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Trump’s Art of the Deal WH Diplomacy Blitz while Media Spins to the Public · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: A three party meeting maybe as soon as we can,
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  Speaker 1: and I have a feeling you and President Putin are
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  Speaker 1: going to work something out. Ultimately, this is a decision
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  Speaker 1: that can only be made by President Zelensky and by
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  Speaker 1: the people of Ukraine working also together in agreement with
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  Speaker 1: President Putin.
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  Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning. It's a very important episode of the
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  Speaker 3: forty seven Morning Update and it deals with the major
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  Speaker 3: meeting at the White House. But we break it down
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  Speaker 3: to three different aspects. First up, the media lied to
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  Speaker 3: you about Donald Trump, claiming he was played by Vladimir
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  Speaker 3: Putin and that he would not be able to get
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  Speaker 3: as closer a piece between Ukraine and Russia. Well, now
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  Speaker 3: we know just how much they hate Donald Trump, and
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  Speaker 3: they don't care who's dying as long as he, they
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  Speaker 3: can say, is a failure. The second part of the
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  Speaker 3: story is the security guarantees to get a piece deal.
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  Speaker 3: Zelenski now saying he feels much more comfortable with moving
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  Speaker 3: forward because the security guarantees from the US and Western allies.
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  Speaker 3: So what exactly does that mean? I'll explain it to you.
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  Speaker 3: And finally, Zelensky in his own words, are we actually
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  Speaker 3: closer to a piece agreement? Well, I want you to
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  Speaker 3: hear what Zelensky had to say, and is very different
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  Speaker 3: than the last meeting that Zelensky had with Trump in
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  Speaker 3: the Oval Office, and there's a very good chance we
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  Speaker 3: could be weeks away from a real peace agreement. It's
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  Speaker 3: a forty seven morning update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 4: Story number one, the media lied to you.
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  Speaker 3: They said that Donald Trump was played by Vladimir Putin.
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  Speaker 3: They said there was no way that President Trump could
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  Speaker 3: ever get any closer to a piece deal. They said
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  Speaker 3: that the President was just doing this for the cameras
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  Speaker 3: and that world leaders wouldn't show up. Well, the media
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  Speaker 3: lied to you about all of that, and the Democratic Party.
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  Speaker 3: So what actually happened at the White House? It was historic.
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  Speaker 3: This meeting marked a significant improvement in tone compared to
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  Speaker 3: their previous February and count It was much more cordial, collaborative.
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  Speaker 4: And upbeat.
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  Speaker 3: Zelensky even put it this way, saying he had a
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  Speaker 3: very good conversation with President Trump. We also now know
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  Speaker 3: about what the framework could look like and what America's
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  Speaker 3: involvement will be with a peace deal. Trump expressed support
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  Speaker 3: for strong NATO style security guarantees for Ukraine, a major
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  Speaker 3: diplomatic step forward. He also indicated the US could back
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  Speaker 3: a European led force to help uphold any future peace agreement.
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  Speaker 3: Zelensky also welcome quote this strong signal, as he described it,
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  Speaker 3: now momentum towards peace, and the talks also were now
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  Speaker 3: being told included Vladimir Putin. That brings us to the
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  Speaker 3: biggest part of this story. President Trump confirmed reports that
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  Speaker 3: he did in fact call the Russian President Putin during
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  Speaker 3: his meeting with European leaders, and said that a quote
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  Speaker 3: sit down between Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky to end
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  Speaker 3: the war is being arranged as we speak now. It
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  Speaker 3: was a day full of major piece talks with leaders
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  Speaker 3: in the United Kingdom, the European Union, NATO, Ukraine, and
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  Speaker 3: President Trump felt like it was going so well he
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  Speaker 3: personally broke off to call Moscow to arrange bilateral meetings
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  Speaker 3: between Putin and Zelensky and ultimately to set up a
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  Speaker 3: three way meeting in which he will act as a
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  Speaker 3: mediator for a final peace agreement. Yes, the media is
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  Speaker 3: telling you this is somehow a failure. Donald Trump also
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  Speaker 3: went on true social saying this quote. At the conclusion
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  Speaker 3: of the meetings, I called President Putin and began the
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  Speaker 3: arrangements for a meeting, had a location to be determined
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  Speaker 3: between President Putin President Zelenski, and after that meeting takes place,
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  Speaker 3: we will have another meeting. It will be the two
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  Speaker 3: presidents plus myself. The President went on to say, again,
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  Speaker 3: this was a very good early step for a war
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  Speaker 3: that has been going on for almost four years. Vice
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  Speaker 3: President j d Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in
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  Speaker 3: Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are coordinating with Russia and Ukraine.
