down to us and lecture us. >> reporter: putin feels embold emboldened. he brushed off as a myth that russia meddled in the election process in america. putin says they agreed the relationship has to be straightened out. one motive could be to get sanctioned lifted on russia after invading crimea. >> he chooses very carefully the setting, the environment, that he wants in place when he has a meeting with a foreign leader. whether that's bringing a dog to a meeting to scare angela merkel, or invading syria to have a different conversation about ukraine and sanctions with the new american administration. >> reporter: but some experts worry if trump acts impulsively or doesn't rely on solid advice,