you said that this episode in germany was an instance of putin lying to trump and you said it showed the perils of negotiating with today's russia. today, after the meeting with putin, one told us that the interference did come up with putin today, and that the russian side denied ever having interfered or interfering in u.s. domestic politics. i'm wondering if you would say back then that this was an instance of putin lying and whether the still shows the perils of negotiating with russia. thank you. [foreign language] >> i appreciate all this research into my prior writings. [foreign language] [laughter] >> and, as i've said many times in washington, i'm now happy to say this in moscow, i don't really address what i've written the past or what i said on television. it is all out there. right now, i'm an adviser to president trump and it is his agenda we are pursuing. that is the agenda that i intend to advance. we did indeed talk about russian interference in the elections, and i expect it would be a subject of conversation between the two presidents as well. [foreign language] [for

moscow, johnting bolton announced an upcoming meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. 's announcement comes after a series of meetings with russian counterparts to work on details of the summit. this part of the press conference is 10 minutes. >> president trump asked me to come and speak to russian authorities about the possibility of a meeting with him and president putin. there will be an announcement on that tomorrow. simultaneously in both countries on the date and time of the meeting. language]ng foreign >> with any luck i will give away any of those uses of information so that the white house can announce them tomorrow. >> [speaking foreign language] >> and i should also say that i was pleased to be able to meet with mr. gianni, the fee for tosident -- fifa president talk about u.s. and mexico hosting the prep. >> [speaking foreign language] >> with that i would be happy to answer your questions. >> [speaking foreign language] >> fish are they having given you a multitude of sure they-- are you haven't given you a multitude of questions for the summit? [indiscern

white house and kremlin moments away from announcing a meeting, a summit between president trump and vladimir putin. that meeting with happen in hel sinski. >>> president trump tweeting minutes ago before the announcement, russia, he writes, continues to say they had nothing to do with meddling in our election. you read that tweet which dismiss the conclusions of americans own intelligence community and the fact that congress overwhelmingly sanctioned russia for meddling in the 2016 election. let's begin our coverage with abby phillip who's at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. we are potentially minutes or seconds away from this announcement expected to come almost simultaneously from the white house and also from the kremlin. it's a little bit of suspense for this potential third meeting between president trump and vladimir putin that has been in the works for several weeks now. the president's national security adviser was in moscow this week meeting with putin to set up the details of this meeting and now we're learning that the meeting will be on july 16th in finland, that just coming

bolton announced an upcoming meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. his announcement comes after a series of meetings with russian counterpart to work on details of the summit. this part of the press conference is 10 minutes. president trump asked me to come and speak to russian authorities about the possibility of a meeting between him and president putin. there will be an announcement on that tomorrow simultaneously in moscow and washington on the date and time of that meeting. [speaking foreign language] with any luck, i won't give away either of those pieces of information today, so that the kremlin and white house can announce them tomorrow. language]foreign >> i should also say i was pleased to be able to meet with the fifa president to discuss the u.s.-canada-mexico hosting the 2026 world cup just to get an early jump on our operation. -- preparation. language]foreign >> with that, i would be happy to answer your questions. >> the microphone. there's been a lot of controversial politics in the relationship. will be talking to us about concrete p

and the white house who aren't sure at this point what could be accomplished. >> right, from a trump-putint and trump who is the one pushing this and that he wants the eyes of the world to be on him once again similar to the summit with k jong-un. >> that's a good point. i was just going to ask you, a, we don't know where it's going to be. talking about helsinki or vienna and that in additionally, do we have any indication from those in the white house who are supportive of this, michelle, as to what the goal is of the summit? with north korea, there is a goal to that. >> what about this one? >> sure. we know that there's lots to discuss, trying to better the situation in ukraine. of course, russia still controls crimea. it is not always clear where the president stands on that and it was only really days ago after the g7 summit in front of the u.s.' closest allies that trump said russia should rejoin and make it the g8 again and that was stunning to u.s. allies because they were kicked out as a punishment for taking over for part of the ukraine. on some things we know where trump stands a

