Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore went toe-to-toe on Newsmax over desired outcomes from Friday’s summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

While Holt made the case that anything should be on the table to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Gilmore said Trump cannot legitimize what Putin has done in Ukraine.

In a spirited exchange on “Finnerty,“ Gilmore, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, warned that Putin’s ultimate goal is to secure American recognition of his territorial conquests in Ukraine — a move Gilmore says would have disastrous consequences.

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