
Top Fox News Analyst: 'I'm Not Exactly Sure What The President's Talking About'
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The conservative channel's prominent pundit had a withering take on Trump's latest comment about Putin.
Brit Hume mocked President Donald Trump’s comment that it’s been “harder” to deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy than Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Watch the video below.)
“I’m not exactly sure what the president’s talking about,” Hume, who’s Fox News’ chief political analyst, said on Wednesday.
Fox News colleague Bret Baier aired a snippet of Trump’s remark regarding Zelenskyy’s refusal to cede territory to Russia in peace negotiations.
“I think we have a deal with Russia,” Trump said. “We have to get a deal with Zelenskyy. I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelenskyy. So far it’s been harder.”
Putin’s troops invaded Ukraine more than three years ago. Trump’s solution has been to strongarm Zelenskyy, whom he said has “no cards to play,” into surrendering territory to the autocrat who started the war. A reported “final offer” from the U.S. to Ukraine includes the U.S. officially recognizing that Crimea is part of Russia and unofficially recognizing Russian occupation of areas seized in the latest conflict.