian president vladimir putin this morning. >> trump says he agreed to. >> visit russia. >> and putin is. >> coming here. >> to the u.s. it's. >> a major. >> development, as the senate just confirmed former congresswoman tulsi gab

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what does a vladimir putin think? >> vladimir putin would like to ended the war but on his terms which are unacceptable to washington and president trump's team. and he maintained a wartime footing several years prior to the beginning of this war which is why he feels he can keep going unless he meets that requirement. if they did that they would look like idiots. investing $200 billion for three years and 1,000,000 russians are dead and what do they have in return nothing which is why putin is going to play hardball. it's great that mark is home and trump understands it's not an indicator that the numbers are easy. and it's a very good. and russia has paid a dear price and vice president vance and they have their whole team fanned out all over the world and with a peaceful result in the russian ukrainian more and this is a continuation of what president trump did in his first term he had 54 detainees in hostages back to american soil in twice of different countries including iran tÜrkiye and north korea came back wit

he was slow on vladimir putin. joe biden didn't invade anybody. >> no, but he was slow. >> vladimir putin. >> invaded back. >> was it was vladimir putin that invaded ukraine. it was vladimir putin that put europe at risk. is vladimir putin, who is threatening nato. so the president of the united states is trying to assemble a coalition, because america is best when it has allies and friends, when it goes into battle. i don't know where you are, but where i grew up, it was always better to be in a fight with your friends by your side. putin invaded by yourself. >> why do you. >> think so? so when the president goes into ukraine, do you know why? when the president goes into ukraine to try to help ukraine, they bring everybody there to do it. this takes time. they knew it when they started. the question is now, is america going to hold fast against russia or is america going to fold? >> how much do you. >> want to spend? that is the question. >> how much do you want to spend? >> what's it worth not to have american t

now, i have no illusions about vladimir putin. however, i am grateful that he allowed mark fogle and his release. i am grateful that he and president zelensky simultaneously now seem to be opening the door to ending war in europe. i mean, there certainly seems to be maybe light at the end of the tunnel, am i am i misreading it? >> no, i don't think so, sean. i think president trump, in fact, alluded to that numerous times in that, in that q&a there, saying that this could be the beginning and that mark fogle could be the catalyst to get the war to an end. i think that was significant. i mean, that was the biggest moment there, obviously very emotional. and, you know, you heard mark fogle asked by somebody, you know, can you tell us about your captivity? and he said he needed time to absorb it. listening to his mom today on our air, she said, you know, he would call. and the first thing he'd say is buongiorno. that's how they he called her all the time when he could, but he he really was worried about his time in the hospital. he s

no one more so than russian president vladimir putin. ms. gabbard has not hidden her positive views of russia and president putin. while ukrainians fight valiantly to keep their homeland an defend freedom and democracy, tulsi gabbard cozies up to putin and defends russia's brutal invachgs the former congresswoman has parroted russian propaganda saying that the war could have been avoided if nato and the biden administration had simply -- and i'm quoting -- simply acknowledged russia's legitimate security concerns. and we know that a nominee is problematic when the kremlin has such nice things to say about her. on november 17, 2004 -- 2024, a major russian state-controlled news agency called tulsi gabbard superwoman and noted her past appearances on russian tv. well, i don't relish the idea of america's director of national intelligence, a role that includes such sensitive responsibilities such as producing the president's daily brief and setting u.s. policy for intelligence-sharing with foreign entities -- i don't appreciate the fact that sh

putin knew that. we knew that.ust kept pushing this war, and it's unfortunate. larry: just reading quickly from the truth social posting, i had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with putin. we discussed the middle east and the ukraine war and so forth. he said, we both agreed to stop the millions of deaths taking place. so he's saying we got agreement, putin wants to stop, okay? in that's breaking, to me. that's brand new stuff. then he says including that we begin, we're going to call zelenskyy, but then they're going to meet with putin and his people are going to be secretary of state rubio, cia director john ratcliffe, nsa security mike waltz and ambassador steve witkoff. so he's got his team -- he's going to start a process. this is so, to me, amazing. joe biden never if talked to putin during the war. joe biden's people never tried to the set is up any kind of process. finish trump doing this by himself, on the telephone. i just think that's remarkable. >> it is remarkable. and if you look at this sit

