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China is the existential threat to us in the 21st century. we obviously have problems with russia, but we don t want to see the two of them move closer together. can i ask a followup on that, obviously nixon and kissinger that was their obsession, that was obviously what led to the opening of china, one of the obsessions. how do we move forward with that? how do we trooi anogu late the two? i m sure vladimir putin doesn t want to be china s junior partner than nato s junior partner. i think it s worse for russia than being the junior partner. you have the south of you in china a very overpopulated country with very few natural resources. far eastern russia, underpopulated country with a lot of natural resources. how do you think that s going to end if they re not careful? now, the russians don t see that danger, at least they say they don t. i think there s an opportunity there. i think cooperation in the arctic may be a way to do it. ....
Can t read a whole lot into it, but it was formal. if anybody looked relaxed, it seemed to me it was joe biden. yep. putin s hands were clinched and biden seemed like that old guy that we know, pretty much at ease with himself. i think we ll see. this is going to be a long meeting from what we re told. it could be three, four hours or more, extended agenda. we ll see what comes out of it. and more as ben rhodes and others have been saying, what the process of implementation of monitoring is. i think is good that these two sit down and begin to frame whether it s possible to have something closer to normal relationship, but it s the followup, it s the way in which we re consistent about our values, about maintaining red lines. putin, as we have seen, is a person who will grab a little and then grab a whole lot more. so, i think it s going to be crucial for biden to show that ....
Security clearance because they ve politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and their security clearances. and making baseless accusations of improper relationship with russia is inappropriate. the president contends that the fact that people with security cleerns are making the baseless charges provides ill legitimate when we have further updates on the front, i ll let you know. there s a speech he doesn t like, and he wants to punish them for it. i think you re creating your own story. the president doesn t like the fact that people are politicizing agencies and departments that are specifically meant to not be political and not meant to be monetized off of security clearances. reporter: the followup on that, isn t the president doing exactly what you just said the president doesn t want all these people doing? politicizing matters of national security by going after his political enemys? ....
Also look at otto warmbier who was detained in the previous administration as one of the current detainees. and so that would reflect the president s comments that he made. when it comes to the other, the last instance you mentioned as mayor giuliani stated this wasn t something that was initially known but later learned. we give the best information possible at the time. we will continue to do that every day. reporter: michael cohen back in february of last year, the reimbursement happened long before the president was asked about this. sarah: is that a question? i m saying how could he not have known, he was paying him back? sarah: i won t get into the detail and i refer you to the statement, the lengthy statements made by giuliani both last night and this morning as well as the president s tweets where they spoke about that. jim? reporter: to followup on that, the president did talk about monthly retainers in his tweet. and mayor giuliani said the president only knew about ....