Peter Doocy: Trump has been VERY critical

♪. >> WOULD YOU ACCEPT A PEACE DEAL. THAT FREEZES EVERYTHING THE WAY. IT IS RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU STILL. KEEP 75% OR MORE OF YOUR COUNTRY. REGARDLESS OF HOW IT STARTED? WOULD YOU ACCEPT WHERE IT IS. RIGHT NOW? >> YES. IF WE -- RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO. FREEZE AND I THINK THIS IS REAL. WAY TO END THIS WAR.

WE CALL CEASEFIRE OR STOP. KILLING AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. CALLED IT FREEZE AND STOP. AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS MINIMUM. WHAT WE NEED FROM RUSSIA TODAY. >> BIG DAY WORLD STAGE MINUTES. AGO UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY ITEM US HE WOULD. ACCEPT THE DEAL. TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP AND CAN. YOU SEE WHERE RUSSIA IS, WHAT. THEY TOOK IN RED AND BLUE. AND D BLUE IS CLAIMED THAT.

UKRAINIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE. SO THEY HAVE TAKEN SOME OF THAT. LAND BACK. BUT THE RUSSIANS OBVIOUSLY IN. 2014 AND 2022 TOOK SOME MORE. AND THE UKRAINIANS HAVE FOUGHT. WITH SUCH VALOR AND STRENGTH. PUSHED BACK THE RUSSIAN AFTER. INITIAL INVASION AND NOW HOLDING. AND GAINING SOME LAND BACK AND. WHILE INFLICTING ABOUT 32,000. CASUALTIES ON THE RUSSIANS A. MONTH. >> BREAKING NEWS THERE, BRIAN. GREAT JOB WITH THAT INTERVIEW. FREEZE WHERE WE ARE.

LET'S TALK. I WILL AGREE TO THAT. BASICALLY A CEASEFIRE. HE SAID MOST IMPORTANT, BRIAN, I. NEED SECURITY GUARANTEES FROM. THE UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT'S TOP NEGOTIATORS, THEY WERE THERE IN. ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA EARLIER. >> SO PETER DOOCY JOINS US LIVE. FROM OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. PETER, IT WAS A DIFFERENT TONE, I THINK, FROM ZELENSKYY IN THIS. INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN, MORE. GRATEFUL TO THE PRESIDENT, BUT. THE HEADLINE FROM THAT IS. AINSLEY JUST MENTIONED IS THAT. HE IS WILLING TO FREEZE IT WITH.

SECURITY GUARANTEES. WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING. ABOUT THAT. >> AND, TO YOUR POINT, ABOUT HOW. DIFFERENT THIS IS OF ZELENSKYY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TERM, WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS REALLY. FRUSTRATED WITH ZELENSKYY AND. PUTIN, WHICH HE STILL IS, HE WAS. TALKING ABOUT HOW HE THOUGHT. UKRAINE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE. EVERYTHING BACK FROM RUSSIA AND. HE WAS CALLING RUSSIA A PAPER. TIGER AT ONE POINT. BUT, ZELENSKYY ISENNING. PRACTICAL HERE AS HE LOOKS AT. THE MAP, AS HE LOOKS AT THE WAR. AHEAD WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE WOULD. BE WILLING TO FREEZE. SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS. AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT. PUTIN AND STEVE WITKOFF ARE. TALKING ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT PUTIN IS. TRYING TO SHOW THAT HE'S GOING. TO PLAY BALL OR HE MIGHT PLAY. BALL WITH THIS. THERE IS THIS 74-YEAR-OLD. RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, HIS NAME. IS STEPHEN HUBBARD. RUSSIA HAD BEEN ACCUSING HIM OF. BEING A MERCENARY. THEY ARRESTED HIM IN 2022, IN. AND NOW RUSSIA HAS LET HIM GO. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS ABOUT THIS. AMERICAN, STEPHEN HUBBARD TAKEN. FOUR YEARS AGO RUSSIANS DURING.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS. JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON AT THE. REQUEST OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP MADE DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT. VLADIMIR PUTIN IN A TELEPHONE. CONVERSATION LAST WEEK. STEPHEN IS ON HIS WAY BACK HOME. AND WILL SOON BE WITH HIS. FAMILY. THE UNITED STATES OUT OF RESPECT. FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, WAS NOT. REQUIRED TO GIVE ANYTHING IN. RETURN, AN UNPRECEDENTED. SITUATION FOR RUSSIA. THERE WAS NO SWAP NECESSARY FOR. THIS RELEASE. THIS RETURN SHOULD HAVE TAKEN. PLACE A LONG TIME AGO WITH THE. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. GOTTEN NO PLACE WITH THE.

