first he is going to flatter president trump. he knows the president has spoken highly of mr. putin throughout his campaign and before that. this is a president trump who is still rather inexperienced when it comes to foreign policy. inexperienced when it comes to intense one-on-one meetings. conversery vladimir putin kgb is a kuning operative. in fact once he brought a large dog to a meeting with angela merkel because she knew she was afraid of him. how did she take that. not well. i hadn t heard the dog story had you. i had, yeah it s a great story. it s a good one. and dogs scare a lot of people. no shame in that. phillip take a listen to the president here on foreign soil talking about the free press. yeah. because many presidents in both parties talk about this in broad, nonpartisan terms, that the first amendment is something that affords more freedom not only to reporters but citizens of all stripes than we see in many other countries. but the president today did
perspective how you deal with individuals and what how you figure out what the weaknesses are, know how to flatter them. again i m sure he is well prepared for this. i think donald trump is also used to figuring out people s strengths and weaknesses. just think about the debates. you know during the campaign. but it s a different kind of training and he comes from a different background. rick? you want me to react to that. by the way one thing i would object to is that while trump has praised putin, putin has not praised trump. it s a one-sided bromance the. putin said colorful was the word he used. putin has been doing this over and over. he s been dealing with american presidents, world leaders. trump is new at this. and putin knows how to manipulate people. i spent three hours with putin in 2007 when he was person of
and more you a all of this and more with the meeting with putin still to come. as promised i want to bring in the expert panel nbc white house correspondent kristin welker and white house bureau chief phil rucker. phil starting with you put the president s extemp ranes comments here in context. because he wanted to strike a presidential or stark note as i mentioned with regard to the existential question. but he quickly ended up back in a political mode. yeah that s right exactly right. it s interesting if you look at his actual scripted speech he gave outdoors in war saw. he was trying to reassure western allies. he made a lot of outreach about nato. tried to signal to european countries that have been wary of his moves that the west can stand together and of course in his mind it s the threat from north korea. but his statement at the press conference and comments to halle jackson about the about the russian interference were kind
and and is now it is now difficult to breathe. there are now running battles between demonstrators and german riot police moving again in this direction to stop to stop the protestors we re even staying in in area. as seen it was at times dangerous for protestors, reporters as well as the police officers trying to put some order. are estimates put the totals number of demonstrators as high as 10,000 people. there was a mixture of anti-government as well as antiu.s., antitrump abanticapitalist and reformers and more you a all of this and more with the meeting with putin still to come. as promised i want to bring in the expert panel nbc white house correspondent kristin welker and white house bureau chief phil rucker.
he has been doing that for a long time. yes george bush was the head of the cia a few years. but he didn t come up as ray operations officers aba case officer. this does give putin a unique perspective how you deal with individuals and what how you figure out what the weaknesses are, know how to flatter them. again i m sure he is well prepared for this. i think donald trump is also used to figuring out people s strengths and weaknesses. just think about the debates. you know during the campaign. but it s a different kind of training and he comes from a different background. rick? you want me to react to that. by the way one thing i would object to is that while trump has praised putin, putin has not praised trump. it s a one-sided bromance the. putin said colorful was the word he used. putin has been doing this over and over. he s been dealing with american presidents, world leaders. trump is new at this. and putin knows how to