William Taylor: If Trump Really Wants to End This War, ‘He‘s Got to Put Pressure on Putin to Stop It’

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Dean: “Yeah. And as I‘m hearing you talk about this, and as we‘ve often talked about in when we discuss this issue, it‘s about the leverage the president has and if and how he wants to use it. Right. If he wants to deploy it. And we just have to see if he‘s willing to go all the way, not just threaten these things.”

Taylor: “That‘s exactly right. It‘s going to take action. If he wants to end the war, which, you know, you have to believe he does. I mean, there‘s all indications that he that President Trump really does want in this war, if he wants to, he‘s got to put pressure on Putin to stop it. To do what Trump just said, freeze it in place. Zelenskyy has said he‘s willing to freeze it in place. Zelenskyy will not formally agree, will not legally agree that that Putin gets to keep that 19% of Ukrainian territory that he illegally occupies that‘s not that won‘t be a legal acknowledgment, but he‘s willing to de facto recognize that. Yes. Those lines, 19% is, is what the Russians now occupy Zelenskyy is willing to do that, but Putin is not. So Trump needs to put the pressure on Putin.”