Sean Spicer warned of the consequences of giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday’s edition of “The Morning Meeting” on 2Way.

MARK HALPERIN, CO-HOST: Next up here is Russia-Ukraine. Lots of moving pieces and counter directions. First of all, the president is meeting with Zelensky, and Zelensky has been meeting with the sellers of U.S. weaponry. There seems to still be a movement towards the javelins — Tomahawks… Thune has teased bringing the sanctions bill to the floor before and backed off, but he’s saying it again. But then the president talks to Putin and says Putin doesn’t want the Tomahawks to be sent, and now he says he might meet. He said he would, but Caroline walked it back a little bit. He might meet with Putin, and some would say maybe, I don’t know if they’d be a cynic or a skeptic, but some would say Putin’s just stalling for time again to not actually be serious about negotiating. So, Sean, what’s the best case to come out of today’s meeting? By the way, who asked for the call? DAN TURRENTINE, CO-HOST: Did Trump ask to speak with Putin, or did Putin ask to speak to Trump? HALPERIN: Great question. Don’t know the answer to that. TURRENTINE: I believe the Russians asked. SEAN SPICER, CO-HOST: So, let’s level set this real quick. I think Trump is pissed. I think part of the reason whoever, whomever called Putin yesterday was to make it clear that I’m strongly considering giving these Tomahawks. I just want everyone to understand when we say he should give them or not give them, like what the reality of that, and I don’t, I think I, I don’t think it’s that controversial to say this. You give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, regardless of how it’s done, we give them to someone who gives them to someone who gives them to France, who sends, I mean, bottom line is this, Russia will, it perceives, they’ve made it very clear, Putin said, if they end up with U.S. Tomahawks, I don’t care how many pass-throughs you do, and who Venmo’s whom, the bottom line is we will assume that as an act of aggression. And we believe that no matter how they ultimately end up in Ukraine, if they’re fired upon us and land in Russian territory, that is an offensive action. And I, I, I think we all have to be honest. That’s what matters. If a Tomahawk lands in Russian territory, we’re all in. Okay? Understand that. When you, when people say they should give him the missiles, they will use them, right? That’s the thing, is that Zelensky will fire them. When he fires them, understand what is about to happen. We are starting potentially World War III. And so every time someone says he should just give him the Tomahawks, understand what you are actually advocating for. Because Putin will see that as an aggressive action. He will mobilize his entire country, and we will go to war. And I don’t think that that is, that is a hyperbole, or that is the bottom line. And whether or not we ultimately think we’ll win that, or how soon, that’s what will result in this. And I think Trump knows that. His people know that. Which is why he’s playing a little game of cat and mouse. Zelensky wants them, I might get them to him. And then Zelensky agrees. And then you heard him talk about this in the Oval yesterday. He kind of was joking a little. And he said, you know, I told him, should I give them them or not? And of course he said no. Because he understands that if you hand them to Zelensky, he will fire them. And so I think that’s where we are, is that Trump’s trying to play a little bit of cat and mouse here and say, I’m about to give them to you, you know what’s about to happen. And then Putin going, great, if you do that, you know what I’ll do in return.

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