Fox host criticizes the White House proposal for Ukraine: “It just sounds ridiculous”
Brian Kilmeade: "I mean, this is a nonstarter”
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From the November 20, 2025, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (FOX NEWS HOST): Joining us now is Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. Senator, there's a 28-point plan kicking around out there and it just sounds ridiculous that Vladimir Putin drew it up, that they are going to have to cut their forces by two-thirds, they get all the Donbas region, you can't have any long range missiles. I mean this is a nonstarter. I mean why are they even talking about a plan like this, still?
SEN. TOM COTTON (R-AR): Yeah. And Brian, Secretary Rubio seemed to let some air out of that trial balloon last night when he characterized it as an exchange of ideas. The stories may be coming, in fact, from Russians. What we do know is what President Trump has said and done recently. You've just heard the clip where he said he is frustrated with President Putin. We're continuing to supply Ukraine with long range missiles that can strike key Russian military targets inside of Russia. President Trump has said he is ready to go forward with sanctions on Russia, as well as secondary sanctions on countries that are buying Russian oil, which just shows that he has a strong commitment to keep the pressure on Vladimir Putin to make a deal at the negotiating table to end this brutal unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.