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it is -- he is succeeding on the world stage with a very weak hand. >> susan glasser, let me bring you you spoke to 16 u.s. former government officials worked with every president about preparations for the summit. they also said there's no historical precedent for the meeting that's going to take place. you write, quote, republicans and democrats alike were resigned to trump being outplayed by putin, a former state department official spent decades said our guy here is like an amateur boxer going up against muhammad ali. what could vladimir putin do in this meeting? he doesn't have jedi mind tricks. >> i thought that was an interesting observation but a lot of people have said that implies that president trump is -- uses this as a boxing match which perhaps he does not. many think president trump who personally sought this meeting, his goal in fact is to have a much more friendly encounter with president putin. he said that just the other day while he was busy bashing our allies as david pointed out. he was also saying he would like to make friends some day with vladimir putin. but i
it is -- he is succeeding on the world stage with a very weak hand. >> susan glasser, let me bring you you spoke to 16 u.s. former government officials worked with every president about preparations for the summit. they also said there's no historical precedent for the meeting that's going to take place. you write, quote, republicans and democrats alike were resigned to trump being outplayed by putin, a former state department official spent decades said our guy here is like an amateur...
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richard haass, susan glasser and tony blinken.start with regard to one oddity which is the president is going to the united kingdom, but i think he would be the first president who was actually not visiting london. >> fareed, it's quite extraordinary. he is not going to london, the reason he is not going to london is for fear of being embarrassed by massive protests against his presence. that is extraordinary and i don't think we've soon that, an american president actually deterred from going to the capital of our closest partner and ally in the world. this gets at the larger fear that i think people have with the president going into this trip which is vitally important and that's basically a repeat of what we saw at the g-.and after that the kim jong-un summit where he president goes, has a bad relationship with our closest partners and allies and then goes and embraces a dictator, in this case mr. putin. there is a very real fear of that between london, the nato summit and then heading to the meeting with putin. he has an oppo
richard haass, susan glasser and tony blinken.start with regard to one oddity which is the president is going to the united kingdom, but i think he would be the first president who was actually not visiting london. >> fareed, it's quite extraordinary. he is not going to london, the reason he is not going to london is for fear of being embarrassed by massive protests against his presence. that is extraordinary and i don't think we've soon that, an american president actually deterred from...
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but back to susan glasser. you also heard lindsey graham there say in no world would he entertain agreeing to subpoena the translator who was in the -- the woman translating who was in this meeting with vladimir putin and president trump. what is your read. >> you you know, it was interesting to listen to senator graham who sometimes has been a critic and sometimes been very supportive of trump's foreign policies not being supportive at all of what happened this week when it comes to president trump and russia. but what i'm struck by is the fact that even senator graham who is frequently in contact with the white house has no idea whatsoever what donald trump privately agreed to in the meeting with vladimir putin. just today president putin has actually also confirmed there were apparently private agreements made. that is the term he used, the term that the russian ambassador to the united states used. verbal agreements were made. how come president trump hasn't briefed his government, hasn't briefed senators.
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we still don't know what actually was agreed upon. >>> susan glasser, thank you so much.ood to see you. >>> still ahead, in public the president is out ttouting the so-called success with north korea but in private he's reportedly frustrated over the lack of progress his administration is meeting. what does this mean for a potential deal on denuclearization? we explore more next. where your ancestors are from... ...and the paths they took, to a new home. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com. welcome to holiday inn! thank you! ♪ ♪ wait, i have something for you! every stay is a special stay at holiday inn. save up to 15% when you book early at hollidayinn.com save up to 15% but how do i know ifok early i'm i'm getting a good deal? i tell truecar my zip and which car i want and truecar shows the range of prices people in my area actually paid for the same car so i know if i'm getting a great price. this is how car buying was always meant to be. this is truecar. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. c
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with me now, susan glasser and susan page. nice to have you both. yesterday, pompeo worked hard to project toughness. but when you look at the actual answers, as michelle kosinski just laid out, they lacked important details and actual answers on the questions. "the new york times" this morning calls his testimony an elaborate cleanup effort. did he clean anything up? >> well, i think what he's trying to do is not necessarily even so much as definitively answer the questions or clean things up with, but create enough plausible alternate narrative of the case. he's trying to offer cover to republicans who made very clear they were very uncomfortable last week, with president trump's performance in helsinki. what i was struck by was the fact that it was such a combative, testy, at times, even nasty response from mike pompeo. where on earth did you senators get the idea, he seemed to say, there's this narrative out there that we're not tough on russia. we're the toughest administration on russia that you've ever seen. and for a year and a half, we've h
with me now, susan glasser and susan page. nice to have you both. yesterday, pompeo worked hard to project toughness. but when you look at the actual answers, as michelle kosinski just laid out, they lacked important details and actual answers on the questions. "the new york times" this morning calls his testimony an elaborate cleanup effort. did he clean anything up? >> well, i think what he's trying to do is not necessarily even so much as definitively answer the questions or...
