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Zelensky in US to sign mineral deal as Trump tries to deny calling him a dictator.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump in Washington to sign a critical minerals deal, as Kyiv works to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr Trump denied ever calling the Ukrainian leader being a “dictator” following a Truth Social rant just last week.
“Did I say that? I can't believe I said that”, the US president said in response to a question about whether he stood by the remark, adding: “We have a lot of respect, I have a lot of respect for him.
“We've giv...
About Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has continued to press Ukraine’s allies for increased military support, particularly air defense systems and Patriot missiles, describing the pace of deliveries as “too slow.” In a series of meetings and public addresses at the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara and the G7 Summit in France, he argued that Ukraine’s battlefield capabilities and experience in modern drone warfare make it a natural fit for NATO membership, stating that “it would be only natural to become a part of one common security community.” He also called for Europe to develop its own anti-ballistic missile production capacity, saying “current Patriot production is not enough to meet the growing demand.” Zelenskyy has emphasized that Russia is “losing” the war and that Ukraine is “winning,” while also expressing readiness for a ceasefire and negotiations. He stated that “Ukraine is ready for the war to end,” but accused Russia of not demonstrating serious activity toward diplomacy. He has highlighted Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, claiming that “no major oil refinery left in Russia that has not been struck by Ukraine,” and described such operations as part of “Ukrainian long-range sanctions” that are pressuring Russia’s economy. In his nightly addresses, he has warned of potential new Russian offensives from the Belarus–Bryansk direction and discussed diplomatic coordination with European partners, the United States, and Canada.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Please, you have a look this way. Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right.
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Thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Okay, okay. Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Here. Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what better... Press, thank you. Press, thank you.
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Please, can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you.
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Please, can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you.
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Photographer16:45
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr., to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host17:38
Okay. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you.
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Photographer18:47
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President.
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Host19:40
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And... Press, thank you.
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Photographer20:48
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right.
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Host21:41
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And... Press, thank you.
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President, please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way.
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Host23:43
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And... Thank you.
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Photographer24:51
You can have a look this way? Yeah.
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Host25:44
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And... Thank you.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr.
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Host27:44
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And... Thank you.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr.
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Host29:45
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like... Much, press.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way?
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like... Very much, thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Discussion and see what? Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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To it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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President, to your right. Please, your right. Please, the president.
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You really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, for.
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This way, please. Please, please, Mr., to your right. Please, to your right. Please, president.
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In history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer49:12
This way, please. Please, please, Mr., to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer51:10
This way. Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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A tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer53:10
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right. Please, the president.
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Host54:11
A tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what better... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer55:12
Can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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A tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer57:12
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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He's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer59:14
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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To have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion... See? Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer1:11:17
You, please, you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right. Please, the president.
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Host1:12:10
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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You, please, can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. Right, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host1:18:14
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right. Please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer1:21:22
You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer1:23:25
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host1:24:17
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer1:25:26
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer1:27:27
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer1:29:29
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what we... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Photographer1:31:31
Can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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Thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right. Please, president.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Your right. Please, the president.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, for.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Here. Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what that's better than you... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
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Please have a look this way. Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right. Please, the president.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Please, can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer1:47:39
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Thank you, Mr. President. Please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what better... Thank you, press. Thank you.
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Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right, please. Right. Please.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. President. Please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right, please. Your right.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Thank you.
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Photographer1:55:45
You can have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Thank you.
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Photographer1:57:45
You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history. You really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Thank you.
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You, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President.
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Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the president with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like... Much, press.
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We're going to have a discussion and see what? Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much, press.
We're going to have a discussion and see what better? Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
You really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what? Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
In history, if you really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what? Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right. Please, President.
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Host2:57:18
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer2:58:26
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host2:59:18
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:10:34
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host3:11:26
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:12:35
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host3:13:29
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:14:37
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Host3:15:30
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:16:38
Please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right. Please.
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Host3:17:31
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:18:40
Please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host3:19:33
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much.
