Top Pollster: Mixed Reviews For Trump On Ceasefire Talks As Voters Show Heavy Skepticism Of Putin

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On "Forbes Newsroom", HarrisX Founder and CEO Dritan Nesho spoke about voters' support for President Trump's efforts to negotiate a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

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00:00So let's now set our sights on some international conflicts.

00:04The war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the war between Israel and Hamas, both happened

00:09or started, rather, while President Biden was in office.

00:12And on the campaign trail, President Trump said they wouldn't have started under me,

00:16and I will be able to quickly wrap them up.

00:19They have not been wrapped up yet, but first, let's start with the war between Russia and

00:23Ukraine, because earlier this month, President Trump hosted separate meetings with the leaders

00:28of both countries, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky, and the

00:32goal of that meeting was to have some, or those meetings, rather, it was to have some sort

00:37of ceasefire deal, and a peace agreement was not reached then.

00:41What do voters think about President Trump's handling of this conflict?

00:46Well, voters are essentially saying that there needs to be a strategy behind the efforts that

00:53the administration is undertaking.

00:54So when you ask them, do you support Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, 66% say

01:02yes.

01:03And they are largely supportive of what he's doing.

01:09And we even ask, do you think that President Biden could have pulled off these meetings with

01:14world leaders, whether it was with Putin or with the Europeans or not?

01:19And 60% say that Biden was not capable, and Trump is bringing new energy to the effort.

01:27At the same time, 60% think that the meeting with Putin was unsuccessful, precisely because

01:32there is no roadmap coming out of that meeting.

01:38And ironically, voters think that Trump was much more successful at, you know, unifying

01:46the Europeans and getting them aligned than he has been with Putin.

01:52Ultimately, what is at play here is that most Americans do not believe that Putin genuinely

02:00wants to end the war, whereas at the same time, they believe that the Ukrainians do genuinely

02:07want to end the war.

02:08And because of that, two-thirds, 67%, say that the U.S. should continue to provide weaponry

02:16and impose sanctions, so provide weaponry to Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia.

02:2269% support direct security guarantees for Kiev.

02:28And really, we've been asking a hard question, which is, you know, which relationship is more

02:35valuable to the United States.

02:3869% believe that the relationship with Ukraine, which has offered 50-50 profit share in terms

02:46of trillions of dollars in mineral wealth to the United States and is keeping Russian aggression

02:51in Europe at bay through its military courage and ingenuity.

02:5669% believe that that relationship is more valuable than the relationship with Russia,

03:02which they view as a nuclear power and as a possible counterweight to China.

03:06And obviously, there's a lot that Russia could do with the United States and for the United States.

03:12So I think that the public wants a strategy.

03:16The public wants a roadmap.

03:18They have a high trust in the Ukrainians, low trust in Vladimir Putin and the Russians.

03:26And they like the energy that Trump has brought to try to reach a deal and to stop the bloodshed.

03:34But frankly, they don't quite know where the United States wants to take this.

03:39And they are, by and large, firmly in the Ukrainian side or in support of the Ukrainian side.

03:47Whether they are Republicans, Democrats or Independents.

03:51And it will be interesting to see what the administration does with this information.

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