Jake Tapper

Well, what goes through my mind is that President Trump thought when he made those ridiculous statements about ending the war in 24 hours, that this entire war is Ukraine's fault and it's Ukraine's to end. And that is such a catastrophic misread of the situation. I don't even know where to start. This war is Russia's fault and it's ultimately President Putin's to end.

Well, what goes through my mind is that President Trump thought when he made those ridiculous statements about ending the war in 24 hours, that this entire war is Ukraine's fault and it's Ukraine's to end. And that is such a catastrophic misread of the situation. I don't even know where to start. This war is Russia's fault and it's ultimately President Putin's to end.

Well, what goes through my mind is that President Trump thought when he made those ridiculous statements about ending the war in 24 hours, that this entire war is Ukraine's fault and it's Ukraine's to end. And that is such a catastrophic misread of the situation. I don't even know where to start. This war is Russia's fault and it's ultimately President Putin's to end.

But instead of putting pressure on Putin, Trump is putting pressure on Zelensky. And I do not believe that that is going to lead to a just and durable peace. The only way we will get a just and durable peace is if President Trump does something he has not done yet in this term or at any point, I think, in his adult life.

But instead of putting pressure on Putin, Trump is putting pressure on Zelensky. And I do not believe that that is going to lead to a just and durable peace. The only way we will get a just and durable peace is if President Trump does something he has not done yet in this term or at any point, I think, in his adult life.

But instead of putting pressure on Putin, Trump is putting pressure on Zelensky. And I do not believe that that is going to lead to a just and durable peace. The only way we will get a just and durable peace is if President Trump does something he has not done yet in this term or at any point, I think, in his adult life.

And that is get serious about holding Putin and Russia to account, putting pressure on them, building on the leverage that we handed off to them when we left office. And that's what I'd like to see. Unfortunately, we haven't seen real signs of that from this administration. They find a way to constantly excuse Russia and constantly pressure and squeeze Ukraine. And I think that that has it.

And that is get serious about holding Putin and Russia to account, putting pressure on them, building on the leverage that we handed off to them when we left office. And that's what I'd like to see. Unfortunately, we haven't seen real signs of that from this administration. They find a way to constantly excuse Russia and constantly pressure and squeeze Ukraine. And I think that that has it.

And that is get serious about holding Putin and Russia to account, putting pressure on them, building on the leverage that we handed off to them when we left office. And that's what I'd like to see. Unfortunately, we haven't seen real signs of that from this administration. They find a way to constantly excuse Russia and constantly pressure and squeeze Ukraine. And I think that that has it.

I think the technical term is ass backwards.

I think the technical term is ass backwards.

I think the technical term is ass backwards.

Jake, you've had the rare vantage point of actually being in the rooms with these foreign leaders, being involved at the literal highest level of negotiations with them. In my past career, I did negotiations for endorsement deals and things like that. But even in my negotiations, you would know you never set arbitrary deadlines

Jake, you've had the rare vantage point of actually being in the rooms with these foreign leaders, being involved at the literal highest level of negotiations with them. In my past career, I did negotiations for endorsement deals and things like that. But even in my negotiations, you would know you never set arbitrary deadlines

Jake, you've had the rare vantage point of actually being in the rooms with these foreign leaders, being involved at the literal highest level of negotiations with them. In my past career, I did negotiations for endorsement deals and things like that. But even in my negotiations, you would know you never set arbitrary deadlines

against yourself that you can't meet because if you can't meet it and you miss it once and then you show that you're not going to stand by those deadlines your adversary in the negotiation starts to look at you and go oh got it this is a clown i'm playing with someone who's just doing this as a game and they're not very serious at the highest level with geopolitical security implications this seems to be it doesn't seem to be like this is his stick 30 days

against yourself that you can't meet because if you can't meet it and you miss it once and then you show that you're not going to stand by those deadlines your adversary in the negotiation starts to look at you and go oh got it this is a clown i'm playing with someone who's just doing this as a game and they're not very serious at the highest level with geopolitical security implications this seems to be it doesn't seem to be like this is his stick 30 days

against yourself that you can't meet because if you can't meet it and you miss it once and then you show that you're not going to stand by those deadlines your adversary in the negotiation starts to look at you and go oh got it this is a clown i'm playing with someone who's just doing this as a game and they're not very serious at the highest level with geopolitical security implications this seems to be it doesn't seem to be like this is his stick 30 days

two weeks, 90 days, I'm gonna do all of these deals. And I think even what we're seeing with this most recent 90 day, we're gonna do 90 deals in 90 days, countries are like, okay, I'm gonna show up, I'm gonna leave, and I'm gonna make him sweat it out because he set these fake deadlines.

two weeks, 90 days, I'm gonna do all of these deals. And I think even what we're seeing with this most recent 90 day, we're gonna do 90 deals in 90 days, countries are like, okay, I'm gonna show up, I'm gonna leave, and I'm gonna make him sweat it out because he set these fake deadlines.