Scott Bessent

And you arrive at Kyiv at 8.30 in the morning. And for anyone who they said, oh, the President Trump selling out to the Russians, not selling out to the Russians, the Russians bombed Kiev four hours before I got there. They hadn't bombed since November.

And you arrive at Kyiv at 8.30 in the morning. And for anyone who they said, oh, the President Trump selling out to the Russians, not selling out to the Russians, the Russians bombed Kiev four hours before I got there. They hadn't bombed since November.

And you arrive at Kyiv at 8.30 in the morning. And for anyone who they said, oh, the President Trump selling out to the Russians, not selling out to the Russians, the Russians bombed Kiev four hours before I got there. They hadn't bombed since November.

So the Russians didn't like the look of this deal because it thought that it was actually something durable for the US people and the Ukrainian people. So what happened? President Zelensky was in the mood to sign the deal that day. We had a spirited discussion. And I said to him, you've got 50 reporters out there.

So the Russians didn't like the look of this deal because it thought that it was actually something durable for the US people and the Ukrainian people. So what happened? President Zelensky was in the mood to sign the deal that day. We had a spirited discussion. And I said to him, you've got 50 reporters out there.

So the Russians didn't like the look of this deal because it thought that it was actually something durable for the US people and the Ukrainian people. So what happened? President Zelensky was in the mood to sign the deal that day. We had a spirited discussion. And I said to him, you've got 50 reporters out there.

I am here to show that there is no daylight between the American people, the Russian people, between Ukrainian people, between the... American leadership and Ukrainian leadership. I said, you've opened up daylight sides of the Grand Canyon. What are we going to go out and tell those people? I said, tell them I'm going to sign the deal in Munich.

I am here to show that there is no daylight between the American people, the Russian people, between Ukrainian people, between the... American leadership and Ukrainian leadership. I said, you've opened up daylight sides of the Grand Canyon. What are we going to go out and tell those people? I said, tell them I'm going to sign the deal in Munich.

I am here to show that there is no daylight between the American people, the Russian people, between Ukrainian people, between the... American leadership and Ukrainian leadership. I said, you've opened up daylight sides of the Grand Canyon. What are we going to go out and tell those people? I said, tell them I'm going to sign the deal in Munich.

I said, so you're going to sign the deal when you see Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Rubio in Munich? Yes. He didn't sign it there. There's a lot of back and forth the following week. They're begging to come to the White House and should make him sign the deal before he comes. And then he got to the Oval Office and blew up what should have been the easiest thing to do in the world.

I said, so you're going to sign the deal when you see Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Rubio in Munich? Yes. He didn't sign it there. There's a lot of back and forth the following week. They're begging to come to the White House and should make him sign the deal before he comes. And then he got to the Oval Office and blew up what should have been the easiest thing to do in the world.

I said, so you're going to sign the deal when you see Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Rubio in Munich? Yes. He didn't sign it there. There's a lot of back and forth the following week. They're begging to come to the White House and should make him sign the deal before he comes. And then he got to the Oval Office and blew up what should have been the easiest thing to do in the world.

He's supposed to show up, have a press conference. We're going to have a private lunch if he had anything on his mind. There were going to be nine of us, nine of them in the White House dining room. He could have aired his grievances then. And there's a famous photo in the East Wing ballroom of everything laid out on the table to be signed. And it never got signed.

He's supposed to show up, have a press conference. We're going to have a private lunch if he had anything on his mind. There were going to be nine of us, nine of them in the White House dining room. He could have aired his grievances then. And there's a famous photo in the East Wing ballroom of everything laid out on the table to be signed. And it never got signed.

He's supposed to show up, have a press conference. We're going to have a private lunch if he had anything on his mind. There were going to be nine of us, nine of them in the White House dining room. He could have aired his grievances then. And there's a famous photo in the East Wing ballroom of everything laid out on the table to be signed. And it never got signed.

And they have the lowest retirement age in Europe. It's 60. Put it in contrast, France is 62 and Italy is 67.

And they have the lowest retirement age in Europe. It's 60. Put it in contrast, France is 62 and Italy is 67.

And they have the lowest retirement age in Europe. It's 60. Put it in contrast, France is 62 and Italy is 67.

Look, a couple of things is he was a performer, kind of a vaudevillian, and he was an ordinary person thrown into a fraught time, rose to the occasion, was heroic, and I think is stuck And I think under a tremendous amount of pressure, I think that some of the government officials around him and the cabinet are very good.

Look, a couple of things is he was a performer, kind of a vaudevillian, and he was an ordinary person thrown into a fraught time, rose to the occasion, was heroic, and I think is stuck And I think under a tremendous amount of pressure, I think that some of the government officials around him and the cabinet are very good.