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Steve Witkoff: “Ukraine's lost half its population.”

Featuring: Steve Witkoff, Republican | U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East | National

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Stuart Miller & Steve Witkoff | Real Estate Impact Conference 2026

Published | Video Starts at 21:24

I don't know what Peter Linneman said, but I read him voraciously. But it's the capital markets here. You go to these other countries, Stuart, there's a brain drain everywhere. I mean, Ukraine's lost half its population. No one believes in the upside there. It's pretty sad. Jared and I get out, and we're trying to get that deal fixed, and on behalf of the president, and we're trying to sell people on prosperity and what could happen. (21:24–21:27)

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