Michael Moynihan
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The president's been a little busy these days. We told him a few days ago, Mr. President, you know we have four years, right? Right. You think about just what we've done in the last month. I think we did more in a month than Biden did in all four years.
The president's been a little busy these days. We told him a few days ago, Mr. President, you know we have four years, right? Right. You think about just what we've done in the last month. I think we did more in a month than Biden did in all four years.
Well, this notion that he hasn't been consulted, I've just got to push back. It's just not true. Just a week ago, President Trump in the Oval Office had Putin on the phone for the, I mean, the first time they've engaged since the prior administration had him on the phone and then Zelensky on the phone within minutes.
Well, this notion that he hasn't been consulted, I've just got to push back. It's just not true. Just a week ago, President Trump in the Oval Office had Putin on the phone for the, I mean, the first time they've engaged since the prior administration had him on the phone and then Zelensky on the phone within minutes.
Well, this notion that he hasn't been consulted, I've just got to push back. It's just not true. Just a week ago, President Trump in the Oval Office had Putin on the phone for the, I mean, the first time they've engaged since the prior administration had him on the phone and then Zelensky on the phone within minutes.
Both of them said only President Trump can bring this war to a conclusion and you can't get us to a ceasefire and get this war to end if you don't talk to both sides so it is an age-old kind of you know approach in diplomacy called shuttle diplomacy you talk to one side then you talk to the other oh by the way uh we just got to a ceasefire and we see hostages being released in the middle east
Both of them said only President Trump can bring this war to a conclusion and you can't get us to a ceasefire and get this war to end if you don't talk to both sides so it is an age-old kind of you know approach in diplomacy called shuttle diplomacy you talk to one side then you talk to the other oh by the way uh we just got to a ceasefire and we see hostages being released in the middle east
Both of them said only President Trump can bring this war to a conclusion and you can't get us to a ceasefire and get this war to end if you don't talk to both sides so it is an age-old kind of you know approach in diplomacy called shuttle diplomacy you talk to one side then you talk to the other oh by the way uh we just got to a ceasefire and we see hostages being released in the middle east
We talked through intermediaries, through the Qataris, through the Egyptians, to Hamas, and then we talked to the Israelis. The United States has taken this position of shuttle diplomacy for quite some time. So people might be frustrated about how it's going, but...
We talked through intermediaries, through the Qataris, through the Egyptians, to Hamas, and then we talked to the Israelis. The United States has taken this position of shuttle diplomacy for quite some time. So people might be frustrated about how it's going, but...
We talked through intermediaries, through the Qataris, through the Egyptians, to Hamas, and then we talked to the Israelis. The United States has taken this position of shuttle diplomacy for quite some time. So people might be frustrated about how it's going, but...
Trump, just in a very short amount of time, has taken this conversation from endless war, as long as it takes, open-ended, death and destruction, you know, all over Europe and expanding now with North Korea to is this war going to end to it is going to end and now we can debate about how.
Trump, just in a very short amount of time, has taken this conversation from endless war, as long as it takes, open-ended, death and destruction, you know, all over Europe and expanding now with North Korea to is this war going to end to it is going to end and now we can debate about how.
Trump, just in a very short amount of time, has taken this conversation from endless war, as long as it takes, open-ended, death and destruction, you know, all over Europe and expanding now with North Korea to is this war going to end to it is going to end and now we can debate about how.
So to your point on Zelensky, what has he heard the last three years? You know, blank check as long as you want. You know, what's the end state? What's the strategy? What does victory look like? It was just completely open ended. And oh, by the way, what he heard from Biden was the United States really doesn't have a say. You have a say. And now he's hearing something very different.
So to your point on Zelensky, what has he heard the last three years? You know, blank check as long as you want. You know, what's the end state? What's the strategy? What does victory look like? It was just completely open ended. And oh, by the way, what he heard from Biden was the United States really doesn't have a say. You have a say. And now he's hearing something very different.
So to your point on Zelensky, what has he heard the last three years? You know, blank check as long as you want. You know, what's the end state? What's the strategy? What does victory look like? It was just completely open ended. And oh, by the way, what he heard from Biden was the United States really doesn't have a say. You have a say. And now he's hearing something very different.
I think that's difficult to hear that this is going to end and you need to get to the table. In terms of the criticism, look, we've been dangling NATO membership in front of Ukraine since 2008 for 17 years. And behind the scenes, not everybody in NATO is on board with that. And I don't think the American people are on board with that.
I think that's difficult to hear that this is going to end and you need to get to the table. In terms of the criticism, look, we've been dangling NATO membership in front of Ukraine since 2008 for 17 years. And behind the scenes, not everybody in NATO is on board with that. And I don't think the American people are on board with that.
I think that's difficult to hear that this is going to end and you need to get to the table. In terms of the criticism, look, we've been dangling NATO membership in front of Ukraine since 2008 for 17 years. And behind the scenes, not everybody in NATO is on board with that. And I don't think the American people are on board with that.