Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to its war against Ukraine unless Kyiv was involved.
Ms. Harris' comments come in a wide-ranging interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes," in which correspondent Bill Whitaker asked the Democratic presidential nominee about the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as domestic topics like the economy and immigration.
On the war in Ukraine, Mr. Whitaker asked Ms. Harris whether she would meet with Mr. Putin to negotiate a solution to the conflict.
"Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine." Ms. Harris said if her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, were still in office, "Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now." She suggested that Mr. Trump's repeated assertions that, if elected, he could end the war in Ukraine on day one of his second term - or even before his inauguration - are signals that he would give into Mr. Putin.
"It's about surrender." Ms. Harris declined to say whether she would support expanding NATO to include Ukraine, which Kyiv wants.
"There are plenty of leaders in Congress who understand and know that the Trump tax cuts blew up our federal deficit," she said, adding that she is "a capitalist, and I know the limitations of government." Like the presidential debate moderators, Mr. Whitaker also pressed Ms. Harris on her changing policy positions from her 2020 presidential campaign on issues like fracking, immigration and Medicare for All.
"At a shooting range. Yes, of course I have." Mr. Whitaker also separately interviewed Ms. Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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