Bush commented on the speech in 2004, explaining that he meant the Ukrainians should not do "something stupid", and that if their "leaders hadn't acted smartly, there would have been a crackdown" from Moscow.
布殊在2004年談到這演說，解釋道他的意思是烏克蘭人不應做「愚蠢的事」，又稱若然他們的「領袖未有精明地行動，會招至（莫斯科當局的）鎮壓」。