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Ruben Gallego: “It was a horrible foreign policy blunder for the president…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Ruben Gallego: Politics & Eggs 09/22/25

Published | Video Starts at 40:44

What are your thoughts on the, the Alaskan summit and the White House summit with the European leaders, as well as the President Zelensky. And where do you think it's going? Well, It was a horrible foreign policy blunder for the president to meet on US Soil with a terrorist like Putin. Number one, it validated Putin in the eyes of the world and in Russia, because you have, you have the full power of the presidency meeting with you, showing you essentially respect. (40:44–40:54)

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Asserts that the president's meeting with Putin on US soil was a foreign policy mistake.

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