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Photographer3:20:40
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host3:21:32
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much.
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Photographer3:22:41
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host3:23:35
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much.
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Photographer3:24:43
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Host3:25:36
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and...
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Photographer3:26:44
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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Host3:27:37
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:28:46
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right.
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Host3:29:39
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and...
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Photographer3:30:48
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr., to your right.
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Host3:31:40
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:32:49
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right.
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Host3:33:39
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:34:51
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way.
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Host3:35:43
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:36:53
Can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you.
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Host3:37:45
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:38:53
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way?
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Host3:39:45
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
Okay, okay. Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:43:22
President. Please, President.
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Host3:43:49
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
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Photographer3:51:10
Please, to your right, please.
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Host3:51:53
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:53:10
President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host3:54:11
We're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:55:10
Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Host3:56:10
You really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:57:11
This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Host3:58:11
You really get right down to it, and we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer3:59:10
Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host4:10:12
He's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:11:15
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:12:13
He's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:13:16
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:14:10
It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:15:16
Please, Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:16:10
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:17:19
President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right.
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Host4:18:11
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:19:20
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right.
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Host4:20:13
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:21:21
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host4:22:13
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:23:23
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr., to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:24:15
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:25:24
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:26:17
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:27:26
Please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, your right.
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Host4:28:19
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you.
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Photographer4:29:28
Please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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Host4:30:20
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:31:28
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:32:20
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:33:29
Thank you, Mr. President. Please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:34:22
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... That's better. Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:35:31
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right, please. Right.
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Host4:36:24
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:37:32
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right, please. Your right.
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Host4:38:25
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:39:34
Can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host4:40:27
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:41:34
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host4:42:27
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Thank you, press. Thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:43:35
Thank you, Mr. President. Please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host4:44:28
Okay, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:45:37
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right.
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Host4:46:31
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:47:38
Mr. President, can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right.
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Host4:48:31
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much. Thank you, press. Thank you very much.
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Photographer4:49:40
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:50:33
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see what... Press, thank you. Press, thank you very much.
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Photographer4:51:42
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr., to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:52:34
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see...
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Photographer4:53:43
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:54:33
Okay, yes. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see...
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Photographer4:55:44
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, to your right, please.
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Host4:56:35
Yes, well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion and see...
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Photographer4:57:46
Mr. President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right. Please, right, please.
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Host4:58:38
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And we're going to have a discussion...
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Photographer4:59:47
President, please can you have a look this way? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This way, please. Please, please, Mr. President, to your right.
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Host5:10:47
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President with us, and he's been through a lot. He's been through a tremendous amount, like probably nobody else, almost nobody else in history, if you really get right down to it. And...
Yes, that kind of... He's got tremendous hatred, and I understand that. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
A significant chunk of the country... The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:13:40
Can I ask you? Sure. Yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years... I'm not... And he took, he killed people, you know? What about the contact line? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. The people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And I signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him guarantees, guarantees contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance5:15:19
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:15:23
Yes, but...
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JD Vance5:15:23
Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:15:39
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance5:15:44
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:16:10
During the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem.
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Donald Trump5:16:27
Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel... You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:17:35
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war...
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Donald Trump5:17:41
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:17:44
Can I wait?
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Donald Trump5:17:46
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President. We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet... We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something... In two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:18:35
I said a lot of... Except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong.
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Donald Trump5:18:47
We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. Understand? I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:19:11
Ceasefire. I want to go and I want to... I look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
Of course, of course we want to stop the war. But I'm saying you don't want to see... I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump5:19:31
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with... Excuse me, that was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave Javelins.
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Reporter5:20:11
What if Russia breaks this ceasefire? What do you do?
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Donald Trump5:20:22
Understand what you're saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what did they break it? They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents.' The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to... All thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
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Host5:24:10
Either... So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:25:10
So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. The people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And I signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him guarantees, guarantees contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance5:26:49
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:26:52
Yes, but if... Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this.
