Of the summit, Angela Merkels press secretary sent out this photo of the leaders surrounding trump during negotiations or talking there. Germanys Angela Merkel leaning over the table having dialogue. Arms crossed there on his end, and among others there, too. Heres another angle with the white house director of social media, trump sitting down arms folded, other World Leaders mostly standing, kind of towering around him. What does all of this say . My goodness. Ryan nobles joining us live right now. Well, they say a picture, you know, is worth a thousand words, but its also dangerous to try to analyze photographs, because we dont know what was being said. Yeah. Thats simply true, fred, but does give us a peek behind the curtain as how contentious the conversations were between the president and foreign leaders, leaders that are among the most important allies of the United States. This picture also gives us a view that was a little different from the perception the president gave during his wide ranging impromptu press gaggle before he took off for singapore. Mr. Trump describes the conversations as very cordial and these leaders understood trade and russias role in the global conversation, but it is hard to ignore the body language, right, and the way the house has handled this summit. Mr. Trump arrived late. He showed up at this mornings meeting late, and he took off for singapore long before the summit ended. It certainly doesnt give the impression that everyone is on the same page. Still this morning, President Trump insisted that he is getting along very well with all his counterparts. The level of relationship is a ten. We have a great relationship. Angela and e emanuel and justin, i would say the relationship is a ten, and i dont blame them, i blame, as i said, our past leaders, for allowing this to happen. Theres no reason that this should happen, theres no reason we should have trade deficits with every country in the world. Theres no reason for this. Its the fault of the people that preceded me. Ten out of ten, the president said. And part of President Trumps tough talk was based in the promise that it would lead to result, but so far hes leaving this very important meeting in canada without any substantiative changes to these big trade deals and this tariff conversations. Nothing has changed as of yet and also the very real threat that the u. S. Is on the verge of a trade war with some of its most important and reliable partners in the global community. Fred . Ryan nobles, thanks so much. The president is now turning his focus to his highly anticipated sitdown with kim jongun in north korea, on his way to singapore where the summit is scheduled to take place on tuesday. Lets go to cnns ivan watson, who joins us live from singapore. What is happening . Lastminute security preparations . Well, certainly. Singapore have mobilized thousands of Security Officers here to protect not only President Trump, but also the north Korean Leader, kim jongun, who will be making, we believe, one of his longest overseas trips since assuming the top position in north korea some six years ago. In that time hes only made two trips to china, and thats in the last couple of months. This will be his kind of biggest overseas trip, and we understand the logistics of that for the north koreans themselves, those have been somewhat complicated. President trump talking about the upcoming meeting again, saying a lot of it will boil down to his kind of gut reaction to meeting the north Korean Leader for the first time, whether or not that can be a success. He seemed to lower expectations, saying that instead of demanding complete, irreversible, verifiable denuclearization of north Koreas Nuclear arsenal, as has been the position of the Trump Administration in the past, that at a minimum he would be looking for a dialogue with the north Korean Leader. Take a listen to a little bit more of how he characterized the runup to this potentially historic meeting. Ill be on a mission of peace, and we will carry in really, in my heart, were going to be carrying the hearts of millions of people, people from all over the world. We have to get denuclearization. We have to get something going. He could take that nation with those great people and truly make it great, so its a onetime its a onetime shot, and i think its going to work out. Fredricka, mike pompeo, the secretary of state, he on friday kind of gave some of his thinking on what the quid pro quo might be, saying north korea, in exchange for giving up its Nuclear Weapons, we still dont know if its going to do that or offer to do that, that it would want some kind of security guarantees, and he has argued that that must be giving north korea knowledge of Economic Development, and he suggested that china, japan, south korea, other countries here in the region would want to be a part potentially of Economic Development in north korea, should it truly hand over its Nuclear Weapons in exchange for opening up to the rest of the world and potentially getting a lot wealthier than where it stands now, kind of at the bottom of all International Prosperity and wealth measurements. Fredricka . All right, ivan watson, thanks so much. All right, lets talk about this with michelle ckaczynski, natha gonzalez, and joululian salazar. The series of photographs really do resinate a lot. What is to be read in that when the president says the relationship is a ten and we see arms folded, dont see a whole lot of smiles. Might this punctuate the g7, you know, what did or didnt happen, or might this punctuate the relations between the leaders . Its great, because they are essentially the same photo, just taken from two different angles, so, of course, in the one Angela Merkels team put out shes in charge and shes schooling donald trump and he has his arms folded. Right . Isnt that whats happening . The answer is, we have no idea. They could have been talking about lunch. In the one that the white house released, tourump is at the cenr and everyone is gathered around him to see what is so important. Those are the photos they choose for obvious reasons. When the president says the relationship is a ten, come on. Hes been in twitter wars, terrible phone calls, difficult and, quote, shocking conversations. There was a lot of tension. Over the last several weeks. So theres been trouble. You only need to look at his twitter feed to realize that. So we dont know what exactly hes talking about. Maybe he means that everybodys friendly and respectful towards him, so he got seemingly very defensive when hes asked about that. His response to a question about the relationships was to attack the press full on and say the relationship