ultimately he's a conference or the. he's representing russia. i'm representing the united states, so in a sense we are competitors, not a question of friend or enemy, he's not my enemy and hopefully some day maybe he'll be a friend. paul: president trump thursday calling russian president vladimir putin a competitor, not an enemy ahead of their summit monday in helsinki. the president promise to go raise several contentious issues with putin including russian intervention in syria and ukraine as well as arm's control and u.s. election meddling. back with dan henninger, mary kissel and bill mcgurn. mary, first of all, what do you think donald trump wants out of this summit? >> ic donald trump wants to get along frankly and he would love to do a deal because at the end of the day he's a deal maker and he's been floating ideas of arm's control agreement or maybe coming to some agreement over syria or potential you ukraine,