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joining us to discuss the impact is cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser.ave cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski and diplomatic editor nick robertson. michelle, there's a lot of gray going into this. they picked this very august place, helsinki, rich with history with big meetings but we didn't know that much. we now have word that at least we know both have a translator. and then there were reasons offered for why it was so important for trump to be alone with putin. >> we wouldn't have a cliff hanger. we wouldn't have suspense and surprise if they gave out a lot of information. i think sometimes that is the way the white house sees it or at least that's the way president trump sees it. they have emphasized over and over again the white house and state department that this is not an agenda here. they've set no set agenda. they want to talk things through. first of all president trump goes back to his laundry list of here's all the things we can talk about, con speck uously absent is the attack on democracy by hacking the election. list of
joining us to discuss the impact is cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser.ave cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski and diplomatic editor nick robertson. michelle, there's a lot of gray going into this. they picked this very august place, helsinki, rich with history with big meetings but we didn't know that much. we now have word that at least we know both have a translator. and then there were reasons offered for why it was so important for trump to be alone with putin....
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let's bring there now cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. a staff writer at the "new yorker," for the "new yorker." maybe she can help us understand what's going on here. good evening to you, sauzusan. thank you so much for joining us. let's talk about vladimir putin. invited to washington for a second summit. are we in bizarre-o world right now? >> well, i have to say, listening to your opening remarks there, don, it seemed to me that the white house had really helped you out there by almost writing your lines. it's been one of those weeks that not only feels like a year, but feels like every day is filled with revelations you're having a hard time digesting and, you know, when the news came out this afternoon that the president was, in fact, having a second summit, wanted to have a second summit with vladimir putin here in washington, i thought back to march when president putin was actually invited here to the white house in march by president trump. the white house didn't admit it at the time, but in that famous do-not-congratulate phone
let's bring there now cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. a staff writer at the "new yorker," for the "new yorker." maybe she can help us understand what's going on here. good evening to you, sauzusan. thank you so much for joining us. let's talk about vladimir putin. invited to washington for a second summit. are we in bizarre-o world right now? >> well, i have to say, listening to your opening remarks there, don, it seemed to me that the white house had really...
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newest, susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and staff writer for the new yorker. thank you all. we have a lot how to got to tonight. the children important. we are going to talk a lot about them. i want to got this out of the way first. susan, welcome, good evening. president trump is going to wake up there in brussels for nate tow summit in a few hours. blasting our allies again while praising putin. how that they going to go over? >> well, you know he left washington cranky about our allies. he spent the time on the plane, over to europe, cranky, tweeting about our allies. and, iwakes up in a better mood. anybody associated with western alliance is very, very nervous about -- this week for president trump. in europe. he goes -- to the annual meeting of nato. basically with strong words. he continues -- to misrepresentative as he did today. the idea that some how our allies are, are ripping off the united states. by not paying their dues to nato. no such thing as dues really a question of how much their own budget they're spending on their defense spending. but t
newest, susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and staff writer for the new yorker. thank you all. we have a lot how to got to tonight. the children important. we are going to talk a lot about them. i want to got this out of the way first. susan, welcome, good evening. president trump is going to wake up there in brussels for nate tow summit in a few hours. blasting our allies again while praising putin. how that they going to go over? >> well, you know he left washington cranky about...
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we'll have more from our panel david gergen and susan glasser and christiane amanpour, we're expecting to sigh president trump and vladimir putin emerge. stay with cnn for continuing coverage. we'll be right back. it's the ford summer sales event and now is the best time to buy. and check out the all-new ecosport. protect those who matter most, and make the summer go right with ford, america's best-selling brand. now during the ford summer sales event, get 0% financing for 60 months on a huge selection of suv's. and for the first time ever get 0% financing for 60 months plus $1,000 ford bonus cash on the 2018 ecosport. plus $1,000 ford bonus cash by staying in rhythm. and to keep up this pace, i drink boost optimum. boost optimum with 5 in 1 advanced nutrition helps support muscle, energy, bone, normal immune function, and vision. boost optimum. be up for life. almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto an
we'll have more from our panel david gergen and susan glasser and christiane amanpour, we're expecting to sigh president trump and vladimir putin emerge. stay with cnn for continuing coverage. we'll be right back. it's the ford summer sales event and now is the best time to buy. and check out the all-new ecosport. protect those who matter most, and make the summer go right with ford, america's best-selling brand. now during the ford summer sales event, get 0% financing for 60 months on a huge...
