00:00Relatively soon, with Russia and Ukraine to stop the fighting, it's so senseless, it's
00:05such a horrible thing.
00:06It would have never happened if I were president.
00:08All Americans being held around the world would, in fact, be home.
00:13The Ukrainians say they have evidence that Chinese soldiers have been found fighting
00:17for the Russians in Ukraine.
00:19Can the U.S. verify this, and if so, what does the U.S. plan on doing to China if to
00:25contact us?
00:26We'll look into it, but I think beyond that, we're really looking to get that war stopped.
00:30They're losing 2,500, and even more than that, young people a week.
00:36They're Russian and they're Ukrainian.
00:38They're not American, but they're people.
00:41And we're seeing if we can get it stopped, and I think we're making progress.
00:45I appreciate the ballerina who was released, it was at the request of a very good friend
00:52of all of ours, actually, Dana White called me and he said it's the friend or the relationship
01:00of one of the fighters for UFC or one of the fighters.
01:04And Dana's an incredible guy, and we spoke to President Putin about it, and they made a
01:10deal.
01:11The young ballerina, and she is now out, and that was good, so we appreciate that.
01:17We hope that we're going to be able to make a deal relatively soon with Russia and Ukraine
01:21to stop the fighting.
01:23It's so senseless.
01:24It's such a horrible thing.
01:25It would have never happened if I were President.
01:28But it did happen, and we were given that card, and I think we're going to get it.
01:32I think we're going to get it stopped.
01:34We've got to get going.
01:35We've got to get it.
01:36We have to move it faster.
01:37Likewise with the hostages.
01:40We're making progress.
01:41We...
01:42Two things.
01:43I just want to check to make sure that you don't have anything to add, either on the release
01:47of the American or on the Russia-U.S. talks in Istanbul from the statement.
01:53Do you have anything to add on either of those?
01:54Well, I have a few things I can add, because I'm talking and I can't shut up.
01:59That's my situation here.
02:02So, obviously, we know the situation is that one thing I want to reinforce that I mentioned
02:08in my announcement is calling on Russia to release Stephen Hubbard, who has been detained
02:15for nearly three years.
02:17We continue to work to free Mr. Hubbard and all other Americans unjustly detained.
02:23And we have not forgotten about all those Russia continues to detain in this manner, to say
02:30the least.
02:32To secure Ksenia's release, Russian national Arthur Petrov...
02:38Your alarm's going.
02:40Arthur Petrov was returned to Russia.
02:44And that is all I'll share in that regard.
02:49But, obviously, she is on her way home, and that is what the story is in that regard.
02:54And that's a promise President Trump made when he first came into office, was to make sure
02:59that all Americans being held around the world would, in fact, be home.
03:04And your other issue?
03:05Well, on the Ukraine...
03:06Oh.
03:07Sorry, not Ukraine.
03:08The Istanbul meeting between the US and Russia.
03:11Presumably, this swap did not come up there.
03:13But do you have anything to add to what was in the statement that came out earlier?
03:17I do, and let me get that for us.
03:28I think we have that right here.
03:34And I'm not quite sure why I don't...
03:38I might have to run right and come back around to you.
03:41Okay, well, then I'll just go to my last one.
03:43What I can...
03:44For those of you not knowing what he's asking about is a technical meeting in Istanbul
03:50regarding the bilateral relations and the embassies for both of us.
03:56And that's, again, that has happened before.
03:59Again, it has nothing to do with Ukraine, nothing to do with expanding our relationship in any fashion in that regard,
04:05but really just about the nature of our embassies and the ability to manage them and conduct business
04:12as one would normally expect to be able to do so in a diplomatic mission.
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