with any kind of unity behind his back so trump will meet with vladimir putin after attending a nato summit is that going to be kind of a difficult balancing act you have in the preterit at best history with russia nato . i think mr trump will want to go to be his own drummer here just as he did not. at the g seven meeting in toronto i don't think he felt he let himself be intimidated by what the other people there as able thought whatever he hears in brussels from the other european leaders he's going to go forward with his own priorities when he goes to talk to mr putin i suspect it's going to be some issue on the american side in terms of the advice he gets from mr bolton mr pompei or other people on his team who don't particularly want to see a warming of relations with russia i think the discussion of ukraine may be very contentious on the one hand we have secretary of defense secretary of state pompei o saying that that there's no reason russia couldn't return to the g. eight even of crimea remains in russia but he's also saying that ukraine needs to become par

putin play russian chess with her. the person who blinks the first lost. >> reporter: a key question, is there a trump weakness that putinto exploit? >> he might actually play to the fear that trump may have of looking stupid or if not being powerful and kind of -- if we don't come out with an agreem t agreement, we are going to look weaker. >> reporter: given what happened at the g7 summit where president trump broke away from his allies to go and meet with kim jong-un, european officials are reportedly concerned that president trump might do the same thing at the nato summit. he will be more interested in a meeting with vladimir putin than he will be with them. analysts say putin could exploit that to drive a deeper wedge between the u.s. and its european allies. >> there was an ominous remark from the nato secretary-general indicating putin is getting what he wants, a split between the u.s. and europe. is that right? >> reporter: that's right. the nato secretary-general said, it is not written in stone that the transatlantic bond will survive forever. our own military and diplomatic analyst called that remark stunning

putin. here's trump wanting to cozy up to mr. putin. they've just seen and indeed been part of what they considered a disastrous g7 summit in which president trump took every opportunity to trash them. this summit with mr. putin will come exactly after the nato summit. that could be a very, very divisive affair. as nick burns, the former u.s. ambassador to nato said, we just don't know which mr. trump will turn up to that nato summit. but it could be divisive. he may attack the european allies again on their spending. that will delight moscow. it will further vladimir putin's aim to drive a wedge between the u.s. and its allies. so, you know, the timing of this summit, as well, is of real concern. >> bill neely there in moscow, bill, excellent points. thank you for that analysis. i want to bring in now john brennan who served as cia director under president obama and was the director of the national counterterrorism center under president bush. now a security and intelligence analyst. it is great to have you here. thank you. >> good morn

a july trump-putin summit now a go. many

at home and abroad are taking him up on it as fears are being raised over the meeting between trump and putin and the media is awash with articles on that topic most of the concerns seem to be coming from nato members who fear what trump might promise to do when the two of them get together the nato members surely fear that trump could call for a reduction in troops and equipment or even possibly the suspension of drills that are carried out in the region and back at home for trump he's likely to have criticism coming from people who'll say once again that they hold responsible for all the accusations surrounding the meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election will say that he's again not being tough enough on russia and it could also also possibly bring up the specter of collusion once again not that it ever really want to weigh but it will bring it to the forefront once again more than likely but at this point it seems like this summit is full steam ahead and it's much anticipated so we'll be watching and waiting to see what comes out of it and we'll both cars from right to marry to s

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host: on twitter, "putin owns trump. what does putin have on him?" on twitter,rom pat if russia wants back in may should be telling the u.s. here is a brief piece of the sit-down justin trudeau had with president trump. they spoke with reporters briefly. [video clip] >> what a pleasure it is to welcome president trump. an opportunity for us to talk about a range of issues. obviously trade has been a topic of discussion and will continue to be. our engagement towards the world, how we are working to create good jobs for folks on both sides of the border. we both got elected on a commitment to grow the middle-class and help those working hard to join it. those are the things we will stay focused on. pleasure to have you here, donald. justin, it has been great. justin has agreed to cut all tariffs and all trade barriers between canada and the united states. i'm very happy. i think nafta is in good shape. trudeau: we are actually working on it. pres. trump: we are working to make things fair for both countries. we have made a lot of progress. it could be

