I thought that would be something that would get solved. We have Mr. Witkoff here. I think that we're making progress. But that's a war that should have never happened. If I were president, [the war] would have never happened. Putin says it, everybody says it. If I were president, that would have never happened. But I inherited that war. That was Joe Biden, Zelensky, and Putin. I came into the situation and it's a mess. (57:18–57:23)
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Asserts that the war would not have happened if he were president, supported by claims from Putin and others.
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