‘GAVE NOTHING IN EXCHANGE’: Trump announces release of American imprisoned in Russia

♪♪. >> Will: FOX NEWS ALERT. AN AMERICAN DETAINED IN RUSSIA. IS NOW FREE. 74-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN STEPHEN. HUBBARD HAS BEEN RELEASED AFTER. MORE THAN FOUR YEARS IN RUSSIAN. CUSTODY. THE RETIRED TEACHER FROM. MICHIGAN WAS DETAINED IN 2022. ACCUSED BY RUSSIA AS FIGHTING AS. A MERCENARY IN UKRAINE. HE WAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS. IN PRISON. THE U.S. DESIGNATED HIM AS.

WRONGFULLY DETAIN. NOW AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. PERSONALLY ASKED PUTIN TO FREE. HIM, HE'S COMING HOME. >> President Trump: THE OTHER. DAY I WAS TALKING TO VLADIMIR. PUTIN ABOUT SETTLING HIS WAR. WITH UKRAINE, WHICH I THINK. WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO, BY THE. WAY, MAYBE NOW, THE CLOSEST. WE'VE BEEN, BUT I MENTIONED. COULD YOU LET STEPHEN HUBBARD. OUT, PLEASE. AND HE AGREED TO DO IT. WE GAVE NOTHING IN EXCHANGE, WHICH IS VERY RARE.

WE NEVER GIVE ANYTHING IN. EXCHANGE. HIS FAMILY IS EXTREMELY HAPPY. THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE IT. HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS WE. DO. WOULD IT WOULD CUSTOMER AS U.S. ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF MET WITH. PUTIN IN ST. PETERSBURG AS THE. PUSH TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE. CONTINUES. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY JUST DREW HIS CLEAREST. LINE YET ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. FOR HIM TO AGREE TO A PEACE. DEAL. >> WOULD YOU ACCEPT A PEACE DEAL. THAT FREEZES EVERYTHING THE WAY. IT IS RIGHT NOW?

>> YES. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO FREEZE, AND I THINK THIS IS A REAL WAY. TO END THIS WAR. FREEZE AND STOP. THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL GO TO THE. PRESIDENT AND EUROPEANS AND ASK. SECURITY GUARANTEES. >> Will: JOINING ME NOW, THE. HOST OF THAT INTERVIEW AND THE. HOST OF FOX AND FRIENDS AND ALSO. THE AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK, SIX. CRUCIAL MOMENTS THAT FORCED THE. AMERICAN MIRACLE, BRIAN.

KILMEADE. NICE INTERVIEW, GOOD JOB. DO YOU THINK PUTIN WOULD ACCEPT. ANYTHING WITHIN THOSE. PARAMETERS? >> HE WANTS --. [INAUDIBLE]. THE QUESTION IS THEY COME BACK. AND SAY, WHAT ABOUT HALF OF. DONETSK, WHICH IS A CITY THERE. THE PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE NOT WON. THAT AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF WINNING. THAT, AS OF RIGHT NOW. WHY IF YOU ARE UKRAINE GIVE THAT. PART UP. IF YOU MOVE -- AWAY AND GIVE TO.

IT RUSSIA TWO YEARS FROM NOW YOU. COULD ROLL THOSE TRUCKS RIGHT IN. AND THEY WOULD BE IN KYIV BEFORE. YOU COULD STOP THEM. THE RUSSIANS LOOK AT THIS AND. SAY, THAT'S THE ROAD. HISTORICALLY, WE ALWAYS GET. ATTACKED FROM EVERY HUNDRED. YEARS. LET'S, HERE AND NOW, YOU'RE THE. ONE WHO TOOK CRIMEA. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO INVADED IN. 2022. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOOK A PIECE. OF GEORGIA. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT PUT -- BACK.

IN BELARUS, YOUR HANDPICKED GUY. TO MAKE IT A VASSELL STATE. THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR. TRACK RECORD, BUT WITH TRUMP, IT. DOESN'T HELP TO CALL THEM NAMES. GOOD GUYS AND A BAD GUY. I NEED A DEAL. WE KNOW THEY ARE THE AGGRESSOR, BUT WHAT STEVE WITKOFF HAS TO DO. IS NOT USE THE TERM HUMANITARIAN. AND PUTIN. THEY DON'T GO. HE TOOK THAT GUY, HE'S A. TEACHER. HE DID NOTHING WRONG. >> Will: LOOK, THERE HAS BEEN A.

