00:00Go ahead. Hold on one second. Yes.
00:02Reaffirmed unwavering support for Ukraine's territorial integrity,
00:06which has been largely absent in various U.S. statements since January 20th.
00:11What led you to subscribe to this this time?
00:14That's not a change in public policy.
00:16The United States has never said that Russia—I've never heard President Trump say
00:20that Russia has a right to take all of Ukraine and do whatever they want there,
00:23so that's not inconsistent with that statement.
00:25That is separate from the issue we face today,
00:28and that is that as it stands today, there is a war going on that has no military solution to it.
00:33Neither Russia nor Ukraine can achieve its maximalist military aims.
00:37The only way to end this war is through a process of negotiations.
00:41Negotiations, be it in business, in commerce, or in geopolitics,
00:45involves both sides giving something, both sides making concessions.
00:49That's just obvious.
00:50I'm not saying—I don't think that should be sort of a newsmaking statement.
00:55That's the reality of any conversations that exist in order to end wars,
00:59is that there has to be some level of concessions.
01:02What those concessions are remains to be seen.
01:04That will have to be part of the negotiation,
01:06but it's not going to be helpful to enter into those negotiations
01:10making blanket statements that may give an excuse for one side or the other not to participate in it.
01:16So we'll have to get to that stage where these things are discussed,
01:18and ultimately, whatever happens, both sides will have to agree to it,
01:22and that's true of any negotiation when you're trying to end a war.
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