The only one we haven't been able to get to yet is Russia. I'm not happy. And I will tell you that Ukraine wants to do something again. It's a war that should have never started. If I were president, [the war in Ukraine] never would have happened. I used to speak to President Putin about it a lot. It was the apple of his eye. But once I saw what was going on, I said, you know, they're going to have a war here. (10:13–10:17)
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Asserts that the war in Ukraine would not have occurred if Trump were president.
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