Karoline Leavitt Captivates with Charisma in Last Question of White House Briefing

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25/2/2025

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00:00I'd like to end with something.

00:02As you all know...

00:03James, as you were just about to do, before you go on...

00:05You know what, James?

00:06I'm feeling generous.

00:07Go ahead.

00:09I'll take it.

00:10Thank you, Caroline.

00:11Sure.

00:12I wanted to ask about...

00:13Don't make me regret this.

00:15I wanted to ask about the Macron visit and the Russia-Ukraine talks in general.

00:19Sure.

00:20It was pretty clear to my eye that President Macron was performing a kind of delicate dance,

00:24lavishing praise on the President while seeking, in his own remarks, to try to bind President

00:28Trump to positions and even specific language that the President has not committed to heretofore.

00:34One of the most bracing comments from President Macron was when he said that the deal that

00:40President Trump is negotiating with the Russians must not be, quote, a surrender for Ukraine.

00:47All of the public points that we have heard from President Trump, from Secretary Hegseth,

00:51and from other administration officials talking about these negotiations have averred to,

00:56quite openly, to concessions from the Ukrainians that will have to be made, the minerals deal,

01:01the abandonment of their NATO ambitions, and other elements.

01:05So far, we have not heard any administration officials suggest a single concession that

01:09the Russians should be prepared to make, and so I wonder if you could assure us, at a minimum,

01:14that this negotiation process will not be as one-sided as the Europeans seem to think

01:19it is, that in fact President Putin will also be made to engage in some concessions to reach

01:24this deal.

01:26Well, I think the President knows how to make a deal better than anyone who has ever assumed

01:29the office of the American presidency.

01:32And in order to make a deal, you have to bring both sides to the table, and typically when

01:37you make a good deal, both sides leave that table a little bit unhappy.

01:40I'm not going to outline the concessions that the President and his team are engaged in

01:45discussing.

01:46These are obviously ongoing negotiations, and it would be unwise of me to impede them

01:50from this podium.

01:52But the President has made significant improvements in ending this conflict.

01:57He is committed to seeing an end to the war.

01:59He wants to see the bloodshed and the killing stopped.

02:01He wants to stop seeing young men being killed and slaughtered.

02:06This has been going on for far too long.

02:08The President inherited this mess because of the incompetence of the previous administration,

02:12and he's committed to fixing it.

02:14And he's made some of those concessions clear, but I'm not going to get ahead of him on additional

02:18ones.

02:19He is wholeheartedly committed to striking a peace deal in Russia and Ukraine, also in

02:24the Middle East.

02:25Thank you very much, guys.

02:26Good to see you.

02:27We'll see you later.

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