he was seated at the gala next to putin. next to putin. he was paid $33,750 from r.t., whose darling tulsi gabbard was, for this one speech, didn't correctly report the payment. ended up being paid more than $67,000 by russian companies before the 2016 presidential election. didn't end well for him either. he lied to vice president pence and to the fbi about communications he was having with russian ambassador sergei kisliach, about sanctions imposed by the obama administration while president obama was in office. yes, the sanctions related to the orphans conversation at trump tower. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about that conversation, and of course trump pardoned him days before flynn was due to be sentenced. it's kind of an ongoing thing between trump and russia. a lot of us on both sides of the aisle are very concerned about what's going on in ukraine. indeed, furious that putin would launch his army into ukraine and perform massive atrocities and war crimes. firing rockets into children's hospitals, having soldiers murder

putin. and then another call with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. did president trump just set up what could be the end of the war and what would be the terms? plus, the price of eggs. rising at a rate not seen in nearly. >> a decade. >> and that is not the only common item seeing a price hike. why is there any blame on president trump, who said he'd reverse inflation on day one? and the eerie new. audio released from the moments before the disaster on the titan submersible. that's the underwater explosion that killed five passengers. what does this reveal about what went so terribly wrong? welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. president donald trump said earlier today that negotiations to end russia's war on ukraine are set to begin on friday in munich. that is the major news today. out of a nearly 90 minute phone call between trump and russian president vladimir putin. trump posted details about his call with putin, who, by the way, started this unprovoked war nearly three years a

. >> straight from the source tonight, trump and putin vowing to negotiate an end to the war that putin started their 90 minute phone call today. and the bargaining chips that the white house may have just given away. and what we know about their plans to meet face to face. also a major win for the president this evening after getting stopped by the courts on several occasions. he just got the green light on a key part of his plan to reduce the federal workforce. and they were all abruptly fired by trump on a friday night. now, eight inspectors general are suing the administration. they want their jobs back. one of them is my source tonight, i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, from here in washington to across the atlantic with our european allies, everyone is talking about the 90 minute phone call that president trump had with president putin. the first confirmed conversation between the two leaders since trump took office, and what it signals about how the groundwork is potentially being laid to negotiate an end to russia's war in ukraine. not only did they discuss a

down because of the trump-boudin -- putin talks. we are not sure if get we can dive into the one of them. president trump sankey agreed in a phone call with the russian president vladimir putin to start negotiating an end to the work. it reverses four years of policy on the complex with european officials getting the wood events warning. mr. trump: meetings with the russian president are being planned. pres. trump: i will be dealing with president putin largely on the phone, and we largely expect to meet. we expect people come here, and i will go there, and we will meet will be in saudi arabia at the first time and see if we can get something done. we want to end that war. that war is a disaster. lizzy: let's get more from henry meyer. give us more of a readout of the skull between the two readers, because a bit of a divergence. >> this is a key moment in trump's efforts to end the war in ukraine. this was one of his main campaign promises that he made in advance of his election, and we know that there has been contact between putin

president putin understands the realities on the ground. president trump as a dealmaker, a negotiator, understands those dynamics as well. by no means is anything i state here, the most powerful military in the word, hemming in the commander in chief and his negotiations to ultimately decide where it goes or does not go. he's got all the cards. the interesting part, oftentimes while the conventional status quo mindset or legacy media wants to play checkers, the same checkers game we've been playing for decades, president trump time and time again finds a way to play chess. as a dealmaker, as a businessman, who understands how to create realities an opportunities where they otherwise may not exist. take, for example, the conversations that our treasury secretary had in kyiv recently with president zelenskyy, which will continue in munich with our vice president and secretary of state, around investments and resources inside ukraine. i don't want to get ahead of any decision or announcement that could be made there, in any number of parameter

