victory. they've faced isolation from much of the international community, particularly from the united states over their various acts of maligned activity around the world over the past couple years. but i don't think anyone really expected that they were going to get such a comprehensive pass by the president of the united states. i think that's how it would be interpreted on the russian side, that all of those misdeeds, the annexation of crimea, the shootdown of mh-17, the backing of bashar al assad, the poisoning on the streets of britain, none of that matters now. there's a line been drawn underneath it, and president trump just wants to speak with his russian counterpart about denuclearization, about various other issues, trade, and things like that. that would be music to the kremlin's ears. >> it's really amazing, shocking i should say. matthew, thank you. jeff zeleny, we'll get back to you. let's get more insight right now and analysis.