Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Friday that the upcoming negotiations between the Trump administration and Russia over the war with Ukraine amounts to a “competition of leverage.”

Holt told “American Agenda” that special envoy Steve Witkoff is facing a tough time in Moscow.

“What we’re looking at is Ambassador Witkoff is gonna come in and say, hey, look, your economy is a mess. Why don’t we get you back into the global economy and start from there as our levers. But what Russia’s going to tell him back is, fine. Here’s the terms. If you wanna short-circuit the war, that’s great. Here’s our demands. But militarily, we’re winning this war, and we’re gonna continue to win this war and see it out, so that we’ll impose these terms,” he said.

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