During Wednesday’s White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about Vladimir Putin's danger on the international stage.
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00:00Secretary Pete Hegseth testified on the Senate side of the Capitol today, and he was asked about America's, the administration's view of Vladimir Putin's intentions.
00:13Specifically, it was asked whether or not his intentions go beyond, his territorial ambitions go beyond Ukraine.
00:20When that question was posed to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Cain replied that he does believe that his territorial ambitions go beyond Ukraine.
00:31But Secretary Hegseth says it's not clear at this point.
00:35How does the President view this issue?
00:38The President has spoken on this.
00:39He said, as he calls it, he believes Ukraine was always the apple of Putin's eye.
00:44And he made it very clear to Putin in his first term not to invade Ukraine.
00:49Putin didn't invade Ukraine because of President Trump's peace through strength, foreign policy agenda, and the effective deterrence policies that he implemented in the first term.
00:59Unfortunately, because of the weakness and incompetence of the previous administration, Vladimir Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine.
01:05And now we have this brutal war, which the President is working very hard to end.
01:09Jasmine.
01:10Thanks so much, Caroline.