00:00How soon do you think that Europe can stop buying Russian oil and gas fluid like President Trump has asked for?
00:07President Trump is absolutely right. We're on it. We have reduced already massively the gas supply from Russia.
00:13We put sanctions out to those ports where, for example, LNG is coming from Russia.
00:20We want to put tariffs on oil supplies that are still coming to the European Union.
00:25Until the end of the year, we have the phasing out. We have now the sanctions on the table proposed. Member states have to agree.
00:32I put out seven wars, if you think about it, and I'm not the UN. And I wasn't helped by the UN.
00:37We were never helped by the UN. The UN has tremendous potential.
00:41We do all these wars and we weren't helped by the UN. We weren't hurt by them, but we weren't helped. They didn't do anything.
00:47Well, thank you very much. It's a great honor to be with a very powerful, very smart woman and a friend of mine.
00:52And become a friend of mine. And she does a fantastic job running lots of different nations.
00:59And, Ursula, thank you very much for being with us. Thank you.
01:01Thank you. Thank you for having me here.
01:04And very much looking forward to our conversation.
01:06I think it will be mainly around Ukraine, the missing children, and certainly the new hybrid threats we are experiencing in Europe.
01:15So thank you very much for making the time.
01:17Well, thank you very much. And we will have a very good conversation. Any questions, please?
01:23How soon do you think – sorry, Madam President – how soon do you think that Europe can stop buying Russian oil and gas fluid like President Trump has asked for?
01:33Yeah. President Trump is absolutely right. We're on it.
01:36We have reduced already massively the gas supply from Russia, completely gotten out of Russian coal, and massively also reduced the oil supply.
01:46But there's still some coming to the European continent.
01:49So what we do now, we put sanctions out to those ports where, for example, LNG is coming from Russia.
01:57And we want to put tariffs on oil supplies that are still coming to the European Union.
02:04So we are really getting – after the last bits of oil and gas coming from Russia to the European Union, we want to get rid of it.
02:11What do you think you'll be able to do that? You've rudely said 2027, and you're looking at a quicker timeline.
02:15We want to be out earlier, absolutely. So until the end of the year, we have the phasing out.
02:21We have now the sanctions on the table proposed. Member states have to agree.
02:25But we have to be faster because every payment is filling Putin's watches. This cannot be.
02:32Mr. President, Mr. President, I'm well-ed. It's nice to see you.
02:35During your speech to the General Assembly, you talked about the UN not reaching its potential.
02:39Do you see any kind of consequence if they don't step up and do what they should on a number of issues?
02:44Well, they've never really reached. Not just now. They've never reached their potential.
02:48The UN could be unbelievable with certain people running it. And, no, it's never reached the potential.
02:56Look, I put out seven wars, if you think about it, and I'm not the UN.
03:00And I wasn't helped by the UN. I was never even given a phone call.
03:05But you have a list of the wars, and these were wars that were pretty much unstoppable.
03:09These were wars that were not going to be settled.
03:11One was 31 years, one was 32 years, one was 35 years.
03:16And altogether, a total of seven. Two were starting.
03:21And I was never called by the UN. I was never like, I didn't even think about it, frankly, until after we did it.
03:27I never gave it a lot of thought.
03:29And then, recently, I started thinking, you know, we were never helped by the UN.
03:34And the UN has tremendous potential. Tremendous potential.
03:38It's going to, hopefully, put out the wars themselves.
03:41I mean, someday it's going to do what I've been doing.
03:44And they should be able to do it. Thank you for that question. I appreciate it.
03:47Given what you just said, what structural changes would you like to see in the UN?
03:52And what role do you think it could play in peacekeeping, for example, going forward, given what you just said?
03:57Well, it's a fantastic role in peacekeeping. It should be great.
04:00I mean, we shouldn't have any wars if the UN's really doing its job.
04:03I know they were involved originally with Russia-Ukraine, and that didn't get done,
04:07because that was the time to stop it.
04:10But, no, it's a, it's, I always say about the UN, fantastic potential.
04:16But it's all about the people, you know.
04:19You can have a wonderful concept, but if you don't have the people.
04:22The UN has never lived up to its potential.
04:26But I'm the example of it.
04:28We do all these wars, and we weren't helped by the UN.
04:31We weren't hurt by them, but we weren't helped.
04:32They didn't do anything.
04:34And they're supposed to be solving these problems.
04:36Thank you very much, everybody.
04:38We have a lot of meetings.
04:40We have a lot of meetings.
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