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JD Vance5:27:11
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:27:38
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem.
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Donald Trump5:28:11
Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:29:10
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war...
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Donald Trump5:29:12
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:29:16
Can I... No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President. We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet... We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something... In two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
I said a lot of... Except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong.
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Donald Trump5:30:15
We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. Understand? I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire.' I want to go and I want to... I look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:30:51
Of course, of course we want to stop the war. But you're saying you don't want to... I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement.
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Donald Trump5:31:10
That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. Yes, I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave Javelins. You got to be more thankful because, let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter5:31:35
One more question to Mr. Vice President.
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Donald Trump5:31:38
I'm sorry. It's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What do you do?
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Reporter5:31:52
Understand what you're saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire.
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Donald Trump5:32:12
Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it.
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Host5:32:39
It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom, it came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom, it was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam.
It happened, but he didn't break him with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, uh, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
Come on, guys, come on.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:35:33
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied it, uh, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same: people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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Host5:37:11
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:37:32
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Host5:37:38
I have been to, I've actually, I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:38:11
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, God bless, God bless. You will not, don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Host5:38:23
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We'll feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:39:28
You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Host5:39:34
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:39:40
Can I wait a minute?
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Host5:39:42
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:39:50
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thank you in this cabinet.
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Host5:40:12
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin: in three days, this is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. You just say thank you. I accept, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:41:10
Now I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host5:41:26
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is: Obama gave sheets, and Trump gave Javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the talks? What do we do then?
Understand that.
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they, what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break him with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, uh, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. All right, we'll see what we can do about Putin.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the thing set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:56:17
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied it, uh, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same: people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
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Host5:58:10
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:58:19
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Host5:58:24
I have been to, I've actually, I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy5:58:48
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, God bless, God bless. You will not, don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Host5:59:10
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We'll feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War I. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:10:36
You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Host6:10:41
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:10:45
Can I wait a minute?
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Host6:10:46
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:10:55
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thank you in this cabinet.
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Host6:11:11
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin: in three days, this is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you. I accept, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. Understand, sir? I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:12:12
Now I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host6:12:32
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. Yes, I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is: Obama gave sheets, and Trump gave Javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the talks? What do you do then?
Understand that.
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they, what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break him with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, uh, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting you.
We'll see.
I...
Come on, thank you. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
Hey, I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:17:13
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied it, uh, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same: people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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Host6:18:42
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:19:12
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Host6:19:14
I have been to, I've actually, I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:19:31
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. Don't know that. God bless, God bless you. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Host6:19:51
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We'll feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War I. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:21:12
You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Host6:21:14
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:21:18
Can I wait a minute?
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Host6:21:19
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:21:22
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
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Host6:21:28
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin: in three days, this is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you. I accept, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't for you. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. Yes, I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is: Obama gave sheets, and Trump gave Javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
One more question, Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the talks? What do we do then?
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they, what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break him with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, uh, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. All right, we'll see what we can do about Putin.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the thing set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:27:26
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied it, uh, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same: people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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Host6:29:11
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:29:26
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Host6:29:28
I have been to, I've actually, I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:29:54
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, God bless, God bless. You will not, don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Host6:30:14
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We'll feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War I. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:31:25
You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Host6:31:27
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:31:31
Can I wait a minute?
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Host6:31:33
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:31:42
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thank you.
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Host6:31:50
You haven't been alone. We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin: in three days, this is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you. I accept, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't for you. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. Yes, I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is: Obama gave sheets, and Trump gave Javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
One more question, Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the talks? What do we do then?
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they, what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break him with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, uh, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. All right, we'll see what we can do about Putin.
Come on.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
Look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:37:49
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied, uh, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same: people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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Host6:39:28
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:39:50
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Host6:39:53
I have been to, I've actually, I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:40:16
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Host6:40:38
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We'll feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War I. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:41:48
You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Host6:41:50
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:41:54
Can I wait a minute?
