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