I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin."
The United States is committed to standing with you to help Ukraine as it defends against Russia's onslaught of aggression. It’s clear that Putin will not prevail in this war. The people of Ukraine will prevail,
And thirdly, we're going to be talking about the Indo-Pacific. No region is more important for our future, and I'm so proud of our AUKUS partnership with Australia, the last three years, we've made the region more free, open and secure,
We have common cause on these global issues, and therefore it's very important for us to have this opportunity to talk them through, not just as a matter of fact but also the wider strategy that underpins them,
If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now,
I think what this looks like is Trump sits down, he says to the Russians, the Ukrainians, the Europeans: You guys need to figure out. What does a peaceful settlement look like? And what it probably looks like is the current line of demarcation between Russia and Ukraine, that becomes like a demilitarized zone,
There are a lot of risks to us of staying there and trying to encourage the Ukrainians to hold on to Crimea. The question is: how many American lives will it cost to do that? And if the answer is more than zero – I’m out,
We’re working that out right now,
There are a lot of targets in Russia, a big country, obviously,
Easing the restrictions on Western weapons will not cause Moscow to escalate,
The Russians, Ukrainians, the Europeans are all saying, 'We can't fight this war forever.' But why the hell are you fighting it for another day if all of them are trying to find a way to solve it? The answer is … you're not going to solve the war but you can at least bring the thing to a stop,
One thing I'll say about the president, Republicans ... we like to give Trump credit, justifiably so, for being strong. I don't think that we give the president enough credit for smart diplomacy. It's not just strength, it's also intelligence. He had both of those things, and that's why we had a peaceful world,
It doesn’t join NATO, it doesn’t join some of these sort of allied institutions,
You guys need to figure out what a peaceful settlement looks like.”
There’s little reason to believe Putin would agree to such a meeting unless Ukraine were prepared to capitulate, which would be unlikely,
I will get it settled before I even become president,
Otherwise, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would be sitting in Kyiv with his eyes on the rest of Europe. Starting with Poland,