David Petraeus

for recruits and so forth as well. You mentioned European nations. You've been talking to them and you detect this urgency. Do you detect that in the United States? Well, first we should recognize that the US has done that. Far more prominent in the past week or two, of course, have been these negotiations.

There are sanctions in Congress waiting to be sent to the White House when President Trump signals that. The Trump administration has tried hard to try to bring Russia to some agreement that would be reasonable, and it just does not appear that Putin wants to accept any compromise on his core objectives. Evan Davis speaking with General David Petraeus.

It makes it much easier. And they're not going to buy. They assured me they will. Within a short period of time they will not be buying oil from Russia.