What do you think Putin's motivation is to try to do something for President Trump as opposed to just resolving the conflict. >> I think as I just spoke to in my opening remarks, Kelly, uh Russia and all countries around this world actually respect the United States again and the president is using the might of American strength um to to demand that respect uh from uh our allies, our friends, our adversaries all around the world. And we've seen that um not just lead to progress with Russia and Ukraine, but ...

Ahead of the meeting between Trump and Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was counting on American strength to end the war. "We count on a strong American position," he said. "Everything will depend on this." https://t.co/WmrSPNGlhG ...