. >> putin. >> their agreement. >> to launch. talks on. ending the war. >> in. >> ukraine and their. plans to meet face to face soon. also breaking. >> the new. >> attorney general. >> pam bondi, is pushing back at elon musk, declining to support his call for a wave of judicial impeachments. stand by for all the headlines from. >> her. >> first news. >> conference over at the u.s. justice department and the white. house blocks. >> an associated press reporter from covering. >> an event for a second day. the wire service punished for. refusing to. >> officially embrace trump's renamed. >> gulf of america. welcome to our viewers here in the united states. >> and. around the world. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation. >> room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news on president trump's phone call with vladimir putin. and what happens next, including his expected meeting with the russian leader. that's likely to happen in saudi arabia soon. cnn's fred pleitgen. >> is standing by. >> for us live in moscow

i think putin would love to be back. couple of other people made a mistake, and they got russia out. it's very possible that if that were the g8, you would not have had the problem with ukraine. and if i was president, you definitely would not have had a problem with ukraine. russia would have never attacked ukraine. but you ask the question, the g8, it used to be the g8, and i was arguing with trudeau and with numerous other people. i actually, prime minister ab , great man from japan, i think it would have been very helpful, and it still would be helpful to have russia be a part of that mix. if they were come i don't think they would've had a problem. >> they kicked him out, of course, because they illegally annexed crimea. how would you have responded? pres. trump: they invaded crimea during obama. they took -- now they are looking to take the whole thing. then they took a big chunk of land and people, as you know, their english. now they are trying to take the whole thing during biden. the only one that did not give

putin knows that trump is desperate for a deal. he promised the end of the war on day one, and he's already broken that promise. so now he's scrambling to get a peace deal, and he's selling the house before he or he's giving away the house, i should say, before he even puts it on the market. i mean, it's just crazy negotiating tactics. unless you understand that trump is literally trying to sell us on what putin wants. >> is it possible he didn't know that his own defense secretary was going to be saying today about nato membership? >> i mean, there's a lot of chaos in this administration. i would agree with that. but this is one of the most important things that trump is going to do, because negotiating over the future of ukraine is not just about ending this war. it's about telling dictators all around the globe, especially xi jinping in china. whether or not democracies are going to stand up to authoritarian regimes that try to take over foreign countries. and we all know that if china decides to take over taiwan, it could liter

putin doesn't want to negotiate with zelenskyy. he wants to negotiate with trump because he thinks he'll get more out of it. and he's absolutely right. >> on your point that you just made about not having ukraine be a nato borders, returning to what they were pre 2014, which he had said was off the table. if if a trump official was here tonight and they argued, well, that's just being realistic. what would you say to that. >> i'd say that if you're going into a negotiation, you don't announce what's acceptable to you before it begins and give away positions. i tell you, i've done a lot of negotiation with the russians, and there's no country out there that's better at pocketing concessions that you make and then wanting wanting more. we used to joke in soviet arms control days about a famous russian negotiator who used to greet the americans every morning with a jovial, well, what have you got for me today? and that's what we're hearing from russia. this is something putin prepared the ground for. you know, last week he said he agr

i was dealing with president putin. we had really an understanding where we were going to denuclearize. what a beautiful term that is, right? denuclearize. what a great thing. if we could do that and we were going to he he really liked the idea and so did i. and we had then called china. and china was very open to it. and then the covid hit and then we had a rigged election. but now there was no rigged election. now we have a an election that was too big to rig. that's what my whole thing was too big to rig. and they tried, but they didn't pull it off. >> as part of the reciprocal tariffs. would you also direct agencies to study the impact they. >> would have on prices in the u.s.? >> no, there's nothing to study. there's nothing to study. it's going to go well, you know, the united states is going to become a very, very strong economic economically country. yeah. >> we've been listening to president trump inside the oval office answering questions from reporters. we're going to keep monitoring his responses a lot. to w

