WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined News Central PM on CNN to discuss President Trump's meeting with Zelenskyy at the White House and the Trump administration's commitment to ensuring that drugs from South America do not enter the United States.
"I have full faith that President Trump is going to do what is necessary to bring this war to an end like he's brought so many other wars and conflicts around the globe to an end":
"Well, first let me just say that I have full faith that President Trump is going to do what is necessary to bring this war to an end like he's brought so many other wars and conflicts around the globe to an end. I think he's definitely earned that credibility from the American people and quite frankly from leaders around the world. If you're going to talk specifically about Tomahawks, I'm not going to really comment on that because this is an on-going situation and I believe that all difference has to be given to the Commander in Chief so he can negotiate in an open fashion with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to bring this war to an end. It's been going on far too long. You got to give the president a lot of room to operate to get the best deal done to bring the war and frankly the deaths and the killings to bring all that close. I don't think it's appropriate to really comment on that at this time."
"Other nations and other people have really tried to figure that out over time and they found out the hard way that Donald Trump isn't playing games":
"I think the number one goal is to make sure there isn't drugs and other product that's coming into the United States illegally that is either killing our people or harming our people. And so this is a very different situation than other wars that are going on. The drug cartels, as far as I'm concerned, have a major influence in Venezuela and in other countries. President Trump means what he says when he is going to defend the American people. And this is one of the major ones where he's going to be very firm on this. And so I think in something like this where the American people are being directly harmed, you got to give the president a wide breath here. And I agree with him. They do not want to f around. Other nations and other people have really tried to figure that out over time and they found out the hard way that Donald Trump isn't playing games."
