Crimea

“Apparently, 80 to 90% of the population in Crimea is Russian and wants to be part of Russia.”

“With the result that I think is quite likely that the Russians will be willing to use a tactical nuke to prevent their total defeat.”

“Jake Sullivan just this week said that he told the Ukrainians it was reported that they can't have Crimea back, get realistic.”

“If you're wondering why Putin seized Crimea, it was in direct retaliation for the coup that we backed in Ukraine in 2014. This is the origin of the conflict.”

“If I had received a presidential directive to turn it on, I would have done so, because I do regard the president as the chief executive officer of the country, whether I want that position If I'm not, I still respect the office, and so, if, you know, if we've…”

“At the time this happened, the region around, you Crimea was actually turned off. Now, the reason it was turned off was, actually, originally, was because the United States had sanctions and we're not allowed to actually, and that includes Crimea in the sancti…”

“American cluster bombs were used to kill Russian civilians sunbathing on the beach in Crimea.”

“So my point is that it's militarily impossible to retake Crimea. The people of Crimea don't want Ukraine to retake it. They want to be part of Russia, and yet Zelensky cannot give this up.”

“And if you look at what the people of Crimea want, and there's been a lot of Western polling on this, there's been man on the street interviews by NBC, the people of Crimea by something like over 80% say they want to be part of Russia.”