'We're Going To Go With The Marco Rubio Approach': Tammy Bruce Touts Ukraine Negotiations Progress

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During a State Department press briefing, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about the approach to Ukraine negotiations with European partners.

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00:00Thank you for your time.

00:01Did you have a good time here for LH7, Italian TV,

00:03and primetime media?

00:05So we both were at the G7 last week,

00:09and the focus was Ukraine.

00:11So today in Europe, there was a European Council.

00:15They met the foreign minister, and they

00:17discussed about Ukraine and the European Union proposals.

00:21So it seems like Europe is very divided right now,

00:26like Italy, Spain, Ukraine.

00:29I mean, Hungary and Slovakia are more aligned

00:32to Trump proposal.

00:35It's not proposal, but like plan.

00:38And the other ones, more lefties,

00:40are like want to keep giving aid, military aid to Ukraine.

00:44So what is the, what do you, as a State Department,

00:49how do you guys interact with the European right now?

00:53Are we going to go for the Trump plans, or the European ones?

00:57I think we're going to go with the Marco Rubio approach, which

01:01is to talk to everybody, which is to put out the new ideas,

01:04which is to argue for them on the merits of those ideas.

01:08That's what happened at the G7.

01:10What happened at the G7 was a collection

01:12of people who have very different points of view,

01:14some big disagreements, but a direct, specific decision

01:18mentioned by the Canadian foreign minister, Jolie,

01:21that we're going to focus on what we do have in common,

01:24what we can get done together, and really

01:26the importance of the gathering itself

01:29and what we can do together.

01:31There is a lot of people, I think,

01:33that would prefer us to be distracted

01:36by the disagreements.

01:37But what I've seen Secretary Rubio accomplish

01:40is remarkable, and in different environments.

01:43Environments where there's negotiations

01:46between countries attempting to stop a war, a ministers meeting

01:52where they're all aligned in some fashion or another

01:55and want to work together but have disagreements.

01:58I can say this, fortunately, having been there,

02:02is that it's been his voice, and I'm proud as an American

02:06that it happens to be the American Secretary of State.

02:09It's his voice that has brought conversations together,

02:12that has brought groups of people together.

02:15And we know this is why you need a State Department

02:17and why you need diplomats, because everybody

02:20is going to have different ideas.

02:21Everybody is going to think there's a better way,

02:24and we all have investments in the nature of the outcome.

02:27America is the strongest country in the world for a reason.

02:30All the combination of things we do,

02:32but mostly because we are a nation of merit and arguments

02:37and speech and the ability for people to be heard

02:40and for all of us to have an open mind.

02:42That is what Marco Rubio brings to this debate,

02:45especially in Europe where there are disagreements.

02:48We will, and he expects to, win people over

02:51based on the merits of the arguments

02:53that we continue to make every day.

02:54And I'm going to leave it there, everyone.

02:56I'll see you Wednesday.

'We're Going To Go With The Marco Rubio Approach': Tammy Bruce Touts Ukraine Negotiations Progress

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