Joe Mathieu

This is the plan that has been hashed out with Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and to a lesser extent, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the past couple of weeks.

Trump's envoys, according to the Financial Times, have given Zelensky only days to respond to a proposed peace deal.

The president saying...

Just on Sunday evening at the Kennedy Center that he was disappointed President Zelensky hadn't even read the proposal yet because there are great concerns that this proposal favors Russia and would force Ukraine to give up part of its sovereign territory.

Bigger questions about President Trump's view of our allies in Europe.

He was asked about this in his sit-down interview with Politico.

Listen.

That's where we start our conversation with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, the Republic of Slovenia, Tanya Fayon with us live from world headquarters in New York.

Minister, welcome to Bloomberg TV and radio.

It's great to have you with us as part of our conversation.

We'll start broadly here in the president's remarks about Europe.

Is he missing something that you wish he knew?

Yeah.

Well, we should note, and I appreciate your answer, that Slovenia currently holds the presidency at the UN Security Council.

So your views are important here.

Do you worry that this plan on the table now favors Russia and would hurt Ukraine and therefore the rest of Europe?

You know, when you consider the idea of this peace plan being accepted within days, the FT is reporting that that timeline is keying off President Trump's hope to have a peace deal in place, a deal agreed to by Christmas.

Minister, is that possible?

Minister Fayon, President Trump sat for an extended interview with Politico and was asked about these negotiations.

I'd like you to hear what he said, and we'll have you respond.