00:00The drone and missile strikes that took place overnight in Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg,
00:07the president's special envoy, has described these attacks as egregious. Do you agree with
00:14that description? And do you view President Putin as an impediment to getting peace between these
00:20two countries? Well, it's not about if I agree. It's about what the president thinks. And I know
00:24what the president thinks because I talked to him about this. He was not happy about this news,
00:28but he was also not surprised. These are two countries that have been at war for a very long
00:32time. Russia launched this attack on Kiev. And likewise, Ukraine recently dealt a blow
00:38to Russia's oil refineries. They have taken out, as a matter of fact, 20 percent of Russia's oil
00:44refinery capacity over the course of their attacks throughout the month of August. So the president
00:49is continuing to watch this intently. And this killing, unfortunately, will continue as long as
00:54the war continues, which is why the president wants it to end. And that's why he's worked harder than
00:59anyone to end this war, which would have never started if he were president. But perhaps both
01:05sides of this war are not ready to end it themselves. The president wants it to end, but the leaders of
01:09these two countries need it to end and want it to end, must want it to end as well. And I think the
01:14president will make some additional statements on this later. Thanks a lot, Carolyn. Two questions on two
01:19separate issues. First of all, the drone and missile strikes that took place overnight
01:24in Ukraine. General Keith Kellogg, the president's special envoy, has described these attacks as
01:33egregious. Do you agree with that description? And do you view President Putin as an impediment
01:39to getting peace between these two countries? Well, it's not about if I agree. It's about what the
01:44president thinks. And I know what the president thinks because I talked to him about this. He was not
01:48happy about this news, but he was also not surprised. These are two countries that have
01:53been at war for a very long time. Russia launched this attack on Kiev. And likewise, Ukraine recently
01:58dealt a blow to Russia's oil refineries. They have taken out, as a matter of fact, 20 percent
02:03of Russia's oil refinery capacity over the course of their attacks throughout the month of August.
02:09So the president is continuing to watch this intently. And this killing, unfortunately, will continue as long
02:15as the war continues, which is why the president wants it to end. And that's why he's worked harder
02:20than anyone to end this war, which would have never started if he were president. But perhaps
02:25both sides of this war are not ready to end it themselves. The president wants it to end,
02:30but the leaders of these two countries need it to end and want it to end, must want it to end as
02:34well. And I think the president will make some additional statements on this later.
02:38My second question has to do with Lisa. I just had one more, if I may. It has to do with the
02:42president's intention to remove Lisa Cook as a member of the Federal Reserve Board. He is going
02:49or acting upon allegations that have been made by Trump administration official Bill Hulte.
02:56These are just allegations. She hasn't been convicted yet of any crime. Is the administration
03:01opposed to allowing Ms. Cook to have due process to challenge what has been alleged against her?
03:09I believe she is challenging it. I believe she just filed a lawsuit today. And Mr. Pulte has deferred
03:14those allegations over to the Department of Justice to investigate them. What I will say is that you
03:20had these mortgage receipts very clearly shown to the president. And he has the cause that he needs
03:26to fire this individual.
03:28He put it out in the letter that he provided to her and to the public as well. And so we'll
03:32continue to fight this battle.
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