'We're Going To Do Well With Russia, Ukraine': Trump Expresses Optimism At Roundtable In Doha, Qatar

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During a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar, President Trump discussed the Russia-Ukraine war.

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00:00So we think we're going to do well with Russia, Ukraine.

00:025,000 soldiers are being killed every single week on average.

00:065,000.

00:08And they're not from here.

00:10And they're not from the USA.

00:11They're from Ukraine and Russia.

00:14So some people would say, why are you bothering?

00:16Because these are 5,000 young people.

00:19Well, they're getting older because they've gone through so many that they are actually

00:22getting older.

00:23But these are 5,000 people that leave their home, wave goodbye to their parents.

00:27Their parents are so proud of them.

00:29They're sisters, they're brothers.

00:30And that's the last they ever see them.

00:32They're wiped out.

00:34And if you would see the satellite pictures, I get satellite pictures of that battlefield.

00:38And I want to tell you, I've never seen anything like that.

00:42I wish I never saw it.

00:44You have heads and arms and legs strewn all over the field.

00:49And you just take a look at that.

00:51And, you know, when you think 5,000 a week on average, and that's actually a low number.

00:56So we're going to see if we can end that.

00:59I was thinking about going.

01:01But it's very tough because of what we're doing today and tomorrow.

01:05But, you know, if something happened, I'd go on Friday if it was appropriate.

01:10But we have people right now negotiating.

01:14And I think that I just hope that Russia and Ukraine are able to do something because it has to stop.

01:24Not only the money.

01:25We spent $350 billion there.

01:28Just hand it.

01:29Nobody even knows where the money is.

01:30Just send him a check.

01:32There's no accounting.

01:33There's no one.

01:34Just give him money.

01:35Every time he came, I have to hand it to him.

01:38I think he's the greatest salesman maybe in history.

01:41Every time he came to the United States, he'd walk away with $100 billion.

01:44Yeah.

01:45That's a good salesman, right?

01:47Even by your standards.

01:48This is a big standard right here.

01:50But that's a pretty good set.

01:52No, he'd walk in.

01:54Leave with $100 billion.

01:55Last time he didn't do as well.

01:57He only got $60 billion.

01:58And it was so easy.

02:01It was like taking candy from a baby.

02:03That was the last administration.

02:04This administration has been a little bit tougher.

02:07But we'd like to see it end.

02:09And I think we're going to have a chance of doing it.

02:11And we'd like to see if we could solve the Iran problem in an intelligent way as opposed to a brutal way.

02:18There's only two.

02:18Intelligent and brutal.

02:20Those are the two alternatives.

02:22So I want to thank everybody for being here very much.

02:24And we're going to take some questions and perhaps now we'll ask the press to leave.

02:28And we're going to see you at the air.

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