arbitration proceeding, you don't bring both parties into the meeting for that first table set

because they're at odds, right? That wouldn't be productive. So you begin by meeting individually

with the two parties. That's what President Trump is doing right now. It's very logical if you stop and think about it.

He's met with the Russian side, with Putin's side, through his representatives there,

and he's spoken to Zelensky.

He's speaking to both parties to set the table, so to speak, for what that negotiation is going to be.

This is very productive.

He is the only person on the planet who has the ability to make that happen.

You have to give the president room to work. His language

and his actions and his decisions shouldn't be second-guess step by step. You have to allow

this process to play out. I think he's been very clear, I think he's been very clear about

what the objective here is. And when he speaks to those issues, what he's talking about is

we want to get Ukraine back to a posture of peace.

There's an idea on the table for them to actually be in partnership with the U.S. with regard to production of the precious minerals that are needed.

And also, we want to get back to free and fair elections.

There, just as we fight for here and we fight for around the world. I think those things are all

consistent, and I think President Trump is moving the ball forward in a way that all of us should

applaud. Back, third row. Yes, sir. How do you respond to critics like Tom Massey who

argue that this budget resolution will make steps worse, not better? And are you committed to having to go today?

Or is that potentially going to get to leave? Yeah. So the budget resolution itself doesn't do any of that.

The objective and our commitment has always been deficit neutrality. That's the goal here.

If we can reduce the deficit, even better. But here's another thing everybody needs to consider.

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