Well, that's going to be up to them. It
takes two to tango. I always say it. And
they uh should meet, I think, before I
have a meeting and probably close the
deal, but I think it's appropriate they
meet. They do not exactly get along
well, as you can understand. And I'm
sure it's a meeting that perhaps he
didn't like. Uh but he wasn't happy
about coming to the United States
either. That was a big concession. And I
appreciate the fact that he did. I
thought this would be in many ways the
easiest way. I have a very good
relationship with Putin. I thought it
would be the easiest one to stop and
it's really not. It's very complex. Uh
it's very personal from their
standpoint. There's tremendous dislike
personally between the two men and uh
we're going to have to straighten that
out. But I would like to see them meet
first. They'd like me to be there. I may
be there. I may not. I I'll see. But I
wanted them to work out their
differences first because it is
ultimately between them. And when that
happens, I think we'll get an end.
Maybe they meet, maybe they don't. How
long are you willing to let this play
out? And if they don't meet, will there
be consequences? And how soon for
Russia?
>> Yeah, there could be very big
consequences, but we'll see what
happens. There might be very big
consequences because this is something
that has to end. This war would have
never taken place. And for four years,
it didn't take place. But if I were
president, this war would have never
taken place. There has not been a war
like this since the Second World War.
This is the biggest thing that's
happened in terms of warfare, wars. It's
a whole new form of fighting. It's a
drone fighting. It's a drone war. No, a
drone war never existed before. And
we're actually studying it from the
standpoint of Pete Hexath and everybody.
We're studying it and studying it very
carefully. This is a whole new form of
war, but it's a violent war and there
has been nothing like this since the
Second World War. Uh so we'll see what
happens over the next week or two and at
that point I'll step in very strongly
and if I have to be there, I'll be
there. and uh we'll either have a deal
or we won't.