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Jon Husted: “What he's [Donald Trump] doing to try to end the war in Ukraine, he said he was going to do that.”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

United States Senator Jon Husted Exclusive

Published March 7, 2025

He won all the swing states. He was very clear about what he was going to do. Doge wasn't new. He said it was going to happen. What he's [Donald Trump] doing to try to end the war in Ukraine, he said he was going to do that. what he's doing to some extent with tariffs. He said he was going to do what he's doing at the border. (05:38–05:43)

STATEMENT

Asserts that Donald Trump is taking actions to end the war in Ukraine as he promised.

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“He [Donald Trump] won all the swing states.”
Asserts that Donald Trump won all the swing states in his last presidential election.03:16-05:30
“Donald Trump ran for president three times and in this last time, he won the popular vote.”
Asserts that Donald Trump won the popular vote in his last presidential election.05:20-05:28
“What he's [Donald Trump] doing to some extent with tariffs, he said he was going to do.”
Asserts that Donald Trump is implementing tariffs as he promised.05:38-05:45
“What he's [Donald Trump] doing at the border, he said he was going to do.”
Asserts that Donald Trump is taking actions at the border as he promised.05:38-05:48
“What he's [Donald Trump] doing to try to stop men from playing women's sports, he said he was going to do that.”
Asserts that Donald Trump is taking actions to prevent men from playing women's sports as he promised.05:38-05:53
“Some of these bureaucracies in the federal government are treating budgets like a slush fund where they can spend it on whatever they want.”
Asserts that federal bureaucracies treat budgets like slush funds without accountability.08:57-09:07
“We used AI to eliminate 5 million words from the revised regulatory code in Ohio.”
Asserts that AI was used to remove 5 million words from Ohio's regulatory code.11:24-11:45
“The federal code is, if you had it stacked, you know, on top of one another, I think it would be like 34ft tall.”
Asserts that the federal code would be 34 feet tall if stacked.11:58-12:13
“We literally subsidize unhealthy foods. We subsidize poor diets through the way that we run the SNAP program.”
Asserts that the SNAP program subsidizes unhealthy foods and poor diets.13:40-13:48
“Health care costs have been rising for the American people faster than any other thing.”
Asserts that health care costs are the fastest rising expense for Americans.15:00-15:06
“When they get more information that's available out there about the origin of the COVID virus in Wuhan, I know she's promised to share that with me.”
Asserts that there is more information about the origin of COVID-19 in Wuhan that will be shared.15:21-15:32
“We had a vote in the Senate this past week...that said men can't play women's sports...And not a single Democrat voted for it.”
Asserts that no Democrats voted for a Senate bill prohibiting men from playing women's sports.18:11-18:40
“Ohio has addressed this [issue of boys competing against girls in sports], but not every state in the nation does it.”
Asserts that Ohio has addressed the issue of boys competing against girls in sports, unlike some other states.19:40-19:44
“Cleveland Clinic [has] the only quantum computer in the world focused on healthcare research.”
Asserts that Cleveland Clinic possesses a unique quantum computer for healthcare research.21:11-21:18
“Intel [is] building two new chip fabs in central Ohio to build to reshore the making of computer chips.”
Asserts that Intel is constructing two chip fabrication facilities in Ohio to reshore chip production.21:22-21:31
“Pharmaceutical companies [are] reshoring themselves to America and into Ohio to make the pharmaceutical supply chain.”
Asserts that pharmaceutical companies are moving operations to Ohio to strengthen the supply chain.21:31-21:42
“AI is at the center of healthcare, it's at the center of education, it's at the center of national defense, it's at the center of energy.”
Asserts that AI is central to multiple critical sectors including healthcare, education, defense, and energy.22:10-22:18
“I have legislation to ban [Deep Seek] and you might encourage some senators in Ohio to make sure that it doesn't go on state devices.”
Asserts that Jon Husted has proposed legislation to ban Deep Seek on federal and potentially state devices.24:20-24:29
“The things that are essential for our economic and national security must be made in America.”
Asserts that essential items for security should be domestically produced.24:52-24:59
“You can't do Made in America without Made in Ohio because literally, we make the things that people need to live and thrive.”
Asserts that Ohio is integral to the Made in America initiative due to its production capabilities.25:32-25:40