cancels those meetings it feeds into this impression of weakness and that s what putin is taking advantage of. he s taking advantage of the united states because he reads weakness in the united states and how we react. he s going to continue to be a bully as long as we don t stand up to him. thanks to robert mueller we know one of the president s closest associations was communicating directly with the kremlin about the trump tower moscow project. cnn has learned they floated the idea of giving vladmir putin a penthouse in that building, in that trump tower. you re the former cia director. how concerning is that to you? well it s very concerning because it s essentially providing a prescribe to a foreign leader in allowing him to have some kind of plush suite