Ep. 2142 - Trump HAMMERS…Ukraine?!

The Ben Shapiro Show

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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President Trump launches a rhetorical assault on Ukrainian President Vlodomir Zelenskyy; the Department of Defense examines possible cuts; and Pete Buttigieg makes his play to lead the Democratic Party. Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE Ep.2142 - - - Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings - - - DailyWire+: Don’t just watch CPAC—be part of it LIVE with Daily Wire Backstage TONIGHT, February 20, on DailyWire+! Now is the time to join the fight. Watch the hit movies, documentaries, and series reshaping our culture. Go to https://dailywire.com/subscribe today. Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Today's Sponsors: ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/ben and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! Acorns - Sign up now at https://acorns.com/Shapiro to start saving and get your $20 bonus investment today! Fitbod - Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://Fitbod.me/SHAPIRO Helix Sleep - Go to https://helixsleep.com/ben for an exclusive offer. - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53 Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	that he was going to go whole hog on Vladimir Zelensky. The Trump team is in Saudi Arabia
0:37.4	negotiating with the Russian team over the end of theensky. The Trump team is in Saudi Arabia negotiating with the Russian
0:38.5	team over the end of the Ukraine war. Ukraine is not present in these negotiations, a matter of some
0:43.4	consternation in Ukraine. And let's be very clear about where I stand when it comes to the Ukraine
0:48.6	war. Russia attacked Ukraine. There is no good reason for Russia to attack Ukraine. Russia's
0:53.9	goal in attacking Ukraine was to take over all reason for Russia to attack Ukraine. Russia's goal in attacking Ukraine
0:55.1	was to take over all of Ukraine up to and including Kiev and originally to kill Vladimir
1:00.2	Zelensky and anyone else who is ruling in power and who is not going to act as a puppet of the
1:04.3	Putin regime. None of this is speculative. That is all just the reality in February of 2022.
1:09.7	Now, Ukraine did a masterful job of fending off that attack,
1:13.5	and by summer of that year, it was very clear that basically a stalemate had set in. And despite
1:19.0	all of the best attempts by the Europeans and the half-hearted attempts by the Biden administration
1:23.4	to provide Ukraine with additional arms, the lines just weren't moving that much. And so since summer of 2022, the lines have been pretty much set.
1:30.9	The Donbass area has been occupied by Russia.
1:33.2	Crimea has been occupied by Russia.
1:35.4	And love nor money is not going to move Russia off of that particular land, not unless
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