putin helps trump with the election. trump gives putin a pro-russia foreign policy. tter way to look at it is a collaboration between trump and putin to make america more like putin's russia. you can see it with the harley davidson case and amazon as well. these companies that cross trump's path is what vad mirror p -- vladmir putin has done in russia. >> the irony being that donald trump struggled to build his businesses the traditional way. he's not elon musk or bill gates. then you add to you evidence the fact he openly admires the leaders of north korea and russia. >> yes, absolutely. that's something that's a hallmark of putin's foreign policy is the support for dictators around the world. that's something that vladmir putin does. donald trump follows suit rhetorically and in practice. >> mike murphy, one of the mistakes of the hype ventilating, overreaction of donald trump is there's no proportion and a lot of other people around the country say may some of this is bad but is it all the worst thing ever. when you remove the t word and look at how people feel abo

putin's view of the west. i mean the eu was set up to repair the world after world war ii, to put all the democracies together as a kind of counterforce to russia. >> to coalesce. >> and trumpees it as some kind of mechanics union that is meant to, you know, diss the u.s. economy. that's the way vladimir putin sees it. it's like he's channeling putin all the time. >> the destabilization of the eu, of course, as rick points out, andrea, longtime putin goal. here's the reporting from "the washington post" tonight. during a private meeting at the white house in late april, trump was discussing trade with french president emmanuel macron. at one point he asked macron, why don't you leave the eu and said that if france exited the union, trump would offer it a bilateral trade deal with better terms than the eu as a whole gets from the u.s. according to two european officials. so there's some "there" there, andrea. >> first of all, describing the eu as trying to rob our piggy bank, they are our market. he doesn't understand international markets. he doesn't understand that when he imposes tariffs, that is a tax on american farmers and producers. and he doesn't know that macron is

president trump and russian president putin next month in finland and we can imagine what you're thinking even trump's closest advisers are talking about that lingering suspicion of how one president meddled in an election to help the other become president to. well i think a lot of people have said or implied over time that a meeting between president trump and president putin would somehow prove some nexus between the trump campaign and the kremlin which is complete nonsense. and we begin the day with europe's crisis that has little to do with right now but everything to do with yesterday and tomorrow leaders of all twenty eight countries in the european union are huddled together tonight in brussels trying to do now what they have been unable to do in the past three years agree on a pan european policy addressing migration and border security now the stakes could not be higher the german chancellor angela merkel could face rebellion in her own government if she comes home with an unsettled factory deal and it is not clear how she intends to persuade populist leaders such as italy's new

donald trump's national security advisor john bolton has met putin in moscow as he finalizes plans for an upcoming summit between russia's president and donald trump it's reportedly being considered for mid july after trump attends nato talks in brussels during his meeting with bolton putin said he'd hoped that the two nations could put their differences behind them. the should it be here that there's a new one is and it brings me great regret to say relations between russia and the us and not in the best shape of the us most school related to your visit to moscow gives us hope that we can at least take the first step to reviving full blown ties between our countries. even in earlier days when when our countries had differences arab leaders and their advisors met and i think that was good for both countries good for stability in the world and president from feels very strongly on that subject let's get some analysis now from out of there as rory chalons who joins us now live from moscow rory as we saw from singapore president trump seems to like big one on one summits president putin h

program the kremlin and the white house have agreed on the first official summit between donald trump and putin this was revealed during the visit of u.s. national security advisor john bolton to moscow where he met with the russian president. this summit is happening one of last minute putin aides also said that it was organized with a fool would join bolton's visit to moscow but we learned we had a few details as to why how this summit was. bolton said that don't ease for mending relations with russia despite criticism both at the broad the fact is it's important for the leaders of these two countries to know. why drange issues despite the differences between the square at those present trying to present to the sink they may be able to find constructive solutions i'd like to hear someone say that's a bad idea let's you know it's important that it's john bolton. saying those words because he's aggressive when it comes to foreign policy he called russia's alleged meddling in the u.s. elections and act of war and now he's backing donald trump saying that we do indeed need this summit that you kn