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joining me now is cnn's global affairs analyst susan glasser. susan, good evening to you. very interesting night here in this recording. i want to get your reaction about this recording between cohen and donald trump. what are the consequence for the president? >> you have had some smart commentators who pointed out it clearly represents a significant message from cohen and his legal team lanny davis, a veteran of high stakes legal and political fights like this. of course it's a message to president trump that cohen is no longer on the team, that he is clearly signalling he knows lots of significant, potentially damaging revelations that he can make against the president. i guess one question i have is why now, why are they releasing the tape right now. is this a message that is aimed at the pros duterteeecutors? is it about cohen trying to get a plea bargain or deal of some sort with the prosecutors? or is it fundamentally a message for donald trump and his legal team or perhaps to both? that to be the intent. it is a fragmentary tape. we don't have the full context surr
joining me now is cnn's global affairs analyst susan glasser. susan, good evening to you. very interesting night here in this recording. i want to get your reaction about this recording between cohen and donald trump. what are the consequence for the president? >> you have had some smart commentators who pointed out it clearly represents a significant message from cohen and his legal team lanny davis, a veteran of high stakes legal and political fights like this. of course it's a message...
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we have susan glasser, cnn affairs analyst and staff writer, and jeff zelany. we also have kaitlan collins, not to put you in a box, but do you have anything on what will be the makeup of people in the rooms? you have putin and trump? we know it is one on one. do we know anything yet about the translator situation? one, two, or anything like that? >> we don't know, chris. we're expecting there would be one for each one. but it could also just be once translator in the room. that is still left up to discussion. they have been clear about that as we have been preparing for this summit, they have been very tight lipped about the preparations they have under gone in the past 48 hours or so. he came to his golf course in scotland. a ambition sbig sit down. they say it has taken months or years to prepare for. president trump feels you operate best when you use your spernlt personality in a meeting like this. they supposed to be well into their one on one meeting by now. 40 minutes or more into their 90 minute meeting, and now they're just going in for the official g
we have susan glasser, cnn affairs analyst and staff writer, and jeff zelany. we also have kaitlan collins, not to put you in a box, but do you have anything on what will be the makeup of people in the rooms? you have putin and trump? we know it is one on one. do we know anything yet about the translator situation? one, two, or anything like that? >> we don't know, chris. we're expecting there would be one for each one. but it could also just be once translator in the room. that is still...
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let's discuss, cnn global affairs susan glasser is here. and cnn national security analyst, these hasteve hall. retired chief of russian operations. susan, he's the president, what do you have to say about his upcoming meeting with vladimir putin, watch this. >> meeting with president putin on monday. i think we go into that meeting not looking for so much. we want to fine out about syria, we will of course ask the favorite question about meddling. i will be asking that question again. he may deny it. all i can do is say, did you, and don't do it again. >> of course the big question is, why is president trump so aggressive c aggressive with so many people, and why is he so passive when it comes to putin? >> we're not going to answer that tonight, but it is the right question to be asking. you're so right to spotlight this loose meeting statement president trump made today. he spend the last several months pursuing a meeting with vladimir putin, even against the advice and caution of his aids. never mind the insane political optics meeting wi
let's discuss, cnn global affairs susan glasser is here. and cnn national security analyst, these hasteve hall. retired chief of russian operations. susan, he's the president, what do you have to say about his upcoming meeting with vladimir putin, watch this. >> meeting with president putin on monday. i think we go into that meeting not looking for so much. we want to fine out about syria, we will of course ask the favorite question about meddling. i will be asking that question again. he...
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john kirby and susan glasser. guy, thanks very much. susan, this is a moment in american history where the president of the united states right here in helsinki not only seems to suggest there are very fine people on both sides, he seems to really go with the leader of russia in this argument that's going on, a blistering argument, a confrontation with the u.s. intelligence and law enforcement community. >> i think you're right. i think this is something that all of us are going to remember for many years. i've covered vladimir putin for 18 years, since he first became the president of russia. this moment today, i think, marks something that he never could have imagined, even when george w. bush was looking into his soul. this is an act that we've never seen. could you imagine -- not that president trump would attack the mueller investigation. he's been doing that publicly and in his tweets literally for more than a year now. but to call it a disaster while literally standing next to vladimir putin, i think, is something that i'm not goi
john kirby and susan glasser. guy, thanks very much. susan, this is a moment in american history where the president of the united states right here in helsinki not only seems to suggest there are very fine people on both sides, he seems to really go with the leader of russia in this argument that's going on, a blistering argument, a confrontation with the u.s. intelligence and law enforcement community. >> i think you're right. i think this is something that all of us are going to...
