00:00Today in Ankara, Turkey, Trump meets Zelensky.
00:03The meeting will determine whether America continues supporting Ukraine's survival
00:07or begins accepting Russian territorial gains.
00:10Defense analysts have identified the eight U.S. states with the most to lose if Ukraine falls.
00:16Manufacturing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania supply billions in weapons systems
00:21and would face massive contract losses.
00:24Midwest agricultural states like Iowa and Illinois
00:27face direct competition if Russia controls Ukrainian wheat exports
00:31and for East Coast states from Maine to Virginia.
00:35A Russian military emboldened by victory in Ukraine
00:38and moving toward NATO's Baltic flank represents a nuclear threat
00:42that Patriot missiles currently stationed in Europe would no longer deter.
00:47Ukraine is not just a European problem.
00:49It is an American national security calculation.
00:52And the Trump-Zelensky meeting today decides how America bets.
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