also tonight, president trump's first summit with russia's vladimir putin is on. mr. tional security advisor john bolton has been hammering out details with putin in moscow. bolton says he expects the president to talk to the kremlin leader about a subject mr. trump often avoids, russia's election meddling. let's go to our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen in red square in moscow. i take it they're on track to meet in just a few weeks. >> reporter: yeah. about three weeks from now, wolf. it seems in the middle of july. that's certainly what president trump was saying earlier today. it was interesting to see what happened here when john bolton came to town here in moscow. originally what we heard is he was just going to meet with the russian foreign minister sergei lo lavrov but he met with vice president and hammered out the summit very quickly, the russians showing they are in the driver's seat on this. national security advisor john bolton face to face with vladimir putin and his top ministers. a quick agreement, president trump and vladimir putin will

go back to patrick in plymouth there is whispers and talking rumors that we could possibly see a trump putin summit one on one in europe surrounding the meeting the annual meeting of the nato alliance here should the two meet patrick go. well. received logic would say no that would be the equivalent of an apocalypse for the resistance in the united states there could short circuit c.n.n. . and there would be a mass trauma they would need to do what i always like rachel maddow you rachel maddow start being paid a half a million dollars for a program ok go ahead you go. i go with that but i think on suicide more and spring the trap is is the advice i would give to the president because he's going off of a well if we're successful meeting with kim jong un in singapore and with his present there are no risks really internationally because you know anything he does going to be. attacked and put down by the opposition in the united states and but not but not by the international media so maybe there's an opportunity for this president to maybe in the way that ronald reagan jumped over the media to

meeting between the presidents of the united states and the russian federation dog donald trump and vladimir putin at a time when relations are historically low perhaps even worse than they were during the cold war and one of trump's senior national security advisers john bolton who is very very much of wolken one of the most militant officials in washington he's coming over to russia the white house issued a press statement you know saying that better relations between two of the world's nuclear superpowers are in the interests of everyone but that there are pressing concerns that have to be addressed first for example the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain the events in syria in ukraine as well as alleged meddling in u.s. elections in two thousand and sixteen and that is the only part of this story that has been confirmed the meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin at this point just rumors. as far as i know mr bolton is that moscow that's all we can say if you know there have been no statements regarding impossible to meet with president putin and trump for the time being we h

putin. if you put president trump in the room with vladimir putin whose messages are president trump going to be delivering in the press conference after that meeting? he's probably going to be manipulated by putin. he's manipulated by putin when putin's in moscow, it's going to be worse with putin sitting in the oval. >> april, the idea with putin and trump meeting with all the noise in the background, it will be their first meeting, but the first one on one summit. >> yeah. the optics are questionable, one again, where would the meeting take place? the white house is not the setting for this. the russian government is thought to have or have been confirmed by u.s. officials to have meddled in the 2016 process. vladimir putin and the president will have to talk over issues. the question is, where does the president stand with him. we heard the president say before that he believes haven't that he did not have anything to do with it. ultimately, begrudgingly he acknowledged russia did do something with the elections. the question is what's on the table, what's on the menu. that's the big ques

place but few further details have been released officials say the talks between donald trump and live in mere putin will be held in a third country comes a day after trump's national security advisor john bolton met the russian president to moscow our state department correspondent roslyn jordan reports from washington . it was the warmest of welcomes for john bolton the national security advisor for u.s. president donald trump is greater president vladimir putin's west but he just must cool off so your visit to moscow gives us hope that we can at least make the first steps towards restoring for formal relations between our states bolton build his political career criticizing the russian government but on this trip bolton suggested better days were in fact ahead even in earlier days when when our countries had differences arab leaders and their advisers met and i think that was good for both countries good for stability in the world and president from the feels very strongly on that subject trump has long wanted closer ties with putin even in the face of allegations moscow was trying to throw the t

