Secretary Rubio
Appearances
The Dan Bongino Show
The Explosive White House Meeting That Changed Everything (Ep. 2434)
I think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky, in some cases, and rightfully so. Look, number one, Joe Biden had frustrations with Zelensky. People shouldn't forget it.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Explosive White House Meeting That Changed Everything (Ep. 2434)
There are newspaper articles out there about how he cursed at him in a phone call because Zelensky, instead of saying, thank you for all your help, is immediately out there messaging what we're not doing or what he's not getting. I think the second thing is, frankly, I was personally very upset because we had a conversation with President Zelensky, the vice president and I, the three of us.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Explosive White House Meeting That Changed Everything (Ep. 2434)
And we discussed this issue about the mineral rights. And we explained to them, look, we wanna be a joint venture with you, not because we're trying to steal from your country, but because we think that's actually a security guarantee. If we're your partner in an important economic endeavor, we get to get paid back some of the money the taxpayers have given, close to $200 billion.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Explosive White House Meeting That Changed Everything (Ep. 2434)
And it also, now we have a vested interest in the security of Ukraine. And he said, sure, we wanna do this deal. It makes all the sense in the world. The only thing is I need to run it through my legislative process. they have to approve it. I read two days later that Zelensky is out there saying, I rejected the deal. I told them no way that we're not doing that.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Explosive White House Meeting That Changed Everything (Ep. 2434)
Well, that's not what happened in that meeting. So you start to get upset by somebody. We're trying to help these guys. One of the points the president made in his messaging is not that we don't care about Ukraine, but Ukraine is on another continent. It doesn't directly impact the daily lives of Americans. We care about it because it has implications for our allies and ultimately for the world.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Explosive White House Meeting That Changed Everything (Ep. 2434)
There should be some level of gratitude here about this. And when you don't see it and you see him out there accusing the president of living in a world of disinformation, that's highly, very counterproductive.