Fox host baffled by Trump's inclusion of Putin on his “Board of Peace”
Brian Kilmeade: “He has nothing to do with peace, he's created most of the violence over the last 20 years”
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From the January 22, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): You have some, about 20 who showed up, they all signed, some of which spoke. Jared Kushner, as well as Steve Witkoff, are going to end up going to Russia to talk peace with Vladimir Putin, who is not into peace. I don't know how many visits we need to get that clear. But you have a Zelenskyy meeting with the president right now, at which time they are talking peace and he is saying this is the framework I can deal with, so you cannot blame Ukraine for not coming to the table. But I think it's interesting, if you are talking about Middle East peace, these are the countries that need to get involved if you are ever going to have Gaza be a place that can inhabit human beings who want to have a good life, as opposed to Hamas who still controls about 70% of Gaza and has yet to put down their weapons. If they're going to put down their weapons, many of the countries on this board will be the ones to make them.
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KILMEADE: It's crazy to invite Vladimir Putin. I don't know why — he has nothing to do with peace. He's created most of the violence over the last 20 years. But Vladimir Putin has been invited, so has President Zelenskyy. He said, ‘I received the invitation,' he said, ‘but how can I go on a board of peace with Russia, and Belarus, who does whatever Russia wants, they are a vassal state?' Canada says, ‘yeah, I'm interested in doing it, but I want to make sure humanitarian aid gets to Gaza,' and they say, ‘we don't want to spend a billion dollars.' So we'll see what kind of pushback they get. I think the billion dollars is due after three years if you want to be a permanent member. I don't think it is due right away. I'm not really sure what that goes to, by the way. What do you need a billion dollars for her to get on this?