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Mike Johnson: “He is the aggressor here. There's no question about that.”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins John Berman on CNN News Central

Published | Video Starts at 03:52

It may come to that, and I'm in favor of that. We do not trust. I do not trust Vladimir Putin. He is not an honest broker in this isn't a former KGB operative. He is the aggressor here. There's no question about that. And he must be dealt with accordingly. So we'll see how this goes. Ukraine and our European allies and others around the world have extended a hand of peace, you know, moving forward positively. (03:52–03:56)

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Asserts that Vladimir Putin is the aggressor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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