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00:00actually putting a peace deal on paper and i think this this friday could be an important step to get

00:05that done verge of a make or break week for president trump's foreign policy he is set to

00:10welcome russian president florida vladimir putin to the united states this friday for a summit in

00:16alaska it's the first time putin will be on american soil in a decade the main focus of

00:21the meeting of course will be ending putin's war in ukraine but ukrainian president volodymyr

00:27zelensky is already pushing back saying no deal can be made without ukraine's agreement

00:32and rejecting president trump's suggestion that ukraine will cede territory to get russia to a

00:38ceasefire meanwhile in the middle east israel's security cabinet approved a plan for a military

00:44takeover of gaza city despite pushback from the country's own top military leaders but we start

00:51on this high stakes trump putin meeting which is now just days away here with me now is the united

00:57states ambassador to nato matthew whitaker mr ambassador thank you so much for being here

01:03first i want to just state the obvious which is that there is a key player currently not slated to

01:09be in alaska and that is the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky is it possible he will attend

01:15yeah i certainly think it's possible it's good to be with you this morning um you know certainly

01:22there can't be a deal uh that everybody um that's involved in it doesn't agree to and you know i mean

01:30obviously it's a high priority uh to get this war to end um you know the carnage and the dying um is

01:37terrible i think this direct engagement by president trump obviously uh is leading us uh closer uh to a

01:45peace you know the two sides have been communicating they've exchanged prisoners they've exchanged

01:49bodies of the fallen um but you know this if we can get a deal done um on terms that both sides agree

01:57that will save thousands of lives and ultimately i think that's worth at least uh seeing if there's

02:03a chance to get that done you say it is possible that president zelensky joins

02:08presidents putin and trump in alaska where do those discussions stand

02:15well obviously uh the decision is going to be made by president trump um you know he he agreed

02:20uh to meet with uh president putin in alaska on friday um and if he thinks that that is the best

02:26scenario to invite uh zelensky then he'll do that and and again we have you know today's sunday uh the

02:33the meeting's happening on friday there's there's time to make that decision no decision's been made

02:38to this point i know that you have seen president trump suggested that a peace deal between russia and

02:43ukraine would include quote some swapping of territories but just hours later the ukrainian

02:49president rejected this idea of a land swap he said he will not be quote gifting any land is

02:56seeding ukrainian territory still on the table still on the table both sides again are going to have to

03:05agree to end this war and um you know we've seen it in the past in other uh contacts where to get a

03:14line uh that both sides can agree to certain you know strategic pieces uh that benefit either side

03:20are exchanged in order to make sure that they can both defend uh their territory successfully so uh

03:26you know the technical people are talking uh which is good news because those are the ones that are

03:31going to say if land and what land would need to be swapped or exchanged uh certainly i think you know

03:37i took zelensky's comments uh at face value which is that no big chunks or you know um sections are

03:46going to be just given uh that haven't been fought for or earned on the battlefield you know but i i

03:52come back to where i started which is you know we need uh this war to end we could save thousands of

03:57lives with a deal uh and i think that by both sides communicating by president trump meeting in alaska

04:04on friday with either one or both of the combatants i think this is uh is is is exciting and i think president

04:11trump's really the only one that could make this happen uh you know he's the sole reason i think

04:16this meeting is happening on friday uh he's a peacemaker you know he's averaging about a peace deal

04:22a month right now we saw just this week where armenia and azerbaijan came together to settle their

04:27decades-long conflict um it's you know it's been a series of peace deals and so you know i think

04:33president trump um is is best situated to see if a deal can be had and if both sides can agree

04:40to ending the slaughter you are the ambassador to nato nato has been a very hot topic and much

04:46desired for ukraine for for some time uh right now where the current situation is president trump

04:53hasn't publicly offered any kind of security assurances or arms sales to ukraine let's just

04:59start there could that happen in any potential deal remember a couple weeks ago we did uh agree to

05:09sell us armaments which are the best and it's one of the reasons that quite frankly vladimir putin

05:14wants the meeting is because u.s equipment is now moving uh to ukraine being purchased by our european

05:20and canadian nato allies and that's a big step and obviously the sanctions uh and the tariffs

05:26that were placed on india i think also brought vladimir putin to the table but you know sort of what

05:32whether or not a member uh membership to nato is on the table the deciders of that ultimately is not

05:37russia the deciders out of the 32 members of nato who have to agree unanimously to admit anyone uh to

05:44membership and you know there's a lot of steps along the way uh before that would ever happen

05:48but at the same time i you know russia doesn't have a vote on that uh that i can tell russia doesn't have

05:54a vote on it but vladimir putin certainly has an opinion on it um what are you hearing from your

05:59counterparts there about the notion of that being any part of these broader discussions that being

06:09ukrainian membership to nato

06:13hey you know while we were at the nato summit uh in the hague a couple months ago uh president trump

06:19uh expressed publicly that he was uh uh taken by how much uh his the european allies especially uh

06:29emphasized the ukrainian conflict as important to their own security and i think that that uh kind

06:36of struck a chord with him and i think he's been taking steps uh to you know one to end this war but

06:42at the same time to make sure that ukraine can defend itself and that's why we announced the deal

06:46with the sale of u.s equipment but the europeans uh are very seriously invested and interested in

06:52the outcome of this war and they want to make sure uh that the deal if done is is fair to ukraine

06:59especially uh who was invaded by russia but at the same time uh it's a deal that both sides can agree to

07:05and uh you know my european allies here at nato uh have a very keen interest in this war they're

07:12paying close attention and and a lot of them are writing checks uh to support ukraine in many

07:17different ways can i ask you a fundamental question do you believe does president trump