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  Speaker 3: So if you look at what actually happened, Trump is
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  Speaker 3: pledging to not only arrange a direct meeting between Zelensky
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  Speaker 3: and Putin that the prior administration couldn't have dreamed of,
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  Speaker 3: but then following it up with a summit for the
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  Speaker 3: three countries to get in the room. We also know
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  Speaker 3: there was broad diplomatic support and European unity on everything
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  Speaker 3: that was discussed. The European leaders, including McCrone, Starmer and
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  Speaker 3: many others participated actively signaling collective support for Ukraine and
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  Speaker 3: endorsement of the meeting's direction. Zelensky brought a heartfelt letter
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  Speaker 3: from First Lady Milania Trump. Zelenski also brought a heartfelt
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  Speaker 3: letter for First Lady Milania Trump. Why it was in
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  Speaker 3: response to her previous note to Vladimir Putin calling for
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  Speaker 3: peace to protect children. This exchange also underscores the human
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  Speaker 3: side of diplomacy. Now you look at all of the
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  Speaker 3: and the takeaway is pretty clear. The President of United
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  Speaker 3: States of America got the people that needed to be
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  Speaker 3: in the room in the room, something that no one
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  Speaker 3: else had been able to do for the last three years.
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  Speaker 3: That's also exactly what European leaders had to say about
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  Speaker 3: it as well, and that includes President Trump. Here's what
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  Speaker 3: he had to say to the world and also to Zelensky.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to try and get a three party meeting
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  Speaker 1: maybe as soon as we can, and have a feeling
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  Speaker 1: you and President Putin are going to work something out. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: this is a decision that can only be made by
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  Speaker 1: President Zelensky and by the people of Ukraine working also
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  Speaker 1: together in agreement with President Putin.
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  Speaker 3: It's only agreement that can come together with the men
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  Speaker 3: that he's now speaking with, communicating with and working towards
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  Speaker 3: a peace agreement. And if you think the rest of
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  Speaker 3: the world doesn't respect Donald Trump. That's what the media
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  Speaker 3: would want you to believe. Well, the world leaders were
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  Speaker 3: basically calling out the media. And here's what the Italian
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  Speaker 3: Prime Minister had to say about the entire meeting. Listen carefully.
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  Speaker 5: Well, thank you very much Donald mister President for hosting
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  Speaker 5: us today in this important meeting. And I think it
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  Speaker 5: is an important day, a new phase after three years
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  Speaker 5: and half that we didn't see any kind of sign
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  Speaker 5: from the Russian side that there was a willing for dialogue.
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  Speaker 5: So something is changing. Something has changed thanks to you,
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  Speaker 5: thanks also to the starling in the battlefield, which was
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  Speaker 5: achieved with the bravery of Ukrainians and with the unity
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  Speaker 5: that we all provided to Ukraine. And the reason why
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  Speaker 5: I mentioned it is that we also have to remind
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  Speaker 5: that if we want to reach peace and if we
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  Speaker 5: want to guarantee justice, we have to do it united.
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  Speaker 5: So that's why it's a very good day, the one
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  Speaker 5: we are in. You can obviously count to Italy as
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  Speaker 5: it was for the beginning. We are on the side
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  Speaker 5: of Ukraine and we do absolutely support your efforts towards peace.
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  Speaker 5: We will talk about many important topics. The first one
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  Speaker 5: is security guarantees, how to be sure that it won't
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  Speaker 5: happen again, which is the precondition of every kind of peace.
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  Speaker 5: I'm happy that we will discuss about that. I'm happy
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  Speaker 5: that we will begin from a proposal which is the
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  Speaker 5: let's say Article five model, which was Italian at the beginning.
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  Speaker 5: So we are always ready to bring our proposals for
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  Speaker 5: peace for dialogue. It's something we have to build together
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  Speaker 5: to guarantee peace and to defend the security of our nation.
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  Speaker 5: So thank you, sir President for hosting us.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you very much, yous in the Italian primeister. For
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  Speaker 3: three years we haven't seen any willingness from Russia for dialogue.
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  Speaker 4: Something has changed thanks to you.
