Putin Is 'Going To Have To Be Forced To Come To The Table' To Strike Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal_ Dem

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) discussed the Russia-Ukraine War and the likelihood of a possible peace deal.

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00:00and war because in the past couple of days president trump met with the leaders of both

00:04countries and i would love to get your take on both of those meetings let's start on friday

00:09president trump and russian president vladimir putin had a summit in alaska what do you think

00:15of that meeting what what were your takeaways there well i would like to say is so important

00:21for us to stand with our ally ukraine and we must never forget this was an unprovoked invasion of

00:32russia and yes the president is trying to talk to both sides both parties and the the leaders of

00:44these countries to come to some sort of agreement i think it is imperative that there is a ceasefire

00:51because there are innocent people who are being killed here and above all we still have to allow

01:00the the diplomatic process to take its course and ideally to get to a deal that is going to work

01:11but meanwhile i do believe it's so important for us to continue to stand with ukraine i believe it's

01:18important for us to continue to make sure that they have the assistance that they need and because of

01:26that and with the assistance i believe that there will be a better deal in the end i also would say

01:34that we should not keep off the table sanctions and and stiffer sanctions against russia but we have to

01:44always be reminded it was an unprovoked invasion by russia and if we don't stop putin now and he continues

01:53then it's going to only continue to escalate and the worst thing that could ever happen i believe um

02:00having served and worn uniform is that as there's more aggression um and more engagement and we ever

02:11um see today that we're now having to put the uniform um soldiers from the united states on the ground

02:20that's just not where we need to be um right now we need to continue to work through ukraine um so that

02:28we can continue to push back and through a demo diplomatic process i believe come to a stronger um agreement

02:37more i'm curious if you think that the trump administration is forgetting that this was an

02:42unprovoked war that russia started because who got the handshake photo putin was greeted on american soil

02:48by the president of the united states a luncheon menu found at the site uh said in honor of his

02:54excellency vladimir putin is this a legitimizing putin on the world stage in your opinion and b if russia's

03:01getting all of this what exactly is the united states getting in return yeah i mean you could

03:07arguably you know make that um that argument that and take that position but what i believe matters

03:14the most is our willingness and ability to stand with ukraine to make sure that there's adequate

03:21assistance in place to make sure that with intelligence we're sharing information and that we're doing

03:27everything uh that we can to equip ukraine to be successful and as we do that and we're able to come

03:36through a diplomatic means of some sort of negotiation the more that we're able to um ensure that ukraine's

03:45able to stand the course on the front line i believe that we walk away at the end with a better

03:53agreement on the back end i am curious what your take is on the concessions here because president

03:59trump before meeting with zelinski he posted a host of concessions on truth social including that ukraine

04:06will not be getting crimea back and ukraine will not be able to join nato and that's how he said ukraine

04:12can end the war he did say in the white house with zelinski on monday that security guarantees would be

04:18available including europe will be the first line of defense but the united states will be involved

04:23do you think that's a good deal here i mean what do you make of those conditions i mean you you can't

04:29have a deal in my opinion where ukraine's not able to become a member of nato or you begin to

04:38you begin the conversation by giving up sovereignty sovereignty of your land um again that's why i think

04:46it is so important for us to stand uh with ukraine and let's just be clear on this and put the dollar

04:54tag um you know the the cost of standing with ukraine in the short term i believe is so much worth it and

05:06will prove to be worth it in the long term um that uh we we have to stand on the side of ukraine

05:14right now and to push back with some of those um you know provisions that are being thrown out there

05:20and what do you make of president trump saying before the meeting that there would be very severe

05:26consequences on russia if putin right then and there didn't agree to the end of the war are we

05:32seeing any consequences now what do you make of that you know i'll put it this way as commander

05:37chief um i haven't served in the air force um in this case i'm going to reserve judgment in terms of

05:43what um the president has in mind um yeah i can tell you me personally um when we shift gears for a

05:52moment and look at how we were able to go into iran um with the b2 um spirit um and you know just send

06:02a message hey you know here's our capability you see what we're able to do regardless of to the extent

06:10in which their nuclear programs have been delayed it showed strength it showed our ability to actually

06:20mobilize our forces in a way that was i thought very well intended so we bring strength i believe

06:31into a lot of these conversations and i just believe that as we're standing again

06:38um you know with ukraine um and others see our capacity our ability what we're able to do

06:48um you know obviously there is a deterrent factor and not only that but i believe we should use our

06:56strength at the end to combine with diplomacy to get to the best deal and how do you think specifically

07:04in this um situation america should use their strength because you you did bring up iran and

07:09the united states did drop bunker busting bombs on multiple nuclear sites in iran are you suggesting

07:16suggesting that the united states gets involved militarily how do you think we show strength here

07:22i believe our best way of showing and demonstrating strength um at this point in time is by clearly

07:31standing with ukraine and making sure that they have the ability to be successful on the front line

07:41congressman and what would you like to see next here because it doesn't seem like

07:44as you and i are sitting here now it doesn't seem like a ceasefire deal has been made so what do you

07:49want to see next yeah i mean this is a process i would not necessarily intend it especially

07:55um when you're not always dealing with those who are about fair play um especially with putin um i would

08:03not um expect him to necessarily um do anything matter of fact i believe that um he's going to have to be

08:12forced to come to the table in a real way and um it's a process um of not one particular thing um but i

08:21believe again the most important thing that we are able to do right here is to show and to be clear

08:28that we are standing with ukraine um and make that clear make it known make it you know crystal clear

08:38there's no doubt and i truly would then let that help drive um negotiations and diplomacy

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