donald trump meeting with vladimir putin. >> well, if what donald trump says is true and there has never been any collusion, then why would he not meet with vladimir putin. it would almost seem sfratrange he didn't. it is perfectly normal for the leader of the u.s. to meet with the leader of russia. obama did it, we've seen merkel do it. so if there is nothing to hide, it would be strange to back away from that meeting. but of course all eyes will be on helsinki as they meet. and i think that there are multiple concerns going on here. the first is what they actually discuss which i'm slightly less concerned about. i don't think we'll get any breaking news story that a gives us any update on the russia investigation into the american elections in 2016. but i think what will be more interesting is to see what comes out of it from a policy perspective. we're living at a time where donald trump will slap tariffs on his allies. so anything seems fair game almost when it comes to a new donald trump meeting. and i think that is what i'm slightly more worried about and what we should be looking

and russia have announced that a summit between presidents donald trump and let him a putin will take place they still haven't revealed where or when the decision was made after trump's national security adviser john bolton held talks with the russian president in moscow officials say the meeting will take place in a quote convenient third country they will announce the date and location on thursday both president trump and president putin feel that it's important for these two leaders of these two critically important countries to get together and discuss their mutual problems and areas of cooperation it's something that i think both feel will contribute to improvements in the u.s. russia bilateral relationship and. stability around the world i don't think it's anything unusual for president trump and president putin to meet well president putin had this to say about bolton's trip to moscow which he'll be here the president with and it brings me great regret to say relations between russia and the u.s. i'm not in the best shape but yes most crucially if you notice that your visit to

now us national security advisor john bolton today wrapping up talks in moscow blatter mere putin looked trump directly in the eye and wired to a bolton there saying that putin lied about his role in putting his boss trump in the white house but bolton has now alarmed nato ahead of its july meeting because in moscow he may have been arranging a trump putin summit if bolton can change his mind about putin he can surely change his mind about our next guest reviewing the book crimes against humanity trumps advisor said that he suffers from the common failing of the international left wing being either unable or unwilling to address the arguments of opponents and skeptics of his position when arguably no one could agree with that statement it comes to his latest book rather his own man one of the world's greatest international human rights lawyers geoffrey robertson q.c. joins me now jeffrey thanks for being on going underground again before we start about the book proper the end of the book if we can just stop because in the last forty eight hours or so the bee in bricks the former leader of braz

meeting between the presidents of the united states and the russian federation dog donald trump and vladimir putin at a time when relations are historically low perhaps even worse than they were during the cold war and one of trump's senior national security advisors john bolton who is very very much a wall hawk and one of the most militant officials in washington he's coming over to russia the white house issued a press statement saying that better relations between the two of the world's nuclear superpowers are in the interests of everyone but that there are pressing concerns that have to be address thirst for example the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain the events in syria in ukraine as well as alleged meddling in u.s. elections in two thousand and sixteen and that is the only part of this story that has been confirmed the meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin at this point just rumors. as far as i know mr bolton was at moscow that's all we can say for now there have been no official statements regarding impossible knitting between president putin and trump for the time be

officials are are in early talks for a trump/putin summit although there is no date or location yet. so in fairness, how president trump and bush they met with putin in the first six months of their administration, but what would the nature of a putin meeting be while president trump is under this cloud of the russia investigation? >> and the "wall street journal" reporting the discussions would likely focus on syria and ukraine and a nuclear arms deal. but as you just mentioned, this ongoing investigation with bob mueller and his special counsel team is obviously a cloud hanging over the president and something that would make a meeting with president putin totally suspect, right? there was reporting last week or earlier this week that the president mentioned something about russia when he was talking about rod rosenstein about his memo for firing james comey. that is something that was highly significant when he was thinking about russia. he is always criticized for not bringing up this issue of election med election meddling. these are all things that people want to hear about from

