US President Donald Trump has discussed China's potential role in the Ukraine conflict during a cabinet meeting, focusing on hostages and the broader geopolitical implications. Trump's comments come amid ongoing tensions and speculation about China's influence in the region.
00:00The Ukrainians say they have evidence that Chinese soldiers have been found fighting for the Russians in Ukraine.
00:07Can the U.S. verify this? And if so, what does the U.S. plan on doing to China if it comes up?
00:14We'll look into it, but I think beyond that we're really looking to get that war stopped.
00:19They're losing 2,500, and even more than that, young people a week.
00:25They're Russian and they're Ukrainian.
00:27They're not American, but they're people.
00:30And we're seeing if we can get it stopped.
00:32And I think we're making progress.
00:34I appreciate the ballerina who was released.
00:38It was at the request of a very good friend of all of ours, actually.
00:44Dana White called me and he said it's the friend or the relationship of one of the fighters for UFC or one of the fighters.
00:53And Dana is an incredible guy and we spoke to President Putin about it and they made a deal.
00:59They released the young ballerina and she is now out and that was good.
01:04So we appreciate that.
01:05We hope that we're going to be able to make a deal relatively soon with Russia and Ukraine to stop the fighting.
01:11It's so senseless. It's such a horrible thing.
01:14It would have never happened if I were president, but it did happen.
01:17And we were given that card and I think we're going to get it.
01:21I think we're going to get it.
01:22We've got to get going.
01:23We've got to get it.
01:24We have to move it faster.
01:25Likewise with the hostages, we're making progress.
01:29We, you know, there's 59 hostages, but only 24 of them are living.
01:36And that's the way it's been presented to me by the mothers of some of the dead, mothers and fathers of some of the dead hostages.
01:45And they want the bodies of their, of their baby, as they say, their baby, their young boys, they want, they want them back as much as if they were alive.
01:57It's amazing because when I met the hostages two weeks ago here, I couldn't believe what they had to go through, by the way.
02:03But when I met them, they said, yeah, there's 59, but 24 are living.
02:08And they actually consider, I guess, if you're a parent, you do consider it this way, that the, the remainder who are dead, the 24 that alive, the remainder that are dead, they want them back just as much as they would want them back if they were alive.
02:25It's really pretty amazing and pretty sad.
02:28So we're getting close to getting them back.
02:33Getting them back.
02:34We have a lot came back.
02:35A lot of people are very grateful.
02:37And some came back in pretty bad shape.
02:40Some came back.
02:42They're okay.
02:43I think they're going to be scarred mentally for a long time.
02:45Because if you sit down and talk to them as I have, what they went through is incredible.
02:51But we're making progress.
02:52We're dealing with Israel.
02:54We're dealing with Hamas.
02:55And it's a, it's a nasty group.
02:58Mr. President, you've got, um, so...
03:03Everything.
03:07There we go.
03:12Where did you wait?
03:16It was so tough because of figuring out how to stay.