KREMLIN. WELCOME HOME STEPHEN, IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU BACK STATED. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IS THIS A GOOD SIGN FOR VLADIMIR. PUTIN? WE DON'T KNOW BUT WE COULD FIND. OUT SOON BECAUSE THERE YOU SEE. STEVE WITKOFF IS MEETING WITH. PUTIN IN ST. PETERSBURG RIGHT. NOW. >> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY. INDICATION THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN. WANTS ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO. HAVE RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER KYIV. AND INSTALL A PUPPET REGIME. HE HAS HAD NUMEROUS. OPPORTUNITIES. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS. OFFERED RUSSIA A CHANCE TO. REJOIN THE WEST, TO RE-SET THEIR.

COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US. AND PUTIN HAS REJECTED THAT. EVERY TIME. HE HAS CREATED THE IMPRESSION HE. MIGHT DO IT BECAUSE HE WANTS. SOMETHING FROM US. >> PUTIN ALSO WANTS A PEACE. PROCESS THAT ESSENTIALLY CUTS. OUT UKRAINE. HE WANTS RUSSIA TO SIT DOWN WITH. THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA BUT. ZELENSKYY JUST TOLD BRIAN HE. THINKS IT WOULD BE BETTER IF. UKRAINE WAS INVOLVED AND SOME. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, TOO. >> ON THE BATTLEFIELD, THAT'S. WHY THEY WANT US TO PUSH USING.

ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND. OF PRESSURE ON US TO PUSH US. FROM OUR LAND. IT'S NOT FAIR. AND, OF COURSE, THEY USE MASSIVE. ATTACKS WITH IRANIAN DRONES AND. MISSILES. WE STAY STRONG. >> ZELENSKYY IS ALSO SAYING NOW. THAT STARLINK AND STAR SHIELD. ARE STILL LIMITED IN UKRAINE. THERE WAS REPORTING LAST NIGHT. THAT ELON MUSK IS RESPONSIBLE. FOR THAT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.

THAN THE REPORTING LAST WEEK. THAT SOMEBODY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD ME. LAST WEEK HE HAD NOTHING TO DO. WITH IT. BUT, ZELENSKYY SAYS HE HAS. GOTTEN ASSURANCES FROM MARCO. RUBIO THAT HE IS WORKING ON IT. BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> MARCO RUBIO SAYS IT'S UP AND. RUNNING FULL SPEED AND ZELENSKYY. SAYS IT'S NOT QUITE YET BUT HE. THINKS IT'S ON THE ROAD TO DOING. SO. YOU KNOW, PETER THAT, ELON MUSK. LAST WEEK THREE DAYS AGO SAID IT. WASN'T ME. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T DO THAT. SO,. >> AND THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING. THE SAME THING. >> AND THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL".

LAST NIGHT SAID IT WAS HIM. SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND. >> IT WAS ELON. >> Brian: HE SAYS IT WASN'T. >> Lawrence: THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL" SAYS IT IS. >> Brian: THE OTHER THING I. HEARD IS ACCORDING TO AN FINAL. AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY DID IT, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WHAT THE. PRESIDENT WANTED. THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T SIGN OFF ON. IT WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT SCENARIO? >> IT IS ONE OF THE LIKELY. SCENARIOS. WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF BOTH. UKRAINE AND RUSSIA FOR NOT.

