"I want to make sure that we’re giving the incoming administration and the Ukrainians the strongest possible hand to play going into 2025," Blinken said in an interview on MSNBC Morning Joe. "Ukrainians have to make fundamental decisions about carrying on the fight or looking to negotiate and try to bring this to a ceasefire. The fundamental question is whether Russia is prepared to do that and to do that in good faith.""If it moves to that, we want to make sure that the Ukrainians and the Trump administration have the best hand to play to cut the strongest possible deal. And that means trying to reinforce Ukraine’s position on the battlefield," Blinken added.The outgoing official's comments come as Trump has pledged to get the U.S.