Was This Putin’s Friendliest Meeting With Witkoff?

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00:00This is not the first time we have talked about Witkoff going to speak to Vladimir Putin.

00:05It's actually his fifth time that he's gone to meet the Russian president,

00:10so it's nothing new in the discussion.

00:12However, is it fair to say this looked the friendliest meeting so far?

00:18Big smiles as the two men met each other?

00:21I think so.

00:22I also think that there's, you know, this is when the high-stakes game of diplomacy begins,

00:28I think, for Vladimir Putin.

00:30He recognizes there are a lot of cards on the table.

00:33There are a lot of options that Donald Trump has,

00:36at least with tariffs when it comes to some of Russia's allies,

00:41you know, countries that have been buying oil.

00:43And I think that Vladimir Putin wants to give the impression that he's willing to engage.

00:47He wants to make sure that Steve Witkoff leaves with a good impression.

00:51He wants Steve Witkoff to go back to Donald Trump and say,

00:54I think he's willing to talk. I think he's willing to engage with us.

00:57These are the key parts that Vladimir Putin has to project

01:02so that Steve Witkoff can feel like he has a partner that Donald Trump can speak to.

01:10And hopefully that can start the ball rolling for ceasefire talks.

01:14But I think the game that Vladimir Putin is playing

01:18is to make sure that he continues to do what he needs to do on the battlefield

01:23while also making sure that Donald Trump is engaged.

01:27There are many of them that have been taught there yet.

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