Pete Hegseth: “President Trump has changed the game. He's created the…”

“Putin in the United States. Nope. And certainly under Joe Biden. The violence raged, the war raged, and Putin never took him serious enough to even consider a meeting. So already, President Trump has changed the game. He's created the conditions for a possible negotiated settlement. which is his goal from the beginning at a very complex battlefield. I don't think Vladimir Putin would be meeting unless he's felt that heat. And I think there's a chance.” (08:24–08:29)

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