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Richard Haass: I don’t see signs that anyone at the White House thought this through

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

President, Government, Congress, Election, Brezinski, News, Giest, Politics, Campaign, Washington, Ms Now, Scarboro, Issues

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Richard Haass: I don’t see signs that anyone at the White House thought this through

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0:00.0

Do we think that the Russians have shared intelligence about the location of U.S. military assets?

0:07.0

And if they have, why would we be giving waivers on Russian oil sanctions?

0:14.0

Well, I'm not an intel officer, so I can't tell you. I can tell you that yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have

0:23.5

not been sharing.

0:24.5

That's what they said.

0:25.7

So, you know, we can take them at their word, but they did say that.

0:30.4

And yesterday morning, and yesterday morning independently, Jared and I had a call with Uschikov, who reiterated the same.

0:41.1

So, you know, that's a better question for the intel people, but let's hope that they're not sharing.

0:49.8

I'm hoping.

0:50.9

Let's hope they're not sharing.

0:51.9

I will say the initial statement there reminded me a lot of Jonathan Lemire's question.

0:58.2

You go back.

0:59.6

You got to go with the way back machine, 2018, Helsinki.

1:02.7

There's John Lemire.

1:04.0

And he asks a question, do you trust your own Intel chiefs that you put in charge or do you trust Vladimir?

1:10.2

That was good, Lamar.

1:11.2

The president said, fill in the blank.

1:14.5

At the time, the president made clear he sided with Vladimir Putin, that he took Vladimir Putin at his word.

1:21.8

And yesterday, his lead negotiator, Steve Whitkoff, suggested the same.

1:25.2

And then he and everybody said, well, let's hope they don't do that.

1:27.9

Yes. You know diplomats. You got to work, you got to work with both sides. I bet I would

1:34.3

just say if Steve is watching, Steve, they lie. This is what Russians do. They think it's the smart

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