00:00But President Trump is sending his top envoy to Russia to finalize the U.S. peace plan for Ukraine.
00:07We know that is happening next week, according to the Kremlin.
00:10Is President Putin ready to end the war in Ukraine?
00:16If you will allow me just to, you know, I heard that soundbite from President Trump.
00:21I don't think he clearly understood what was quoted with Whitcoff.
00:25He said that, you know, he hadn't listened to the, he hadn't read the transcript or listened to the tape.
00:30But he understood that Whitcoff was just, you know, talking to Ukraine and talking to Russia and trying to bring both sides together.
00:36But really what happened is Whitcoff is heard talking to Yuri Ushakov, Putin's foreign policy advisor, telling him how to deal with Trump.
00:46Not how to deal with Ukraine or Russia, how to flatter Trump and tell President Trump everything, you know, what a great man of peace he is.
00:55And therefore, that will make the call go really well between the Kremlin and President Trump.
01:02So there's a lot of criticism out there that Whitcoff went absolutely beyond any normal border as a White House delegate in negotiations with Russia and advised them on how to appeal to the American president with flattery.
01:22I mean, it wouldn't be the first time because a lot of world leaders know you have to appeal to Trump on flattery and they do that.
01:27But, you know, in this case, it was seen to be by many to be inappropriate.
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