Discussion on Peace with Ukraine

We had a meeting today, as you know, with President Zelensky,

and I would say it

didn't work out exactly great from his standpoint.

I think he very much overplayed his hand.

Uh, we're looking for peace. We're not looking for somebody that's

gonna

sign up a strong power and then not make peace because they feel

emboldened, and that's what I saw happening. Uh,

I'm looking for peace.

We're not looking to go into a 10-year war

and, uh,

play games. We want peace. And it was just my impression

that if we do that, if we sign up, he's looking for something that

I'm not looking for. He's looking to go on and fight, fight,

fight.

We're looking to end the death. Uh, 2,000

people died this week,

soldiers, more than that, but

2,000 approximately people died this week.

Young

Ukrainians and Russians, and somebody would say, "Why do you

care about Ukraine and Russian soldiers?" I care about them.

I care about everybody.

And, uh,

we're not doing that. Now, if we don't do anything,

he's gonna have to make peace,

but he's dealing with a very weak set of cards.

If we sign, he's dealing with very strong set of

cards, and then he doesn't wanna

make peace. So that's where we are. It's very simple.

I'm not looking to get into anything protracted.

I want immediate peace. President Putin is gonna wanna make, and he

wants to make... Uh, he wants to end it.

And you saw what I saw today. This is a man that

wants to get us signed up and keep fighting,

and we're not doing that,

not for this country.