Chance to be briefed by the u. S. Pacific command and made his way over to the Pearl Harbor Memorial with the first lady. It will be interesting to see what that conversation was like after they had a chance to sort of absorb all that. Now, at the top of the agenda, of course, is lots that the president is going to try to get done here as he makes his way through asia. A number of important stops along the way and north korea and the threats theyre posing, and south korea. The president will be in search of a united front before going to china where hell try to get president xi to get together on pyongyang. Ivanka trump batting leadoff, giving a speech in tokyo on friday before having dinner with the Prime Minister of this country shinzo abe. Thats before the president s visit and the stops wont overlap, but white house officials acknowledge that hers is a value added element to the trip especially as she keeps the focus on women in business. Now, elizabeth. You made an important point
we have a sacred obligation on nato territory, a sacred obligation, article 5. we will not though we will not fight the third world war in ukraine. we re showing strength and will never falter, but, look, the idea the idea that we re going to send in offensive equipment and have planes, tanks, trains going in with american pilots and crews, just understand don t kid yourself, no matter what y all say, that s called world war iii. okay? so strong words there from the president. he said don t kid yourself. the president made these remarks hours after he spoke to ukrainian president zelenskyy by phone. a 50-minute phone call that officials say was longer than normal. zelenskyy is one of the main people calling for the u.s. to establish a no-fly zone over ukraine, something that u.s. officials say is not happening because that would create
the white house has been leaning in on that warning this week, both the president and other officials afterwards would not talk about what u.s. intelligence they have that really allows them to form this kind of consensus. and now, bianna, just a few hours later, the president also drew at red line when he said, once again, that he would not send in u.s. troops to fight on the ground in ukraine, basically saying that would create another world war. take a listen here. the idea that we re going to send in offensive equipment and have planes and tanks and trains going in with american pilots and american crews, just understand don t kid yourself. no matter what you all say, that s called world war iii, okay? reporter: so strong words there from the president and we know, bianna, that he offered those remarks just a few hours after he spoke to ukrainian president zelenskyy in about an