putin, zelensky, the united states. he's got representatives and rube yore and ratcliffe and witkoff and -- rubio and ratcliffe and witkoff and it's like an interagency process in the white house and stakes are higher here on the world stage. nobody else can do that, wesley hunt. that's my view. >> correct. we should have seen this coming and the president started no new wars during the first presidency and basically enacting those policies for them and going for abraham accords and watching the man to move the embassy to jerusalem going for them and the ally and bankrupting them and going to avoid a nuclear terror going for them and that's a tech perfecting your craft and going for own personal instructs and keeping them die and keeping american strong and allies safe. larry: he's thrown out of the box idea to deal with gaza once and for all and stuff that knolls else comes up with and joe biden, bless his hears or soul. never pacificked to pew din during the war. joe biden didn't threaten anybody in the russia ukraine

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he's negotiating for putin. he's siding with putin. an american president is siding with vladimir putin. three years ago, putin invaded a sovereign country. i mean, think this is just madness, that three years later, trump and putin are getting together, as you said, where zelenskyy to negotiate some sort of peace deal when putin invaded that country. and my former party will be absolutely silent. this is despicable. >> megan, did democrats fail, including kamala harris and the election failed to explain sufficiently and successfully to american voters why a war like ukraine, or more broadly, standing up to russia matters to them? >> yeah, i. >> do think they did. but it's also hard to explain why democracy is on the line with nato countries when people can't afford their groceries because they are worried about their issues here domestically and not worried about their foreign policy issues and things like nato, which are extremely important to withholding democracy and keeping wars off of our own shores. and so i do think we weren't

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that is putin's words.e spent in power for 25 years that he has been in power for 25 years -- he has been in power for 25 years. watch trump's insane little stunt. he's already told him you want that 20% of ukraine, you got it. you want to not to be in nato, you got it. he already told putin, what do you want? i will baldoni kiss your feet. you got it -- bow down and kiss your feet. he said he will make the soviet union again. he went into georgia. please trying to go into moldavia. -- he is trying to go into moldavia. the man is a killer. they have a thing on cnn. what is wrong with you? he is a murderer. you don't negotiate with a murderer. thank you. host: david in lynchburg, virginia. democrat. caller: i see you got my house in the background there. i'm a vietnam that. [indiscernible] host: we are having trouble hearing you. say that again. caller: i said [indiscernible] host: david, call back on a better line. we are having trouble hearing. we definitely want to hear your comment. caller: i'm a vietnam

putin behind their backs.elenskyy told the americans and his allies that he must be directly involved in the talks. mr. putin was not to be trusted. >> i will meet with russians, with only one russian guy, with putin only after we have a common plan with trump, and we will sit with putin and stop the war. correspondent: but the vice president emphasized that america was calling the shots, criticizing european democracies for ignoring the will of voters and censoring populist views, making clear that president trump was in charge. vp vance: in washington there is a new sheriff in town. under donald trump's leadership, we may disagree with your views but will fight your defend to offer it in the public square, agree or disagree. correspondent: amid some anger in europe at vance's speech, the foreign secretary met the vice president and tried to pour oil on troubled waters, insisting there was common ground. >> all of us have this desire to bring this horrendous war to an end. we share the view that there has to

with zelenskyy and putin? >> secretary leavitt: i don't have anything to readout on that for you today peered maggie, good to see you. >> reporter: you talked about the transparency with d.o.g.e. and elon musk's press availability yesterday. there was a conflict of interest law in place that says the people who have personal interests can't interact with government entities that could touch on those. has president trump signed a waiver for elon musk? such a thing exist? if it does, with the release it? in the interest of transparency? >> secretary leavitt: i am not seeing the law you are referring to. what i can tell you is elon musk, as i confirm her for come as a special government employee. he is filing the proper financial disclosures, and he is complying with federal laws. you heard elon musk all addresss directly. the alleged conflict of interest. everything he is doing his public and if you perceive a conflict of interest you are welcome to bring that up. and as the president said, if he feels like elon

