Leon Panetta: To Trump’s Credit, He’s Been Able to Negotiate the Possibility of a Clean Ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine War

SANCHEZ Trump was asked ░░░░░░░░ whether he has leverage ░░░░░░░░ Putin And he said ░░░░░░░░ he does though he ░░░░░░░░ t want to get ░░░░░░░░ specifics and talk about ░░░░░░░░ I do wonder though ░░░░░░░░ the leverage is all ░░░░░░░░ the Kremlin s side ░░░░░░░░ Russia is making advances ░░░░░░░░ in Kursk The Kremlin ░░░░░░░░ saying that they ve ░░░░░░░░ the largest town that ░░░░░░░░ had occupied there Is ░░░░░░░░ the case that Putin ░░░░░░░░ likely to wait and ░░░░░░░░ what the United States ░░░░░░░░ willing to give up ░░░░░░░░ Well this is Putin ░░░░░░░░ game This is the ░░░░░░░░ he always behaves And ░░░░░░░░ key to Putin is ░░░░░░░░ make clear that if ░░░░░░░░ doesn t accept this ░░░░░░░░ the United States is ░░░░░░░░ to provide military aid ░░░░░░░░ re going to provide ░░░░░░░░ We re going to ░░░░░░░░ support to Ukraine so ░░░░░░░░ they can continue the ░░░░░░░░ and Russia will pay ░░░░░░░░ price for that That ░░░░░░░░ the hand that the ░░░░░░░░ has SANCHEZ Do you ░░░░░░░░ PANETTA And hopefully he ░░░░░░░░ exercise that because that ░░░░░░░░ leverage SANCHEZ Yeah I ░░░░░░░░ to ask you about ░░░░░░░░ specifically You said hopefully ░░░░░░░░ will exercise that Given ░░░░░░░░ Trump s history with ░░░░░░░░ Putin I don t ░░░░░░░░ there s been a ░░░░░░░░ S president since Putin ░░░░░░░░ been in power that ░░░░░░░░ been friendlier with the ░░░░░░░░ Do you think he ░░░░░░░░ go ahead and exercise ░░░░░░░░ kind of pressure to ░░░░░░░░ the Kremlin to make ░░░░░░░░ deal PANETTA Look this ░░░░░░░░ a test for the ░░░░░░░░ This is a test ░░░░░░░░ the president Whether he ░░░░░░░░ going to stand strong ░░░░░░░░ doing the right thing ░░░░░░░░ whether he caves in ░░░░░░░░ Putin that s going ░░░░░░░░ be the issue And ░░░░░░░░ hope he stands strong ░░░░░░░░ s been able to ░░░░░░░░ a possibility of a ░░░░░░░░ ceasefire That s to ░░░░░░░░ credit He can t ░░░░░░░░ suddenly engage in a ░░░░░░░░ of negotiations on a ░░░░░░░░ of other issues that ░░░░░░░░ have to be left ░░░░░░░░ the parties If you ░░░░░░░░ that process now you ░░░░░░░░ going to undermine your ░░░░░░░░ to get a ceasefire ░░░░░░░░ That s going to ░░░░░░░░ a what the president ░░░░░░░░ to make clear to ░░░░░░░░ is that he has ░░░░░░░░ chance to accept a ░░░░░░░░ now that will stop ░░░░░░░░ killing Let s do ░░░░░░░░ and then let s ░░░░░░░░ on the longer term ░░░░░░░░