was agreed to a year ago that i outside to go focused on the areas like damascus, russia s allies and iran, i m not sure i see is breaking through there without any sort of resolution. does russia have any kind of incentive to get out of syria? what does it benefit russia? i always label as an antistatist and tasty disco there. the metal and othersrs secretar maddux has said, the u.s. force have killed over 200 russian mercenaries in syria. it doesn t play well at home they want relevance. putin wants to demonstrate relevance and he knows with donald trump, this is a very very different president. when they have this meeting
told reporters that he will discuss with putin, the ongoing situations in syria and ukraine election meddling, and the de-escalation of tensions with russia and s china. president trumps national security adviser ambassador joh bolton was in moscow earlier this week meeting with putin an the other russian officials to help her for the summit. he also addressed critics who believe the meeting shouldn t happen due to the ongoing russian probe taking place here in the united states. take a look. take a lot of people have said or implied over time that a meeting between president trump and which is complete nonsense, i don t think that is helpful. the fact is that there are a wide range of issues despite th differences between us where both president trump and
you are shaking your head. he is 100 percent about righ about that. but then, what do we have to offer them? well, i think doctor gorka was right about the leverage an ukraine. which threatens putin is democracy. having a country like the ukraine which is growing and it relationship with the european union and nato and just receive tomahawk antitank weapons from the united states. i think we need to double down on our support to the ukraine. i would like tocl see the president publicly make it commitment to the ukraine at th summit. i thinkthe the harder one for u going to be serial with this week russia lies a tax and topless syria. they broke the truce truth that
the challenging relationship with russia where few of our interest intersect. we also have this background of russia s javarius espionage which ambassador bolton and my view rightly called an act of war. the stakes are high, that s why diplomacy matters. we will talk about the importan issues of the day including arm control. the treaty is due to expire in 2021 pride we might want to tal about extending him. his ukraine in syria, not to mention counterterrorism, counter proliferation and ri fighting crime together. lets talk about ukraine and the pro- russian separatist, what leverage do we have with russia to be able to get them t
course, means having strong relationships with our allies. the president is a coalition builder. he goes over to north korea, meets with the north korean leader. he s able to move forward in terms of d nuclear rising that region, which is incredibly important for world peace. now he s meeting with vladimir putin. this is an opportunity to talk about a range of national security issues that are critical. will he be talking about it about warfare, the issue soon seems to be on the front burner in that country, election interference? i think you ll see the president talk about a range of issues including syria, he ran, as well as north korea. i think you will see again the president bringing up a variety of issues with president putin. this is an opportunity for