End of the fiscal year, we did and an analysis of what other countries were doing. And i cant remember if it was zero or near zero dollars from any European Countries for lethal aid. Youve heard the president say we give them tanks and other countries give them pillows. That is right. As vocal at the europeans are about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when it coming to lethal aid. They werent helping ukraine and to this day are not. And the president did not like that. Long answer, but im still going. Those were the driving factors. Did he also mention to me that the corruption that related to the dnc server . Absolutely. No question. But that is it. And that is why we held up the money. So the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he ordered to withhold funding to ukraine . The look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation. And that is appropriate. To w
discussion and negotiations and we believe that the kurdish population in syria with which we have a strong relationship will continue toendure. the united states will always be grateful for our partnership with sdf in defeating isis. but we recognize the importance and the value of a safe zone to create a buffer between syria proper and the kurdish population and the turkish border and we re going to be working very closely. so we think the agreement today first ends the violence, which is what president trump sent us here to do. i said it again and again to president erdogan, president trump sent us here to end the violence. and to achieve an immediate cease-fire. and thanks to the agreement that we negotiated today and the
military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five-hour period of time, we reached a place of agreement about how a cease-fire could benefit turkey, achieve president trump s objectives, and also contribute to a peaceful resolution of the safe zone. and i believe that we ve accomplished that. with regard to the ypg, syrian defense forces, we have been in contact today and we have received repeated assurances from them that they ll be moving out. that they greatly welcome the opportunity for a cease-fire, to make a safe and orderly withdrawal from those areas in the safe zone, where they still have a presence. and we re very confident that that s already taking place and
military action in syria. president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week and the president made it clear yesterday and we made it clear again today that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today s cea cease-fire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it s a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it s also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it s important that friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this
we re going to be using all the leverage that we have, of having fought alongside syrian defense forces in the battle against isis to facilitate their safe withdrawal. but we think we think this is an outcome that will greatly serve the interests of of the kurdish population in syria, greatly serve the interest of turkey, and it will create the kind of long-term buffer zone that will ensure peace and stability in the region. mr. vice president, just want to follow up on that question. what specific concessions did turkey receive? specifically, i want to ask you if they brought the issue of the bank, hawk bank, rather. not in the context of these negotiations. i think when we had concluded the negotiations, the topic was