Hello everyone, I'm Dria Duncan. Thanks for watching. President Trump is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago where they will discuss a possible peace plan for ending the war Russia waged against Ukraine. Let's listen in.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the Federal Republic of Germany, Secretary General Mark Rutte of NATO, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission. We spoke to all of those great leaders. They're all great leaders and we had a great talk with them. After we were completed, we thought it was appropriate to speak with them and our meeting was excellent. We covered, somebody would say 95%, I don't know what percent, but we have made a lot of progress on ending that war, which is really the most deadly war since World War II, probably the biggest war since World War II. And I want to thank Steve Witkoff who's here, and I'd like to thank Jared who's here someplace. Thank you Jared and thank you Steve, what a great job you've done. Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and Marco Rubio is here. Thank you, Marco. And Pete Hegseth is here. Those two people are doing an unbelievable job. And the four people on this one are doing, I don't think anybody could do it. And we'll see if it gets done, but it's very close. Certainly, nobody would even have a chance of getting it to where it is right now. Nobody would have thought that was possible. So, I just want to say we've done very well. We've had discussions on just about every subject. And that includes with President Putin before, and we went into great detail and we likewise went into great detail today and it was an honor to have you at Mar-a-Lago and have lunch. I hope you enjoy the food. Your people enjoy the food. I can tell you that. Your big strong people, your general over there looks like central casting. I want to also, by the way, speaking of generals, we have a great general, General Raisin Kaine who is here someplace. Thank you, General. Thank you very much. She's great. So, Mr. President, maybe you want to say a few words and then we'll speak over the next couple of weeks. We'll speak probably quite a bit, but we'll speak tomorrow. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. President. Thank you for everything, dear colleagues. First of all, I would like to thank President Trump for a great meeting at this amazing place in his home in Mar-a-Lago and we had really great discussions on all the topics and we appreciate the progress that was made by American and Ukrainian teams in these recent weeks. Special thanks to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and thank you for their engagement and full commitment and also to our team and first of all to Ruse and General and to all our teams. And we discussed all the aspects of the peace framework which includes and we have great achievements: 20-point peace plan 90% agreed, US-Ukraine security guarantees 100% agreed, US-Europe-Ukraine security guarantee is almost agreed. Military dimension 100% agreed. Prosperity plan being finalized and we also discussed the sequencing of the following actions and we agree that security guarantees is a key milestone in achieving lasting peace and our teams will continue working on all aspects. We also had a joint productive call with European leaders like President Trump said already and a lot of leaders including NATO and the EU and we agreed that our teams will meet in upcoming weeks to finalize all discussed matters and we agreed with President Trump that he will host us maybe in Washington, European leaders and Ukrainian delegation, in January. And Ukraine is ready for peace and once again would like to thank President Trump for a warm welcome and substantial discussion. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you so much, Mr. President.
What number are we at right now?
Well, I think we're, you know, you can say 95%, but I don't like to say percentages. I just think we're doing very well. We're very, we could be very close. There are one or two very thorny issues, very tough issues, but I think we're doing very well. We made a lot of progress today, but really we've made it over the last month. This is not a one-day process deal. This is very complicated stuff, but I think when the president says 95, I think, you know, could be close to 95%.
Is it behind you?
Mr. President, have you agreed on the so-called three trade zone on Donbas? How to separate the sides? How to make the separation line? Who will be responsible?
The word agree is too strong. I would say not agreed, but we're getting closer to an agreement on that. And that's a big issue. Certainly, that's one of the big issues. And I think we're closer than we were probably. It's unresolved, but it's getting a lot closer. That's a very tough issue, but one that I think will get resolved.
Mr. President, we're receiving some mixed signals coming from Moscow even after you spoke with President Putin. Can you assure us that you have received written or any formal response from them?
Well, what was the issue? You have to tell me. What did they say?
So, they are telling that Ukraine has to give up Donbas. Just very recent statement coming out.
Well, that's what they've been asking for and, you know, there's a dispute about that. So, they're going to have to iron that out. That's an issue they have to iron out. It's, but I think it's moving in the right direction.
If they reject or delay the solution or peace agreement that you try to achieve?
If something doesn't happen.
You mean if something doesn't happen?
No. Go ahead. You want to finish your question? Will there be any step that the United States has been prepared?
Well, we'll see. Look, we'll see. But I don't want to talk about that because I think we're getting pretty close.
