>> Brian: OVERNIGHT RUSSIA LAUNCHING DRONE STRIKES ON UKRAINE AFTER BATTERING THE COUNTRY WITH DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS OVER THE WEEKEND. COMES AS ZELENSKYY MEETS WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS TODAY IN LONDON FOR TALKS ON ENDINGS THE WAR WHILE OUR OWN PRESIDENT’S ELDEST SON SUGGESTS HIS FATHER IS NOT RULING OUT ENDING NEGOTIATIONS ALL TOGETHER. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO WALK AWAY? >> I THINK HE MAY. WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT MY FATHER.
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT MY FATHER IS YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S GOING TO DO THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT PREDICT BEING. IS HE NOT FOLLOWING THE PLAYBOOK OF EVERY CLOWN WHO, AGAIN, HAS BEEN A BUREAUCRAT FOR DECADES. YOU DON’T KNOW. >> Brian: ALEX SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST TERM AND JOINS US NOW TO REACT. ALEX, YOUR THOUGHTS.
IT SEEMS TO ME TWO DIFFERENT TWAK TRACKS THE MEETING WITH ZELENSKYY. A DELEGATION LONG AND SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION ACCORDING TO POST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH WHITTED COUGH AND COMPANY.
SO, ARE WE ON TWO DIFFERENT PATHS? >> WELL, I HOPE WE ARE NOT, BRIAN. I HOPE THE EUROPEANS HAVE THE SENSE TO REALIZE IF YOU TRY AND PLAY PRESIDENT TRUMP OFF OF EUROPEAN PARTNERS OR ANYONE ELSE, THAT IS NOT GOING TO END VERY WELL FOR THEM OR FOR UKRAINE.
BUT, I THINK DON JR. IS 100 PERCENT RIGHT. I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT, YEAH, HE HAS A HUGE HART FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING IN WAR ZONES. THAT’S WHY HE HAS TRIED TO END OVER 8 COLON FLICKS IN LESS THAN A YEAR. BUT I THINK THE REALITY, BRIAN, IS IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN, THE PRESIDENT IS PRIORITIZING, AS HIS NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY SAID LAST WEEK HE IS PRIORITIZING OUR HEMISPHERE, PRIORITIZING ASIA AND WE DON’T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO INDEFINITELY ENGAGE IN THESE TYPES OF NEGOTIATIONS, THAT’S JUST THE REALITY.
>> Brian: I WOULD LOVE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO PUT PRESSURE ON PUTIN TO SAY HEY, TOMAHAWKS WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. MORE PATRIOTS ARE GOING TO COME INTO FRAY IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
IF I DON’T SEE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS. SO, LET THEM KNOW THINGS AREN’T GOING TO GET BETTER. BECAUSE THIS HAS NOT BEEN A SHINING MOMENTS IN RUSSIAN MILITARY HISTORY.
IT’S BEEN AN EPIC FAIL IN THE BIG PICTURE. >> THAT’S 100 PERCENT RIGHT. RUSSIA IS SHOWING ITSELF IN MANY WAYS TO BE A PAPER TIGER. MANY WAYS, BRIAN OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, RUSSIA HAS SHOWN JUST WHY IT’S PROBABLY NOT THE — SHOULD NOT BE THE FOCUS OF AMERICA’S STRATEGIC EFFORT BECAUSE IT’S A POWER IN DECLINE.
I AGREE WITH THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SHOWN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FORESIGHT.
THIS IS WHY WE KEPT RUSSIA IN BOX IN ENTIRE FIRST TERM WE APPLIED PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. WE DETERRED RUSSIA. AND WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS ABLE TO BRING, WHETHER IT’S TOMAHAWKS OR OTHER LONG RANGES WEAPONS INTO PLAY. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE PUTIN, I THINK, BACKING DOWN VERY QUICKLY. >> Brian: I HOPE SO.
WE WALK AWAY FROM UKRAINE THAT WOULD SHOW WEAKNESS. TALK ABOUT STRENGTH. HAMAS OFFICIALS SAY A GROUP IS READY. GET. THIS ACCORDING TO LEADERSHIP AMONG HAMAS, THEY ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS FREEZING OR STORING THEIR WEAPONS AS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS RETURN TO BETHLEHEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
SINCE THE GAZA WAR ACTUALLY BEGAN. SO, HAMAS, I THINK, IS REALIZING THEY ARE ALMOST OUT OF OPTIONS. ARE WE TO BELIEVE THESE STATEMENTS? >> WELL, ANYTHING HAMAS SAYS, BRIAN, WE BOTH KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE WITH A HUGE GRAIN OF SALT. BUT I THINK IT’S EXTRAORDINARY THAT IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOLDING CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN BETHLEHEM.
AND IT’S A PRETTY INCREDIBLE TESTAMENT TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP THAT WE’RE IN A POSITION WHERE THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW AND THAT HAMAS, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HAMAS EVEN GESTURING IN THE DIRECTION OF PEACE. RATHER THAN PER PET UNITED STATES THIS ENDLESS CYCLE OF WAR AND VIOLENCE THAT ULTIMATELY HAMAS IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
WE KNOW THEIR WORD IS NOT WORTH MUCH. I THINK WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. >> HEY, ALEX, IT’S PHASE 2.
THIS IS PHASE 2. THEY HAVE TO CHEVROLET THEIR ARMS AND GET OUT. OTHER PART GETTING THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN. WE WILL SEE. WE HAVE AMBASSADOR MICHAEL WALTZ GOING TO THE REGION TODAY.
I THINK HE COULD START SHA.
