is tangled up in knots, the more russia feels it has a freehand in the world.ought he would follow that up to a visit to the united states, which would be a crowning moment for putin to have this president invielt him to washington. when that got complicated, he came out and said, why don't you come to moscow? if you could imagine the optics of what that visit would be like having president trump walking the honor guard, receiving some sort of ceremonial present from vladimir putin, and then all of the backlash that would follow in the united states. it would be a very, very appealing prospect for russia and por putin. >> richard, this donald trump is far from the only president, if he goes, to visit moscow. this wouldn't be a first. >> it certainly wouldn't be a first. but you can't look at what's happening in the world and view it in isolation. there have been many presidents who have met with russian leaders. there is nothing wrong with that. but you have a president who is consistently accused of cozying up to vladimir putin, allowing russia to have a pass