CSPAN - Sen. Graham Reacts to Trump-Zelensky Meeting
Aired: 2025-03-02
Duration: 03:56


=== Guys Come, Go Guys (02:20) ===

[00:00:00]  Empowered you to be a tough guy.
[00:00:02]  And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States.
[00:00:06]  And your people are very brave.
[00:00:08]  But you're either going to make a deal or we're out.
[00:00:10]  And if we're out, you'll fight it out.
[00:00:13]  I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out.
[00:00:17]  But you don't have the cards.
[00:00:19]  But once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position.
[00:00:22]  But you're not acting at all thankful.
[00:00:25]  And that's not a nice thing.
[00:00:26]  I'll be honest, that's not a nice thing.
[00:00:28]  All right.
[00:00:29]  I think we've seen enough.
[00:00:30]  What do you think?
[00:00:33]  This is going to be great television.
[00:00:35]  I will say that.
[00:00:37]  All right.
[00:00:38]  We'll see what we can do about putting that together.
[00:00:40]  Thank you.
[00:00:42]  Guys, let's go.
[00:00:45]  Guys, come on, let's go.
[00:00:48]  We'll see.
[00:00:48]  I don't know.
[00:00:49]  All right, guys.
[00:00:50]  Guys, come on.
[00:00:51]  Please.
[00:00:52]  Hey.
[00:00:53]  Come on.
[00:00:53]  Let's go.
[00:00:56]  Guys, come on.
[00:01:12]  He's coming, he's coming.
[00:01:17]  Guys, guys, right now, you've got to move.
[00:01:19]  It's all right, it's all right.
[00:01:21]  Keep the safe.
[00:01:32]  It's all right, it's all right.
[00:01:35]  Is this better?
[00:01:39]  So, what I think is complete, utter disaster.
[00:01:44]  I've been to Ukraine eight or nine times since the war started.
[00:01:49]  I understand the consequences of Putin's actions against Ukraine.
[00:01:54]  I appreciate what the Ukrainian people have done.
[00:01:57]  They fought like tigers.
[00:01:59]  At the end of the day, I was hoping that this minerals deal, which would be transformative in the relationship, would go over well.

=== Proud Of Trump (01:50) ===

[00:02:08]  I talked to Zelensky this morning.
[00:02:10]  Don't take the bait.
[00:02:12]  President Trump was in a very good mood last night.
[00:02:15]  Somebody asked me, Am I embarrassed about Trump?
[00:02:18]  I have never been more proud of the president.
[00:02:20]  I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country.
[00:02:25]  We want to be helpful.
[00:02:27]  What I saw in the Oval Office was disrespectful.
[00:02:31]  And I don't know if we can ever do business with Zelensky again.
[00:02:36]  I think most Americans saw a guy that they would not want to go in business with.
[00:02:41]  The way he handled the meeting, the way he confronted the president was just over the top.
[00:02:47]  So I think the relationship between Ukraine and America is important, vitally important.
[00:02:55]  But can Zelensky do a deal with the United States after what I saw?
[00:03:01]  I don't know.
[00:03:05]  You had lunch with President Trump.
[00:03:07]  What did he say to you about his interactions and whether he thinks that?
[00:03:10]  He was shocked.
[00:03:12]  He was very upbeat.
[00:03:14]  I told Zelensky, we'll talk about security guarantees.
[00:03:18]  We'll talk about ceasefires and how the war ends.
[00:03:21]  This is a process.
[00:03:22]  You have a new relationship with America.
[00:03:25]  A $500 billion, half a trillion dollar deal that President Trump is proud of, that gives us an interest worth defending.
[00:03:33]  Let's talk about the positive.
[00:03:36]  But he was terrible at Munich, Zelensky, and I think he has made it almost impossible to sell to the American people that he's a good investment.
[00:03:46]  So he is a good investor.
[00:03:51]  Senator Graham.
[00:03:52]  Senator Graham.
[00:03:54]  Senator Naval.
[00:03:55]  One at a time.