WHO KNOWS.
>> Neil: THANKS, GERRY BAKER.
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK.
ONE THING THAT BORIS JOHNSON
WANTED TO ECHO IS THAT BRITAIN
STILL STANDS BEHIND UKRAINE.
>> LET ME SAY NOW TO THE PEOPLE
OF UKRAINE, THAT WE IN THE U.K.
WILL CONTINUE TO BACK YOUR FIGHT
FOR FREEDOM FOR AS LONG AS IT
TAKES.
>> Neil: ALL RIGHT.
KEITH KELLOGG JOINS US, THE
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
UNDER MIKE PENCE.
GENERAL, IF I’M PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY AND I HAD OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FROM CERTAINLY BORIS
JOHNSON, A REPEATED VISITOR,
GREAT PERSONAL RISK TO THAT
COUNTRY, NOW HE’S GONE, SHOULD I
WORRY THAT THE SUPPORT THAT CAME
WITH THAT MIGHT BE FRAYED?
>> YEAH, NEIL, THANKS FOR HAVING
ME.
THE ANSWER IS YES.
I DON’T KNOW WHO WILL REPLACE
HIM.
MAYBE THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
DURING BREXIT OR BEN WALLACE.
NOBODY CAN MATCH HIS
PERSONALITY, WHAT HE WANTED TO
DO.
UNDER BORIS JOHNSON, UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP, BRITAIN WAS THE
SECOND LARGEST CONTRIBUTE TORE
THE UKRAINE IN THE SENSE OF
DEFENSE SPENDING.
THEY SPENT ALMOST $8 BILLION.
THEY WERE FAR AND AWAY THE
NUMBER 2 CONTRIBUTOR.
60% WAS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.
THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
PROVIDE ANTI-TANK AMMUNITIONS.
BORIS JOHNSON’S WAS ON THE
GROUND EARLY.
HE WALKED THE STREETS, GAVE A
LOT OF SUPPORT TO ZELENSKY.
SO THE RUSSIANS SAW THAT.
THEY WERE A VERY STRONG
SUPPORTER.
VERY CANDIDLY, HE’S BEEN MORE OF
A LEADERSHIP SUPPORTER OF
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYS THAT OUR
PRESIDENT HAS.
OUR PRESIDENT HAS NOT VISITED.
OUR VICE PRESIDENT HAS NOT
VISITED.
BORIS JOHNSON’S HAS WALKED THE
STREETS AND TALKED TO TALK.
THEY WILL MISS HIM.
AS TIME GOES ON, EVERYBODY WILL
WANE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SUPPORT
BUT THE BRITTS HAVE BEEN THERE
AND BORIS JOHNSON’S LED THAT.
I CAN SEE WHY PUTIN IS HAPPY
HE’S GONE.
>> Neil: HE WAS VERY HAPPY.
HE AND HIS AMBASSADOR TO THAT
COUNTRY TO GREAT BRITAIN HAVE
SAID, LOOK AT THIS.
TO A MAN, BLAMING IT NOT SO MUCH
ON THE DOMESTIC ISSUES THAT
JOHNSON WAS DEALING WITH BUT THE
FACT THAT HE WAS LEADING THIS --
WHAT PUTIN CALLED UP POPULAR
CAUSE IN UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK IT’S PUTIN’S
WORDS.
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
HE KNOW HE’S LOST AN ADVERSARY
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AN
ADVERSARY TO PUTIN THAT IS A
NUCLEAR POWER.
WHEN HE LOSES JOHNSON, THERE’S
ONE OF THE NUCLEAR POWERS IF
THEY GET OUT OF THE GAME.
HE’S BEEN MORE VOCAL THAN ANY OF
THE OTHER LEADERS.
AS I SAID, HE’S BEEN MORE VOCAL
IN SUPPORT OF ZELENSKY THAN
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
SO PUTIN SEES THAT.
HE KNOWS ONE OF HIS ADVERSARIES
IS NOW OFF THE CHARTS.
NO ONE IS GOING TO REPLACE BORIS
JOHNSON AS WE KNOW HIM.
HE’S A CHARACTER.
HE’S AN AMERICAN.
HE WAS BORN IN AMERICA.
THAT’S MAYBE SOME OF THE STRONG
BLOOD HE HAD THERE.
BUT I THINK PUTIN IS HAPPY THAT
HE’S GONE.
>> Neil: JOHN KIRBY AT THE WHITE
HOUSE WAS ADDRESSING THIS WHEN
IT BROKE LATE YESTERDAY.
HE WAS SAYING THAT NOTHING HAS
CHANGED AS FAR AS AMERICAN
POLICY IN SYNC WITH BRITISH
POLICY AS WELL.
LISTEN TO THIS, GENERAL.
>> IF I’M PRESIDENT ZELENSKY,
I’M WORRIED.
SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
HE KNOWS THE INTERNATIONAL
SUPPORT HE’S GETTING IN FIGHTING
THIS WAR.
EVERY LEADER IN NATO AND EVERY
LEADER AT THE G-7 SAID THAT THEY
WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
UKRAINE AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY UNDERSTANDS
THAT HE HAS THAT INTERNATIONAL
SUPPORT REGARDLESS OF WHAT
GOVERNMENT IS IN POWER.
>> Trace: YOU DON’T BUY THAT, DO
YOU, GENERAL?
>> I DON’T.
A LOT OF TALK GOING ON.
WE HAVE SUPPLIED HIM WITH THE
KIT THAT THEY NEED.
THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY
NEED TO PUSH BACK ON THE RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE THAT IS GOING ON.
WE’VE SAID REPEATEDLY, IT’S AN
ATTRITION FIGHT.
THE RUSSIANS ARE USING ARTILLERY
TO GREAT STRENGTH.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COUNTER
THAT WITH THINGS LIKE THE MLRS
OR MORE FIGHTER JETS.
WE DIDN’T DO THAT.
TALK IS CHEAP.
I WOULD CHALLENGE KIRBY AND THE
PRESIDENT, GIVE THEM WHAT THEY
REALLY NEED TO FIGHT.
THEY ASKED FOR IT.
IMPORTANTYS JOHNSON SAW THAT.
HE GAVE THEM SOME MRLS EARLY.
GAVE THEM ALMOST AS MANY AS WE
DID.
HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT NEEDED TO
CONTRIBUTE TO WIN THIS FIGHT.
WE HAVE NOT DONE IT.
TALK HAS BEEN CHEAP.
I WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THEM.
WE’VE BEEN SAYING THIS
REPEATEDLY THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS.
GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO WIN
THE FIGHT.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.