Jeffrey Sachs

We're going to end this adventurism. And you stop fighting today. And the fighting will stop that moment, actually. Then there will be details. And the details are where the borders will be drawn exactly. But the war will end. The war will not end, by the way, by saying, let's have a ceasefire. That's a meaningless statement. As you heard repeatedly from...

Foreign Minister Lavrov, and as I know and as anyone thinking about this knows, this isn't about a ceasefire. This is about a cause of this war. And the cause of this war is that Russia does not want the U.S. and its missile systems on its 1,200-kilometer border with Ukraine right now.

Foreign Minister Lavrov, and as I know and as anyone thinking about this knows, this isn't about a ceasefire. This is about a cause of this war. And the cause of this war is that Russia does not want the U.S. and its missile systems on its 1,200-kilometer border with Ukraine right now.

Foreign Minister Lavrov, and as I know and as anyone thinking about this knows, this isn't about a ceasefire. This is about a cause of this war. And the cause of this war is that Russia does not want the U.S. and its missile systems on its 1,200-kilometer border with Ukraine right now.

Biden was so stupid, and I'm using the term, of course it sounds, I don't know how it sounds, but it's true, that he couldn't say that and avoid the war, though it was obvious how to avoid this war. Obvious how to avoid this war. But Biden couldn't do it. He was stupid. That's why I say he's been such a terrible president. And I think that President Trump wants to do it this way.

Biden was so stupid, and I'm using the term, of course it sounds, I don't know how it sounds, but it's true, that he couldn't say that and avoid the war, though it was obvious how to avoid this war. Obvious how to avoid this war. But Biden couldn't do it. He was stupid. That's why I say he's been such a terrible president. And I think that President Trump wants to do it this way.

Biden was so stupid, and I'm using the term, of course it sounds, I don't know how it sounds, but it's true, that he couldn't say that and avoid the war, though it was obvious how to avoid this war. Obvious how to avoid this war. But Biden couldn't do it. He was stupid. That's why I say he's been such a terrible president. And I think that President Trump wants to do it this way.

Now, again, he's got people around him of many different views. Some say, promise him, just ask for a ceasefire. Freeze the conflict. Armistice. Korean solution, 1953. This is completely beside the point. Russia isn't going to freeze the conflict. It's actually winning on the ground. But why is it fighting?

Now, again, he's got people around him of many different views. Some say, promise him, just ask for a ceasefire. Freeze the conflict. Armistice. Korean solution, 1953. This is completely beside the point. Russia isn't going to freeze the conflict. It's actually winning on the ground. But why is it fighting?

Now, again, he's got people around him of many different views. Some say, promise him, just ask for a ceasefire. Freeze the conflict. Armistice. Korean solution, 1953. This is completely beside the point. Russia isn't going to freeze the conflict. It's actually winning on the ground. But why is it fighting?

It's fighting because it does not want this regime, which was installed by the United States in 2014, to have U.S. bases, NATO, U.S. weapons and missile systems on its border. And the fact that Biden just proved the point by saying, yeah, we'll fire the missiles into Russia, make it all the more clear why they're concerned about this. This isn't an idle threat. This isn't some dumb thing.

It's fighting because it does not want this regime, which was installed by the United States in 2014, to have U.S. bases, NATO, U.S. weapons and missile systems on its border. And the fact that Biden just proved the point by saying, yeah, we'll fire the missiles into Russia, make it all the more clear why they're concerned about this. This isn't an idle threat. This isn't some dumb thing.

It's fighting because it does not want this regime, which was installed by the United States in 2014, to have U.S. bases, NATO, U.S. weapons and missile systems on its border. And the fact that Biden just proved the point by saying, yeah, we'll fire the missiles into Russia, make it all the more clear why they're concerned about this. This isn't an idle threat. This isn't some dumb thing.

This is they're being hit right now. By US missile systems, by US personnel firing these missile systems. So it's not an idle threat. So people who say freeze the conflict, they don't get it. People say, and there was an initial statement, NATO will not enlarge for at least X years. Somebody said 10 years, somebody said 20 years. This is also completely ridiculous.

This is they're being hit right now. By US missile systems, by US personnel firing these missile systems. So it's not an idle threat. So people who say freeze the conflict, they don't get it. People say, and there was an initial statement, NATO will not enlarge for at least X years. Somebody said 10 years, somebody said 20 years. This is also completely ridiculous.

This is they're being hit right now. By US missile systems, by US personnel firing these missile systems. So it's not an idle threat. So people who say freeze the conflict, they don't get it. People say, and there was an initial statement, NATO will not enlarge for at least X years. Somebody said 10 years, somebody said 20 years. This is also completely ridiculous.

Then another idea, well, we'll give Russia this territory, Donetsk and Lugansk and maybe Kherson and Zaporizhia and Crimea, but all the rest of Ukraine will be part of NATO. Of course not, it's the same deal. This is ridiculous.

Then another idea, well, we'll give Russia this territory, Donetsk and Lugansk and maybe Kherson and Zaporizhia and Crimea, but all the rest of Ukraine will be part of NATO. Of course not, it's the same deal. This is ridiculous.

Then another idea, well, we'll give Russia this territory, Donetsk and Lugansk and maybe Kherson and Zaporizhia and Crimea, but all the rest of Ukraine will be part of NATO. Of course not, it's the same deal. This is ridiculous.

So if you understand what this is about, where it came from, why it continues to this moment, there is one phone call that ends it, which is get to the underlying cause of the war. The underlying cause of the war going back to a decision that Bill Clinton made in 1994 is the decision to expand NATO to Ukraine.