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  Speaker 3: So remember when the media to spend this as some
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  Speaker 3: sort of crazy failure, this is what world leaders are
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  Speaker 3: actually saying.
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  Speaker 4: Next story number two.
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  Speaker 3: One of the major things that will allow for a
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  Speaker 3: peace agreement to happen when it comes to Ukraine's perspective,
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  Speaker 3: is the emergence of a NATO style security guarantee. President
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  Speaker 3: Trump floated the idea of extending NATO style protections to Ukraine,
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  Speaker 3: though he stopped short of providing concrete details yet. His
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  Speaker 3: Special Envoy Steve Witkoff mentioned that guarantees could mirror Article five.
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  Speaker 3: Those specifics remain unidentified. This could involve US military presence
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  Speaker 3: or economic deterrence against Russia, with European nations acting as
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  Speaker 3: the quote first line of defense. This is why we
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  Speaker 3: are getting closer to a peace agreement. And the US
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  Speaker 3: also signaled an increase role in guaranteed coordination. Zelenski emphasized
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  Speaker 3: that the US would not just offer verbal support, but
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  Speaker 3: would be actively involved in coordinating and participating in security
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  Speaker 3: guarantees for Ukraine, a development Ukraine regards is quote a
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  Speaker 3: major step towards peace.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 3: The President also had this to say at the meeting.
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  Speaker 1: The Alaska summit reinforced my belief that while difficult, pieces
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  Speaker 1: within reach, and I believe that in a very significant step,
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  Speaker 1: President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine.
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  Speaker 1: And this is one of the key points that we
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  Speaker 1: need to consider, and we're going to be considering that
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  Speaker 1: at the table also, like who will do what. Essentially,
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  Speaker 1: I'm optimistic that collectively we can reach an agreement that
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  Speaker 1: would deter any future aggression against Ukraine, and I actually
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  Speaker 1: think there won't be I think that's even overrated, largely overrated,
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  Speaker 1: but we're going to find out. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: the European nations are going to take a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the burden. We're going to help them and we're going
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  Speaker 1: to make it very secure. We also need to discuss
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  Speaker 1: the possible exchanges of territory taken into consideration the current
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  Speaker 1: line of contact that means the war zone. The warl
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  Speaker 1: pretty obvious, very sad actually to look at them and
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  Speaker 1: negotiating positions. President Putin. Also, you have President of Ukraine
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  Speaker 1: who is you just met a little while ago, and
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  Speaker 1: we're going to try and get a three party meeting
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  Speaker 1: maybe as soon as we can. And I have a
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  Speaker 1: feeling you and President Putin are going to work something out. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: this is a decision that can only be made by
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  Speaker 1: President Zelenski and by the people of Ukraine working also
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  Speaker 1: together in agreement with President Putin, and I just think
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  Speaker 1: that's very good things are going to come of it.
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  Speaker 4: So I hope we have a.
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  Speaker 1: Good meeting, and if we can have a good meeting,
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  Speaker 1: I'll set up a meeting with President Putin, and if
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  Speaker 1: you'd like, I'll go to that meeting. And not that
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  Speaker 1: I want to do that but I will do that
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  Speaker 1: because we want to save a lot of people from dying.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of people are dying and we got to
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  Speaker 1: save them.
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  Speaker 3: It's clear the President wants to save lives. But we
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  Speaker 3: also now know that the summit saw a strong sense
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  Speaker 3: of Western unity. Leaders like McCrone, Mertz and many others
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  Speaker 3: advocated for durable security measures that would protect Ukraine without
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  Speaker 3: rewarding aggression. France emphasize that these guarantees should be safeguards,
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  Speaker 3: safeguards at the quote whole of the European continent. They
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  Speaker 3: obviously are concerned about Vladimir Putin and aggression as well.
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  Speaker 3: And that's exactly why this meeting was so vitally important
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  Speaker 3: for national security around the world. And thanks to Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 3: we're that much closer.
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  Speaker 4: And here is story number three.
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  Speaker 3: Ultimately, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 3: knows one thing. This piece deal is not going to
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  Speaker 3: be done without Vladimir Putin agreeing to it and also
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  Speaker 3: Zelensky agreeing to it. So the question is coming out
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  Speaker 3: of this meeting at the White House, the one on
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  Speaker 3: one was Zelensky and then the meeting with all of
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  Speaker 3: the world leaders, what was Zelensky's mindset. Does he want
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  Speaker 3: peace or does he want this three plus year ward
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  Speaker 3: to continue?
