BREAKING NEWS: JD Vance Demands 'Payback' From Ukraine For Aid After Zelensky Oval Office Clash

than not get good morning everybody uh obviously I'm here to talk about my friend brid Colby I think he'll make a great great policy lead at the Department of Defense it's why the president nominated him and I just wanted to be here to give a word of encouragement a word of approval and and just lend my reputation to Bridges confirmation because I think he a really really important person for us to have at the Department of Defense we have gone for too long letting our industrial base get degraded allowing our troops to not even have

them iuns that they need to fight the wars of the future president Trump really believes in peace through strength but a core part of peace through strength is ensuring that our troops have the weapons that they need in order to fight the next War if God forbid it necessarily comes so bridge is an important part of that defense policy I think the Senate will confirm him and I'm glad to be here and speak on his behalf Happ to take a few questions if you guys have them does paing aid for Ukraine leave Ukraine right now

and give russan an advantage look what the president has said very clearly about our Ukraine policy is that he wants the ukrainians to come to the negotiating table we want the ukrainians to have a sovereign and independent country we think the Ukrainian troops have fought very bravely but we're at a point here where neither Europe nor the United States nor the ukrainians can continue this war indefinitely so it's important that everybody come to the table and the president is trying to send a very explicit message the ukrainians have got to come to the table and

start negotiating with President Trump do you still have hope for the mineral deal do you believe that the mineral deal can still be reached with UK yeah I I I certainly do and I think the president is still committed to the mineral deal I think we've heard some positive things uh but not yet of course the signature from our our friends in Ukraine but look uh the mineral deal is a really important part of the president's policy number one the American people have got to get some payback for the incredible Financial investment we've made in

this country a lot of the aid that the Europeans have sent has come in the form of money that is getting repaid to them well it's really ridiculous and frankly an insult to theic American people that the Europeans are getting a better deal than the American people the president is just trying to sure that the American people get a fair deal while simultaneously incurring we have access to some minerals and resources that are very important for the economy of the future if if the L changes his posture his Focus his Greatful L as you guys

have talked about would there be a consideration of bringing the aid back on or is that an indefinite pause a long-term pause do you see it no look the president has been very clear he wants the ukrainians to come to the negotiating table I think when the ukrainians come to the negotiating table everything is on the table what about the pressure on Russia look I I think the most important thing a lot of people have made this about public statements president zalinsky needs to say that he's committed to the peace or president zilinsky needs to

apologize to the president the public stuff doesn't matter nearly as much as what are the ukrainians doing to meaningfully engage on what a peaceful settlement would look like we need the ukrainians privately to come to us and say this is what we need this this is what we want this is how we're going to participate in the process to end this conflict that is the most important thing and that lack of private engagement is what is most concerning to us so far it looks like a lot of pressure on Ukraine but not much pressure on

Russia do you expect to do maybe uh more sanctions on Russia or any other steps to pressure both sides if you want to have them um on a negotiation table well I I don't think that's right actually I mean we still have a number of sanctions that are placed on the Russians we do believe that the Russians economically are struggling because of this conflict we do believe that it's in Russia's best interest but also Ukraine and the United States's best interest to bring this conflict to a Clos so we believe in applying pressure to everybody

to to Stop The Killing because that's what the president's policy is and that's what's in the best interest of the American people presed it as as a deal being a long way away you just said if the ukrainians came privately to the negotiating table that can get things moving what are we talking about timeline here like how fast can things president Trump said that or president zinsky said that President I I believe that President Trump has said ized as being uh a deal being a long way away so I I I I I know that

president zalinsky said that but what I think the president has said is that we we can make a deal uh the Russians can't continue this thing forever the ukrainians can't continue it forever and most importantly the United States can't continue at Forever look there are a lot of details to be worked out there are a lot of questions about territory about everything else we want to have that conversation we're not saying that we're committed to one pathway Or Another We're just saying you can't even bring the peace to the Forefront front if the ukrainians aren't

willing to negotiate in good faith and right now they haven't been able to haven't been willing to hopefully that changes do you think that European peacekeepers are a non-starter for the Kremlin do you think that could realistically part be a part of the solution or no I I won't speak for the Kremlin I don't know what is a non-starter or not for the Kremlin I I know that obviously and we appreciate this the British and the French have offered to step up in a big way that's very very important but fundamentally the the question of

what's a non-starter for this or that party that's part of the negotiated settlement we have to come to we can't even really start that negotiated process in Earnest until the ukrainians uh led by President zalinsky come to the table what do you need to see from Canada in terms of go go ahead yeah Mr kby has said in the past that the US could tolerate or contain a nuclear on how's that consistent with the president's maximum pressure policy well number one the president's been very clear he doesn't want to tolerate a nuclear armed Iran and

I don't know what Mr kby has written in the past but I'll say that every single person that we nominate to a position is going to have at least one thing that they disagree with the president about that's okay but the president's policy is extremely clear we cannot tolerate nuclear proliferation especially in Iran that will be the policy of the administration it has been and it was during the first Trump Administration what do you need to see from Canada to roll back these tariffs look the president's going to have conversations with the Canadians we need

to see real engagement on the fit andall issue on the drug issue that is fundamentally the underlying element of these tariffs is we think the that the Canadians have not been serious about St stopping the drug trade now people will sometimes say well if you look at the numbers the Mexicans send way more fentol into the United States than the Canadians do the Canadians have allowed a lot of fentanyl to come into the country it's not a defense to say more has come from Mexico CU way too much has come from Mexico too great thank

you all thank you