[applause] good evening and welcome to new hampshire. we are live here with cnn s town hall with former president donald trump. i m kaitlan collins, tonight president trump is here as he embarks on a campaign unlike any other in the history of u.s. presidential elections. he s the first former president in more than a century to seek a return to the white house, and he is currently leading the republican field while also facing multiple criminal investigations and an indictment. just yesterday he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. no questions are off the table and we agreed to no conditions. we are here to give voters the answers that they deserve. our audience is made up of republicans and undeclared voters who planned to take part in new hampshire s republican primary. they will get the chance to question the former president directly. these voters and the issues that they care about the most will help decide if former president trump will get a second cha
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To change the rules so they can confirm President Trumps nominee for the Supreme Court. Also today one week before turkey votes on whether to give president erdogan greater powers, we have a report from his hometown. They call it the weekend white house. Well take a look through the keyhole of tthe president ial retreat, mar a lago. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. It is day 77 of the Trump Presidency and a defining moment for this new administration. A short time ago, donald trump left a very rainy washington to fly down to his mar a lago resort in florida for his first meeting with chinese counterpart xijinping. Mr trump is already warning that it will be a very difficult meeting. The leaders will dine together this evening before formal talks begin on friday. President trump wants a better deal for America On Trade and more cooperation from beijing on north korea. But after candidate trump was so harsh on china, what kind of concessions can he get
of the money i got, but i want europe. let s look what was happening in ukraine excuse me. i want europe to put more money. they re laughing at us. we are spending 170 billion dollars for a faraway land and they are right next door to that land and they are in for 20. i don t think so. when it comes to what is happening there, when you were in office you said that you respected president putin. do you still respect him today? he made a tremendous mistake. he s a smart guy. remember i said he was smart. president xi of china is smart. 1. 5 billion people, he s the ruler of 1. 5 billion people. i said yeah he s a smart guy. how dare he say he s smart? of course you smart. they want you to say he s a stupid person, okay he s not a stupid person. he s very smart, he s very cunning. and putin made a bad mistake, in my opinion. what was his mistake? his mistake was going in.
china. gordon, thanks for being here. what is driving the wins of china s position when it comes to what is happening today with russia and what it is doing? china supports russia, and when bladder putin went to beijing for the holy opening ceremony of the olympics, they announced their partnership. but more important, they announced 170 billion dollars of oil and gas deals. earlier, russia has been sending tons to china. you mentioned the financing of commodity deals to russia. that s only. there is no it looks like it s an attempt to force russia into plan b transactions. as well as attack on the dollar. i do think that china will distance itself from russia, if the russian advance stalls like