the problem we have, trump is under a cloud, and if he isn't guilty, he sure looks like it the way he interacts with putin. and secondly, he's a horrible negotiator. he got his clock cleaned in north korea, and we'll be lucky, at the end of this meeting in putin, is alaska is one of the 50 states. >> michael steele, you're a republican. he said vladamir putin may be the easiest meeting i have, based on our experiences with the president and his negotiating, as a president, should we have confidence that putin is just fine? >> no. i think this is one of the biggest areas of disagreement with most republicans and the president. the president has a very particular and peculiar affection, bromance with president putin, and that's one of the things that makes everyone very, very nervous, even with the possibility of the president meeting one on one with the president of russia. >> let me give you some new reporting from "the new york times." i'll read part of what they're