Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec spoke with retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on Wednesday about the upcoming “Anchorage Accords” meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Flynn urging Americans to temper expectations and recognize the stakes involved.
Flynn, a longtime supporter of Trump, cautioned that while the talks could be historic, they would also be challenging.
“I’m one of the biggest fans of President Trump and I want him to be monumentally successful,” Flynn said. “But I want everybody to understand that we need to really meter our expectations of what is possible for these historic talks.”
Posobiec referred to the meeting as the “Anchorage Accords,” a label Flynn said was fitting, comparing it to the Budapest Agreement after the Cold War. “This particular meeting is going to be a defining moment, not just in US relations with Russia and the Russian Federation, but I actually think that this meeting really will define… the survival for the world going forward,” he said.
Flynn noted Trump had once told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, “You don’t hold all the cards,” and warned that the same reality applies to the United States in its dealings with Russia. “Russia holds a lot of cards here,” Flynn said. “They hold terrain, they hold places like Crimea, the Donbasses. I mean, there’s going to be a lot of talk about all that.”
He described the conflict in Ukraine as unwinnable for Kyiv, pointing to the country’s recruitment struggles. “If anybody… tells you that Ukraine can win this thing… the Ukrainians right now are having to recruit 60-year-olds to join their military,” Flynn said. “This is a losing war, and the spoils usually go to the winner.”
Flynn said Trump will enter the talks without the advantage of battlefield success but with other strengths. “Trump is going into a meeting where… he doesn’t hold cards where he’s in a winning position. What he is in… is he’s in a winning position with a strong economy and strong leadership.”
He added that Putin may be seeking to improve ties. “I do believe that Putin wants, desires—actually desperately, in some cases, I believe—a relationship with the United States of America,” Flynn said.
Flynn, a longtime supporter of Trump, cautioned that while the talks could be historic, they would also be challenging.
“I’m one of the biggest fans of President Trump and I want him to be monumentally successful,” Flynn said. “But I want everybody to understand that we need to really meter our expectations of what is possible for these historic talks.”
Posobiec referred to the meeting as the “Anchorage Accords,” a label Flynn said was fitting, comparing it to the Budapest Agreement after the Cold War. “This particular meeting is going to be a defining moment, not just in US relations with Russia and the Russian Federation, but I actually think that this meeting really will define… the survival for the world going forward,” he said.
Flynn noted Trump had once told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, “You don’t hold all the cards,” and warned that the same reality applies to the United States in its dealings with Russia. “Russia holds a lot of cards here,” Flynn said. “They hold terrain, they hold places like Crimea, the Donbasses. I mean, there’s going to be a lot of talk about all that.”
He described the conflict in Ukraine as unwinnable for Kyiv, pointing to the country’s recruitment struggles. “If anybody… tells you that Ukraine can win this thing… the Ukrainians right now are having to recruit 60-year-olds to join their military,” Flynn said. “This is a losing war, and the spoils usually go to the winner.”
Flynn said Trump will enter the talks without the advantage of battlefield success but with other strengths. “Trump is going into a meeting where… he doesn’t hold cards where he’s in a winning position. What he is in… is he’s in a winning position with a strong economy and strong leadership.”
He added that Putin may be seeking to improve ties. “I do believe that Putin wants, desires—actually desperately, in some cases, I believe—a relationship with the United States of America,” Flynn said.
