An attempt to praise Donald Trump's still-in-process intervention to bring about the end of the war in Ukraine after Russia's unprovoked invasion did not go well on CNN on Saturday morning.
During an appearance on CNN's "Table for Five" hosted by Sarah Sidner, radio host Melik Abdul, a member of the Black Americans for Trump Coalition, was asked what he thought about the ongoing meetings at the Munich Security Conference where Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been holding court before the international press for the first time.
"I think it's a very good thing that Donald Trump is at least talking to [Russian president Vladimir] Putin, because the world has pretty much shut him out," he began. "You can't have a peace summit without inviting the other party there, so I think it's absolutely significant."
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"But if you listen to Pete Hegseth, our secretary of defense, said that this issue of this possibility of Ukraine getting NATO membership, it is a no. And if you consider what our military has said, even last year, you have military analysts saying that Ukraine –– this is aside from the 2014 borders –– that Ukraine was unlikely to get any of the territory that Russia has gotten so far."
"I think that it is now time to have a serious conversation about our investment in Ukraine, and I think that Donald Trump is doing the right thing with forcing these sides to actually talk, because Europe was not interested in doing this," he offered.
That brought a quick retort from podcaster and noted tech reporter Kara Swisher.
"Except he's giving away the store before it happens," she lectured. "I mean, why would you say we're not going to do this? We're not going to do that? "
"And then the whole thing about territory," she added. "I mean, you know, someone pointed this out in Britain: what part of the United States would you give away if Canada invaded? Would it be Maine or Michigan?"
"Russia was the invader here and right now they're talking about you can't be a NATO nation, "she continued. "We're going to let them keep their territory. It just feels like you don't negotiate ahead of yourself, you have a firm stance and they had to pull it all back."
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