President Trump wants a quick end to the Ukraine war and would not respond favorably if Putin rejects a ceasefire, Executive Director of POLARIS National Security Gabriel Noronha says.
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00:00Putin has suggested a phone call with Donald Trump, which Trump has now agreed to, but
00:07how crucial will this be and what will both sides try to actually achieve in this phone
00:14call?
00:15We saw maximum pressure on Ukraine.
00:18Is Trump likely to do this to Moscow?
00:20I think what President Trump wants to see is, is President Putin serious about peace
00:25or is Putin just trying to get more and more concessions out of Ukraine and concessions
00:29from the United States from this phone call?
00:32I think Putin should be a little wary of overplaying his hand.
00:37President Trump wants very legitimately to wrap this war up fast, and if he senses that
00:43Putin is trying to delay or change the terms, it might not end well for him.
00:47And again, that's when I think you might see the US start putting maximum pressure on Russia,
00:52doing new economic sanctions, providing Ukraine with more advanced weapons to try to force
00:57Russia to the table here.
00:58I think Putin thinks he can use this phone call to separate Trump from his national security
01:03advisor and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.