Karoline Leavitt: “It was the president only because of the president that this…”

“Yesterday you had President Zelensky himself saying it was a very good conversation. It was really, really good. We spoke about very sensitive points. The secretary general, Mark Ruda, It was the president only because of the president that this deadlock was broken with President Putin by starting a dialogue. So these leaders who this war is in their backyard are very grateful that the president took that call and that he was there to provide them with a readout …” (21:25–21:34)

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