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  Speaker 4: I want you know.
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  Speaker 3: Listen to Zelenski in its own words at the White House.
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  Speaker 3: This is at the very end of the day after
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  Speaker 3: the meetings had taken place, and here is what he
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  Speaker 3: said to close it all out.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 6: I can speak without microphone. Thank you too much. I
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  Speaker 6: think that we had a very good conversation with President Trump,
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  Speaker 6: very good and it really was the best one, or sorry,
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  Speaker 6: maybe the best one will be in the future, but
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  Speaker 6: it was really good and we spoke about very sensitive points.
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  Speaker 6: The first one is security guarantees. And we are very
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  Speaker 6: happy with President that all the leaders are here. And
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  Speaker 6: the security in Ukraine depends on the United States and
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  Speaker 6: on you and on those leaders who are with us
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  Speaker 6: in our hearts. They have been online before yesterday and etc.
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  Speaker 6: So a lot of countries on the side of Ukraine,
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  Speaker 6: our people and all of us want to finish this word.
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  Speaker 4: Stop so Prussia and stop this war.
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  Speaker 6: We spoke about it, and we will speak more about
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  Speaker 6: security guarantees. This is very important that the United States
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  Speaker 6: gives such strong signal and is ready for security guarantees.
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  Speaker 6: The second point or maybe the first humanitarian direction where
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  Speaker 6: important to change all the prisoners. And I think that
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  Speaker 6: President will help. And I was very thankful to your
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  Speaker 6: wife again, mister President for the letter about our abductive children.
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  Speaker 6: And I hope that really it can be historic le
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  Speaker 6: for the people to bring kids back to the families
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  Speaker 6: and be happy get the families. This is so so
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  Speaker 6: important and I'm happy that we discussed it this track
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  Speaker 6: with the President Trump, and I hope that we will
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  Speaker 6: find decisions. And then what is very important that all
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  Speaker 6: the sensitive things territorial and etc. We we will discuss
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  Speaker 6: on the level of leaders during trilateral meeting and President
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  Speaker 6: Trump will try to organize such meeting. And he said
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  Speaker 6: that he will come or not come. Ukraine will be
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  Speaker 6: happy if if you, if you, if you will be there.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you. And I think this is very important. Yes,
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  Speaker 6: so security guarantees bring kids back and all our people
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  Speaker 6: not only warriors first of all warriors and all the civilians, journalists,
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  Speaker 6: a lot of people in prison, so we need them
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  Speaker 6: back and guarantees which will.
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  Speaker 4: Work for the years. We spoke about it and I showed.
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  Speaker 6: President a lot of details on the battlefield on the map.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you so much. Thank you for the map, by
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  Speaker 6: the way, it was great. I'm thinking how to take
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  Speaker 6: it back.
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  Speaker 4: We'll get John No.
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  Speaker 6: No. I think that we had constructive, specific meeting and
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  Speaker 6: I'm very thankful to all the all the leaders who
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  Speaker 6: are here, and you help a lot, and so we're
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  Speaker 6: happy that we have such peak unity today.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, mister Press, Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: President. I think you'll see that President Putin really would
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  Speaker 1: like to do something. Also, I think when we set
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  Speaker 1: that up, when we do, I think it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be when not if, I think you're going to see
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  Speaker 1: some very really positive moves.
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  Speaker 3: There's a couple of takeaways from what you just heard.
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  Speaker 3: Number One, the media they hate that President Trump is
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  Speaker 3: bringing these two countries closer to a piece agreement. They
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  Speaker 3: hate that they cannot continue to lie to you claiming
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  Speaker 3: that Vladimir Putin played Donald Trump. They hate the fact
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  Speaker 3: that Donald Trump is respected by all of these world
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  Speaker 3: leaders who are saying to him, thank you, and we've
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  Speaker 3: never been closer in the last three years. And they
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  Speaker 3: would rather Donald Trump be a failure. The Democratic Party
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  Speaker 3: and the media then stop the killing of so many
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  Speaker 3: people in Ukraine and in Russia.
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  Speaker 4: Let that sink in.
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  Speaker 3: That is what President Trump is up against, and that's
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  Speaker 3: what many conservatives are up against every single day by
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  Speaker 3: the people in our media and the Democratic Party in America.
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