00:00:40.860That could have been done, too, if you had the right president.
00:00:42.920But you didn't have the right president.
00:00:45.260So, Trump administration has told Ukrainian European officials there's little room to negotiate on his plan to end Russia's war.
00:00:51.680And the U.S. heaps pressure on Zelensky to sign a deal drawn up with Moscow's help by Thursday.
00:00:59.840U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll told European ambassadors and Western officials at a volatile meeting in Kiev late Friday that he was optimistic that now is the time for peace still.
00:01:10.120But warned that Washington would show little flexibility.
00:01:14.840We're not negotiating details, is what he said.
00:01:21.760When you were speaking at a conference in Miami going back just a couple weeks ago, a fantastic conference, it was very interesting that we were invited to a dinner the night before and Witkoff was given the key to the city by Mayor Suarez, Francis Suarez.
00:01:38.220And who could have known that between giving a very sharp-edged analysis of foreign policy and related economics on stage to the audience and receiving the key to the city that he was across town apparently, because the timing is right for what they describe, you know, working on one of the bigger deals of the Trump administration.
00:02:05.280And the way they did it, working with the main protagonist, Russia, and I think that's a testimony to the foreign policy that's there.
00:02:17.320It's clear that Witkoff and Marco Rubio don't disagree or, you know, on a lot of things, but actually didn't agree on the whole list of it.
00:02:30.480But what's very interesting to me is that this doesn't happen without Trump's leadership and telling him, saying, listen, you go do this.
00:02:40.280They're not going to do this without Trump.
00:02:41.640Hey, we're going to be gone for a couple weeks.
00:02:43.120We're going to talk to all these people.
00:02:50.840And now they're putting it in the position to saying, look, some people don't like it because they say some of it looks like it was just the same points from Russia here, here, and here.
00:03:00.440Other points looks like Witkoff is being very skillful that says Ukraine will not join NATO.
00:03:06.900But after this is over, a peaceful Europe is important, and a Europe that will protect its neighbors is important.
00:03:16.120You see the delicate nature of that, Vinny?
00:03:18.020Because Russia didn't want them to be NATO with that, you know, the article that says you attack one, you attack all.
00:03:42.200We're not negotiating details on this.
00:03:44.940And actually, I think Zelensky's in a bad place.
00:03:47.980I don't think—in other words, a different and worse place than he was earlier in the year.
00:03:55.140And I think that Trump's team has done a really good job putting this in front.
00:03:59.680And for the benefit of the world and the benefit of everybody else, you know, this thing has to get done.
00:04:04.700And there's going to be people that scream because I think Russia is going to keep certain territory that they think is their historical territory.
00:04:13.600And I think that Ukraine needs to get back to normal because I'll tell you, Ukraine is the Midwest of Europe.
00:04:24.080It's got more farming, agricultural, that right now they don't have.
00:04:28.760And they need Ukraine to get back to producing grain and to being this incredible economic agricultural power that it was more than that.
00:05:05.140He needs a couple of them to say, you better go whisper in this guy's ear and tell him the gig's up.
00:05:10.940You know, it's not like when he left the Oval Office and he ran over here and then the U.K. shook hands with him and then Macron shook hands with him.
00:05:17.600Remember, he went on almost like a sympathy tour of Europe after yelling at J.D. Vance and getting into that altercation.
00:05:24.380I think it's not just this deal that's on the table, Pat.
00:05:27.780I think there's more than that because I think Wyckoff knows and has been incredibly skillful of this thing that you can't go in one angle with it.
00:05:38.560I think Europe is on notice, and I think there's some of this they have to let Europe, say, face a little bit.
00:05:45.400Listen, I'm going to let you complain a little bit, but I'm not going to change this deal, but I'm going to let you say what you need to say in public.
00:11:04.380You know, you started this war and you prompted this.
00:11:08.240It's not like Ukraine started it, right?
00:11:10.340So to me, the biggest thing is how they're going to be seen around the world.
00:11:13.540If Trump comes in and they broker the deal and they bring him together and they get a lot of things they ask for, at least Russia will be able to save face.
00:11:22.700So I don't know about how Russia's winning from this.
00:11:28.020I mean, you remember six months ago, whenever that was, you can fact check the date when they met in Alaska and, you know, Trump flew over the planes.
00:11:35.140And it was like, oh, they're going to...