The outcome is either Ukraine will be a nuclear power—and that will be our protection—or we should have some kind of alliance. Other than NATO, today we don't know of any effective alliances,
They haven't kicked folks out of SWIFT. They've taken a few oligarchs' yachts."
Ukraine is going to be in real demographic trouble if it doesn’t stop the war,
I think absolutely Saudi Arabia will join the accords. It may take Donald Trump winning the election for that to happen,
To bring a country into NATO and the alliance that's in a war with Russia is very provocative to the Russians, and could lead to escalation, even nuclear war,
The sanctions have been relatively minor,
I think we have got to use sanctions less. But when we do use them, we should use them comprehensively. I think slap on the wrist sanctions are the worst of all worlds. It encourages people to leave the dollar as a trading mechanism, but it doesn't achieve any goal of truly punishing the target country,
I'm actually surprised at how durable the Abraham Accords have been,
If Iran is such a big threat to our freedom, why have we stood by and not enforced the sanctions?"
Iran's been exposed for being a lot of bark and less bite,
It's always an honor to serve the country and to serve the president. But I’m not campaigning for a job,
Of course" he would accept a job in the White House if Trump is successful in November and offers him one
The Russian defense ministry) is thinking about how to respond to the possible long-range strikes on Russian territory, it will offer a range of responses,
I hope they have heard. Because, of course, we will have to make some decisions for ourselves, too."
Our military department is thinking about this and will offer various options."
Of course, we will have to respond to this appropriately. How to respond, when, where exactly – it's too early to say. It is clear that our military department is working on this and will offer various options for responses,
It will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are parties to the war in Ukraine,
We do not seek confrontation with Russia,
They didn't tell me anything about it, but I hope they heard,
Ukrainian troops cannot use these weapons on their own. Only specialists from NATO countries can do it, because they need space intelligence, which Ukraine naturally does not have,