we heard from the president-elect out on the campaign trail. so this isn t a break. but he also said, katy, he has no appetite for a nuclear arms race. so foreign policy experts will be watching this closely, in terms of what we can expect here today, i m told the lek president-elect is going to play around with tiger woods and then meetings. so much of what he said is just contradted himself in the past 17 months and as you pointed out, it is to note this is breaking with long standing policy and also while barack obama is in office leaving a s disconnect with this administration and what the policy may be for donald trump. leaving a lot of room for confusion and questions. kristen welker, in palm beach, enjoy the weather down there. for more on this, joined by congressman. you sit on the commission that
levels, this isn t a break in relations, so much as it is an important symbol of how bad things have become. but really nothing more than symbolic at this stage. in terms of the statement from the u.s. government and sort of public rebuke of president putin, does he wear this as a badge of honor at home? does that buy him points domestically? oar does it look bad more him domestically? i think it buys him some points. americans probably have a tendency to overestimate what we do matters. the fact is, that putin remains among many russians really quite popular. anything he can do to be seen as a strong leader or standing up to the united states, exposing what he considers the double standards of the u.s. and the international system, this does buy him points at home. but the fact is, if you look at the russian blogs and russian media, the latest announcement really hasn t garnered the kind
appropriate and prudent step to take. that is he s not cancelling his trip to russia, he s certainly going to go to the g-20 summit. he ll probably meet puten around that summit itself, he ll be in the photograph with him. he ll be seen at the meetings with him. at the same time. it s very important not to have a high level summit at a time when relations are particularly bad between russia and the united states. and i think if you look at what s going on at lower levels within the u.s. government, those talks are continuing with the defense officials, with foreign ministry officials in russia. at all different kinds of levels, this isn t a break in relations, so much as it is an important symbol of how bad things have become. but really nothing more than symbolic at this stage. in terms of the statement from the u.s. government and sort of public rebuke of
take. that is he s not cancelling his trip to russia, he s certainly going to go to the g-20 summit. he ll probably meet putin around that summit itself, he ll be in the photograph with him. he ll be seen at the meetings with him. at the same time. it s very important not to have a high level summit at a time when relations are particularly bad between russia and the united states. and i think if you look at what s going on at lower levels within the u.s. government, those talks are continuing with the defense officials, with foreign ministry officials in russia. at all different kinds of levels, this isn t a break in relations, so much as it is an important symbol of how bad things have become. but really nothing more than symbolic at this stage. in terms of the statement from the u.s. government and sort of public rebuke of president putin, does he wear
but as i understand excuse me one second. he s going to hire an ethics officer, and i can assure you that in my job of treasury secretary, whatever responsibilities i have to monitor these issues, which are very important, i can assure you that i will do. what you didn t answer and we ll follow up with some questions, how do you determine, make sure there isn t a break given to a trump enterprise, which would violate our constitution? i understand it s complying with the law but the constitution is the supreme law of the land. well, as you know, i ve employed lots of lawyers, but i m not a lawyer. but the good news is, we have a big group of lawyers in the treasury department and in a big ethics group and i can assure you that we ll make sure that we absolutely follow the law and the constitution and i have every reason to believe that the president-elect absolutely wants to adhere to it and will do so. senator brown? thank you, mr. chairman.