Derrick Van Orden: “A direct threat to Vladimir Putin is what kept him out of…”

“I, I, that's, that's the thing, that's, you just put your finger on it. Like, they're so, like what, he's so unpredictable. That's what strikes fear in them. And that's, hey, listen, A direct threat to Vladimir Putin is what kept him out of Ukraine. When President Trump was in office, he said that he would bomb the Kremlin. And Putin did not invade Ukraine. He waited for Biden, for Biden to get in there.” (05:31–05:36)

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