President Zelensky has demanded American security guarantees as a precondition of moving forward with peace negotiations. No American president is going to agree to such an arrangement. Today, I told Margaret Brennan on Face The Nation that President Zelensky is putting the cart before the horse as the United... States looks to bring an end to this conflict.show more

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation Trump wants to give Ukraine to Putin. Because "peace" without security guarantees is just a pause for Russia, after which there will be an even bigger war. And you know it.

Do you support President Trump's using tarrifs on imports to negotiate with other countries?

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation I just don’t understand how Zelenskyy can be expected to put Ukraine’s whole national security on a “trust me, bro” agreement. It seems ludicrous to me.

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation We agreed to it in 1994 you dumb sack of wheat.

It’s not an overstatement. Zelenskyy’s position is that he doesn’t want his country sold out to a lying dictator in Moscow. He knows a peace agreement will be worth the paper it’s written on. And so does Europe. I think GOP members of Congress know this too, you’re all just in self-preservation mode.

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation But in the years that followed, Ukraine made the decision to completely denuclearize. In exchange, the U.S., the U.K. and Russia would guarantee Ukraine's security in a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum.

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation Go fuck yourself

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation Zelensky has the upper hand. Trump gave him power by promising to end the fighting on day one, which he has already failed at. Now Trump has Putin breathing down his neck to end the fighting because the Russian army is decimated and they need NK to send troops.

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation How about talking about Hegseth's halt of cyber operations? The way you danced around it indicates you approve of it and if so, you should resign.

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation Why no security guarantees ? Are you afraid ? Do you think your commander in chief is so weak that he can't face putin and tell him "stop waging wars and invading your neighbours" ? Is that it ? Your president is so scared that the only thing he can do is yell and play golf ?

@margbrennan @FaceTheNation Trump humiliated you and you're going to carry his water now? Come on man.