In an appearance on Fox News, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) discussed the Biden administration’s recent move to send U.S. tanks to Ukraine to fend off Russian forces. Nehls concluded the interview with anchor John Roberts with a rather novel idea: Biden could end the war by calling former President Donald Trump, according to Mediaite.

No, I am not making that up.

I realize Putin has influence over Trump and perhaps vice versa, but this seems like a nutty idea.

But the conversation began with Roberts asking Nehls “about the depletion of stockpiles because you served in the U.S. military, you served in the Army Reserve, you were a tank commander in Kentucky.”

“There is a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies that suggests because of the number amount of weapons that we’ve been giving to Ukraine, if we went into a conflict over Taiwan, we’d have a difficult time finding enough weapons for it,” Roberts said, and then asked:

“It said, quote, ‘According to the results of a series of CSIS  war games, the United States would likely run out of some munitions, such as long-range precision-guided munitions in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait conflict. Are we risking our own ability to fight a conflict by giving so much material?”

Nehls responded, “I believe we are.” He explained:

“And look what he’s done to the Strategic Warrior Reserve. Still, he’s done the same thing. They’ve depleted that. So now we’re depleting our military, our munitions. It’s going to take years for the industry to catch up. But it’s up to $97 billion now, John, that we’ve sent to Ukraine, all this military munitions.”

“Now we want to send M-1 Abrams tanks. Obviously, there’s a crisis on every corner in this country. And look what we’re dealing with globally, whether it’s trying to deal with Taiwan, whether it’s North Korea, teasing South Korea. So we’ve got problems in this country. And I think they’re exploiting the weakness we have in the White House.”

Roberts chimed in, saying “30, 31 Abrams M1-A2, the latest iteration of the tanks, minus the depleted uranium reactive armor, will soon be headed to Ukraine. You’re really scratching your head over this one.”

“I am, because the American people have to understand that it is a very powerful piece of equipment, but it requires an enormous amount of logistical support,” Nehls said. “You have to have a logistical package. It has a jet engine. When you have to remove that engine, you need a big crane. It’s called an M-88. It’s a wrecker for a tank. And you need to have smart people working on that. You need to have the maintenance personnel. You need to have the individuals know-how.”

So then Roberts asked: “So you say that the tanks are just the price of entry here?”

“Well, you have four people on a tank crew. You’re going to need probably six or seven just to support the maintenance on that tank, the fuel, and everything else,” Nehls responded.

“Then you’ve got to train them all,” Roberts added, affirming Nehls’ sentiment.

“Congressman, good to have you in today. Good to meet you as well,” Roberts said, preparing to wrap things up.

“Yes, I would say this as it relates to Ukraine and what we’re doing here is that the American people I mean, it’s billions of dollars now, John, if we really want to end this war, you want in this war,” Nehls said, offering additional thoughts.

“Joe Biden, you need to call Donald Trump. Donald Trump will call Vladimir Putin and end this war. We must stop this war. And Donald Trump can do it. He never went into Ukraine under Donald Trump in his four years, Nehls asserted.

“I predict that’s a phone call that will not happen,” Roberts fired back laughing.

“Well Donald Trump will fix it when he’s inaugurated as the 47th,” Nehls said.

“See what happens, Congressman. We’ll be watching it for the next two years. Thank you,” Roberts said.

I fail to see how Trump could in any way resolve this. It’s become more than clear that he works for Putin. Not the other way around. And when you consider that he actually wanted to nuke North Korea and then blame it on another country, he’s not someone who should be negotiating with world leaders at any time.