Fox host: Steve Witkoff “likes Russia too much” and his actions are “totally unacceptable”
Brian Kilmeade: “You're supposed to be the president's best friend. You can't be telling Vladimir Putin how to handle your best friend.”
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From the December 1, 2025, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): The question is, what could Witkoff - I'm so glad Jared Kushner's going with Steve Witkoff because I just think he likes Russia too much. All indications are that he sees more Russia's point of view. I understand in negotiations, it's no good to unload on Vladimir Putin's resume of killing and invading. I understand that. But I think Jared Kushner's got a much more level head.
That leaked phone call from last week that he was telling Putin to get in and talk to President Trump before Zelenskyy gets there – totally unacceptable. And to feather the president's ego by complimenting him about, ‘you're a president of peace.' You're supposed to be the president's best friend. You can't be telling Vladimir Putin how to handle your best friend, who happens to be the President of the United States. I understand negotiation isn't good to vilify people.
AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Witkoff is going to Moscow. Will he sit down with Putin? Remember the last time the President said he - how long was that meeting? It was like six hours?
KILMEADE: Yeah. Well they smoked cigars together. They hung out. They like each other. Which, it only helps to do a deal. But you just have to realize too who you are dealing with. There was only one country that started this war and has been invading countries since 2008, starting in Georgia. And it's Russia. Ukraine is not a threat to Russia.