Valuetainment - August 26, 2025


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


Episode Stats

Length

12 minutes

Words per Minute

177.98131

Word Count

2,183

Sentence Count

225

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

11


Summary

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.


Transcript

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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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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