with negative reaction. certainly at the political level, but beyond that, it could include sanctions, as well. and what about the issue of sanctions? senator harry reid said he doesn t they that the united states should act alone basically saying if u.s. allies express any kind of hesitation, there would be a big problem. some people criticized him and said that was a weak thing to say. it s a fact of things to say, 13 of the top 15 buyers of russian oil and gas are europeans. are they on board? at this point the administration reached out to the leaders in europe. i met with the president and senator reid this afternoon. i know the conversations are under way. but they re waiting to see now what putin s press conference was all about. it appeared he hit the pause button. i don t want to overread what he had to say. i hope he is trying to take into consideration what happened to his stock market the first day
that having spent a whole lot of time on the phone with vladimir putin, she wanted president obama to know that in her opinion, vladimir putin is in another world. she said he didn t seem like he was in touch with reality. in another world. now, was that just how he seemed to angela merkel in that conversation? was he just being particularly weird or loopy to her for some reason? was she saying that strategically to try to influence something about how the west was behaving toward russia in this international crisis? what did that mean for her to say that putin sounded like a space cadet when she talked to him on the phone about what he was doing in crimea? today those questions were largely settled when mr. putin held a long press conference in moscow in front of the cameras and was a space cadet to everybody. he shows the world the behavior and bizarre logic that frankly freaked out the german chancellor enough she had to call president obama to talk about it. the headline from lon
and what about the issue of sanctions? senator harry reid said he doesn t think it the united states should act alone basically saying if u.s. allies express any kind of hesitation, there would be a big problem. some people criticized him and said that was a weak thing to say. it s a fact of things to say, 13 of the top 15 at this point the administration reached out to the leaders in europe. i met with the president and senator reid this afternoon. i know the conversations are under way. but they re waiting to see now what putin s press conference was all about. it appeared he hit the pause button. i don t want to overread what he had to say. i hope he is trying to take into consideration what happened to his stock market the first day when he starred this effort in crimea. and it was reduced by some 10% in value. i don t think that mr. putin likes to see that happen, nor does he want to see sanctions