Trump Asked: 'Why Did You Settle On Giving Putin Another 50 Days?'

Speaking to reporters at JBA, President Trump was asked about his 50-day deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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00:00Mr. President, on Ukraine, why did you settle on giving Putin another 50 days?

00:05It seems like he's had a lot of time to show he wants to.

00:07I don't think it's a long time.

00:09I think, really, the question should be asked,

00:11why did Biden get us into that ridiculous war?

00:14Why did Biden bring us there?

00:16That should never, ever have happened, that war.

00:18This is Biden's war.

00:19I'm just trying to end it, because we're saving a lot of lives.

00:23Why do you think his opinion will change in 50 days when it hasn't over the last...

00:26A lot of opinions change very rapidly.

00:28It might not be 50 days.

00:31It might be much sooner than 50 days.

00:32To that end, when do you think the first Patriot missiles,

00:35some of these weapons that our allies will buy...

00:38They're getting...

00:38They're already being shipped.

00:39From what countries?

00:40They're coming in from Germany and then replaced by Germany,

00:43and in all cases, the United States gets paid back in full.

00:47So what's happening, as you know, is the European Union...

00:52If you look, mostly European Union stuff,

00:55but let's put it in the form of NATO.

00:57It's very similar.

00:58But NATO is going to pay us back for everything.

01:01In some cases, we're going to be paid back

01:03by countries of the European Union directly.

01:06But we're always getting our money back in full.

01:10So we're not going to have any more investment to make.

01:13We're getting our money back in full.

01:16And if we can make a deal, that'd be great.

01:18We're saving 5,000 or 6,000 soldiers a week.

01:21They're Russian and they're Ukrainian soldiers.

01:23They're not American soldiers.

01:25And we won't have boots on the ground.

01:28But it's a shame.

01:305,000.

01:31Last week, they say 7,100 soldiers.

01:35Both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers.