needs to stop this senless brutality against the people of ukraine, against the government of ukraine, against the territorial integrity of ukraine. that is very clear to president putin. when it comes to this diplomacy, we of course support our ukrainian partners, but just like they do, we also know that diplomacy doesn t have the best odds of success when it s done at the barrel of a gun or a turret of a tank. that s what we ve seen so far. president putin needs to choose the course of genuine, good-faith diplomacy, and indicate that by de-escalating and putting an end to the senseless violence. president zelenskyy now says nearly 100 children have been killed in this war. ned price, thank you for that. chris, can i make one more point? sure. go ahead. i learned yesterday that our state department correspondent ben hall has been seriously injured in ukraine. yes. i want to say the entire state department family, my thoughts, our thoughts are with him. ben, his charm, his
to deal united nato in the united states we re in a strong position and then diplomacy can succeed but when what casey is a fractured alliance then we are weaker and then diplomacy doesn t succeed robert kagan senior fellow with the brookings institution joining us tonight from washington d.c. mr king we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you ll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or you can follow me t.v. don t forget to use our hash tag the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we ll see that ever.
a person who has killed a lot of people. his human rights record is the worst in the world. lindsey graham said yesterday if diplomacy doesn t work he wants to be prepared for the use of military force. and he asks democrats to get on board. here s this moment. i appreciate you telling the president what a good deal would look like, but the country needs you to back the president up to get that deal. so here s the question for my democratic colleagues, if diplomacy fails will you support authorizing use of military force as a last resort to convince north korea and china things will be different this time, a bipartisan effort would make that letter much more credible. and if diplomacy fails, as a last resort, democrats and republicans need to put the military option on the table or we ll never get a good deal. do you support senator lindsey graham s plan? i support diplomacy working.
donald trump, because he does scare, unlike what mike pence says, just reverse just about everything mike pence now says about donald trump and you ll get the truth. donald trump does care about public relations and donald trump can t afford to walk away from the table as the commander in chief of the united states that allowed north korea to have a nuclear weapon which now, by the way, can reach just about anywhere in the continental united states. and now we re in a position where if they don t give up their nuclear weapons, where does that leave us? if he said you can t have a nuclear weapon, does that mean there s a military confrontation if diplomacy doesn t work? you haven t left yourself much else. meanwhile, there s a growing belief that the president and his administration are being outmaneuvered by china regarding the ongoing trade dispute. the new york times reports so far nearly any time china resists an american trade demand the u.s. backs down such as refusing to comm
channel obviously looks incredibly nefarious. they re doing it in a different country. they re doing this through someone like george made nader e know robert mueller has spoken with several times. there are reasons why mueller would be interested in this particular back channel. i don t think we ll be surprised if we hear more talking points like we heard from john kelly last year from this administration saying look, it s okay for us to have these communications. we go through different officials all around the world. diplomacy doesn t always happen when it s the heads of state shaking hands in front of camera and that s understood. there s a lot about this particular meeting, where it took place, the timing and the players involved that obviously caught robert mueller s attention. hanging over all this, robert, is stormy daniels, who has been hinting she s going to publicly share her account of her intimate relationship that she said she had with the president. obviously the acce