need to go back where all this began, it began with situation syria where the previous president had drawn a red line. the administration came in when there was isis, peoples heads were being caught off. now the president believes we have accomplished significant part of our mission and he wants our folks to come home and we are begin to go work on it this week, vice president and i traveled after the president made a decision and we put out joint statement which we will will save lives, it s worked so far, a lot of work but we are optimistic. defense secretary mark esper aknowing 1,000 u.s. troops will now head to northern iraq.
that s an easier one to read david. thank you for that. good evening to both of you. david we ll start with you. president trump says his meeting with putin will be the easiest of them all. it s in the washington post trump s about the praise and flattery, blaming obama and appealing to reck international order. explain how you think this will go down. i hope this won t be the president s easiest meeting. i hope it ll be a confrontational one. u.s. social and political issues, of course the situation in the ukraine, the illegal annexation of crimea, situation syria. i worry that president putin will try to play to trump s ego and flatter lim him, say it was
out of. arthel: trump has referred to himself as the modern-day president. taking on a fresh approach and discarding some of the older ways of doing business. when year meeting with president putin who plans all of his moves down to every detail, how is president trumps less structure way of operating viewed? world leaders are skeptical of the way trump is headed into the meeting. the fact that ibaka sat in trump seat during part of it race my brows both in american circles and around the world. the big question is, do the results change? does the situation syria become more stable? does north korea rollback as does united states have a more prosperous trade relationships in europe and southeast asia? ultimately those questions will determine the way the global international community views the trump legacy.