he wants to have a meeting with putin. trumpk aim at his predecessor today. >> president obama lost crimea because president putin didn't respect president obama, didn't respect our country or ukraine. when it's my fault i'll tell you but president obama gave away -- by not going across the red line in the sand that he drew i went across it with the 59 missile hits. but president obama, when he didn't go across the red line, what hee away nobody even knows. one more time, president obama gave away crimea. it should have never happened. >> ken thomas, general, the red line that president trump is referring to there is 2013 serial chemical weapons saying that president obama at the time not following through on that red line sent a signal of weakness, lead putin to invade crimea. is that a credible claim? >> no. of course not. putin is running. the soviet union came apart. the only thing we care about is oil and natural gas and cyber warfare. the committee is less than that of italy. the life is falling because of aids and heroin

russia says vienna is being considered as a venue for a possible president trump-president putin summit. yesterday, trump said russia should be given their seat back at the table. >> john mccain slammed the comment with a reminder about history writing, "vladimir putin chose to make russia unworthy by invading ukraine and annexing crimea. the president has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies." cnbc cnn's brian todd with more. >> reporter: analysts say it's the kind of endorsement the russian leader vladimir putin could only dream of getting, but now it's coming from a very powerful source, the president of the united states. >> russia should be in this meeting. why are we having a meeting without russia being in the meeting? >> reporter: president trump's impromptu idea to reinstate russia into the g7, the elite group of the world's leading industrial nations, delivered on his way to the summit is exactly the type of victory critics say putin wants. >> president trump extending this invitation does make vladimir puti

think it was one of the reasons why president trump believes so strongly, but it was time to have this kind much meeting. and as you can see, president putin agrees. >> a lot of issues that have accumulated. i don't know. donald trump has been running a campaign to add russia back to the g7 to make it the g-8. donald trump believed him when he told him that he hadn't meddled in our election. what's built up between them? they seem to have a pretty live -- >> remember, the ukrainians wanted to be invaded. >> what's built up? >> it continues to be one of the great mysteries. >> mysteries? why is it a mystery? he is basically being run as an asset by the russians. what is mysterious about that? >> i want to know how the overture happened. >> mueller will get into that. >> if you want to recruit him, do you make an appointment at trump tower? apparently yes. >> let's look at it, trump thinks that something happened on his wires. that's the only explanation for constantly worrying about his wires being tapped, his phones. if you just take the things that make trump squeal every day, witch hunt every morning, no collusion, every morning, he hasn

language this is deals that i want to get back to korea and i want to but i want to ask me here should putin trump meet well i think if they meet the results will be very impressive because i think the momentum has been lost don't you think from wants to do just to stick his thumb into the into this is why democrats shouldn't do you know that they've got. other than that p.r. opportunity for trumpet's not going to be much more because trump is already surrounded by the people like john bolton like mike pale i just can't imagine any real result coming from such a summit that i think the time has been lost you know if trump had met putin in the beginning. two thousand and seventeen right after he gave all with its promises during his campaign you know that he would improve relations with russia well he would face tremendous imposition from the c.n.n. center would be. every day but there would be an opportunity to do something no i think that has been lost and i tend to say to put it on check here i want to go back to north korea here i mean i think we all agree i think mark put it perfectly it's asp

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how big of a deal is this upcoming summit between trump and putin? have to say, the biggest deal ever was the kim jong-un summit and president trump was absolutely disengiingenuous wit what the take aways were. trump's not talking about that. >> that's right, stephanie. i think it will be a very big deal. but probably not for the right reasons. and i say that because there aren't issues that are particularly right for tremendous progress in the bilateral relationship we have with moscow. perhaps they can find something on the margins with some sort of counterterrorism information sharing agreement. if we're lucky, they will be able to discuss deescalating hostilities in syria. but i think the real concern about this summit, stephanie, is that donald trump is going to sell our nato allies down the creek. this summit will come on the heels of our nato allies, where donald trump at this summit is prone to do i think a repeat of what he did at the g-7, to trash our nato allies, to engage in a trade war with our closest partners to destabilize the institut