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Host6:41:55
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:42:10
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
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Host6:42:14
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin: in three days, this is something, in two weeks. Of course, yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I accept, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you Javelins. I gave you the Javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is: Obama gave sheets, and Trump gave Javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
One more question, Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the talks? What do you do?
Understand that.
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they, what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break him with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, uh, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about Putin.
Come on.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question.
You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance6:47:31
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:48:13
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance6:49:52
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:50:41
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. In this cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days, this is something maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you.
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Host6:53:12
Except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. People are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us, 'I don't want to cease fire. I don't want to cease fire. I want to go and I want to this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:53:54
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but I... You're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than it... Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host6:54:12
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks what? Russia, what do you do then? Understand what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... What if anything? What if the bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting, and then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam, and he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
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Photographer6:57:16
Come on, guys.
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Host6:57:25
Come on, but I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance6:57:55
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy6:58:36
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance7:10:38
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:11:27
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not... Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. In this cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days, this is something maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you.
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Host7:14:10
Except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. People are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us, 'I don't want to cease fire. I don't want to cease fire. I want to go and I want to this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:14:16
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but I... You're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than it... Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host7:14:29
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks what? Russia, what do you do then? Understand what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... What if anything? What if the bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting, and then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam, and he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
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Photographer7:17:36
Come on.
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Host7:17:44
Come on, but I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance7:18:14
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:19:12
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance7:20:34
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:21:23
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not... Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember this, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. In this cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days, this is something maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you.
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Host7:23:50
I said a lot. Except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. People are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us, 'I don't want to cease fire. I don't want to cease fire. I want to go and I want to this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:24:37
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but I... You're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than it... Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host7:24:47
That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks what? Russia, what do you do then? Understand what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... What if anything? What if the bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting, and then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam, and he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
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Photographer7:28:10
Come on.
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Host7:28:10
Come on, but I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance7:28:37
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:29:19
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance7:31:10
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:31:45
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not... Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. In this cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days, this is something maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you.
H
Host7:34:10
I said a lot. Except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. People are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us, 'I don't want to cease fire. I don't want to cease fire. I want to go and I want to this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:35:12
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but I... You're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than it... Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host7:35:12
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks what? Russia, what do you do then? Understand what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... What if anything? What if the bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting, and then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam, and he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
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Photographer7:38:23
Come on.
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Host7:38:31
Thank you. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance7:39:11
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:39:42
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so he was not here. Yeah, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance7:41:21
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:42:11
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. In this cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days, this is something maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you.
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Host7:44:38
Except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. People are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us, 'I don't want to cease fire. I don't want to cease fire. I want to go and I want to this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:45:23
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but I... You're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than it... Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host7:45:34
That wasn't for that. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks what? Russia, what do you do then? Understand what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... What if anything? What if the bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting, and then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam, and he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance7:49:24
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:50:10
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance7:51:44
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:52:33
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. In this cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days, this is something maybe in two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you.
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Host7:55:11
When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. People are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us, 'I don't want to cease fire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy7:55:47
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but I... You're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want a ceasefire guarantee because you'll get a ceasefire faster than it... Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Host7:56:11
Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. One more question, Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks? What do you do then? Understand what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... What if anything? What if the bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war, and he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting, and then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam, and he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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JD Vance7:59:47
I want to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:11:11
So he occupied it, our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what the contact line was in 2015, 2014, 2014, and 2014? Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same, that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversation, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broken this ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What, what, what do you mean?
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JD Vance8:12:21
He signed the exchange of prisoners but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:12:34
Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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JD Vance8:12:51
Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:13:10
It's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country. A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
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Donald Trump8:13:33
God bless, God bless. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:13:42
I'm not telling you, because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump8:13:50
We're going to feel very good and very strong.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:13:54
You will feel influenced. You're right.
