afghanistan, when it comes to iraq, when it comes to ukraine. not that the u.s. military couldn t accomplish the mission. just that it s you know, this isn t world war ii. right. exactly. and also this is a proof of his ability to read the other person across the table and figure out what is actually going to pick the lot. julia has written about vladimir putin s paranoia. that s the central ingredient here. what joe biden had to do was get him to understand, the united states is not seeking to invade russia any time soon. and i know that can sound like a thing that we don t even need to announce, but if you are vp everywhere, insulated, tut off from a lot of information, that s something you need to hear from an american president. great to have you here. appreciate it. coming up, new details about just how sick donald trump was with covid revealed by his own chief of staff. we ll talk to a top trump official who was there. plus, dramatic moments with the actor on the stand.
regime of kim jong un. they re also pushing ahead with that controversial missile defense system that china and russia are so opposed to. these situations always bring china into question. what can china do to try to reign in pyongyang? the truth is beijing doesn t have a lot of room to maneuver. diplomatic relations between beijing and pyongyang are actually quite chilly. there s no personal relationship between kim jong un and ping. kim has repeatedly embarrassed the chinese president. yesterday s bricks summit which was supposed to be xi zing ping. china could tut off oil shipments to north korea. it would effectively shut down the north s economy. the problem? beijing does not want to trigger regime change. it could mean refugees flooding across the border. it could mean a reuniofied koren