it looks like soon as in july president trump and president putin cou meet. anne: they could attach it to th m natoting. president trump answered that question today. he said that talking to putin, including putin in things like the g-7, formerly the g-8, is the same as talking to north korea, that -- and it gave a window into what trump's version of diplomacy is and the trump world order which is very personal, very direct. he thinks he can make a difference by having a personal relationship with dictators, with leaders -- whoever they may be -- a he is willing to set aside any number of concerns that the united states raises in other forms, in order to have that per because he thinks he can get business done and that's what he said wanted to do. robert: let's not forget the 7, attacking allies on trade, taking onti lon u.s. allies. he says it's a transactional relationship that matters, the economic rationship that matters. but this is so different from the history of u.s. foreign policy which h so often been about values. >> you're right about that but the

a meeting between president trump and president putin will go ahead after washington and moscow agree to hold a summit. while a date has not yet been set, trump said the meeting will likely happen after the nato summit on july 12th. he said helsinki could host the event but others seem to be more keen on vienna geoff hosted a panel with president putin back in march 2017 geoff asked whether they would be happy for helsinki to play host to a potential trump/putin summit >> would you be keen to invite both president putin and president trump to a leader's meeting immediately, you take up the chair of the arctic counsel? >> we would surely be pleased to have the possibility of hosting such a summit. but to host a summit you have to have also something to say out of that summit and we want to surely see how the situation is going on, how the discussions are going on whether we find some new common points of view, then surely we would be proud to have a summit. >> president putin, if finland did set up such a summit, which would come obviously several months ahead of the potential july g20

is a make or break summit for the western alliance and this summit where donald trump will be meeting with vladimir putinnited states and russia are closer or the united states and western europe are closer and there is no secret donald trump prefers vladimir putin personally to the leaders of germany, britain, the uk, france and others. it will determine where we go forward. we have major issues on national security, conflicts with russia like ukraine, syria, iran and election interference, a lot on the table but where we are in our alliance will be determined from the summit. >> i think the problem is not that donald trump thinks vladimir putin is not our enemy and is trying to make friends with him but we have differences with our allies in western europe and we can make better relations with russia so we have fewer problems with them. the idea that somehow we needs to have to have a more confrontational relationship with russia is unhelpful. the idea that somehow donald trump is going to go and meet with him in helsinki and hand over the keys to the white house and the nuclear codes and walk away fro

unbelievably he tweeted putin's denial. this is trump. president of the united states. continues to say they had nothing to do with med dilling in our election. is he flacking for moscow. putin has had an almost hypnotic hold on this president, an aallure that confounded america's alliance. every time the subject comes up, trump talks about what a good thing it would be to get along with russia. >> if we have a good relationship with russia, believe me, that's a good thing. be a fantastic thing if we got along with putin and with russia. >> yeah, i think we got along very well. that's a good thing. that's not a bad thing. >> i hope we do have good relations with russia. i've been saying it for years. i want to be able because i think it's very important to get along with russia into i think i could have a very good relationship with russia and within president putin and if i did, that would be a great thing. >> if we can get along with russia, that's a good thing, no the a bad thing. >> getting along with russia, would be a good thing, no the a bad thing. just about ever

would suspect her of colluding with russia or making a bad deal she's as tough as they come on putin trump him in reputation not just soft but super soft so he's always going to have a uphill battle to do you think is done fixing ties with russia is it like a done fadel for him you know sitting in washington sitting anywhere in the united states we don't say anything anymore we never know never we never know what's coming next is this feeling that this administration has not settled. on what's happening with negotiations with north korea on off on threats of war my best friend trade war with china trade with europe we're going to have a record no we're going to pose massive terror so iran we haven't even got to maybe the most dangerous of all the issues so i can't answer that we don't know we all hope that we find some stability in this administration can focus on one issue or another well at least on predictability it keeps you guys tone to make you straight all right so in the years after the cold war the funding cuts mean that fewer and fewer russian experts were being trained in americ