Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a biting response to an American journalist who suggests he may be weaker than U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. With sharp wit and confidence, Putin mocks the claim, asserting his readiness to meet Trump while challenging the premise of being “weaker.” Watch the thrilling exchange as Putin takes on the journalist and sets the stage for his anticipated talks with the incoming U.S. leader.
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00:00Well, I don't know when we meet, because he doesn't say anything about this.
00:05I have not spoken to him for more than four years, but I'm open for it at any time.
00:13I'm open for a meeting, for a summit, if he wants to.
00:21My question is, are you prepared to compromise in any way over Ukraine?
00:27You say that Kyiv should compromise, that the Ukrainians should compromise, but what
00:32are you prepared to offer in potential negotiations, potentially led by President-elect Trump?
00:41Frankly speaking, I haven't seen President Assad yet, after he came to Moscow, but I
00:48plan to do so, and I will have a conversation with him.
00:53We are adults.
00:53We understand.
00:54Twelve years ago, a person went missing in Syria, twelve years ago.
01:02We understand what situation was in place twelve years ago.
01:06Active hostilities were ongoing from both sides.
01:11Does President Assad himself know what happened to that U.S. citizen, to the journalist who
01:17performed his journalist duties in the combat area?
01:23But nonetheless, I do promise that I will ask this question to him.
01:30We can ask the same question to those people who are controlling the situation on the ground
01:35in Syria today.
01:38You asked what we can offer, or I can offer, to the President-elect Trump when we meet.
01:48I do not know when we are going to meet, because he does not speak about that.
01:53I haven't spoken to him for more than four years now.
01:57I am prepared for that conversation at any time.
02:01I will be prepared to hold a meeting as well, if he so desires.
02:07You said that this conversation will take place where I'll be in a weakened state.
02:15Dear colleague, well, I'm saying dear and distinguished colleague, because though despite
02:20all persecutions of our media, Russian media, you are allowed to work here freely.
02:26Isn't that good already?
02:29To you and to the people who pay your salary in the United States, we'd really like for
02:34Russia to be in a weakened state.
02:39I'm of a different opinion.
02:40I think that Russia became much stronger over the past two or three years.
02:47Why?
02:49Because we are becoming a truly sovereign country.
02:55We are largely independent of any country.
02:58We are prepared to stand our own in terms of economy.
03:02As for the economic growth rate, I have already spoken.
03:08We're strengthening our defence capacity.
03:13Our combat readiness of the armed forces today, and I'm speaking very confidently here, is
03:20at the highest, is ranked the highest in the world.
03:25The same applies to our defence industry.
03:29We're increasing the production of everything that's necessary for the army and the fleet,
03:34both for today and for tomorrow.
03:38We're doing that very confidently, actively.
03:44The same cannot be said about our adversaries.
03:47We already spoke about the success of our armed forces.
03:54This happens largely due to the increase in production of defence industry, the output
04:03of defence industry of Russia.
04:06As I have said, we're doing that confidently and in a streamlined fashion.
04:14I spoke about the movement forward of our army at the line of engagement.
04:21How is this achieved?
04:22It is achieved by the presence of equipment that I have already mentioned.
04:26Yes, indeed, almost all of NATO countries are fighting against us.
04:32We spoke about our inflation rate.
04:34But what's happening over there?
04:37One shell of 155 millimetres, it used to cost, a year ago, about 2,000 euro.
04:46Now it costs 8,000 euros.
04:49The price has increased fourfold if the hostilities continue at the same tempo.
04:57Not only 2% of the budget for defence, which was always done at the insistence of the President-elect
05:05Trump, will be enough for NATO countries.
05:10Even 3% won't be enough.
05:14The training, combat readiness, the morale of the Russian army is at such point right
05:26now that is unparalleled by any army in the world.
05:31Therefore, I believe, to a great extent, Russia today is in such a state that we have been
05:43trying to achieve, it has become stronger, it has become a truly sovereign country.
05:51And we'll make decisions without taking anyone's opinion into account, we'll follow only our
05:56national interests.