gives up his nukes. translator: kim is risking a lot. if he makes concessions, then trump s successor could say everything this clown trump signed is against our national interests. kim will end up in a gadhafi like situation. reporter: while the russians have publicly been backing the talks, even saying that the u.s. consulted with moscow before the summit, putin wants to lead the diplomatic effort to denuclearize north korea, his spokesman taking a swipe at president trump s negotiating style. translator: every step should go with flexibilities, certain small agreements. it is impossible to immediately set sights on a quick fix solution. reporter: and saying a putin/kim summit is already in the works. translator: this meeting is on the agenda. there are no exact agreements right now, but we will continue to coordinate this with our north korean counterparts through diplomatic channels. reporter: the russians noting
cohen s testimony on capitol hill i am not protecting mr. trump anymore. reporter: the president cherry picked from his former fixer s comments, accusing him of lying, except for the part about inclucolluding with the russians. it was interesting because he didn t lie about one thing. he said, no collusion with the russian hoax. i said, i wonder why he didn t lie about that, too? reporter: during a news conference, the president was only asked one question about cohen s testimony. that s because the president largely avoided the white house press and randomly fielded questions from reporters he had never seen before. including several representatives from chinese and russian state media. as well as a few favorites from back home. what are you doing here? reporter: the president did reveal why his talks broke down as the summit ended without any concessions from the dictator. they wanted sanctions lifted in their entirety. we couldn t do that.
the collapse at the summit is being met with mokckery by russia. here is fred pleitgen. reporter: tonight the failed trump/kim summit a feeding frenzy for russian state media. mocking the lack of results and president trump walking out on kim. translator: it ended so badly the sides even avoided signing any joint agreement. crafty kim jung-un was ready for some concessions, but not the ones trump reportedly wanted. so the agreements that were ready to be signed had to just know back to washington. translator: overall very, very meager for such a pompous summit that has been lauded as the biggest deal ever. all right analy reporter: analysts claiming that america is not negotiating in good faith and that the u.s. would invade north korea if kim