Zelenskyy getting cooperative

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00:00OK, Greg, you've managed not to address the issue of President Zelensky, which was the

00:05thrust of my question. I just wanted to know what you think of how he's played his cards

00:09the last few days, because we have seen quite a bit of friction, a bit of a war of words

00:15going on between Kyiv and Washington. I'd like to get your take on that.

00:19Yeah, no, sorry, I thought you were talking about Putin. But yeah, Zelensky, look, you

00:24know, he was very cooperative at first, you know, when Trump had won the election, maybe

00:29right before the inauguration, right after. And then he got into a little heat last week.

00:33I think that was a mistake. But he's looking for an off-ramp, too. And I think the fact

00:38that he conceded over the weekend that he'd be happy to resign if there is a satisfactory

00:45resolution, I think is a great sign. We're never going to get that from Putin, obviously.

00:50But you know, I think that was a step in the right direction. Last week, when he had a

00:54little spat with Scott Besant and the Secretary of Treasury, and with Trump himself, I thought

01:01that was a mistake, because he was negotiating, and he ended up cooperating in terms of the

01:09potential partnership on rare earth elements and critical minerals will be great for Ukraine,

01:14not just great for the US.