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seuss s susan glasser in the new york quoted one of her sources.e are sending an amateur boxer into the ring with muhammad ali. >> saw that. yep. >> not only is he an amateur compared to putin, but there is no referee. now, here's what i would hope to see happen, and i have no reason to think this would happen except i hope smart republicans are calling the white house and saying, don't go into that room without john bolton. he is a seasoned republican ultra-conservative expert. none of those words apply to the president. fiona hill is a seasoned, conservative republican foreign policy intellectual. none of those words apply to the president. he needs them in that room. you know, he likes to joke about the washington swamp, he's going into the russian swamp now and he's going in with the biggest alligator in that swamp and it's a dangerous time. >> what about afterwards? we're going to have this bilateral news conference. would you expect the president to come out swinging as he does, calling reporters by names, denigrating their credentials? what'
seuss s susan glasser in the new york quoted one of her sources.e are sending an amateur boxer into the ring with muhammad ali. >> saw that. yep. >> not only is he an amateur compared to putin, but there is no referee. now, here's what i would hope to see happen, and i have no reason to think this would happen except i hope smart republicans are calling the white house and saying, don't go into that room without john bolton. he is a seasoned republican ultra-conservative expert....
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. >> susan glasser you have been talking on the phone and getting e-mails and texts from u.s. officials, european officials. what are you hearing? >> look, i mean there is no secret of the fact even before this meeting that president trump was in some ways a party of one when it comes to russia, right? that even many republicans of course have been very concerned about russia's essentially revision of the existing world order other the last decade and a half. so president trump has really not had a group of people around him who support what he is doing. but i think we are going to see a lot more people like the person who just e-mailed me, a senior u.s. official in europe. he said this is a dark day for any patriotic american. the question rightfully is what is congressman will heard going to do about it. fair questions to question because it's been interesting to watch europeans living the trump whirlwind news cycle that we have been experiencing for some years. it is not unusual for us to hear president trump say mueller is a disaster for the country. it's still shocking to
. >> susan glasser you have been talking on the phone and getting e-mails and texts from u.s. officials, european officials. what are you hearing? >> look, i mean there is no secret of the fact even before this meeting that president trump was in some ways a party of one when it comes to russia, right? that even many republicans of course have been very concerned about russia's essentially revision of the existing world order other the last decade and a half. so president trump has...
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susan glasser on our network last night said they talk about trump in terms of containment.word "containment" about the u.s. now. they are trying to manage a very tough situation with a guy who cannot go to nato and say, thank you for shedding your blood after 9/11, thank you for still shedding your blood for some countries and syria and privately vent his spleen and there are things to be upset about. scott's right. so, you know, the fact that somebody came on the air and praised him and said everything is good, she's a good diplomat. i love to see diplomacy. it works sometimes. >> nato diplomats are dumbfounded by president trump's barrage of acidic rhetoric in brussels, like the world has gone crazy this morning one senior diplomat told cnn. when we come back, this is how the president's own chief of staff when the president went after germany at the nato summit today. he's not the only staffer who looked a bit uncomfortable there. and now for the rings. (♪) i'm a four-year-old ring bearer with a bad habit of swallowing stuff. still won't eat my broccoli, though. and if y
susan glasser on our network last night said they talk about trump in terms of containment.word "containment" about the u.s. now. they are trying to manage a very tough situation with a guy who cannot go to nato and say, thank you for shedding your blood after 9/11, thank you for still shedding your blood for some countries and syria and privately vent his spleen and there are things to be upset about. scott's right. so, you know, the fact that somebody came on the air and praised him...
