00:03Is a breakthrough actually possible from the recent telephone conversations between President Trump and Putin?
00:11And of course, Trump speaking to Zelensky today, which you said almost seemed a little bit more positive.
00:18The U.S. president told Zelensky he wants to help with air defense due to Russian attacks.
00:24That's according to reports we're getting on that telephone conversation.
00:28So is a breakthrough likely in this very complicated situation?
00:34I wouldn't call it a breakthrough, unfortunately, Leanne.
00:37I think we may see a continuation again of American support at a lesser level than it was before.
00:44Remember, up till this point, the United States were still spending or executing.
00:50The administration was executing the spending that was put together by Congress during the previous administration.
00:57So there was something like $60 billion that the previous Congress had dedicated for Ukraine.
01:03And what we were seeing was the delivery of that money, that weaponry that had been put together in the previous administration.
01:10This new Congress, and with the new big, beautiful bill, as supposedly it's called, that passed just yesterday and will be signed today by President Trump, that level of support is not appropriated there.
01:25So we're going to see continuous support, because America cannot stop supporting Ukraine.
01:31However, it may not be at the same level.
01:34And this is now the time for Europe to step up so that they can fill in the gap, because the gap is certainly going to exist.
01:42So, let's just say, let's look at the next step.
