russia time. the russian people are aware that their homeland is involved in another according to the u.n. the situation on the ground is spiraling out of control. that s the reporting coming out of the u.n. jason chaffetz, this is the biggest challenge that a military challenge that america has an ally of the region and nato countries has had in i don t know how long. for russia to be involved in this type of military invasion, 190,000 troops, how big of a challenge to biden and his team is this? well, look. putin went into georgia and took over 25% of that country with no
you re absolutely right. what we saw from president trump was engagement on adversaries. what he realized and what president biden doesn t is continued engagement from day one. you don t have to agree with your adversaries but you need to engage them. that s been lacking over the last year. and as well as leadership. we talk about afghanistan or a number of blunders from this administration. that send a signal to our adversaries like putin and xi and otherses, maybe now is the time to take some action we would have otherwise not. that s what is unfolding here tonight. laura: well, i think both president reagan and trump understood that the world is safest and most stable when america s economy is strongest. when our people are united
how are those folks thinking tonight? it cause into question the entire system that you relied on to avoid catastrophic wars. the idea they could prevent countries from going to war has always been a fantasy. laura: sorry to interrupt. the former president of the donald trump is joining us now. thanks for joining us via telephone. you are watching this unfold. your reaction to putin s threats if anyone western nation or any nation interferes with the russian military action? this should have never happened. this would not have happened during my administration. people are saying why didn t
it country preparing for the possibility of a russian invasion, it s been clear that this level of a sustain attack in different locations across the country simply would not be able to be defendable by the ukrainian military. we saw the drills a few weeks ago near crimea. they took place at a level nowhere near the parallel drills in russia including missiles that give the russians the ability to have flexibility from the air and the ground. the coming hours will be significant to see how president putin aims to invade this country. there are a variety of options on the table. putin is known as a military operator. he has a playbook in front of him and will make a number of decisions and change has this unfolds.
then we heard from officials in the west. secretary of state blinken saying their belief was this would start tonight. that matched the tone of the ukrainian officials in kyiv who warned the west if something did not happen to interfere with russian plans there would be a full-scale operation against the country and one is taking place as we speak. laura: there was a flurry of democratic activity with machron in france and italy and kamala harris in the munich conference trying to talk sense into putin. none of it worked. all of it was ignored. i think the point that jennifer griffin made earlier, she said that moment when xi and putin