Valuetainment - August 26, 2025


＂Putin’s BIG Concession＂ - Vance SCHOOLS Reporter Over Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Strategy


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J.D. Vance reveals what Putin has conceded in Ukraine peace deal negotiations with President Trump, and why he thinks the Dems have become the party of war. Plus, a look at how the war in Ukraine is going to be fought.

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00:00:00.000 Vance reveals what Putin has conceded in Ukraine peace deal negotiations with Trump.
00:00:08.140 Rob, is that the clip?
00:00:09.520 OK, go for it.
00:00:10.900 I didn't say they conceded on everything, but what they have conceded is the recognition
00:00:14.580 that Ukraine will have territorial integrity after the war.
00:00:17.900 They've recognized that they're not going to be able to install a puppet regime in Kiev.
00:00:22.040 That was, of course, a major demand at the beginning.
00:00:24.080 And importantly, they've acknowledged that there is going to be some security guarantee
00:00:28.160 to the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
00:00:31.020 Again, have they made every concession?
00:00:33.180 Of course they haven't.
00:00:34.200 Should they have started the war? 0.83
00:00:35.580 Of course they haven't.
00:00:36.840 But we're making progress, Kristen.
00:00:38.520 And what I admire about the president in this moment is he's not asking three and a half
00:00:44.120 years ago.
00:00:44.820 He's not trying to focus on every nitpicky detail of how this thing started three and a
00:00:51.240 half years ago.
00:00:52.000 He's trying to focus on the nitpicky details of now, of what do the parties disagree on?
00:00:57.540 What do they agree on?
00:00:59.000 And how do you build a foundation from one side of that ledger to the other so you can
00:01:03.220 stop the killing?
00:01:05.000 Tom.
00:01:06.400 I love J.D. Vance.
00:01:07.700 And there is a part of this where he absolutely toasted her.
00:01:10.920 What was the thing we saw?
00:01:13.120 You know, where a fifth grader could understand it.
00:01:17.220 Yes.
00:01:17.600 Yep.
00:01:18.520 Where exactly is the pressure on Russia to do anything if you're not right now imposing
00:01:23.620 new sanctions?
00:01:24.560 How do you get them to a place of getting to the table with Zelensky and stopping to
00:01:29.060 drop bombs?
00:01:29.840 But Kristen, I think that question betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of where we
00:01:33.620 are.
00:01:33.880 The president has applied aggressive economic leverage, for example, the secondary tariffs
00:01:38.760 on India to try to make it harder for the Russians to get rich from their oil economy.
00:01:43.580 He's tried to make it clear that Russia can be re-invited into the world economy if they 0.99
00:01:48.740 stop the killing.
00:01:49.480 But they're going to continue to be isolated if they don't stop the killing.
00:01:52.920 The president has applied more economic pressure to the Russians to stop this war than Biden
00:01:58.720 did in three years.
00:02:00.020 So the idea that we're not doing anything, we're already doing things right now.
00:02:05.400 And this is how negotiation works.
00:02:07.200 You do something.
00:02:08.260 You talk to the parties.
00:02:09.300 You try to see if there's a meeting of minds.
00:02:11.800 Again, we believe we've already seen some significant concessions from both sides just in
00:02:16.440 the last few weeks, we're going to eventually be successful or we'll hit a brick wall.
00:02:21.080 And if we hit a brick wall, then we're going to continue this process of negotiation, of
00:02:24.960 applying leverage.
00:02:26.200 This is the energetic diplomacy that's going to bring this war to a close.
00:02:30.160 Tom, have a nice day.
00:02:32.040 I mean, Charlie Kirk came out and says, can you believe that our vice president was having
00:02:35.600 to speak to Kristen Welker like he's talking to a fifth grader?
00:02:38.640 And I agree with that sentiment.
00:02:40.620 You know, she came in just like the media comes in. 0.92
00:02:43.220 And it's the old phrase about, you know, you walk into the courtroom, you look at the
00:02:48.280 judge and you can all in the old days, you could always already tell the judge is staring
00:02:53.060 at you as saying, OK, I'm cooked.
00:02:54.660 Right.
00:02:55.020 This is already over.
00:02:56.160 We might as well not even have my trial.
00:02:58.300 And so you have Kristen Welker coming in with the angle. 1.00
00:03:02.060 Oh, you're so wrong.
00:03:03.140 You could be doing sanctions doing that.
00:03:04.900 Look at it.