MAKING A DEAL AND WE KNOW THAT. ELON MUSK HAS BEEN VERY. CRITICAL, SPECIFICALLY OF THE. UKRAINIANS LATELY. IT SOUND LIKE ELON MUSK JUST HAS. ISSUES WITH THE WAY THAT. TECHNOLOGY HE INVENTED AND THAT. HE CONTROLS, IS BEING USED. HE THINKS, BASED ON HIS PUBLIC. STATEMENT, ELON MUSK BELIEVES. THAT THESE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS. ARE BEING USED ESSENTIALLY FOR. OFFENSIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS, WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW. HE DOES NOT WANT THAT HE THINKS. IT'S BAD FOR BUSINESS.

HE MIGHT HAVE THROTTLED IT BUT, AGAIN, OFFICIALS HERE THOUGHT. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS GOING. TO HAVE MORE LUCK ENDING THIS. WAR ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FRUSTRATION. COMES FROM UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN. NEGOTIATORS WHO HE DOES NOT. THINK ARE NEGOTIATING IN GOOD. FAITH. >> WHAT WAS IT MORE THAN A YEAR. OBLIGOR OR AROUND THAT TIME WHEN. THEY THAT HAD THAT THAT MEETING. IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND DID GOT.

GO WELL. ZELENSKYY DID NOT ACT THE WAY WE. THOUGHT HE WAS GOING. TO SAY HE WASN'T GRATEFUL, AND. THE PRESIDENT IN THIS LATEST. INTERVIEW, IT SOUNDS LIKE, EVEN. WHEN HE IS TALKING ABOUT. STARLINK SAYING IT IS STILL. LIMITED. IS HE STILL SAYING THANKFUL FOR. THE TACTICAL SUPPORT FROM. AMERICA. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE KNOWS HE NEEDS. AMERICA HE SAID THE MOST. IMPORTANT THING ARE THE SECURITY. GUARANTEES AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. YEAH, WE WILL FREEZE. BUT, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ARE THE. SECURITY GUARANTEES. HE NEEDS US, RIGHTS? >> YES. AND THAT MEETING, AINSLEY, WHERE. THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE.

PRESIDENT AND ZERLSZ ALL. SEPARATELY KIND OF BLEW UP, THE. PRESIDENT SAID AND THIS WAS MORE. THAN A YEAR AGO, THE PRESIDENT. TOLD ZELENSKYY YOU DON'T HAVE. ANY CARDS. IT SOUNDS LIKE IF ZELENSKYY IS. WILLING TO GIVE UP SOME. TERRITORY THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BY. RUSSIA, HE'S NOT ADMITTING THAT. THEY HAVE NO CARDS BUT HE IS. ADMITTING THAT HE HAS BEEN DEALT. A REALLY BAD HAND. AND THAT IT MIGHT BE BEST TO.

FOLD IN THE INTEREST OF ENDING. THE WAR. >> THANK YOU, PETER. >> Brian: BUT THEY DO. ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK --. THANKS, PETER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO. REALIZE THAT THAT INTERVIEW THAT. YOU JUST DID, BRIAN, WAS RESET. IN MY VIEW. >> COULD HAVE ATTACKED THE. PRESIDENT AGAIN, HE DID NOT. >> Lawrence: HE WAS GRATEFUL. FIRST OF ALL HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE. BREAKING NEWS WE GOT THIS. MORNING WHICH IS THAT WE GOT AN. AMERICAN BACK HOME. EVEN IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF HIS.

TWHASH IS GOING ON THAT MAY NOT. BE AS BIG FROM A TACTICAL. STANDPOINT HE GAVE CREDIT. LOOK, INNOCENT LIVES -- I WANT. MY PEOPLE BACK HOME AND AMERICAN. BACK HOME. THE BREAKING NEWS, BRIAN, THAT. YOU GOT HIM TO SAY I'M WILLING. TO FREEZE THE LINES WHERE IT IS. BUT I WANT THE SECURITY. GUARANTEES. AND WHY THAT IS SO CRITICAL, BRIAN, AS YOU KNOW, '94 THOSE. LINES HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. WE PROMISED TO PART OF THE. AGREEMENT. THEY VIOLATED TWICE 2014 WITH.