May I ask the president of Ukraine about the territorial question? Mr. President, what is your take on Donbas status? Are you prepared to see it as a free economic or demilitarized zone?
No, we spoke about the 20-point plan and I'm happy that really our teams are very close to results and I agree with President Trump that our teams worked not one day and not one week, more than one month, beginning from Geneva, then two meetings in Miami, then we had Berlin, and now we have Mar-a-Lago. So this is a very difficult question. You know our position, so it's, I mean, we have to respect our law and our people. We respect the territory which we control and of course our attitude is very clear. That's why President Trump said this is a very tough question and of course we have with Russians different positions on it.
And have you discussed referendum about?
No, when we speak about referendum, we spoke that it's one of the key. We can have referendum on any kind of points of this plan. I said that we can use referendum for the plan or we cannot use referendum. It's one of the key. We can use this possibility of parliament to vote according to the law or to have referendum. Doesn't matter. It's, I mean, this referendum if the plan will be very difficult for our society, very difficult. Of course our society has to choose and who has to vote because it's their land. The land not of one person, it's the land of our nation for a lot of generations.
They'll probably have to get their plan approved by parliament or by referendum of the people. You would think that they want, I know they had a poll that it's 91% in favor of ending this war. So they want to end it like everybody wants. Russia wants it ended. Everybody wants it ended. So and we want it ended. I want it ended because I don't want to see so many people dying. We're losing massive numbers of people. The biggest by far since World War II. So we want to see it ended. Absolutely.
President Trump, you said at the top that you plan to speak again tomorrow. Is that correct?
I might. I mean it depends on what happens tomorrow. If there's an additional something to add, otherwise there's no reason to. We're in the process. Jared and Steve are working very hard to get something done and if there's something that comes up I'd speak, but otherwise I don't think there's any reason to.
In your mind, sir, what are the thorniest issues still unresolved after the meeting?
Well, I think the land. You're talking about some of that land has been taken, some of that land is maybe up for grabs, but it may be taken over the next period of a number of months and you're better off making a deal. Now, look, let me tell you, they have been very brave. They fought very hard and continue to fight very hard and do tremendous damage, but Russia would like to see it ended. Ukraine would like to see it. I think it's time to end. And a lot of very brave people, a lot of people that are dead right now, unfortunately, because I've said, and nobody's disputed it, that if the election weren't rigged and stolen in 2020, you wouldn't have had this war. Would have never happened. And it didn't happen for four years. Never was even thought to happen. And I spoke with President Putin. I got along with him very well. Despite the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, which was a total hoax. Used to say, 'What is going on over there?' But it was a total hoax as he knew and as I knew. But I spoke to him and we'd talk about Ukraine. I've said it before. It was the apple of his eye. But he wasn't going to do anything about it. He didn't do anything about it until I was gone. And then a lot of really bad statements were made by people, by a lot of people I guess, but by a certain president that we had, who was a disaster.
Mr. President, do you anticipate going to Ukraine if you can get to an agreement?
I have no problem with doing it. You know, I have no problem with doing it. Don't anticipate it. Would like to get the deal done and not necessarily have to go. I've offered to go and speak to their parliament and, you know, if that would help. I don't know if that would help. I think it would probably help, but I don't even know if that's necessary.
Yeah. No, I know. So, I'm not sure that it would be really necessary, but if it would help save 25,000 lives a month or whatever it may be, I would certainly be willing to do that.
Are you? Where are you from?
Good. I had a feeling on a public broadcast.
Good. And how about Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant? Have you discussed this question?
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant?
Yeah, we discussed that at length today. As you know, it's in pretty good shape. It can start up immediately, almost immediately. And it's one of the things I discussed with President Putin. And they were talking about the nuclear plant. It's probably the biggest in the world. Just about the biggest anywhere in the world. Can you believe that? And President Putin's actually working with Ukraine on getting it open. He's been very good in that sense. He wants to see that open and he hasn't hit it with missiles, hasn't hit it with anything. It's a big danger to do that for everybody, but they're working together to try and get it. It can open very quickly. It's in pretty good shape. And the people there have been there for years. The people there running it. You know, they have 5,000 people in that plant. Can you believe it? I learned that today. 5,000 people. It's the biggest plant of its kind in the world. And they're working together to get it opened. They could maybe get it open quickly.
