Hear former defense secretary under Clinton react to Trump’s comments about Zelensky

Both candidates striking very different tones this week when it comes to this war. We’re going to stand with Ukraine. I think Zelensky is maybe the greatest salesman of any politician that’s ever lived. Every time he comes to our country, he walks away with $60 billion. I will have that settled prior to taking the White House as president elect. And that obviously has major implications for the war ahead. Let’s talk more about this with former Defense secretary under President Bill Clinton and the CEO of the Cohen Group, William Cohen. Now, first, what do you make of these comments from from Trump yesterday on Zelensky? It was sort there. Oh, I’m sorry. What do I make of them? I think that he’s perhaps the greatest salesman in the history of political leadership or non leadership. The fact is that Tyminski, I think, has emerged as one of the strongest leaders in the world today, given the fact that he has been attacked by Russia, by Vladimir Putin. He’s had thousands of people killed. You have Putin who has sent missiles into hospitals and maternity wards and through school yards in schools themselves, killed thousands of people and caused millions to become migrants. And so for Zelensky to stand up and say, I am fighting for freedom, I’m fighting for my freedom as an independent country, and I’m fighting for Europe’s freedom. Because if Putin is allowed to take Ukraine, which former President Trump has said, do whatever the hell you want, you can take Ukraine, you can take anything else you want in Europe, as long as they don’t pay off their bills. Well, for someone who has filed bankruptcy multiple times and not paying bills, that’s pretty rich coming from another former president. But in any event, the European stands strongly with Ukraine and President Trump. President our President Biden stands really strong with them saying we’re with you for years and years to come. That’s provided that President Biden is still president. And that’s the danger that we face, that former President Trump will take office again and sell out the Ukrainians in a nanosecond. That’s what the Europeans are worried about. That’s what we as believers and freedom should be worried about. Well, and that, of course, those those are the stakes, the added stakes that many, many see heading into this election. And to add into that discussion, obviously, President Biden returning from G7 summit in recent days where where it’s clear, at least in some cases, U.S. allies are worried that that all of this progress that they that they may have made in solidarity. Of course, in supporting Ukraine may be undone if Trump were to win a second term. So just on the global stage, what happens if some of the perspectives that that Trump is is putting out right now actually make their way into policy if he retakes the White House? I think we’ll see geopolitical instability. First of all, president to President Trump, should he be reelected, he will pull the money and the support from Ukraine that will help destabilize NAITO, which is also said he does not favor. So if NAITO doesn’t have the United States, we are the biggest contributor. We are the backbone of the NATO alliance. If you pull us out, the native organization probably won’t survive for any length of time. That will destabilize Europe and put Putin in a in a very good position to dominate the European theater as such. Secondly, it will undermine support by our Asian allies because if we won’t support Ukraine, which is in Europe, what are we going to do if China should ever move against Taiwan? All of those Asian allies will say, wait a minute, person. Trump has threatened to pull support from south from South Korea. He’s also pulled some wants to pull support from Japan. You pull our troops out of Japan, out of South Korea. What’s what’s the rest of our alliances in the in the Asia-Pacific or Indo-Pacific region? What do they say at that point? We live in the region, United States. You don’t. We’ll make the best deal we can, and that will be with China. So this has global implications for us in terms of our European allies. And if we don’t have our European allies when it comes time to challenging China economically, diplomatically, who’s going to be with us? The Europeans saying you dumped us, we’re not with you and going after China, we’re not with you. Should you ever have to go to war, a conflict, a war with China over Taiwan, you’ll be all alone. You won’t have us with you. So there are great implications for our security, for international stability. We believe in freedom. We believe in the rule of law. And Donald Trump doesn’t he doesn’t believe in the rule of law. He believes in the rule of power, the power of rule. And so he wants to be more like Vladimir Putin inside a Trump doll as a Putin doll. He wants to be more like Jason Peng. He wants a more like Kim Jong-Un. He wants to be more like them so he can have a military that pays fealty to him, swears loyalty to him. When you and I pledge allegiance, it’s not to a president. It’s to the flag of the United States and the republic for which it stands to the Constitution of the United States. That’s what Donald Trump doesn’t want to hear from anybody serving in public office come 2025. And you mentioned you mentioned Putin. And we have seen at least this past Friday, Russian President Putin outlined his terms for the end of the war in Ukraine, which include the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from multiple territories, the abandonment of Ukraine’s application to NAITO, the lifting of Western sanctions as well. These terms are obviously a shot in the dark based on where things stand right now. A long shot, I should say, without both parties coming to the table. But but I guess the question is to take the premise of where those answers came from. How do you see this war ending? I don’t see it ending soon unless Donald Trump becomes president of United States. If that happens, then I think he will pull the rug out from Ukraine. He will tell Putin, You can have whatever you want to do with Ukraine. It’s your own territory and we’re not going to support Ukraine any longer. I don’t support Zelenskiy. I don’t support sovereignty for the Ukrainians. And we have to remember, oh, Putin has invaded a sovereign, independent country. We can’t allow him to get away with it, so to speak, because he never pays a penalty for violating international rules of law. And so if he’s not, he went after Georgia on a piece of Georgia. He’s gone after Crimea taking Crimea. He’s going after the Donbas. He wants that. So he keeps taking a chunk at a time of an independent country. And we say it’s okay. You can have whatever you want. I don’t think the American people should want that. I don’t believe they do want that. But you have supporters on Capitol Hill who support Putin, who support whatever he is doing, because they believe that he’s a strong man and they want a strong man in the White House. A strong man in the White House means you lose rights. It means you don’t have the freedom to speak or piece of mind. You don’t have the freedom to challenge a power. That’s what living with a strong man means. I don’t think in the Americans should ever want that. And, you know, we have seen, as you bring up Capitol Hill, how increasingly difficult it has to pass funding for for the defense and aid of Ukraine. And and it’s a process that could be threatened again, based on what Donald Trump has said to this point. William Cohen, we got to leave it there, but I appreciate the time and perspective. Thanks for being here.