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Donald Trump8:14:10
You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:14:48
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Donald Trump8:14:53
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:15:10
We are staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
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Donald Trump8:15:16
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:15:49
I said a lot of thanks to the American people, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media.
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Donald Trump8:16:12
Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:16:33
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump8:16:44
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter8:17:18
One more question to Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do we do then?
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Donald Trump8:17:34
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting...
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Host8:19:57
Guys, come on.
You know him either, so it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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Reporter8:20:34
I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:21:13
Sure, yeah, yeah. Okay, so he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of the East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line in 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. Yeah, so he is not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance8:22:54
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:23:11
You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance8:23:19
I have been to... Come on. I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:23:44
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
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Donald Trump8:24:11
Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:25:11
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Donald Trump8:25:14
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:25:31
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
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Donald Trump8:25:40
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:26:12
Except, except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media.
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Donald Trump8:26:21
When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:27:11
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump8:27:30
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter8:27:41
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do we do then?
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Donald Trump8:28:10
I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting...
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Host8:30:28
Thank you for that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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Reporter8:31:10
A significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:31:39
Sure, yeah, yeah. Okay, so he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of the East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line in 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. Yeah, so he is not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance8:33:14
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:33:40
I have been to... I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
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Donald Trump8:34:19
Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:34:29
I'm not telling you, because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump8:34:35
We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards.
It's disrespectful to the country. This country backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:35:34
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
D
Donald Trump8:35:38
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:35:55
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
D
Donald Trump8:36:11
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:36:34
I said a lot of thanks, except, except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media.
D
Donald Trump8:36:44
When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful.
Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:37:18
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want to see guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump8:37:30
That wasn't for you. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins.
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Reporter8:38:10
The attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do we do then?
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Donald Trump8:38:21
Understand, what are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do.
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Host8:40:51
About that, but I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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Reporter8:41:21
I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:42:12
Sure, yeah, yeah. Okay, so he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of the East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line in 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance8:43:40
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:44:11
I have been to... I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
D
Donald Trump8:44:43
Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:44:50
I'm not telling you, because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
D
Donald Trump8:45:11
He happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:46:11
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
D
Donald Trump8:46:13
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:46:18
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
D
Donald Trump8:46:27
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:47:11
I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want to see guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
D
Donald Trump8:47:52
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
R
Reporter8:48:28
One more question to Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire?
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Donald Trump8:48:44
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what did they break? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting...
H
Host8:51:16
Thank you for that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
R
Reporter8:51:44
I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:52:26
Sure, yeah, yeah. Okay, so he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of the East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line in 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance8:54:10
With respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:54:28
I have been to... I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
D
Donald Trump8:55:10
Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:55:14
I'm not telling you, because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
D
Donald Trump8:55:23
We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country.
You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:56:21
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
D
Donald Trump8:56:27
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:56:43
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
D
Donald Trump8:56:51
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
V
Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:57:21
I said a lot of thanks, except, except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media.
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Donald Trump8:57:30
When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy8:58:12
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want to see guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump8:58:18
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter8:58:51
One more question to Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do we do then?
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Donald Trump8:59:10
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting...
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Host9:11:54
Guys, come on.
It's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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Reporter9:12:31
Hey, I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:13:12
Sure, yeah, yeah. Okay, so he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of the East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line in 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance9:14:51
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:15:13
I have been to... Come on. I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
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Donald Trump9:15:53
Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, you said thank you.
You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:17:30
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
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Donald Trump9:17:37
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:18:11
Except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media.
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Donald Trump9:18:17
When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:18:53
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want to see guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump9:19:10
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter9:19:38
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do we do then?
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Donald Trump9:19:53
I understand. They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that.
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Host9:22:25
Thank you for that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question.
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Reporter9:22:54
I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:23:36
Sure, yeah, yeah. Okay, so he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of the East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line in 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. Yeah, so I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance9:25:14
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:25:37
I have been to... I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.
