Victor Davis Hanson: Could Trump End War in Ukraine During Tomorrow’s Meeting With Putin?

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

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The stakes couldn’t be higher. Will this summit move the world toward peace or harden the deadlock? Hanson lays out why the Biden administration has avoided such meetings, why the “Putin puppet” narrative has gone silent, and what Trump’s high-stakes negotiating strategy could mean for the war’s endgame on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “We’re gonna have this summit. And Trump is going to say to Putin, ‘You can have no NATO Ukraine. You can have the Crimea. You can have the Donbas. I think I can get Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people to agree. But we’ve gotta fight over how far west you are and whether you have to go back or will stay in place.’ And then he’s going to have to tell Zelenskyy, ‘We’re supplying you. That’s the only leverage we have against Putin, along with a secondary boycott. But you have to decide whether you’re going to cede the Donbas, Crimea, and some of the territory. Because if you don’t, there’s not going to be a peace. And if there’s not going to be a peace, we can’t assure you a blank check forever.’” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com (0:00) Upcoming Trump-Putin Summit (0:57) Historical Context (2:00) Trump's Leverage Against Putin (3:29) Potential Risks (3:49) Current State of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict (4:56) Possible Peace Agreement (7:05) Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and it's scheduled to be held in Anchorage, Alaska.
0:38.3	These summons are very important.
0:39.3	Nobody in the last four years in the Biden administration has met with the Russians,
0:44.3	and especially the last three years since the war started.
0:47.3	Nobody made the attempt.
0:48.3	One thing that we're not hearing from the left and the never-Trump right is that Donald Trump is a Putin asset, a Putin puppet.
0:57.7	And the reason they're not saying that is he gave Putin an art of the deal leeway when he first
1:03.2	came into office. Basically was saying Putin, I'm giving you an opportunity. Putin did not take it.
1:08.5	Donald Trump pivoted and found out that he had to use leverage against Putin.
1:12.6	And the leverage is far more deleterious to Russia.
1:16.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal. This week there's a scheduled
1:33.4	summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and it's scheduled to be held in Anchorage, Alaska.
1:40.8	Apparently, this was a place that offered a great deal of security. It's a smaller,
1:45.8	controllable city. It's in the United States, but on the other hand, it's one of the closest
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