OBAMA AND 2022 WITH BIDEN. SO,. >> Brian: HERE WE E ASKED ABOUT. THE SECURITY GUARANTEES. THAT'S WHAT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT. I CAN'T HAVE THIS HAPPEN. BY THE WAY THE WORLD CAN'T HAVE. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. WATCH MOST IMPORTANT TO THINK. ABOUT THE FUTURE. SECURITY OF THE FUTURE, PROSPERITY SECURITY GUARANTEES. OUR ARMY BUT NOT ONLY OUR. PARTNERS. MOST OF ALL THE UNITED STATES. AND EUROPE. WE HAVE TO FREEZE AND I THINK. THIS IS REAL WAY TO END THIS.

WAR. WE CALL IT CEASEFIRE OR STOP. KILLING AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. CALLED IT FREEZE AND STOP. OF COURSE, THIS IS MINIMUM WHAT. WE NEED FROM RUSSIA TODAY. THEN, OF COURSE, WILL GO TO. PRESIDENT AND EUROPEANS AND ASK. SECURITY GUARANTEES. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS PEACE AND. ALSO SECURITY PEACE. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. NOT HAVE -- NOT TO BE AFRAID AND. OCCUPATION WILL COME BACK. AGGRESSION WILL COME BACK. KILLINGS WILL COME BACK UNTIL.

WHY HAVE TO STOP THAT, FREEZE. AND TALKS SECURITY GUARANTEES. FROM THE UNITED STATES AND. PROSPERITY FROM OUR PARTNERS FOR. OF OUR LIVES. >> Brian: FRENCH AND BRICKER. HAVE SAID WE WILL PUT TROOPS ON. THE GROUND FRENCH WOULD HEAD IT. UP AND WE WOULD HAVE. OVER-THE-TOP SECURITY. THE RUSSIANS HAVE COME BACK AND. SAID I'M NOT GOING TO ACCEPT. NATO TROOPS OR WESTERN TROOPS ON. UKRAINIAN GROUND BREW ACCEPT.

INTERNATIONAL U.N. TROOPS. WE KNOW A DISASTER IN LEBANON. >> Ainsley: DO YOU FEEL LIKE. PUTIN WOULD COMPROMISE? HE HAS ALREADY TAKEN SOME OF. THEIR REGION. IF ZELENSKYY SAYS FREEZE, WE. WILL GIVE RUSSIA WHAT THEY HAVE. TAKEN SO FAR. RUSSIA HAS TO GIVE SOMETHING IN. RETURN. THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A LOT. MAYBE THEY WOULD AGREE TO THOSE. SECURITY GUARANTEES. >> Brian: IF THE RUSSIANS WERE. IN THIS THING TO GET A DEAL. DONE, BUT I'M FROM THE DAN. HOFFMAN SCHOOL OF I DON'T THINK. THEY WANT EVERYTHING.

THEY ARE STILL IN THE MAXIMUS. THING. THE RUSSIANS HAVE SAID IF YOU. GIVE US DONBAS THE WAR IS OVER. THE UKRAINIANS SAID ARE YOU. KIDDING ME? IF WE GIVE YOU DONBAS IT IS A. HIGHWAY RIGHT TO KYIV. OUR COUNTRY WILL BE GONE IN A. SECOND. YOU WILL BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALREADY TOLD YOU THERE IS NO. WAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO. MILITARILY TAKE IT WHY WOULD I. EVER GIVE UP LAND TO STOP A WAR. THAT YOU STARTED? WE GIVE UP PART OF DON'T NEW. MEXICO TO DO IT?

>> Lawrence: ZELENSKYY NEEDED TO. STOP A NARRATIVE. DOMESTICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO. THE PRESIDENT AND THE. ADMINISTRATION THAT HE WAS BEING. UNREASONABLE. HE SHIFTED THAT THIS MORNING. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE WIN IN THE. GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. >> Ainsley: YEP. HE SAID I HOPE TODAY IN A FEW. HOURS WE WILL HAVE SOME RESULTS. IS HE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK WITH. YOU, BRIAN. MAYBE THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL. CONTINUE. THEY WILL.