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Donald Trump9:26:16
Don't know that. God bless, God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:26:24
I'm not telling you, because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump9:26:28
We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:27:11
Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can...
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Donald Trump9:27:14
He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I wait a minute? No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us, Mr. President.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:27:30
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.
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Donald Trump9:27:37
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment, and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days, I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course. Yes, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:28:11
I said a lot of thanks, except, except, except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media.
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Donald Trump9:28:17
When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:28:53
Of course, of course we want to stop the war, but you're saying you don't want a ceasefire. I said to you, I want to see guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump9:29:10
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter9:29:38
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do we do then?
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Donald Trump9:29:53
I understand. They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam, and he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents, the whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television, I will say that.
You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong, will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war, you're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start right now.
A lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaign for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war you can? He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:27:31
Can I... wait a minute.
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Donald Trump9:27:42
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:27:51
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone.
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Donald Trump9:28:10
But they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something. In two weeks, of course yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, say thank you. Except that there are disagreements, and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong. We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there right now. I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:29:14
Of course, of course we want to stop the war. But I'm saying, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you get a ceasefire faster than a degree.
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Donald Trump9:29:23
Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't for that. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful.
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Reporter9:30:10
What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks what? What do we do?
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Donald Trump9:30:18
Understand? What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal, or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful. And that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. All right, we'll see what we can do about that. But I can tell you, the other side is exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
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Reporter9:33:18
One more question.
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JD Vance9:33:18
I would respond to this. So look, for four years the United States of America had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:34:11
So, during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times. It was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line. 2014, 2015... 2014, 2014. I was not here. Yes, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, as a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed a gas contract, gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance9:35:36
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:36:11
Have you ever been to Ukraine? That you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance9:36:13
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories. And I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:36:25
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have a nice ocean, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you don't know that. God bless. God bless, you will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump9:36:49
I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
You don't have a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:38:15
We are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone. And we are thankful. I said thanks in this Cabinet.
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Donald Trump9:38:24
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. And your men are brave. But they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something in two weeks, of course yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you.
I think it's very important, that's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:39:40
Of course we want to stop the war. But I'm saying, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a degree. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think.
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Donald Trump9:39:49
That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful. Because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter9:40:23
One more question, Mr. Vice President. I'm sorry. It's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks what? What do we do?
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Donald Trump9:40:41
Understand? What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal, or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful. And that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
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Reporter9:43:38
All right, one more question.
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JD Vance9:43:41
I would respond to this. So look, for four years the United States of America had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:44:18
Can I ask you?
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JD Vance9:44:20
Sure, yeah.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:44:22
Okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times. It was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line. 2014, 2015... So during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, as a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed a gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance9:46:10
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:46:20
Have you ever been to Ukraine? That you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance9:46:22
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories. And I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:46:48
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have a nice ocean, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you don't know that. God bless. God bless, you will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump9:47:11
I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war, you're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:48:27
Can I... wait a minute.
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Donald Trump9:48:28
No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:48:38
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone. And we are thankful. I said thanks in this Cabinet.
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Donald Trump9:48:47
In this Cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. And your men are brave. But they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something in two weeks, of course yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I accept, except that there are disagreements. And let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong. We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:50:11
Of course we want to stop the war. But I'm saying, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a degree. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful. Because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter9:50:48
One more question to the Vice President. I'm sorry. It's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks his talks? What do we do?
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Donald Trump9:51:10
Understand? What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal, or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful. And that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, guys? Come on that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
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Reporter9:54:10
All right, one more question.
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JD Vance9:54:10
I would respond to this. So look, for four years the United States of America had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:54:41
Can I ask you?
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JD Vance9:54:43
Sure, yeah.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:54:46
Okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times. It was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line. 2014, 2015... So I was not here. Yes, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, as a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed a gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance9:56:23
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:56:43
Have you ever been to Ukraine? That you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance9:56:48
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories. And I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:57:10
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have a nice ocean, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you don't know that. God bless. God bless, you will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump9:57:35
I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war, you're not in a good position.
