gloria, as biden sets the tone for next few years, at least, of his presidency, was he successful? well, i think, in one way, ana, he had them at hello. right? he was just there saying i approve of nato, i want to be a part of nato, want to be a part of the g-7, i want to be a part of the world community. and he welcomed them, seeking their advice, for example, on well, what do you want me to say to putin when i meet with putin? talking to them about the differences in approach to china as you were just talking about, where america stands, you know, not calling them a bunch of free loaders. i think that biden was trying to set a different tone, which it s very clear to me that he has done, and then also to say to people, look, there are we do have certain differences about our different approaches, for example, to china, but let s try and see where we can come up with some middle ground on that,
because, you know, there just isn t a lot with russia. their interests are very different from ours on most issues and they re not going to be helpful to us but i think it is useful to, you know, look putin in the eye and say your free ride is over, you re not going to run over this president the way you ran over the last one, the u.s. is going to stand up to you, and watch your step, and, you know, we have ways of retaliating, against your aggression, and you will feel the pain if you continue acting so gloria, real quick, i do want to bring up another comparison to what we experienced under president trump in helsinki that i think, you know, stood out to a lot of people and that was that trump met with putin without anybody else around, not even note takers. our reporting is that there are still details being worked out as to who would be part of not just biden and putin s meeting but also additional meetings there might be between the u.s. and russian officials there. but it sti
while these world leaders covered serious ground today president biden face to face with russia s vladimir putin two days from now is a major distraction, saying u.s. relations at its lowest point in years set the stage for a very fence showdown. we have white house correspondent phil mattingly, clarissa ward, max boot, and he s also a washington post columnist, and our very own chief political analyst gloria borger standing by as well. start with you, clarissa, what are you hearing from america s allies? reporter: yeah, i mean, what a very different tone we are hearing now as spanish prime minister is calling president biden s election an inspiration, saying he was delivering on some of the promises in that meeting today, the head of nato saying that it is different with, i think, what we can call characteristic norwegian
i think he ll continue to do that in this process. if you want me to get down into the weeds on specific policy, i don t think we re there yet. right now we want to lead the effort on bringing our country together and offering comfort to those that have been hurt over the last several days. mike? the talk that some of the main facilitators of the iran nuclear deal are significant contenders for the nobel peace prize. is the white house aware of that and do you have a thought on who is being talked about on potential winners? i m not sure of the nobel peace prize process. we ve been very clear what our position is on the deal. that hasn t changed because people may receive an award for it. thanks so much, guys. have a good day. i have chris cillizza and gloria borger standing by. the thrust of the q&a on this bump stock device.
today, giving widespread praise for what he just talked about, the role of the coast guard and the young people who will go out there and defend our homeland and he s preparing for the meeting with the president of colombia. thanks, guys. i m not going to give a statement on that. did he see the video and i know the state department put out a statement on that. [ inaudible ]? that was the audio from air force one of sean spicer who we normally see each and every day. he s heading to the white house. a quick gaggle on the plane. i m mark preston and gloria borger standing by.