In two separate interviews on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to named a single concession that the Trump administration is asking of Russia to end their unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage, Alaska Friday to discuss a peace agreement, but no deal was struck.
On ABC’s This Week, Rubio got agitated when asked about what concessions the administration is asking of the Russians.
“Can you name any concessions that Vladimir Putin made during this meeting?” host Martha Raddatz asked the Secretary of State.
“I wouldn’t name them on your program,” Rubio fired back. “Why would I do that?”
“Where is the pressure?” Raddatz pressed.
Rubio claims there were “concessions asked,” but that he wasn’t going to turn the negotiations into a “pay-per-view” event for the media.
“But what utility would there be of me going on a program and tell you we wagged our finger at Putin and told him you must do this and you must that?” Rubio said. “It’s only going to make it harder and less likely that they’re going to agree of these things.”
In another interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Rubio also refused to name a concession the administration is asking of the Russians to end the war they started, but did suggest that Ukraine has to give up territories.