00:03:05.660 All they care about is Trump being wrong.
00:03:08.460 They don't care about the people of Ukraine. 0.87
00:03:10.460 They don't care about ending the war.
00:03:11.840 All they care about is Trump being wrong, number one.
00:03:15.440 And number two, they've also got this.
00:03:17.760 It's kind of funny.
00:03:18.720 You have to look at it with sober eyes, Pat, and and realize that the Dems have become the
00:03:25.180 party of war and the liberal side has become the party of war.
00:03:29.060 And that's and to me, it's like they're not listening to rational thought.
00:03:34.000 I mean, other places in that interview is a longer interview.
00:03:38.420 J.D. Vance pointed out, he says, Kristen, at the end of World War One, it ended with a
00:03:42.940 negotiation at the end of World War Two.
00:03:44.780 It ended with a negotiation.
00:03:46.520 All except that was there was a whole Potsdam conference.
00:03:49.800 Right.
00:03:50.220 All except in the Pacific after two atomic weapons.
00:03:53.620 First time weapons like that have been used on civilian slash military targets ever.
00:03:59.400 You know, Japan was sitting there on the on the USS Missouri sitting there just saying,
00:04:04.460 just what do I got to sign?
00:04:05.380 We got to get out of this.
00:04:06.480 We're done.
00:04:07.200 And so they surrendered everything else.
00:04:09.540 You know, Hitler takes his own life. 0.66
00:04:11.300 If you believe that's the way it happened.
00:04:13.000 Mussolini is gutted in the public square and the horrific graphic circumstances.
00:04:17.840 But then guess what?
00:04:19.540 The U.S., the Soviets and the Brits get together and negotiate the end of World War Two.
00:04:26.040 All the major wars end with negotiations.
00:04:28.840 And that's where we are right now.
00:04:31.080 And we have gotten a major, major thing.
00:04:33.860 Remember, one of the key spark points was Russia.
00:04:37.820 I do not want NATO country on my front lawn and I do not want that. 0.99
00:04:44.380 And the War Hawks, Nikki Haley and others wanted that to happen.
00:04:49.560 They wanted to dare the Russians. 1.00
00:04:51.840 They wanted to poke them.
00:04:53.160 Well, guess what?
00:04:54.240 So one of the things he didn't want was that.
00:04:56.760 But now you've got Putin saying, look, I understand some security guarantees are going to be part of this.
00:05:03.800 Do you hear what that is?
00:05:04.820 That's Putin saying, yeah, I get it.
00:05:06.660 So if we if we stop this war, you don't want it to happen again.
00:05:10.780 Security guarantees will be out there with NATO countries in the United States.
00:05:15.440 That's a movement for Putin if exactly what Vance said is correct.
00:05:20.380 But why would Vance say something incorrect like that and jeopardize negotiation?
00:05:24.820 Putin say, wait a minute, what's he saying this on a Sunday news show?
00:05:27.920 I didn't say that.
00:05:28.920 And so I think we're headed in the right direction.
00:05:31.820 And it's our liberal media.
00:05:33.200 Once again, you know, Trump wrong, Trump bad.
00:05:38.460 So our friend Kristen Welker interviewed not only J.D. Vance, but also Sergei Lavrov.
00:05:43.060 And if you don't know who that guy is, he's been Putin's spokesman for decades now.
00:05:49.240 This guy is classically trained KGB. 0.51
00:05:51.720 Like he's running circles around anyone who interviews him.
00:05:55.080 And he kind of gives this like air of diplomacy.
00:05:58.260 But when you're not looking, this guy will rip your heart out in an instant.
00:06:01.820 He's the guy that Putin trusts the most.
00:06:04.660 So he and J.D. Vance were on Meet the Press this past Sunday.
00:06:09.480 Obviously not on together.
00:06:11.300 Here's what I took away from Sergei Lavrov's interview.
00:06:15.620 Russia's not ending this war anytime soon. 0.89
00:06:18.880 We had this conversation where a week, 10 days past, Putin flying in and doing the whole B-2 bomber thing.
00:06:25.120 And there's been zero ceasefire since.
00:06:28.940 I said there was a 99% chance that no deal would be reached anytime soon.
00:06:33.180 People looked at me like I was crazy.
00:06:34.660 Nothing's been done.
00:06:35.460 If anything, as soon as the meeting was done, Russia went on attacking Ukraine.
00:06:39.560 This war continues to go on.
