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Donald Trump: “Ukraine, militarily, they're defeated, okay? You wouldn't…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Participates in a Greeting with Artemis II Astronauts

Published | Video Starts at 27:24

That's an interesting question. You know, coming from you, that's very interesting. Which war would end first? I don't know. Maybe they're on a similar timetable. I think Ukraine, militarily, they're defeated, okay? You wouldn't know that by reading the fake news, but militarily, look, their navy, so they had 159 ships. Every ship is right now underwater. Typically that's pretty good. What do you think, Jared? I mean it's going to be hard for them to make a naval comeback, okay, now they have an air force. (27:24–27:37)

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Asserts that Ukraine's military is defeated, with all of its naval ships destroyed.

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