arkady used the phrase "stable and predictable".table and predictable relationship with president putin. well, the europeans want a stable and predictable relationship with the united states as well. if only to use the phrase, if we could have been in the room where it happened. we were told that when the 13 nato partners sat down together there was, to quote president biden, "a consensus in the room" that he had made the right decision to announce it. there was no good time to pull out the last of the us—led nato forces but now was the time that he had to pull them out. and, yes, there was, to use the british expression, barely concealed frustration. the europeans had not been consulted, nato allies had not been consulted, but there's that great nato expression, we went in together, we're going out together, and they are showing — it's a public show of strength and unity. but there is clearly a lot of scrambling going on. where will they base us forces in the region? where will they train afghan national security forces? because th

russian—born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for theconomist. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. iam i am still canadian. still canadian. ..by birth and nationality. we are glad to have you here. thank you for being with us. pasties in cornwall, pate in brussels, petite arvine by the glass on lake geneva. us presidentjoe biden has had a busy week, encompassing multi—national diplomacy with g7 and nato and a bi—lateral with vladimir putin. more than once, in the folksy style honed by five decades in america's national politics, mr biden declared, "america is back". it is a neat phrase, some might even say it is a glib phrase but america is back in what way and where? the question is an existential back or aspirational america is back? the answer is it is a bit of both. the fact is that donald trump took america out of international organisations and threatened to get out of nato and really affected the western alliance. whatjoe biden is saying is we are back in this allianc

russian—born arkady 0strvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for theonality. we are glad to have you here. thank you for being with us. pasties in cornwall, pate in brussels, petite arvine by the glass on lake geneva. us presidentjoe biden has had a busy week, encompassing multi—national diplomacy with g7 and nato and a bi—lateral with vladimir putin. more than once, in the folksy style honed by five decades in america's national politics, mr biden declared, "america is back".

russian—born arkady 0strvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for the

if arkady thank you for being here.nedy: meanwhile could former president trump become, wait for, the next speaker of the house? what? the idea was discussed with 45 during a recent radio interview and he called it very interesting. it's actually constitutional. this note stipulation speaker be a member of congress only there elected by majority of members present for public and cyclical house in 2022, should president trump try to grab the gavel from not a nancy question work the party panel is back, guy benson, marie harf and kat timpf. got it when he think about this this is the ultimate troll. >> i mean technically it would be constitutional that's a little peace of d.c. trivia people like to talk about whenever there is a speaker race. i don't really think president trump was anything to do with this rule actually. he might like the idea briefly. he might flirt with it and say oh that's a title that is some power. but the amount of my nisha and process he would have to be involved in on a daily basis you cannot rea