CSPAN - Sen. Graham Reacts to Trump-Zelensky Meeting
Aired: 2025-03-01
Duration: 03:48


=== Let's Make a Deal (03:48) ===

[00:00:00]  And Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden.
[00:00:03]  He did, maybe.
[00:00:03]  Maybe he didn't.
[00:00:04]  I don't know what happened.
[00:00:05]  But he didn't break them with me.
[00:00:07]  He wants to make a deal.
[00:00:08]  I don't know if you can make a deal.
[00:00:10]  The problem is, I've empowered you to be a tough guy.
[00:00:15]  And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States.
[00:00:18]  And your people are very brave.
[00:00:20]  But you're either going to make a deal or we're out.
[00:00:23]  And if we're out, you'll fight it out.
[00:00:26]  I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out.
[00:00:29]  But you don't have the cards.
[00:00:31]  But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position.
[00:00:35]  But you're not acting at all thankful.
[00:00:37]  And that's not a nice thing.
[00:00:38]  I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
[00:00:40]  All right.
[00:00:41]  I think we've seen enough.
[00:00:43]  What do you think?
[00:00:45]  This is going to be great television.
[00:00:47]  I will say that.
[00:00:49]  All right.
[00:00:50]  We'll see what we can do about putting it together.
[00:00:53]  Thank you.
[00:00:55]  Guys, let's go.
[00:00:56]  Guys, come on, let's go.
[00:01:00]  We'll see.
[00:01:01]  All right, guys, guys, come on.
[00:01:03]  Please.
[00:01:05]  Hey, come on.
[00:01:05]  Let's go.
[00:01:09]  Guys, come on.
[00:01:10]  Let's move, please.
[00:01:11]  Please.
[00:01:16]  Thank you.
[00:01:22]  Senator is sick now.
[00:01:23]  He's here.
[00:01:24]  He's coming.
[00:01:29]  Guys.
[00:01:30]  Guys, right now, you gotta move.
[00:01:31]  It's all right.
[00:01:33]  Thank you.
[00:01:33]  It's all the same.
[00:01:36]  He's coming.
[00:01:47]  Is this better?
[00:01:52]  So, what I think is complete, utter disaster.
[00:01:57]  I've been to Ukraine eight or nine times since the war started.
[00:02:02]  I understand the consequences of Putin's actions against Ukraine.
[00:02:07]  I appreciate what the Ukrainian people have done.
[00:02:09]  They fought like tigers.
[00:02:12]  At the end of the day, I was hoping that this minerals deal, which would be transformative in the relationship, would go over well.
[00:02:20]  I talked to Zelensky this morning.
[00:02:22]  Don't take the bait.
[00:02:24]  President Trump was in a very good mood last night.
[00:02:27]  Somebody asked me, Am I embarrassed about Trump?
[00:02:31]  I have never been more proud of the president.
[00:02:33]  I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country.
[00:02:38]  We want to be helpful.
[00:02:39]  What I saw in the Oval Office was disrespectful.
[00:02:43]  And I don't know if we can ever do business with Zelensky again.
[00:02:48]  I think most Americans saw a guy that they would not want to go in business with.
[00:02:53]  The way he handled the meeting, the way he confronted the president was just over the top.
[00:03:00]  So I think the relationship between Ukraine and America is important, vitally important.
[00:03:07]  But can Zelensky do a deal with the United States after what I saw?
[00:03:13]  I don't know.
[00:03:17]  What did he say to you about his interactions, and whether he thinks he's going to work with He was shocked.
[00:03:24]  He was very upbeat.
[00:03:26]  I told Zelensky, we'll talk about security guarantees.
[00:03:30]  We'll talk about ceasefires and how the war ends.
[00:03:33]  This is a process.
[00:03:35]  You have a new relationship with America.
[00:03:38]  A $500 billion, half a trillion dollar deal that President Trump is proud of, that gives us an interest worth defending.
[00:03:46]  Let's talk about the positive.