00:00Thank you very much.
00:01Appreciate it.
00:03We had a very good conversation one hour ago
00:07with the European leaders, many of them,
00:10involving the war with Russia and Ukraine.
00:14We were — we had a long discussion,
00:18and things are seemingly going well,
00:20but we've been saying that for a long time,
00:22and it's a difficult one.
00:25We had, as you know, settled eight wars,
00:27and one was having a little problem yesterday,
00:30Thailand and Cambodia.
00:31We were able to straighten that out.
00:33There was some killing going on
00:36that shouldn't have happened,
00:37and we appreciate them working to get it straightened out,
00:40and they have.
00:42The security protocols yesterday were amazing,
00:46and they have been amazing,
00:48having to do with Russia and Ukraine.
00:50And I had a long talk with President Zelensky.
00:55Also, I spoke with the heads of Germany, Italy,
00:59NATO, Finland, France, the United Kingdom,
01:04Poland, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
01:07We had very long and very good talks.
01:10And again, I think things are going along pretty well.
01:16Twenty-seven thousand soldiers were killed last month.
01:20Shouldn't happen.
01:21Should have never happened.
01:22Should have never started.
01:23Should have never, ever started.
01:26But it did, and we're trying to get it solved.
01:28That was Biden's situation.
01:30We're trying to get it done.
01:33And I think we're closer now.
01:35And they will tell you that they're closer now.
01:38We had numerous conversations
01:40with President Putin of Russia.
01:43And I think we're closer now than we have been ever.
01:46And we'll see what we can do.
01:48We want to save a lot of lives.
01:49You know, we sell equipment to NATO.
01:50We don't spend any money.
01:52But we do want to see if we can save a lot of lives.
01:56When you're losing 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers,
02:00mostly soldiers, other people, too, from towns.
02:04And like places like Kiev, various other places
02:08throughout Ukraine.
02:10It's pretty bad.
02:11Nobody's seen anything like it, actually, since World War II.
02:15But we're getting closer.
02:18We're having tremendous support from European leaders.
02:23They want to get it ended, also.
02:25And at this moment, Russia wants to get it ended.
02:28The problem is they'll want to get it ended,
02:31and then all of a sudden, they won't.
02:32And Ukraine will want to get it ended,
02:34and all of a sudden, they won't.
02:36So we have to get them on the same page.
02:38But I think that's working along.
02:40Very good talk.
02:42One day, one of my administration, I signed an executive order
02:45making it a core mission of the United States military
02:49to protect and defend their homeland.
02:51And today, we're here to honor our military men and women
02:54for their central role in the protection of our border,
02:58something that I campaigned very, very strongly on.
03:02And they made me look really good.
03:03They were unbelievable.
03:04They made us all look good.
03:07I mean, we went from having millions of people
03:10pouring over our border to having none
03:12in the last eight months, none.
03:14In a few moments, we'll officially recognize their service.
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