You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy9:58:50
Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Donald Trump9:59:10
In this Cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. You're brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something in two weeks, of course he has it. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you. Accept, except that there are disagreements. And let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong. We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:10:11
Of course we want to stop the war. But I said, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a degree.
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Donald Trump10:10:14
Except that there are disagreements. And let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong. We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:10:53
Of course we want to stop the war. But I'm saying, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a degree. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful. Because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter10:11:35
One more question to the Vice President. I'm sorry. It's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks his talks? What do we do?
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Donald Trump10:11:49
I understand that. What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden... They didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal, or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful. And that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. All right, we'll see what we can do about that.
Come on that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
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Reporter10:14:51
One more question.
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JD Vance10:14:51
I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:15:30
Can I ask you?
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JD Vance10:15:33
Sure, yeah.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:15:36
Okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times. It was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line. 2014, 2015... So I was not here. Yes, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, as a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed a gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance10:17:13
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:17:32
Have you ever been to Ukraine? That you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance10:17:36
I have been to... Come on. I've actually watched and seen the stories. And I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:18:10
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have a nice ocean, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you don't know that. God bless. God bless, you will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump10:18:23
I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. Will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war, you're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:19:37
Can I... wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Donald Trump10:19:48
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone. And we are thankful. I said thanks in this Cabinet.
In this Cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. But they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days I heard from Putin. In three days. This is something in two weeks, of course yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you. Accept, except that there are disagreements. And let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong. We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:21:14
Of course we want to stop the war. But I'm saying, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a degree. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't for you. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful. Because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter10:22:11
What if Russia breaks this? What do we do?
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Donald Trump10:22:15
Understand? What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal, or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful. And that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
All right, what do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. All right, we'll see what we can do about that.
Put that. But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
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Reporter10:25:13
All right, one more question.
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JD Vance10:25:14
I would respond to this. So look, for four years the United States of America had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:26:12
So, during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times. It was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line. 2014, 2015... So I was not here. Yes, exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, as a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed a gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance10:27:34
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:28:10
Have you ever been to Ukraine? That you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance10:28:12
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories. And I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:28:22
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have a nice ocean, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you don't know that. God bless. God bless, you will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump10:28:45
I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong.
You don't have a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak loudly about the war you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:30:11
Can I... wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Donald Trump10:30:13
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone. And we are thankful. I said thanks in this Cabinet.
We gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. And your men are brave. But they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something in two weeks, of course yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. You just say thank you. I said a lot of accept, except that there are disagreements.
You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. And then you tell us, 'I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to do this.' Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:31:38
Of course we want to stop the war. But you're saying, you don't want to see... I said to you, I want to see guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a degree. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. It was your president. Excuse me, that was with Obama who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful. Because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Reporter10:32:21
One more question to the Vice President. I'm sorry. It's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks? What do we do?
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Donald Trump10:32:38
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if they... what if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, why did they break it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, 'Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.' The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal, or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful. And that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television, I will say that. We'll see what we can do about putting that.
But I can tell you, the other side isn't exactly in love with you know him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to... I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes.
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Reporter10:35:36
All right, one more question.
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JD Vance10:35:38
I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:36:14
Can I ask you?
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JD Vance10:36:17
Sure, yeah.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:36:20
Okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times. It was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump. And God bless now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took, he killed people. You know what? The contact line. 2014, 2015... So during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same that people have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, as a new president in 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed a gas contract. Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance10:38:11
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:38:18
Have you ever been to Ukraine? That you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance10:38:20
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories. And I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:38:45
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have a nice ocean, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you don't know that. God bless. God bless, you will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump10:39:10
I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. Feel influence. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war, you're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now, you don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country that's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have.
