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A CNN segment on Monday revealed President Donald Trump’s “complete 180” on a cease fire in Ukraine and a “hot mic moment” about Russian President Vladimir Putin wanting to “make a deal for Trump,” host Erin Burnett reports.
Burnett spoke at length about Trump’s Monday meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders — a meeting Burnett said stood in stark contrast to the “literal red carpet” Trump rolled out for Putin.
Burnett noted Zelensky’s approach to Monday’s meeting with Trump, pointing out the Ukrainian president sang Trump’s praises, in contrast to the fiery Oval Office meeting between the pair in February.
“Zelensky has always said thank you,” Burnett said. “... So I think that's important to say. But in the case of what we saw today, that was a whole lot of ‘thank you’s’ to assuage Trump's ego as Trump appeared today to flip-flop on something crucial, which is also worth highlighting because he is now echoing Putin in saying that a cease fire isn't necessary.”
“Before Trump met with Putin last week, he was unequivocal that a cease fire was exactly what was required,” Burnett explained, playing a clip of Trump saying exactly that.
“Well, that seems to be a complete 180,” the host said of Trump’s position Monday. “And Trump tonight is echoing Putin in another issue. A hot mic moment, actually, that he didn't expect us all to hear.”
Burnett then played a clip of Trump saying “I think [Putin] wants to make a deal. Do you understand that? As crazy as it sounds."
“You hear what he said?” Burnett asked. “‘I think he wants to make a deal for me.’ So he's saying Putin wants to make a deal for Trump now.”
“Okay, just take a deep breath here,” she continued. “Because if Putin wanted a deal or peace in any way, shape or form, he could have had it at any point. he could actually have never gone into this invasion of a neighboring country to begin with. But but he hasn't stopped it. Not any time in the past years, because he wants Ukraine. It is core to his entire being, and any peace deal that he signs will not change that.”
