This is Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a somewhat clash with Stephanopoulos again on ABC News regarding the Trump-Zelensky clash in the Oval Office.
Clip number two.
Por favor, Mr. McConnell.
Here is figure out whether a peace is possible.
All these other things that people keep bringing up, that'll have to be a part of a negotiation.
Right now, there is no negotiation.
Shouldn't we at least try to see if there is a way to end this war in a way that's acceptable to both sides and is enduring and sustainable?
How is that a bad thing?
I really am puzzled why anyone thinks that trying to be a peacemaker is a bad thing.
It's only a bad thing when it's Donald Trump trying to do it, when it's President Trump.
It's absurd to me.
Well, even some of your Republican allies are puzzled by the steps that President Trump has taken to placate Vladimir Putin.
I want to bring up a post to Lisa Murkowski.
Well, which ones?
What steps has the President taken to placate?
Let me show you what Lisa Murkowski said.
Are we arming the Russians?
Are we providing economic assistance to the Russians?
Have we given the Russians $180 billion?
Please let me ask you the question.
This is Lisa Murkowski.
Thank you.
Here's what she says.
This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine.
It ends with a tense and shocking conversation in the Oval Office and whispers from the White House that they may try to end all U.S. support for Ukraine.
I know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world.
Those are not my words.
That's Senator Lisa Murkowski.
What's your...
Well, you know...
Yeah, we're a free country.
People have a right to these opinions.
I would just say to you, what have we done to placate the Russians?
The only thing we've done is say, are you guys willing to talk about peace?
I say the same point.
You voted with North Korea and Russia and Belarus and the United Nations and against our Western allies.
Let me tell you.
Do you know what the United Nations resolution was?
I'll tell you if you want to hear what it was.
It basically said this has been a horrible war.
It's time for it to end.
The job of the UN is to bring about peace in the world.
I thought that's what the UN was created to do, to stop wars and to prevent them.
And that's what the resolution did.
Was it antagonistic towards the Russians?
No.
Back to the point.
But it also didn't praise the Russians.
All it said is, this is a bad war.
It needs to end.
And by the way, at the Security Council, which has not been widely reported, the first resolution on Ukraine that has passed, the Security Council, in three years, passed this week because of the leadership of President Trump.
And it's a resolution that says, bad war needs to end.
Let's bring the two sides together.
That's what the resolution is.
Again, what is the United Nations for?
Isn't it not a forum to promote peace in the world?
And shouldn't our president, shouldn't we all be happy that we have a president who's trying to stop wars and prevent them instead of start them?
And I just don't get it.
I really don't.
Other than the fact that it's Donald J. Trump.
If this was a Democrat that was doing this, everyone would be saying, well, he's on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is absurd.
We are trying to end a war.
You cannot end a war unless both sides come to the table, starting with the Russians.
And that is the point the president has made.
And we have to do whatever we can to try to bring them to the table to see if it's even possible.
I'm not promising you it's possible.
I'm not telling you it's 90% likely.
I'm saying it's 0% likely if we don't get them to a negotiating table.
And the sooner everyone grows up around here and figures out that this is a bad war that's heading in a bad direction with death and destruction and all kinds of dangers surrounding it that could spiral into a broader conflict, the sooner people grow up and realize that, I think the more progress we're going to be able to make.
But the president's crystal clear.
He campaigned on it and he's going to govern on it.
And that is he is going to be a president that tries to achieve peace.
And he has been very clear.
This is a war that would have never happened had Donald Trump been in the White House.
And it needs to end.
And we're going to do everything we can to end it in an enduring and sustained.
I got to admit, it's.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, formerly Senator Marco Rubio, has hit his stride.
This guy belongs in this position.
Kudos, kudos.
Now, let me say something.
Let me say something to all of these liberals, like the George Stephanopoulos of the world, that are trying to scapegoat Trump with their disaster of the Russia-Ukraine war.
And I'm going to be very blunt, and I posted this on X. Feel free to share it at Carl Jackson Show or at The Carl Jackson Show.
X Instagram and Facebook primarily is where you can find me.
It is only because of Biden, his staff and Democrats that voted for Joe Biden.
They're the reason that nearly one million Ukrainians are dead.
Carl, you can't say it.
No, it's true.
I'm sorry.
If you're on the left, if you voted for Joe Biden, you do not have the moral authority.
I don't want your freaking two cents when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.
You guys are responsible for the death of nearly one million Ukrainians, and you have the audacity to sit here and try to lecture those of us on the right that want this war to come to an end.