Sebastian Gorka, Senior Director of Counterterrorism at the White House, abruptly ended an interview with BBC's Victoria Derbyshire after a heated exchange over President Trump's proposed peace plan for the war in Ukraine. Gorka accused Derbyshire of making irresponsible and absurd statements, while Derbyshire pressed him on the implications of Trump's plan, which appeared to concede land seized by Russia to Putin.
Derbyshire had kicked off the interview by asking him if the president had “just handed victory to President Putin on a plate”.held a 90-minute phone call in which they agreed to “immediately” kick-start peace talks to end the war nearly three years after Russia’s invasion of its neighbour., leading to fears that he will be forced to give up land seized by Russia in order to bring the war to an end.
Gorka replied: “I hope that’s fake news or not from somebody who actually cares about the special relationship between our two countries.”He said: “After 100,000 casualties and the fact that Ukraine will remain an independent nation, that’s just an asinine statement. It’s absolutely absurd and really irresponsible.”Undeterred, Derbyshire told him: “President Putin invaded a country. He took a load of land. He killed tens of thousands of Ukrainians.
Gorka then hit back: “I like the fact that you think you know what the US is promising to anyone. We’ve been very clear on the campaign trail. President Trump and his team has been adamant since we came into this building three weeks ago that the number one priority is to stop the bloodshed. “And you don’t have to tell me, the son of those who literally escaped a Communist regime, what the reality of the Russian Federation is today. So please stick to the facts.”Later in the interview, Gorka said America stands “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine.A clearly-angry Gorka told her: “No shame. You have no shame. That’s beneath the BBC.
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