Richard Engel: Zelenskyy Does Not Take U.S. Support for Granted

SCARBOROUGH Some of the ░░░░░░░░ of the reporting in ░░░░░░░░ Ford s new book ░░░░░░░░ the relationship the strange ░░░░░░░░ between the American president ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian president about him ░░░░░░░░ so naive before the ░░░░░░░░ started refusing to listen ░░░░░░░░ American saying that you ░░░░░░░░ going to be invaded ░░░░░░░░ then after being accused ░░░░░░░░ Biden of being an ░░░░░░░░ and warned that he ░░░░░░░░ offending Western leaders Is ░░░░░░░░ any backdrop there Have ░░░░░░░░ heard any blowback from ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian officials Engel So ░░░░░░░░ know what you re ░░░░░░░░ about I know that ░░░░░░░░ something that both sides ░░░░░░░░ very sensitive about don ░░░░░░░░ want to discuss openly ░░░░░░░░ I was last year ░░░░░░░░ Kyiv I interviewed President ░░░░░░░░ and one of the ░░░░░░░░ he wanted to make ░░░░░░░░ he wanted to make ░░░░░░░░ that that we included ░░░░░░░░ and came across in ░░░░░░░░ interview was that how ░░░░░░░░ he is to President ░░░░░░░░ personally how he doesn ░░░░░░░░ take this us support ░░░░░░░░ granted that this is ░░░░░░░░ that is that is ░░░░░░░░ American commitment but it ░░░░░░░░ also a commitment from ░░░░░░░░ administration So publicly they ░░░░░░░░ don t want to ░░░░░░░░ any kind of frustration ░░░░░░░░ personal dissatisfaction at things ░░░░░░░░ have been going ahead ░░░░░░░░ generally speaking I think ░░░░░░░░ we saw today from ░░░░░░░░ the visit by the ░░░░░░░░ of state when Blinken ░░░░░░░░ he and Kuleba gave ░░░░░░░░ other a hug and ░░░░░░░░ pat on the back ░░░░░░░░ think in general the ░░░░░░░░ between this administration and ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian government is quite ░░░░░░░░ What they don t ░░░░░░░░ talk about is their ░░░░░░░░ concerns what would happen ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump won the ░░░░░░░░ that would be a ░░░░░░░░ different kind of relationship ░░░░░░░░ whatever problems or misunderstandings ░░░░░░░░ may have had in ░░░░░░░░ past between Zelenskyy and ░░░░░░░░ is nothing compared to ░░░░░░░░ concerns about what could ░░░░░░░░ if Trump were to ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI NBC News Chief ░░░░░░░░ Correspondent Richard Engel thank ░░░░░░░░ very much for your ░░░░░░░░ and insight this morning.”