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susan glasser is a cnn global affairs analyst, staff writer at "the new yorker."osh rogan is a columnist for "the washington post." thanks very much for joining us. what do you think? all of a sudden, the nuclear threat was over, everything is great, and now there are indications the north koreans are working on new intercontine intercontinental ballistic missiles. >> that's what happens when you eat dessert before breakfast. this process of the north korea nuclear deal was really a deal in name only. so secretary of state mike pompeo was still filling in the details. north korea never agreed to dismantle its missiles. that's what brought them to the table. in that sense, of course they're not going to give up that. their development of one that could reach the united states is why arguably trump was negotiating with them in the first place. >> this is what the north koreans do. this is what negotiating with north korea is like. pompeo knows that, okay. he bought the ticket. now he's got to take the ride all the way to the end. they're not going to give up anythin
susan glasser is a cnn global affairs analyst, staff writer at "the new yorker."osh rogan is a columnist for "the washington post." thanks very much for joining us. what do you think? all of a sudden, the nuclear threat was over, everything is great, and now there are indications the north koreans are working on new intercontine intercontinental ballistic missiles. >> that's what happens when you eat dessert before breakfast. this process of the north korea nuclear...
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this is an article by susan glasser from -- for the new yorker and she also is a contributor here on. you were asked about the worst case scenario for the summit and you said putin's flattery policy shoved aside lost among all gushes of great, truly great personal relationship trump unlike any other presidents miraculously established. talk to us about that. >> well the fact is we saw the trump summit with the north korean president kim jong-un. and trump gave up lots of things. he got absolutely nothing from the north koreans except one thing which is the only thing he wants, enormous flattery. enormous -- >> a photo op. >> listen, i was with president reagan during his summits. he had a clear agenda what he wanted to accomplish for america. it was not for ronald reagan. he was not there to have someone say, you are the greatest human being that ever walked on earth since chester arm you are or anybody else. he was there for what was good for america and in the book that i've written and thank you for mentioning it, on sunday afternoon, the last moment of the summit reagan leaves th
this is an article by susan glasser from -- for the new yorker and she also is a contributor here on. you were asked about the worst case scenario for the summit and you said putin's flattery policy shoved aside lost among all gushes of great, truly great personal relationship trump unlike any other presidents miraculously established. talk to us about that. >> well the fact is we saw the trump summit with the north korean president kim jong-un. and trump gave up lots of things. he got...
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joining me now to discuss that, rick wilson and our newest contributor susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and staff writer for the new yorker. we have a lot to get to tonight, the children are important, we're going to talk a lot about them. i want to get this out of the way, first. susan, welcome, and good evening. >> thank you. >> president trump is going to wake up there in brussels for the nato summit in a few hours, he's been blasting our allies again while praising putin, how is that going to go over. >> well, you know, he left washington cranky about our allies, he spent the time on the plane over to europe, cranky, tweeting about our allies, and i guess they can only hope he wakes up in a better mood. i think, really, anyone who's associated with the western alliance is very, very nervous about this week for president trump in europe, he goes to the annual meeting of nato, basically with strong words. he continues to misrepresent as he did today, the idea that somehow our allies are ripping off the united states by not paying their dues to nato, there's no such thing as du
joining me now to discuss that, rick wilson and our newest contributor susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and staff writer for the new yorker. we have a lot to get to tonight, the children are important, we're going to talk a lot about them. i want to get this out of the way, first. susan, welcome, and good evening. >> thank you. >> president trump is going to wake up there in brussels for the nato summit in a few hours, he's been blasting our allies again while praising...
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cards here because they were alone for two hours and even the president's national security team, susan glasser, wrote a great piece in "the new yorker" yesterday revealing that even his own national security team doesn't know what happened in that room. i mean, this is a frightening situation. as far as the politics goes, you know, what's interesting is you remember donald trump once said i could stand on 5th avenue and shoot someone and my people would still stay with me. we're putting this to the test right now because this was a blatant submission to a genuine foe of our country on a global stage and, you know, variously polls say 68% to 79% of republicans approve of what he did in that summit and that's what gives him encouragement. he always plays to the base and foot to the pedal saying, you know what? i'm doubling down and bringing putin here. >> one thing i'll note is that number of republicans approve of the performance in that summit is lower, subn't stashlstantial than the overall approval rating so there's a gap there. vladimir putin writing the script, what's so stunning to me is
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. >> bring in susan glasser, columnist for politico. great to have you with us. how would you rate the nato alliance now? >> well, if you were looking at a moodometer, the true feelings of the world leaders that gathered to meet president trump today, my guess is this would not be their best day. you saw angela merkel putting on her game face. donald trump has clearly come to the summit loaded for bear. he is i think not speaking off the cuff when criticizing germany this morning as being captive of russia when he is pushing by tweet and in public statements nato allies in a very uncomfortable way, it is by design. of course, i think it is very much what he wants to do for whatever reason to set up his summit with president vladimir putin of russia on monday. it seems a direct contradiction to the policy of unity and solidarity that president trump's own advisers put forward as goal of the nato summit. >> pointed out president trump is not the first american president to demand nato allies invest more in defense spending, may put relationships into position of be
. >> bring in susan glasser, columnist for politico. great to have you with us. how would you rate the nato alliance now? >> well, if you were looking at a moodometer, the true feelings of the world leaders that gathered to meet president trump today, my guess is this would not be their best day. you saw angela merkel putting on her game face. donald trump has clearly come to the summit loaded for bear. he is i think not speaking off the cuff when criticizing germany this morning as...
