Trump 'needs to start penalizing Russia for its bad behavior': Fmr. Ukraine Ambassador - MSNBC Reports

[Rhiannon12866]

Trump and Russia President Putin are speaking over the phone regarding the war in Ukraine. Trump will also speak with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy today. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports more from the White House.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine during the Clinton administration Steven Pifer and MSNBC Political Contributor Geoff Bennett join Ana Cabrera to weigh in on what the calls may accomplish. - Aired on 05/19/2025.[.b]

[dutch777]

1. Trump could bring Putin to heel by interdicting the ghost oil fleet. Could also threaten to "loan" Ukraine our AF.

Not such a great deal maker. Of course, he wouldn't know what to do if Putin called his bluff, threatened using nukes and so on. Vacuous dipshit. If the west's navies intercepted just 4 or 5 of the ghost fleet oil tankers on the high seas over a couple of days. it would be game over as Putin's only thread economically is oil. Yes, they do sell some diamonds and a few other things that are smaller packages and cannot easily be interdicted but they get no where close to the value derived from oil sales.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thanks so much for the details!

[yourout]

3. Yeah like that's going to happen.

I have a better chance of living to 150 then that happening.