U.S. Government Official (7:10)

have just talks, Russia will not feel

Usher Raymond/Chris Brown Tour Announcer (7:13)

the most important thing. What America can give us pressure on them. The United States can push pressure with more sanctions, but they now lift it. Yes, because of Middle east. And we feel this. And, and I afraid, of course, because Russia doesn't feel the pressure and for them is okay to continue this way of war. By the way, they are not in this, in this strong position. Russia's, they are not winning. We are in the best position during last nine, 10 months. I mean, about battlefield. But in any way, it is better to stop the war.

Narrator/Commentator (7:50)

Then we heard from Kaha Kallas. She's the European Commission's vp. She also serves basically as their top foreign minister for the European Commission, the European Union Commission. Here's what she has to say. And this is clearly also being directed at Donald Trump. We should not humiliate ourselves by saying, please, Putin, we beg you, please talk to us. Who do you think she's talking about here? Play this clip. Russia does not want to engage in any kind of dialogue. We should not humiliate ourselves by being the demon d' oeuvres that please, we beg you to talk to us. But we should put them in a position where they actually go from pretending to negotiate to actually negotiate. And that's why we have planned to discuss with the foreign ministers of European Union in Cyprus more from Zelinsky saying, you know, when people act like people like Trump and others are saying Ukraine should withdraw, withdraw from certain territories of eastern Ukraine. Zelensky's like, no, that's our home. Our people live there. You withdraw from Your house right now. You withdraw from where you live. How about that? I'll lecture you on you withdraw. What a powerful message being sent to Donald Trump. Let's play it. What kind of precedent does that set for?

Usher Raymond/Chris Brown Tour Announcer (9:13)

Look, we never spoke about Ukrainian territories. Just like about territories, all the territories. It's not only land, it's our history. It's history of one or another family, a lot of family, thousands families and millions. And their roots are there. It's not about the question of territories. We are speaking about values, about people, about their children, about their houses. It's bigger than just territories. That's why when somebody says that you have to withdraw, please try to withdraw from your house. Thank you.

Narrator/Commentator (9:55)

And obviously not just Trump, but you've got Putin running scared. I mean, Putin's got that big May parade coming up, which they call their victory day parade, but. But take a look at what they're doing in Moscow right now. As Jay and Keeb says, nothing says great Russian empire and resounding victory like makeshift drone nets in front of the Kremlin, as Putin is terrified that drones from Ukraine are going to strike inside of Moscow.

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in the Moscow airport right now. Take a look at what this Moscow airport looks like. We'll run some B roll there as well. Other European countries stepping up. Sweden detaining yet another Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Baltic Sea. The ship was sailing under a fake flag known for transporting Russian oil. And we see Sweden, we see the UK we see other EU nations rather on the front lines as well, making sure that some of these ghost tankers, these shadow fleet vessels are being are being captured. By the way, here's the headline from the Kiev Independent. I talked about this at the outset of the video. US to delay arm shipments to Europe potentially affecting Ukraine. Financial Times reports the worst things get for Putin, the more extreme the lanes to which Trump will go to save him. Jane Keith writes, not only announcing that they are pulling 5,000 troops from Germany. The Pentagon tells Europe not to expect weapons for Ukraine anytime soon. Washington has warned its European allies to prepare for delays in U.S. weapon arrivals, including missiles used by Ukraine to defend against Russia. Republican Congressmember Don Bacon, veteran who's no longer going to be in the Congress after this term. He's what he just posted. Just as history for great reasons, been kind to Churchill and not so much to Chamberlain or not so to Chamberlain, history will be written on how we responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and our stewardship of NATO. Appeasement and moral blindness towards Russia will be ugly chapters. Speaking of which, it's all on videotape, folks. You had the Senate hearings that just took place where you had senators questioning under Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense and others top military leaders and watch this presentation of the utter betrayal of the Trump regime of Ukraine. Let's play it.

