I want to reiterate the president made clear he wants to end this war, and if opportunities present themselves to further that, we're going to take them if they present themselves.
Marco Rubio
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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.
President Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin last week. And, in it, Vladimir Putin expressed his interest in peace.
If it was up to us, every one of these hostages would be home right now, and we want it to happen as soon as possible.
If it’s real negotiations — and we’re not there yet — but if that were to happen, Ukraine will have to be involved.
Ultimately, one phone call does not make peace. One phone call does not solve a war as complex as this one.
I think if anyone's angry about his words, they don't have to agree with him, but to be angry about it, I think actually makes his point.
But suffice it to say that if it was up to us, every one of these hostages would be home right now.
I think peace is not a noun. It's a verb. It's an action. You have to take concrete steps towards it.
Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews, and they hated minorities.
I think the valid points he’s making to Europe is: We are concerned that the true values that we share, the values that bind us together with Europe, are things like free speech and democracy and our shared history in winning two world…
I thought it was actually a pretty historic speech, whether you agree with him or not.
The Munich Security Conference is largely a conference of democracies in which one of the things that we cherish and value is the ability to speak freely and provide your opinions.
Why would our allies or anybody be irritated by free speech and by someone giving their opinion?
I think allies and friends and partners that have worked together now for 80 years should be able to speak frankly to one another in open forums without being offended.
I think President Trump will know very quickly whether to say, is this a real thing or whether this is an effort to buy time.
I think the valid points he's making to Europe is, we are concerned that the true values that we share, the values that bind us together with Europe are things like free speech and democracy.
Peace is not a noun. It's a verb. It's an action. You have to take concrete steps towards it.





