00:00We heard from President Zelensky. We just heard from him there.
00:04He's spent this entire time, hasn't he, John?
00:07And we've spoken about it so many times, convincing leaders to punish Russia with sanctions.
00:13So is this latest announcement today just a massive victory for Vladimir Putin?
00:19It is. The government officials and Ukrainian companies here in Kiev, they're apoplectic.
00:26President Zelensky gave that $10 billion number.
00:31But the number, the actual dollar value that will come into Russia isn't as important to Russia as it is
00:40another opening that the U.S. government has done at the expense of and in opposition to what the European
00:51Union wants.
00:52So it's another way for him to drive further divisions.
00:59And President Zelensky is with President Macron today in France, and President Macron can't do a thing about what President
01:06Trump has done.
01:07And to be fair, though, the worldwide, the petroleum reserves come from many countries.
01:16And so this isn't just the United States in terms of releasing the petroleum reserves, which is sort of part
01:24B to allowing Russia to sell oil that's already in tankers floating around the world.
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