Have you said thank you once this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You see that if you speak very loudly about the war you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:40:24
Can I... wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. I have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Donald Trump10:40:33
Mr. President, we are staying in our country.
From the very beginning of the war we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, this cab, we gave you through this president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment and your men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:42:11
That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Host10:42:45
One more question to the president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this?
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Donald Trump10:43:11
What if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if he can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that we'll see what we can do about it.
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JD Vance10:45:14
I don't know. All right, come on, guys. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question. I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:46:43
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, but exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance10:48:20
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:48:43
Have you been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
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JD Vance10:48:47
I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:49:11
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump10:49:30
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now. You don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country has backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:50:38
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I understand, sir. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want to. I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Host10:52:35
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks talks? What do you do then?
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Donald Trump10:53:17
Understand that. What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they... What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that we'll see what we can do about it.
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JD Vance10:55:27
We'll see. I don't know. All right, come on, guys. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question. I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:57:11
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, but exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance10:58:45
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy10:59:34
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump10:59:54
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now. You don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country has backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:11:45
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want to. I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Host11:14:11
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do you do then?
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Donald Trump11:14:21
Understand that. What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they... What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that we'll see what we can do about it.
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JD Vance11:16:42
I don't know. All right, come on, guys. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question. I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:18:12
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance11:19:31
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:20:20
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump11:20:42
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now. You don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country has backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:22:10
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want to. I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Host11:24:18
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do you do then?
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Donald Trump11:24:35
What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they... What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that we'll see what we can do about it.
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JD Vance11:27:12
I don't know. All right, come on, guys. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question. I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:28:16
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, that's exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance11:29:54
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:30:44
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump11:31:12
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now. You don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country has backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:32:33
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I understand, sir. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want to. I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Host11:34:42
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this?
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Donald Trump11:35:11
What if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that we'll see what we can do about it.
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JD Vance11:37:11
We'll see. I don't know. All right, come on, guys. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question. I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:38:39
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, but exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance11:40:13
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:41:12
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump11:41:29
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember, you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now. You don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country has backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:42:55
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I understand, sir. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want to. I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't with me. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins. Yes, I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards.
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Host11:45:11
One more question to the vice president. I'm sorry, it's going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks this? What if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What do you do then?
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Donald Trump11:45:21
Understand that. What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire. What if they... What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam, Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that, and he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia, the 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did, maybe, maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out. But you don't have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position. But you're not acting at all thankful, and that's not a nice thing. I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing. All right, I think we've seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that we'll see what we can do about it.
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JD Vance11:47:44
Come on, guys. But I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to be aligned with the world. I want to get the things set. I'm aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. All right, one more question. I would like to respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:49:12
Sure, yeah, yeah, okay. So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it in 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those times were Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line is? 2015, 2014, 2014, 2014. So I was not here. Yeah, exactly right, yes. But during 2014 till 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me like a new president in 2019. I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel, we signed ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed with him gas contract, gas contract, yes. But after that, he broke this ceasefire. He killed our people. And he didn't exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?
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JD Vance11:50:43
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media right now. You guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. Have you been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens. You bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:51:31
A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don't feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you. God bless. You will not have war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
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Donald Trump11:51:52
I'm not telling you because you're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influenced. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now with us. You start having cards right now. You don't. You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. This country has backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not winning. You're not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy11:53:18
Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful. I said thanks. This cabinet, we gave you through this stupid president $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had to use our military. If you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks, in three days. I heard it from Putin, in three days. This is something, maybe in two weeks. Of course, it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thank you. I said a lot, except, except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media. When you're wrong, we know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen, you're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire. I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want to this. Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course, we want to stop the war, but I'm saying you don't want to. I said to you, I want a ceasefire with guarantees, because you'll get a ceasefire faster than a deal. Ask our people about ceasefire, what they think. That wasn't for you. That wasn't with me.