MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump cowardly kissing Vladimir Putin‘s ring in an awful oval office press conference that has brought shame upon the United States of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What did Trump say about Ukraine's status in negotiations?
Donald Trump's press conference just blew up the entire world order. Total capitulation to Vladimir Putin. I want to show you what went down and an abandonment of our support of Ukraine. So cowardly, one of the most despicable things I think in United States history. Donald Trump talks about how it's an interesting question whether or not to even view Ukraine as an equal partner
in negotiations with Russia, and Donald Trump then blames Ukraine for going into a war with Russia, not the fact that Russia unlawfully invaded Ukraine. Play the clip.
Do you view Ukraine as an equal member of this peace process?
It's an interesting question. I think they have to make peace. Their people are being killed, and I think they have to make peace. I said that was not a good war to go into, and I think they have to make peace. That's what I think.
Next up, Donald Trump talks about how he does not believe that Ukraine should go back to pre-2014 borders. By the way, this echoes what Defense Secretary, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth said earlier in the day when he was in Europe, where he said that he would not agree to have Ukraine in NATO.
And he said that he would not think it is a feasible option to have Ukraine return to pre-2014 borders when Russia invaded then and annexed land the same way Donald Trump threatens to do with Canada. Here, play this clip. Sir, just to be clear, do you see any future in which Ukraine returns to its pre-2014 borders?
Well, I think Pete said today that that's unlikely, right? It certainly would seem to be unlikely. They took a lot of land and they fought for that land and they lost a lot of soldiers. But it would just seem to me, and I'm not making an opinion on it, but I've read a lot on it and a lot of people think that that's unlikely. Some of it will come back. I think some of it will come back.
Yeah, some of that land will come back.
A reporter then talks about how, basically, if you're now saying, Donald, that Ukraine shouldn't be a member of NATO and shouldn't return to pre-2014 borders, aren't you essentially giving Russia everything? Literally just handing over everything to Russia? Here's what Donald Trump says. Let's play it.
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