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susan glasser, "new yorker" staff writer and new global affairs writer. welcome to cnn. >> thanks. >> let's start with global affairs. one senior european diplomat telling cnn, quote, it's like the world gone crazy. trump's performance beyond belief. nato, long regarded as a stabilizing force in europe for the last 70 years. how concerned are your sources about the president's commitment to nato? >> you know, look. this is one of those classic trump moments. it's shocking but not surprising. it goes exactly back to donald trump's campaign, rhetoric, calling nato obsolete. a year ago, remember, at the nato meeting when he refused, took out of his speech the rhetorical commitment, not even meant to be a significant part of the speech, just the boilerplate language saying we're committing to article 5 on mutual defense. fast forward to this year. i don't think what trump did this morning is an accident and went there to determined to poke his allies and to demand not only more spending but insult germany while meeting with german chancellor merkel. are they
susan glasser, "new yorker" staff writer and new global affairs writer. welcome to cnn. >> thanks. >> let's start with global affairs. one senior european diplomat telling cnn, quote, it's like the world gone crazy. trump's performance beyond belief. nato, long regarded as a stabilizing force in europe for the last 70 years. how concerned are your sources about the president's commitment to nato? >> you know, look. this is one of those classic trump moments. it's...
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there was an interesting quote today, susan glasser's piece in the "new yorker," it had an anonymousid it's an amateur boxer going up against muhammad ali referring to trump and putin. putin knows what he wants out of the summit. it isn't clear what the president wants versus what every other republican in congress would like to see or what others want. >> the most dangerous part about that is that usually the amateur boxer would know he's not muhammad ali. >> and that he was an amateur. this president doesn't believe it. >> this president is going in hugely self-confident, he thinks he's the deal maker who gets everything right and his negotiations with kim jong-un he thought he'd solve the nuclear crisis and he got nothing in exchange for cancelling those military exercises so buckle up. >> george, you wrote this column two weeks ago before knowing about these indictments and you said if it went as well as kim jong-un this is going to be -- i think you used the word catastrophe. >> yes. >> that's a strong word. why do you believe it would be a catastrophe. >> because russia is a se
there was an interesting quote today, susan glasser's piece in the "new yorker," it had an anonymousid it's an amateur boxer going up against muhammad ali referring to trump and putin. putin knows what he wants out of the summit. it isn't clear what the president wants versus what every other republican in congress would like to see or what others want. >> the most dangerous part about that is that usually the amateur boxer would know he's not muhammad ali. >> and that he...
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we will talk about it with susan glasser who covered putin's first years in office as the washingtonnd jim acosta our white house correspondent, and diplomatic and retired rear admiral john kirby serving as both the state department and the pentagon spokesman under president obama. and jim, president clinton was not the first to try to flatter the russian leader and we know it did not work out. would it work this time? >> well, the world is watching and if he lace it on too thick, he is subject to criticism when he get bs back to the united states. one thing that we know, wolf, the one-on-one meeting is roughly 90 minutes and the white house has put out the schedule and then the expanded bilateral meeting where the other official s are going be in the room where they will have lunch and that is going on another two hours, and the president is going to have a lot of face time with vladimir putin, and the president said earlier that he has low expectations for the summit and his own national security adviser john bolton said that he does not expect any deliverables coming out of this a
we will talk about it with susan glasser who covered putin's first years in office as the washingtonnd jim acosta our white house correspondent, and diplomatic and retired rear admiral john kirby serving as both the state department and the pentagon spokesman under president obama. and jim, president clinton was not the first to try to flatter the russian leader and we know it did not work out. would it work this time? >> well, the world is watching and if he lace it on too thick, he is...