was a ten. Well, one european diplomat kind of in the same semi joking what are you talking about vein responded to that statement. He must mean there are ten things on which we totally disagree, or like the title of the movie, ten things i hate about you. Its not about personal relationships here. Im sure everybody is cordial in these meetings. We have not heard otherwise, but the fact is, there are some real disagreements here that need work. And, nathan, you know, might a strong message have been sent with the president , his early departure being late for the, you know, gender equality breakfast, and then we see those photographs and then we hear him talk about, you know, relations are good, but then blaming, pointing blame on his predecessors for why trade relations arent, you know, what he thinks would be optimal. I think this whole situation is a good example of sort of the President Trump playbook. He wants to dictate his own terms, come and go as he pleases. I thought what michelle said about the photo the white house released, the world surrounding around him, i think its exactly right, but we have to remember this is the type of situation here in america that hits different people different ways. To democrats, this is appalling. Hes not only to them ruining the country, the world, these relationships, but to the president s supporters, if france and canada and the world, europe, is our enemies, then they love that. They think the president can do no wrong. The question is, the people in the middle, the independents who are probably uncomfortable with the president s, you know, his demeanor, style, tweets, but of his policies lead the country in the right direction, they might be a little more open to him and the Republican Party in general. And julian, are we now seeing perhaps a shift in what expectations should be as it relates to a g7 summit based on how things did or didnt happen here . Absolutely. You know, hes lowered the bar in terms of how the president will act in this kind of alliance, even though he says it was a ten, it wasnt. I think were at the point we just dont have to believe everything he says. I think the words on twitter, the words in the press, indicate that relationships are very volatile, and its going to take some repair work to get the g7 to where it was. It doesnt go back to a reset very easily. And i think he leaves to north korea, to singapore, for the discussions with north korea, with many of our alliances really on edge and afraid as a result not just of this meeting, but everything that came before it. And so michelle, how might, you know, the president s demeanor, his behavior, his interaction be a prelude to what should be expected in north korea . How things went at the g7 . Was he giving a window into, you know, his approach to north korea . These things saying about he will know within the first minute how things are going to go and how serious kim jongun is, i mean, okay. He said ill know by touch and feel how things will go. Maybe that will happen, but i think what everybody else wants to discover is how prepared are they, what are the exact signals that they are getting from the north koreans. We dont know how its going to turn out. No one does, but the president wants to project that hes not going to settle for a bad deal and he wants to project optimism and still talk about, you know, what north korea has to gain in the hopes that probably kim jongun is listening and thinking, okay, theres a pep talk. Maybe ill go for this after all. And nathan, might this simply be the president holding the cards close . He doesnt want to convey exactly what hes going to be demanding, how hes going to be approaching kim jongun, you know, being mysterious . There could be a master strategy. He could be playing fourdimensional chess. Critics are critics will say hes not being prepared, but perhaps might this be very intentional . I remember weeks ago when this was all starting to come together, i believe bolton was on saying the president was preparing, taking in information like no one weve seen before and now were shifting to he has it under control, hes not preparing, hes going to fly by the seat of his pants. Ultimately, we have to wait so see what is the results, right . Were going to have a result, assuming the meeting happens. Well see what comes out of it and judge the meeting based on its merits. I think the warning sign has been the lowering of expectations, where, you know, what will be a successful summit will be a commitment, a historic action on the part of north korea. Like, thats how well know this is serious. And now its, oh, well at the very least well meet, well say hi, maybe well like each other. You know, that makes me wonder, are they it tells me that they are not 100 clear out of what they are going to get out of this and thats fine. If thats the best they can do, i dont think its necessarily a big win for kim jongun to have this meeting with President Trump, because something good could come out of it, but there are plenty of people who see that as worrying, that kim jongun will get this big meeting and give nothing. Julian, he says one shot. Is it you know, one shot for kim jongun, one shot for President Trump. Which is it . Usually, its not true. Most of our summits, most of our diplomatic breakthroughs take several iterations before anything comes out of it. Often the first meeting is about the relationship with the leaders and an effort to set some kind of framework. So, it doesnt really have to be a oneshot process, and we also have to remember, President Trump says stuff like that all the time, then goes for a second shot and hell kind of back away from his initial statement, so thats just some of the trumpian bluster and if things work out well, theres ways around that, even if its not a oneshot solution to this whole problem, which weve been dealing with since 1950. Might it have been a veiled threat . It could be, it could be. Sure. Thats part of diplomacy, as well. Its really about what happens in the room. All right, julian, michelle, thanks to all of you, appreciate it. Thank you. All right, coming up, blaming obama and other predecessors. He did say plural. President trump is pointing the finger at his predecessors over the russian invasion and annexation of crimea, this as he doubles down on his call for russia to rejoin the g7. Thats next. Whoever came up with the term small business, never owned a business. 