U.S. Government Official (14:32)

I think this is significant, Mr. Chairman, that we're. We're basically abdicating a quarter of our responsibility in terms of this budget. Let me move on. One of the factors of this budget that hasn't gotten any publicity is that there's zero funding for Ukraine. That's correct, isn't it, Mr. Hearst? That's correct. There's no USAI funding in this budget. And there was 400. 400 billion. 400 million that was appropriated last year by a bipartisan, bicameral act of Congress. What's become of that money? My understanding is not a dollar of it has been dispersed. It was released very recently. And again, we got these funds, I believe, in March. And it takes time for funds to flow through the department, but it's going to get put to work very shortly. We're going to work the EUCOM commander to make sure we use funds in the most appropriate way possible. I didn't want Senator Sullivan to be the only one with an exhibit. This indicates what's happened to our support for Ukraine over a period of years. The orange bars are US Support. The blue bars are Europe. As you see, Europe is 99% in the year 2026. Same thing with humanitarian and other aid to Ukraine. And yet this is, I believe, an existential struggle for the future of democracy where we had an aggressive country invade a neighboring country without any justification whatsoever. And by the way, that invading country is the major winner so far of the war in Iran. They've gotten, the estimates are 40 to 80 billion dollars of additional revenues from oil and the relief of sanctions as a result of the war in Iran. Secretary Hedgeh, why are we abandoning Ukraine?

Political Commentator/Analyst (16:18)

Senator, if you would hold that chart back up. I think that's a beautiful chart. I think that's exactly what we want. We want Europe stepping up and funding and shouldering the burden. They are rich countries worth 20 trillion versus economy of 2 trillion. Europe can step up. Europe can fund it. And they have through our Pearl initiative and through our European command. That's exactly what the American people want to see.

Narrator/Commentator (16:42)

And then you have Senator Blumenthal just given receipts. Let's play this clip.

Senator/Politician (16:47)

And I've visited Ukraine often. I've gone to the drone manufacturing facilities which have grown in sophistication and number. They're producing, I think, 1,000 drones a day now. And what has so impressed me is they change. They work on the evolution of their drones on the assembly line. They'll get real time information from the battlefield and they'll make adjustments literally as they are manufacturing. And I don't know know anything in our industrial base that is as nimble and agile and quick. I hope this panel agrees that we need to move more in that direction.

Narrator/Commentator (17:31)

And here he talks about the false narratives that Ukraine is somehow not winning this war, when in fact Ukraine is winning this war. Play this clip.

Senator/Politician (17:40)

In my view, Ukraine has not only not been militarily defeated, but the point that I was trying to make in the last exchange with the secretary. There's a false narrative based on my last visit to Ukraine, which was my ninth. My conversation not only with President Zelensky, but with our own military on the ground, as well as our intelligence community. In fact, Ukraine arguably is winning. There is this false narrative. Russia is winning. Putin wants that false narrative to be our official narrative. I'm not putting words in your mouth and you don't have to respond. I understand your reasons for not responding. But the American people should know that the President of the United States is undermining our security because Ukraine is holding the line against Vladimir Putin, who will keep going against Moldova, which I also visited on my last trip against our NATO allies. And we still have an obligation under Article 5 to come to their defense, just as they did after 9 11, as King Charles so eloquently reminded us. And my view is, and this observation is hardly novel, that China is watching what we're doing in Ukraine.

Narrator/Commentator (19:07)

And finally, Hegseth was cross examined when he was testifying about just how he got it so wrong. Right. I think it was Democratic Congressmember Smith who said, you told us last year that Ukraine had no cards to play at all and that Ukraine better cut any deal with Russia because Russia was going to overwhelm it. Then you completely defunded giving military equipment to Ukraine. Yet over the past year, Ukraine's counteroffensive has pushed Russia back. Ukraine has not only held its own, but now is one of the major military powers in the world. And in terms of technological advancement, Ukraine leads the world, probably any country right now, in its nimbleness, as you just heard from Senator Blumenthal, in its ability to quickly adapt to the battlefield. Play the clip. So on Ukraine a year plus ago, your advice, the president's advice was Ukraine had no cards to play. They should go cut the best possible deal they could. Clearly, that was wrong. What did you miss? What did you miss about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that you didn't see that Ukraine was going to be capable of doing what they've done in the last 14 months?

Political Commentator/Analyst (20:21)

What we didn't miss and we're here in this committee is that Joe Biden, with no accountability, gave hundreds of billions of dollars of our weapons to Ukraine to an outcome that never would have happened if President Trump was president.

Narrator/Commentator (20:33)

So he pulled out our.

Political Commentator/Analyst (20:34)

You guys don't talk about that. Ultimately, President Trump believes there should be a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Narrator/Commentator (20:40)

But you didn't expect Ukraine to be where they're at right now. I'm asking you just from a strategic

Political Commentator/Analyst (20:44)

standpoint, I think the Ukrainians have shown great courage and I appreciate that. Europe is now paying for the web, any weapons that we provide.

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