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. >> susan glasser, what's going on here?> secretary of state these days often means a certain amount of cleanup duty. and we saw that with north korea over and over again where pompeo is in charge of negotiating the deal that trump didn't really negotiate but said was a victory. i think something similar is happening here with iran. you see the president, i guess, trying to get leverage with threats like the threat last week and then saying, oh, hey, no problem. we'll meet. i think that it's very unlikely that the iranians will follow this script as trump has played it out with the north koreans, for example. >> just remind us one beat on where we stand with the iran nuclear deal which was forged under the obama administration. >> well, it's a good point. one of the things that's happening is that president trump unilaterally withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal in may even though that was negotiated by the world's six major powers along with iran. and the european allies have stayed in that deal. so iran feels that it sti
. >> susan glasser, what's going on here?> secretary of state these days often means a certain amount of cleanup duty. and we saw that with north korea over and over again where pompeo is in charge of negotiating the deal that trump didn't really negotiate but said was a victory. i think something similar is happening here with iran. you see the president, i guess, trying to get leverage with threats like the threat last week and then saying, oh, hey, no problem. we'll meet. i think...
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i'm back with cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser, david gergen, international anchor christian amanpour. christiane, given the opportunity, asked by an american reporter who he trusted on the issue of russian meddling, the u.s. intelligence or vladimir putin, he blinked and he went to hillary clinton's e-mail server. as to who he holds responsible, he holds both responsible. i think we are all to blame. we have a chance to make some great things. made no mention of the shooting down of a plane, crimea and election interference. in fact he said all he can do is ask the question about election interference, that vladimir putin was very powerful in his denial of it and the president went on to say he doesn't see any reason why it would have been russia who interfered. >> i think that was it. i don't see any reason why it would have been russia hacking into our election and went on to talk about the server and the 30,000 e-mails, et cetera. he basically said in russia, they would never have let this stuff happen. i mean it really was quite extraordinary actually. i thought we were
i'm back with cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser, david gergen, international anchor christian amanpour. christiane, given the opportunity, asked by an american reporter who he trusted on the issue of russian meddling, the u.s. intelligence or vladimir putin, he blinked and he went to hillary clinton's e-mail server. as to who he holds responsible, he holds both responsible. i think we are all to blame. we have a chance to make some great things. made no mention of the shooting down of a...
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. >> i want to bring in susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and philip mudd.nter-terrorism analyst, former cia and fbi official. senator mccain saying most disgraceful display essentially by an american president on the world stage. phil, do you agree with that? >> i do. i think you have to step back a short time after this and say what next? you have wean senators come out in the the past. we have seen the senator who is in the midst of a painful illness, mccain. jeff flake leaving the senate. marco rubio still in the fight speaking out. my question would be when do member of the president's inner circle say we have an overseas dilemma where you are portraying us the americans as worse than a tyrant, vladimir putin. this was not on obama's watch, that's this week. fbi continues the investigation. department of justice continues support for the investigation. congress continues saying that this investigation is legitimate. curious point in american government. when do we see almost a shadow government come out and a week not side with the government, whether i
. >> i want to bring in susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and philip mudd.nter-terrorism analyst, former cia and fbi official. senator mccain saying most disgraceful display essentially by an american president on the world stage. phil, do you agree with that? >> i do. i think you have to step back a short time after this and say what next? you have wean senators come out in the the past. we have seen the senator who is in the midst of a painful illness, mccain. jeff flake...
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cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd, and cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser.nario like this on any type of exam because it would be too easy. when somebody says to you, i choose not to believe all of you. i choose to believe him, the guy you say is the bad guy, and i think we should let him in to see how we caught him. how deep into the pocket of crazy talk is that suggestion? >> look, the thing that's so striking to me still, even nine hours or however many hours after watching this press conference, sitting right here, you know, is the fact that this was a debacle of president trump's own making. he actually is the person who invited vladimir putin to have a summit when he congratulated him for winning election in march, remember, in the famous do not congratulate phone call. why do i keep bringing that up? because we still don't know what happened in the private one-on-one meeting that lasted more than two hours between president trump and president putin. again, by the way, the russians confirmed that that was a private meeting at president trump's own req
cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd, and cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser.nario like this on any type of exam because it would be too easy. when somebody says to you, i choose not to believe all of you. i choose to believe him, the guy you say is the bad guy, and i think we should let him in to see how we caught him. how deep into the pocket of crazy talk is that suggestion? >> look, the thing that's so striking to me still, even nine hours or however many hours after watching...
