putin. >> putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. >> are you ready to call him a war criminal? >> i think he is a war criminal. >> a man who i quite frankly think is a war criminal, and i think it will meet the legal definition of that as well. he's a butcher. >> when he's speaking off the cuff especially you get his personal feelings quite clearly. it's hard to disagree with him based on the fact. as president, when trying to keep the nato allies together, you aren't supposed to say regime change. >> this was clearly not a speech in which he was planning to make some big policy announcement. he was not out there to say the u.s. has a new position and that's why we support regime change but he said what he said and actually the moment from a couple of weeks ago where he was asked, do you believe vladimir putin is a war criminal and he said, off the cuff, i do believe