has said. it s not only what we see here now, it s also the history here. he s invaded georgia. he s invaded ukraine previously. the third time may not be a charm, if you will. and as a result, i think he is going to have to come away with that table with something that he can go back to the russian people and say, look what i got out of this deal. i think he s put himself in a very tough position. and i think the administration has done a reasonably good job of aligning the allies,ch pushing military equipment forward, of threatening correctly to move nato troops closer to the russian border. i wouldn t really want vladimir putin s hand of cards from where we sit today. ambassador, mcfaull, we ll pick it up there, i want to play an important exchange. at the end of secretary of state blinken s press conference