07:23believe that he can trust vladimir putin you know again i think it's ronald reagan taught us you have

07:32to trust but verify and so i think in any situation with uh competing national interests whether it's the

07:39united states ukraine russia or any of our allies uh you you just can't take people at their face

07:45value you're going to look at actions and i think that's one of the things that is uh president trump

07:49has mentioned is that he would have a good conversation with vladimir putin and then that

07:54night he you know rockets and drones would attack uh the major cities in ukraine and and he you know so

08:00it's going to be about actions words are cheap but in this case uh whether it's the russians or the

08:06ukrainians both sides are going to have to take the actions to have peace and to continue to honor

08:11that peace and we you know i i pay very close attention uh to a lot of the conflicts around the

08:16world and in each case uh where president trump has come in and helped negotiate a resolution of it

08:23you know it has been a verification that the hostilities have concluded and you know and and

08:28whether it's india pakistan whether it's the congo and uh and rwanda or or all the other peace

08:35deals that president trump has been able to negotiate um you know there's always a verification

08:39you cannot just completely trust words on a sheet of paper but right now we're in the talking phase

08:44and that's i think where we need to start having the technical experts on both sides uh actually

08:50putting a peace deal on paper and i think this this friday could be an important step to get that done

08:55verge of a make or break week for president trump's foreign policy he is set to welcome russian

09:00president vladimir putin to the united states this friday for a summit in alaska it's the first time

09:07putin will be on american soil in a decade the main focus of the meeting of course will be ending

09:13putin's war in ukraine but ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is already pushing back saying

09:19no deal can be made without ukraine's agreement and rejecting president trump's suggestion that ukraine

09:25will cede territory to get russia to a ceasefire meanwhile in the middle east israel's security

09:31cabinet approved a plan for a military takeover of gaza city despite pushback from the country's own

09:37top military leaders but we start on this high stakes trump putin meeting which is now just days away

09:45here with me now is the united states ambassador to nato matthew whitaker mr ambassador thank you so much

09:51for being here uh first i want to just state the obvious which is that there is a key player

09:57currently not slated to be in alaska and that is the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky

10:03is it possible he will attend he will attend yeah i certainly think it's possible and it's good to be

10:09with you this morning um you know certainly there can't be a deal uh that everybody um that's involved

10:17in it doesn't agree to and you know i mean obviously it's a high priority uh to get this war

10:23to end um you know the carnage and the dying um is terrible i think this direct engagement by president

10:29trump obviously uh is leading us uh closer uh to a peace you know the the two sides have been

10:36communicating they've exchanged prisoners they've exchanged bodies of the fallen um but you know this

10:42if we can get a deal done um on terms that both sides agree that will save thousands of lives and

10:49ultimately i think that's worth at least uh seeing if there's a chance to get that done you say it is

10:55possible that president zelensky joins presidents putin and trump in alaska where do those discussions

11:01stand well obviously uh the decision is going to be made by president trump um you know he he agreed

11:10to meet with uh president putin in alaska on friday um and if he thinks that that is the best scenario to

11:17invite uh zelinski then he'll do that and and again we have you know today's sunday uh the the meeting's

11:23happening on friday there's there's time to make that decision no decision's been made to this point

11:28i know that you have seen president trump suggested that a peace deal between russia and ukraine would

11:33include quote some swapping of territories but just hours later the ukrainian president

11:39rejected this idea of a land swap he said he will not be quote gifting any land is seeding ukrainian

11:47territory still on the table still on the table both sides again are going to have to agree to end this

11:56war and um you know we've seen it in the past in other uh contexts where to get a line uh that both

12:04sides can agree to certain you know strategic pieces uh that benefit either side are exchanged

12:11in order to make sure that they can both defend uh their territory successfully so uh you know the

12:16technical people are talking uh which is good news because those are the ones that are going to say

12:21if land and what land would need to be swapped or exchanged uh certainly i think you know i i took

12:28zelinski's comments uh at face value which is that no big chunks or you know um sections are going to be

12:36just given uh that haven't been fought for or earned on the battlefield uh you know but i i come back to

12:42where i started which is you know we need uh this war to end we could save thousands of lives with a deal

12:48uh and i think that by both sides communicating by president trump meeting in alaska on friday with either

12:55one or both of the combatants i think this is uh is is is exciting and i think president trump's really

13:01the only one that could make this happen uh you know he's the sole reason i think this meeting is

13:06happening on friday uh he's a peacemaker you know he's averaging about a peace deal a month right now

13:12we saw just this week where armenia and azerbaijan came together to settle their decades-long conflict

13:18um it's you know it's been a series of peace deals and so you know i i think president trump

13:24um is is best situated to see if a deal can be had and if both sides can agree to ending the slaughter

13:30you are the ambassador to nato nato has been a very hot topic and much desired for ukraine for for some

13:38time uh right now where the current situation is president trump hasn't publicly offered any kind

13:44of security assurances or arms sales to ukraine um let's just start there could that happen in any

13:51potential deal remember a couple weeks ago we did uh agree to sell u.s armaments which are the best

14:01and it's one of the reasons that quite frankly vladimir putin wants the meeting is because

14:05u.s equipment is now moving uh to ukraine being purchased by our european and canadian nato allies

14:12and that's a big step and obviously the sanctions uh and the tariffs that were placed on india i think also

14:18brought vladimir putin to the table but you know sort of what whether or not a member uh membership

14:23to nato is on the table the deciders of that ultimately is not russia the deciders that are

14:28the 32 members of nato who have to agree unanimously to admit anyone uh to membership and you know there's

14:35a lot of steps along the way uh before that would ever happen but at the same time i you know russia

14:40russia doesn't have a vote on that uh that i can tell

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