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putin would never have done it. and because of this perception of american weakness, putin felt that he could get away with it. that's that's the argument that president trump is, is usually making. and now we're in a situation where with putin having already unleashed violence on ukraine, we have to get it back in the bottle. that's a tougher prospect than maintaining deterrence when you already have it. >> ambassador kurt volker in munich, where so much is happening over the next few hours. great to speak with you. thank you very much. kate. >> accusations of, quote, seemingly limitless and unchecked power. more than a dozen states now suing to stop elon musk's moves to purge the federal government. one of them is joining us. a new recall to tell you about as well. after several people needed their fingertips amputated after using an igloo cooler. let's get more details on this recall. impacting millions. >> of. >> have i got news for you is back for another season roy wood jr.. amber ruffin and michael ian black

it's not my job to read the mind of vladimir putin.resident trump will be the one at the table with zelenskyy and putin. you don't have to trust somebody in order to negotiate with them. but as ronald reagan said, if you trust -- you don't trust, you need verify. and so there will be a follow-up and ensuring that whatever peace is negotiated is a lasting and enduring peace. thank you. mr. kosiniak-kamysz: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] announcer: saturdays, watch american history tv's 10-week series, "first 100 days." we'll explore the early months of presidential administrations, with historians, authors and through the c-span archives. we'll look at accomplishments and setbacks and examine how events impacted presidential terms and the nation. up to the present day. this saturday, the first 100 days of ulysses grant's presidency. grant was a famous civil war gene

. >> that is right president trump says you russian president putin and ukrainian president zelenskyyt peace after separate phone calls trump, the phone call with putin want to top millions of deaths taking place in war with russia, ukraine we media to work closely together including each other's nation a prisoners swap between whos cow washington trump said could mean better relations between countries posted about phone call with zelenskyy wrote get like president putin wants to make peace,ed go bless the people of russia and ukraine. trump getting more details on calls from oval office yesterday, watch. >> president putin said that wants it to end, doesn't want to end and go back to fighting six months later, we talked about the possibility i mentioned it of a ceasefire so we can stop killing i think we will probably end up some point getting a ceasefire not of a distant future. >> examine pz to meet with putin in future potentially saudi arabia on topic of ukraine gaining membership show nato trump said this. >> a i don't think it is practical, to have it personally i think long b

i think putin would love to be back. obama and a couple of other people made a mistake and got russia out. it's possible that if that was the g-you wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. if i was president you definitely wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. but you asked a very good question. the g-8, used on the g-8, then these people threw hem to out. i was arguing with trudeau and with numerous of the people. actually, prime minister abe, a great minister from japan, a great man, agreed with me. but i got there and it was the g-7. i think it would have been helpful, still would be helpful to have russia be part of that mix. i think if they were i don't think you'd have the problem that you have right now. reporter: they kicked them out because they illegally annexed crimea. how would you have responded -- pres. trump: they took crimea during obama. they took -- now they're looking to take the whole thing. then they took a big chunk of land and people as you know during bush. and now they're trying to take

the big question is we know what putin is going to probably want.ood enough fort ukrainian people? that's something for them to think about but certainly a tough needle to try to thread for the united states and president trump stef you mentioned defense secretary hegseth. brussels. >> we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre2014 borders is unrealistic objective. the united states does not believe that nato membership for ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. >> you don't begin a negotiation the way the secretary of defense pete hegseth did by unilaterally giving up all sorts of leverage. and undercutting the ukrainian people. >> bret: but the trump people say listen, we were never for ukraine going into nato and maybe there is a security agreement that deals with europe if you look at the map russia port down by crimea, access to the black sea. >> yeah, i mean it's clear that the trump administration is taking a very radically different approach to the biden administration. trump going directly to putin, hav

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i trust him on this subject. >> trust putin. president trump believes vladimir putin when he says he wants peace. the vice president, however, has issued a warning to moscow if it does not work in good faith. >> i love to fire people. you didn't do your job. i'm sorry. say hello to your family. you're fired. get out! >> firing season. thousands of federal workers, many of them with families, are shown the door as the white house widens its blitz