practical bent. but it s pretty clear from the body language at his last meeting with putin that obama didn t manage to build a working relationship with the man he called very smart. american presidents come and go but putin has outlasted them all. he s perfected the art of controlling every detail to achieve his own goals. all you really see when you look putin in the eye is exactly what he wants you to see. so far he s been winning every round in the long game he s playing against the u.s. but what is that game. foreign policy analysts like to say that trump is playing checkers while putin is playing chess. but that according to the world s famous chess master is an insult to the game. putin is a dictator and dictators by definition don t play chess, that s why i believe i have to defend the integrity
all. he s perfected the art of controlling every detail to achieve his own goals. all you really see when you look putin in the eye is exactly what he wants you to see. so far, he s been winning every round in the long game he s playing against the u.s., but what is that game? foreign policy analysts like to say that trump is playing checkers while putin is playing chess. but that according to the world s most famous chess master is an insult to the game. putin is a dictator and dictat dictator s by definition don t play chess. i would rather say he s playing a poker game. he s a poker player? he s a poker player. he s a gambler and knows his cards are not good but also, he s a good mind reader. so is president trump playing with vladimir putin or being played by putin? he s definitely playing into putin s hands. whether trump pushes upon or drop a card, all are being