00:06:41.380 They firmly believe, the Russians, that Ukraine is just part of Russia.
00:06:45.280 That's that.
00:06:45.720 U.S. is trying to be a mediator here.
00:06:48.000 And we'll see what happens.
00:06:49.260 But they want to install a Putin puppet in Ukraine.
00:06:51.940 And we'll see what happens with Zelensky.
00:06:54.040 As far as J.D. Vance, just a little quick take.
00:06:56.620 J.D. Vance is basically the straight Pete Buttigieg.
00:07:00.680 I like J.D. Vance.
00:07:02.500 I would vote for J.D. Vance.
00:07:04.460 I think he's logical.
00:07:05.360 I think he's pragmatic.
00:07:06.560 I think he's sharp.
00:07:07.480 I think he's a great vice president.
00:07:09.400 But if it comes time for him to run in 2028 as Stephen A. Smith, he doesn't move us.
00:07:16.260 There's not a lot of oomph there.
00:07:17.640 There's not a lot of je ne sais quoi.
00:07:20.080 He don't resonate with the people.
00:07:22.280 So we'll see what happens with J.D.
00:07:23.760 Us is like, he doesn't move who?
00:07:25.200 The black people.
00:07:26.220 The minorities. 0.94
00:07:27.360 The black Jewish people.
00:07:27.880 People with swag.
00:07:28.840 Exactly.
00:07:29.900 Exactly.
00:07:30.520 People who need to be resonated.
00:07:31.960 Exactly.
00:07:32.540 Well, thank you for that.
00:07:33.380 You know, the whites, like Tom, would vote for him. 0.95
00:07:36.400 But people with swag, I don't know if they're going to vote for J.D. Vance.
00:07:40.400 So he is the straight Pete.
00:07:42.160 We're going to see what happens there.
00:07:43.440 You know, we can go back and forth on certain things.
00:07:45.360 But on the racial stuff, man, you just piss me off when you do that.
00:07:48.860 Okay.
00:07:49.140 Tom, that was.
00:07:54.760 Is this white-on-white crime right now?
00:07:56.520 It is.
00:07:57.140 Is that what's happening?
00:07:57.680 So can we distract it with a quick lav rev?
00:08:01.740 Tom, you're not white? 0.83
00:08:02.400 Okay, Rob, play this clip just for the first 45 seconds.
00:08:04.880 Tom just snapped.
00:08:05.820 By the way, Tom, look at me.
00:08:07.980 Keep that mindset before you bench.
00:08:09.740 Yeah, Tom.
00:08:09.980 We need that mindset before you bench.
00:08:11.780 Go ahead, Rob.
00:08:12.500 Go ahead, Rob.
00:08:13.780 Go ahead.
00:08:14.180 Bottom line, bottom line, there's no meeting planned.
00:08:16.440 President Putin said clearly that he is ready to meet, provided this meeting is really going
00:08:23.840 to have an agenda, presidential agenda.
00:08:27.400 So that's a big if.
00:08:28.880 There's no meeting planned, Mr. Foreign Minister.
00:08:31.260 That's a big if.
00:08:32.060 You're saying there's no meeting planned right now.
00:08:34.680 Christian, Christian, I am awfully sorry you're not listening.
00:08:38.980 There is no meeting planned.
00:08:40.380 And I'm not challenging this.
00:08:43.220 But you, you cannot, I think, understand what I am saying.
00:08:49.120 Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky when the agenda would be ready for a summit.
00:08:57.900 Because Zelensky didn't agree to something very basic.
00:09:00.800 So, President Trump suggested, after Anchorage, several points which we share.
00:09:08.480 And on some of them, we agreed to be, to show some flexibility.
00:09:14.080 Okay.
00:09:14.460 When President Trump brought those issues to the meeting in Washington, with Zelensky present
00:09:21.760 together with his European sponsors, he clearly indicated, it was very clear to everybody that
00:09:29.340 there are several principles which Washington believes must be accepted, including no NATO membership,
00:09:39.220 including the discussion of territorial issues.
00:09:45.460 And Zelensky said no to everything.
00:09:47.240 He even said no to, as I said, to canceling legislation, prohibiting the Russian language.
00:09:53.960 How can we meet with a person who is pretending to be a leader?
00:10:00.320 Okay.
00:10:00.900 So, there you go.
00:10:01.680 So, you're hearing it from him.
00:10:03.260 It was a 58-minute interview.
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