Peter Welch: “He thinks that if respect with respect to Ukraine, it's up…”

“So trying to parse the manners and who said what, it really reflected the deeply internalized position on the part of President Trump that he's been making very clear for a long time. He thinks that Putin is the winner here. And He thinks that if respect with respect to Ukraine, it's up to Europe. I strongly disagree with that. But I think that's what you saw on display, a clear decision by the president that he's for Russia on this effort and not Ukraine.” (00:28–00:32)

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