Former President Donald Trump commented on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the war in Ukraine while speaking at an event hosted by Turning Point Action in Michigan. William Cohen, Cohen Group CEO and former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton, reacts to Trump’s speech. #CNN #news

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49 comments

  3. Damn: North Atlantic Treaty Organization = N A T O.
    where the hell do you get this I in the middle as NAITO ??
    Just YOU as Americans should know how to write it.
    Also: Trump IS NO PRESIDENT, he WAS the former one. This little word should right now been used in the exactly way.

  6. Trump is a clear and present danger and threat to our democracy, the true American people should not allow this deranged lunatic to get elected as President…it would be the downfall of America and everything it stands for!!

  7. We wish all reasonable people, irrespective of skin colour, politics to vote for Biden; we will see birds flying in all the states get get voters up to vote for Biden

  8. HEY Communist News Network.. NO ONE CARES WHAT COHEN AND YOUR PROPAGANDIST THINK. TRUMPS CRUSHING THE VEGETABLE IN CHIEF AND IS GOING TO POUND SLEEPY CHINA JOE IN THE DEBATES. GIVE IT UP CLOWNS…IT AINT HELPING !!

  9. Don't be jealous Donald Trump, there's a great difference between you and Zelensky;whereas Zelensky is fighting to keep his country free from Putin,you are fighting to keep your ass out of jail from trying to steal an election!
    So don't hate, just respect the man who is a thousand times braver than you will EVER be 😅😅😅😅😅

  12. We don’t need anyone else. What’s the point of having all these resources. We can stand on our own two feet

  13. CNN Am= TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP
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    CNN IN EVENING= TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP. Trump derangement syndrome has no cure!!! Lol

  30. How will Russia govern Ukaine if goes to guerilla warfare. Couldn't do it in Afghanistan in 10 years.
    Russia is not USSR in terms of population and wealth.
    Never Trump.

  32. FASCISM… is DEMOCRATS, FORCING COVID LOCKDOWNS, KILLING BUSINESSES AND JOBS, while they VIOLATE THEIR OWN RULES "Get vaccinated, or LOSE YOUR JOB" -Joe Biden

    FASCISM, is DEMOCRATS, COLLUDING WITH THE MEDIA TO BLOCK/PROPAGANDIZE LEGITIMATE NEWS "Hunter's laptop is Russian disinformation" -A LIE

    FASCISM, is DEMOCRATS, ACCUSING THEIR RIVALS OF BEING EXACTLY WHAT DEMS ARE

  33. TRUMP
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  35. This administration is going nuts . They don’t know what a woman is, pornography books in school, rapes , increase violence I can’t walk freely in my neighborhood any longer . Prices went up on food and gas , supporting wars in other countries. A mess in Afghanistan withdrawal. With Trump we didn’t have wars and prices were affordable, Trump 2024 . Abortions on demand spreading like fire . Putin is smarter than this administration he is winning the war in oil and gaining land in Ukraine , making alliances with powerful countries, with Biden it only will get worse . we look like puppets

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  40. NATO love America very longtime, please send your taxpayers dollars here! We only need their minerals and fossil fuels, Ukrainians don't matter!

  41. You should have built an alliance with Russia against China, now America screwed itself because of their love of Chinese money, and they're laughing at you now!

  42. OK, Thank God for the Supreme Court, the DOJ and Mainstream are controlled by the UN's NATO and the WEF. The WEF is a large group of Global Business men, they have regular meetings in DAVOS, they structure their ideology there, they are guided by ESG's, which are used to increase their status. This is the place where they decide which media outlet to Sponsor. If Hollywood is supportive, they get a pass on the IRS hassling them. George Soros's son's foundation "Open Society" funded Bragg's political run. The Supreme Court is the only system left that can uphold Democracy. They hate Trump because he interferes with NATO's goal's for Europe and he has a strong support for Israel. They will also want to replace Netanyahu with one of their own. The Globalist I know tell me Democracy will still exist in Global trade, but they will create a system that will look after the working class. End result you'll become dependent and compliant with your government. By the way Chinese pressure and money helped remove the sanctions from Iran, Brics likes trade.

  44. Follow the money and the U.S is a proxy state for Ukraine. This way they are the one's on the frontlines not the U.S. That's why Zelensky walks away with billions every time he visit the U.S, and now Russia is using North Korea like Ukraine is using the U.S

  46. Ya'll are delusional or just clueless Zalinsky is a crook and a political hack the corruption in Ukraine is and has been an ongoing consistent issue. Zalinsky jailed his Running mate during there previous elections to conveniently remove any competition. They're taking billions upon billions of American dollars and ripping of the American people. Biden and his family are financially invested and there lineng there own pockets. The American people don't want the war machine we're sick and tired of going for broke financially suffering for these proxy wars. We want law and order, secure boarders and fiscal policy based on real financial responsibilities to American people first and foremost. We're tired of working our lives away forced into a financial slavery with no means of escape. Our economy has been destroyed and this administration has done everything in its powers to ignore its duty to the people. They're only interested in personal enrichment and political power. Fuck the government its time prosecute the real crooks and cut this government down to size. If one things clear bigger government only causes bigger problems.

  47. STILL with the Russia, Russia, Russia libs? Really??" Slinky" joe( hes fallen down so many stairs he self identifies as a slinky) is and has been for decades, an influence peddler and seller of American secrets…..its called treason.

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