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You have to ask president obama, because he was the one that let crimea get away. That was during his administration, and he was the one that let russia go and spend a lot of money on crimea, because they spent a lot on rebuilding it. But crimea was during the Obama Administration and, you know, obama can say all he wants, but he allowed russia to take crimea. I may have had a much different attitude, but you really have to ask that question to president obama. You know, why did he do that . Joining me right now, cnn contributor and former cnn Moscow Bureau chief Jill Dougherty and analyst and online contributor to the new yorker, david rohde. Jill, you first, before the president went to canada, he said russia should be welcomed back into the g8 and then today, you know, hes blaming his predecessor for having kicked out russia. So how does this impact the relations between the u. S. And the other g7 allies . Well, it certainly creates real problems between the United States and its allies, because after all, you know, the allies and the United States have sanctions precisely because of the annexation of crimea. And also because of the intervention and the invasion of ukraine by russia. You know, i think you back up and you say, okay, what really is going on here . I think President Trump looks at this in very transactional terms, you know, crimea, okay, they got it, he can blame obama, but essentially, you know, its theirs, so what do you do about it . It is not based on, lets say, the principles, you know, rulesbased International Order as hes talking about, and the rulesbased International Order says you dont take parts of other countries. Thats the principle. Remember, donald trump is the disruptor, so ideas like that, like principles, are not the primary thing, its right now transactional, what do you do, i want russia back in the g8. I tell you, i was looking, fred, at the russian media, and they are, as you can imagine, very happy about this. In fact, one headline said, you know, russia has been kind of isolated from the International Community and Vladimir Putin may not be at the g7 physically, but he is there in the, lets see, the guise of the tweets by donald trump. So russia feels that they are getting back on the world stage in this guise, you know, in the g7, g8, whatever, thanks to donald trump. So, david, you know, what is to be made of all of this . I mean, for a moment the president even said, you know, something happened. As if he didnt really know about the invasion of crimea, and then he pointed the blame at his predecessor president obama. So, is it not quite knowing history, or is there something intentional about how he might leverage that kind of language or his point of view . I dont understand it. Ill be honest with you, i want to be fair to the president , you know, since he was a candidate, since he won the election, he has embraced russia with warm arms. This doesnt make sense politically. His campaign is under investigation for colluding with russia, so this is a slap in the face to our allies. There is no proof as far as i know of collusion with russia, but this just makes no sense, and it also makes no sense politically. Russia intervened in the u. S. Election to help donald trump win the presidency according to every u. S. Intelligence agency. Hes now welcoming russia back in the g8. Maybe there was no collusion, it just hes raising all these conspiracy theories again by doing this, and p i just, frankly, dont understand it. It is baffling, but jill, you know, might there be some kind of potential long view here . The president might see on the eve of his summit scheduled for tuesday with north korea that by complimenting russia in some kind of way that perhaps russia might in some way be influential on the potential outcome of north korea . You know, thats interesting, because in a way you could be right, you know, complimenting. But ill tell you, the interesting reaction that came from the kremlin, which wasnt reported a lot right after donald trump did say, hey, maybe they are to get back in the g8 or g7, the spokesperson for president putin said, you know what, we are concentrating on other formats, other international formats. In other words, thanks, but no thanks. And i thought that was quite significant, because, you know, you might expect them to say, gee, thank you very much, President Trump, we, too, agree we ought to be back in the world organizations, but no, they said thanks, but no thanks. So i think the kremlin is realizing that donald trump in this highly transactional period where he is, you know, setting the stage for the meeting with the north Korean Leader and doing other deals around the world, that they dont want to be, the kremlin doesnt want to be, a pawn in the negotiating strategy the president has. So they are pretty much saying, you know, great, you do what you want, but we have other fish to fry. Sorry the allies are basically, you know, at each others throats, and President Trump says lets let russia back in the g8. Those are huge wins in a p. R. Sense for russia. And, david, except for italy, you know, responding when the president was on the white house lawn about russia, we havent heard from the other g7, you know, leaders about, you know, the president s seemingly deference to russia, but in a roundabout way, is that why perhaps Angela Merkel, germanys office, sent that photograph showing or in some way painting the picture of how tenuous, you know, things are with those leaders, the majority of them standing up, the president , President Trump, sitting down arms folded . Might that have been a roundabout way of expressing sentiment . Definitely. Look, all politics is local, so this is an insult to the europeans, the u. S. Pulled out of the paris climate accord, it threw out the iranian deal after europeans begged them to stay in it. Angela merkel has to look strong to german voters, you know, leaders in france and the uk have the same pressure, so this bluster, this bullying, backs these european allies into a corner and they have to stand up to trump and it could lead to a trade war. So its just crazy, your hon kn. The russian economy is the size of italys economy. Its not as big and important player in the world that donald trump pretends. China is the key player, so, again, i dont understand this embrace of russia. And on trade, it was President Trump who was blaming predecessors, plural, for that prepi p predicament. All right, appreciate it. Coming up next, the legacy of a cnn friend and colleague, renowned chef and tv host anthony bourdain. Ill speak to an owner of a restaurant here in the Nations Capital who is remembering a very special visit from the larger than life figure. Thats straight ahead. Whats the mascara lash paradise from loreal. My lashes look amazing . 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