The only thing that puts NATO in jeopardy is the fact that we have NATO allies who barely have militaries, or whose militaries are not very capable because they've spent 40 years not spending any money on it,
I think what the president was irritated by, and rightfully so, was this argument that somehow we haven't talked to Ukraine,
We're not saying do your own thing. We're saying do more. It's their continent, right?"
I was there for both calls,
He's been at the meetings for three years and nothing got done,
We told them [Russia] – do you guys want to end the war? Do you want to continue?"
A lot of people lost a whole lot of money over there in Russia. I think they’re going to be very reticent to want to go back. Once in a while, peace breaks out over there, but not very often,
I'm not sure what kind of deal he's making, where he's giving everything that his opponent wants, nothing in return,
They may or may not have dirt on him, but they don't have to use it,
I’m not privy to the details of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, what the sensitivities are, what the president’s trying to accomplish — so I’d be afraid to speak out of turn and undermine that,
When you’ve run companies, have you ever walked in and fired thousands of people without any analysis of the cost of benefits?”
We have to follow the laws, and you can’t allow classified data that is not legal to be in other people’s hands,
We have more than 900,000 civilian employees, so while every person counts and is, of course very important, there’s going to be some change,
In these kinds of reorganizations, there’s always turnover, and without turnover, you can’t become an efficient organization,
I don’t think the cuts haven’t been determined, so I think there’s a chance to make them correctly,
I wouldn’t put it in terms of sucking up to Putin,
President Trump is trying to make something happen here, not just go back to talking points that haven’t worked in the past,
Of course the U.S. would protect our assets for which we were invested in,
We expect to get this deal done, President Trump expects to get this deal done, and I think you will see that in very short order,