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00:00Do you think that Donald Trump specifically and the US has leverage over Russia?
00:06No, I don't think the United States has much leverage at all.
00:10In fact, I think it has zero leverage.
00:13And that's why I wouldn't use the word force.
00:17I don't think Trump can force a deal.
00:20I think that Trump can negotiate a deal with the Russians.
00:26And I think that they can work out a deal, it's not 100% guaranteed, as Sergei was saying,
00:33but I think they can work out a deal that would end the war if the Ukrainians and the
00:41Europeans agreed.
00:43So getting the Russians and the Americans to agree is just the first step.
00:48And in a way, that's the easy step.
00:50The more difficult step will be getting the Europeans and especially the Ukrainians to
00:55agree to the deal.
00:57And it's necessary to get everybody in agreement on what the deal is for it to produce lasting peace.