'We'll Discuss The Obvious': Trump Previews Meeting With Ukraine's Zelensky At NATO Summit

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Speaking to reporters at the NATO Summit, President Trump discussed his upcoming meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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00:00These idiots at CNN who can't get ratings, places dying, nobody wants to even waste their time going on their shows.

00:06So they form with the New York Times, who's dying also.

00:09Without Trump, you wouldn't have a New York Times.

00:12And then just changing gears to your meeting with Zelensky later today,

00:17can you give us any preview of what the two of you might be discussing?

00:20No, we'll discuss the obvious. We'll discuss his difficulties.

00:24He's got a little difficulty, Zelensky.

00:27He's a nice guy. I mean, I'm going to meet him today. I don't know.

00:30I assume we're going to be discussing Ukraine.

00:32Yes.

00:33It seems like a little slightly.

00:35Can you restart the talks there or anything that you might do?

00:38Well, we're going to see. I mean, I've spoken to Putin a lot, and he actually was very nice.

00:43He volunteered help on, as you know, Iran.

00:46I said, no, I don't need help on Iran. I need help on Russia.

00:50Okay, I said, do me a favor. Help us on Russia, not on Iran.

00:54But he was very nice.

00:57We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk.

00:59I think progress is being made.

01:00I think great progress is being made on Gaza.

01:03I think because of this attack that we made, I think we're going to have some very good news.

01:08I was talking to Steve Whitcoff, who, by the way, is terrific,

01:11and who knows more about this subject than anybody, the subject of what we were just talking about.

01:16He was on last night with Jesse and with Laura and with Sean, and, boy, he has a great take on it.

01:27He just explains it so easily. He's really very knowledgeable.

01:30But he did tell me that Gaza is very close.

01:34Mr. President, just one follow-up on Iran.

01:39Both you and Secretary Rubio and Hexet mentioned the leader.

01:42But can you clarify, is the intelligence correct or is the intelligence wrong?

01:46Well, the intelligence was very inconclusive.

01:50The intelligence says, we don't know.

01:51It could have been very severe.

01:54That's what the intelligence says.

01:55So, I guess that's correct.

01:59But I think we can take the we don't know.

02:01It was very severe.

02:02It was obliteration.

02:05And you think that a media outlet would say, isn't that a great thing?

02:10I mean, more importantly for the pilots, for the military, you take their guts out.

02:14You take their absolute guts out.

02:16They had a tremendous attack.

02:17It was a complete obliteration.

02:19And the other team, the other group, Iran, said, let's stop this.

02:27And you know what?

02:27Israel said it, too.

02:29Very smart.

02:30They fought like hell.

02:31And then they said, let's stop.

02:33And they're going to build themselves.

02:34And I really see it as sticking.

02:36I mean, we may do papers on it, Marco.

02:38Maybe we're going to do papers.

02:39I don't even know if you need them.

02:41They're not going to be fighting each other.

02:42They've had it.

02:44They've had a big fight, like two kids in a school yard.

02:46You know, they fight like hell.

02:48You can't stop them.

02:49Let them fight for about two, three minutes.

02:51Then it's easier to stop them.

02:52And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language.

02:55You have to use strong language.

02:56Every once in a while you have to use a certain word.

02:58I think we have to join the other side of all.

03:00Yes, we're going to join some other group.

03:02Yes, thank you.

03:02Katie, one last question.

03:04Do you believe...

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