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. >> i thought susan glasser put it well.d for hours pom to insistt trump's tweets and incendiary comments were not the sum total of those policies,itut a tough argument to make about a prickly boss. the policy has not changed, pompeo insisted, but t real question remains what the policy is in the first place. >> yes. >> and in this sense cohen news came as a relief, i think, to a lot of republica. it's t case that when the spotlight is on russia, when the spotlight is on michael avenatti and stormy daniels, the m.esident's base rallies to i was struck by the week that donald trump was elected president, his peonal favorability rating according to gallup was 36%. glast monthlup asked the same question. donald trump's personal favorability rating was 36%. nothing changes. >> that's what i always say about everyweek. everything happens and nothing changes. i'm going to pause the conversation here. when we come back, the curious case of a woman named maria butina. was she a russian spy and could she be the key to a connection sh
. >> i thought susan glasser put it well.d for hours pom to insistt trump's tweets and incendiary comments were not the sum total of those policies,itut a tough argument to make about a prickly boss. the policy has not changed, pompeo insisted, but t real question remains what the policy is in the first place. >> yes. >> and in this sense cohen news came as a relief, i think, to a lot of republica. it's t case that when the spotlight is on russia, when the spotlight is on...
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ramesh ponnuru is a senior editor for the "national review" and a columnist at bloomberg view and susan glasser "the new yorker" and is a cc -- ccnn analyst. >> ramesh, republicans were critical of president trump's performance in helsinki over the week, the conversation changed a few times during the week. we have seen this before. this is the fallout going to different this time and does it compel action from other republicans in congress? >> i think we have seen this several times before. we have seen calls for action from republicans that have not been answered and i think that is going to be the case this time. because fundamentally as shocked and appalled as a lot of congressional republicans were and a lot of members of trump's own administration were by helsinki, they also see the polling that shows that 80 percent of republican voters think that helsinki was a success, which is a sign of -- >> brennan: 80 percent? >> which is a sign of how strongly they are supporting president trump, and how much they resent, dislike cci of elly criticism from republicans like i am afraid that is not
ramesh ponnuru is a senior editor for the "national review" and a columnist at bloomberg view and susan glasser "the new yorker" and is a cc -- ccnn analyst. >> ramesh, republicans were critical of president trump's performance in helsinki over the week, the conversation changed a few times during the week. we have seen this before. this is the fallout going to different this time and does it compel action from other republicans in congress? >> i think we have...
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they tried to dissuade him and there hasn't been a principals committee meeting as susan glasser reportsn the new yorker to discuss what's on the agenda with russia. do i don't see how we can expect anything to come out of this. and why donald trump is forcing the issue so much. >> i think of the quote from michelangelo that our greatest danger might not that be we aim and we miss but that we aim too low and we hit. up ambassador huntsman may not call this a summit. i just checked the home pages of sputnik and rt both of them refer to it as summit. the russians may view this as the world views this with a little bit more alacrity. the president may be going into this to get what he wants. he may get it. he may just want this meeting to be getting to know you meeting. we need to spend time with people who could be our allies, our friends. he may walk out of there getting everything he wants. and so might vladimir putin. granted it may not be as visible with -- as the north korea meeting and they were both shaking hands. 'm wondering if they'll walk out and think they're both winners. >> i
they tried to dissuade him and there hasn't been a principals committee meeting as susan glasser reportsn the new yorker to discuss what's on the agenda with russia. do i don't see how we can expect anything to come out of this. and why donald trump is forcing the issue so much. >> i think of the quote from michelangelo that our greatest danger might not that be we aim and we miss but that we aim too low and we hit. up ambassador huntsman may not call this a summit. i just checked the...
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me i'm really glad you brought this up because it's about susan b. glasser and it's the the amateur boxer up against muhammad ali washington fears trump will be no match for putin in helsinki now this is a very interesting i'm glad you made it and you made me aware of it mark but this is a perfect example of a low octane intelligence getting you know it's certainly i mean she's no sharp sharp knife in the drawer ok but not by any standards but this is the swamp this is a spy. article ok and it really is and eric's right it's against if it's against wrong from then it's perfectly fine but it has nothing to do with the geopolitical interests of the united states eighteen years ago the same it made us explaining where expanding that to continue to. be and always mummy daddy that's not always muhammad ali right exactly it's interesting the title that she took this you know that trump is an amateur boxer fighting muhammad and lee is supposedly a quote from an anonymous for her own story or. i know that usual but not a missile retreads from the law that states com
me i'm really glad you brought this up because it's about susan b. glasser and it's the the amateur boxer up against muhammad ali washington fears trump will be no match for putin in helsinki now this is a very interesting i'm glad you made it and you made me aware of it mark but this is a perfect example of a low octane intelligence getting you know it's certainly i mean she's no sharp sharp knife in the drawer ok but not by any standards but this is the swamp this is a spy. article ok and it...