LOT OF CRITICISM AND DEMANDS ON. TRUMP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF. WEEKS WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA. IF I HAD DONE EVERYTHING THAT. WAS REQUIRED OF ME BY THE MEDIA. OR COMMENTARY, I WOULDN'T HAVE. GOTTEN HUBBARD. I WAS WORKING ON THIS. YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND I. HAD TO BEHAVE THE WAY THAT I DID. IN ORDER TO GET HIM HOME. >> YES, THAT'S PART OF IT BUT. KEEP IN MIND, THEY GOT A GREAT. DEAL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO. GIVE ANYTHING UP. IT'S LIKE, I'M WILLING TO TALK. HERE, I'M IN THE GAME. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, STEPHEN.

HUBBARD, WAS BRUTALIZED IN. PRISON BY EYEWITNESSES SO HE'S. BEEN TORTURED. SO I JUST THINK KEEP IN MIKE, I'M GLAD HE'S OUT, WE'LL GET. THAT STORY LATER, THE THING I'M. HOPEFUL FOR IS THEY HAVE AGREED. TO TRILATERAL TALKS IN THE NEXT. FEW WEEKS BUT THE ONLY THING. THEY WILL DO WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO. DO WITH PUTIN, HE'LL HAVE TO. MAKE THE MOVE. HE WON'T DO IT UNLESS HE HAS TO, AND I THINK UKRAINE IF THEY CAN. GET THE PATRIOTS FROM THE. EUROPEANS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO. WELL THIS WINTER.

>> Will: BRIAN HAS A NEW BOOK. OUT, IT'S TITLED "UNITING THE. STATES, SIX CRUCIAL MOMENTS THAT. FORGED THE MIRACLE.". I HAVE SEEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS, BRIAN HAS BEEN WITH ME ON WILL. CAIN COUNTRY, WE TALK ABOUT THE. SIX STORIES HE CHOSE. WHAT WAS SEVENTH? WHAT GOT LEFT ON THE CUTTING. ROOM FLOOR? WHAT SHOULD HAVE ITS FEELINGS. HURT, WHAT MOMENT? >> I WAS THINKING GETTYSBURG. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE SOUTH. WON, WOW, GETTYSBURG, I KNOW. WHAT THAT MEANS. I TRIED TO MAKE SOME NUANCE, SO.

NOTHING WOULD BE A LAY-UP. I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE BOSTON. MASSACRE. WHY? IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BOSTON. MASSACRE. IT'S EVEN NOT ABOUT THE HYPE. INVOLVED TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE. INVOLVED IN THE REVOLUTION. IT'S ABOUT JUSTICE, BECAUSE. EVERYONE DESERVES THE. PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, EVEN. BEFORE WE BECAME A COUNTRY, WE. HAD TO GIVE THE SOLDIERS WHO. SHOT AND KILLED FIVE AND SHOT. EIGHT, THEIR DAY IN COURT, AND. JOHN ADAMS OF ALL PEOPLE. REPRESENTED THE SOLDIERS WHO. WERE ACTING LIKE THUGS PRETTY. MUCH THROUGH BOSTON, BUT IN THIS.

MOMENT, YOU COULDN'T PROVE IT. SO WITHOUT THAT, THERE IS A. REASONABLE DOUBT THAT CAME IN, IN 1770, BECAUSE I ALWAYS. THOUGHT OUR COUNTRY SHOULD BE. BUILT ON JUSTICE. >> Will: WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF. ME? >> BECAUSE OF YOUR LAW. BACKGROUND. >> Will: WHEN YOU THINK OF JOHN. ADAMS YOU THINK OF WILL CAIN. >> JOHN ADAMS HAD A BIG GUT AND. HE ALWAYS WORE A VEST. IF YOU HAVE A GUST DON'T WEAR A. VEST. BUT I DON'T SEE YOU HAVING A CUT. BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS COMPETE IN.

THE SEAL COMPETITION. >> Will: IT DOES FOCUS ON SIX. GAS NATURING MOMENTS IN THE. HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY AND IS. RELATED TO THE SHOW BRIAN PUTS. ON LIVE ACROSS THE NATION. YOU SHOULD NECK OUT THE BOOK.