success likely won t be known for six months to a year from now. so certainly and another thing i think was also well-advised to have those press conferences separately. there had been some questions and concerns in some quarters about who should go first, who should go second. imagine if president biden had to sit there with putin and deal with denialism and what-aboutism would be a lot to digest. it was also interesting to hear president biden say, yeah, we talked about cyberattacks and we also agreed when it comes to energy and waterways, that should be off limits. quite a contrast from putin who denied it altogether and said canada was more responsible for cyberattacks than was russia. all in all, at the end of the day, when putin and biden think about this meeting, they ll be happy with what happened today. it looked like here s putin wanting to celebrate being on
of the soviet union. it s been a long and noble tradition am these bilateral summits that american presidents of both political parties managed to secure the release of prominent prisoners of confidence. president reagan and mikhail gorbachev also took place in geneva, seven miles from the place where biden and putin met today. the main issues were arms control and missile defense president reagan made sure and made clear to gorbachev there would be no other progress on other shalls unless there were tangible progress on human rights. within just over a year, all three regained their freedom. this is just to show how effective personal advocacy from an american president can be. and reagan followed in the footsteps of other presidents, from nixon, to ford, to carter, who managed to secure the
calculus, so president biden came in knowing that he has to emphasize resilience. they elevated cyber, anti-corruption, working with allies. if we can t change putin s tactics, then at least we can mitigate the effect of them. rick stengel, i was also taken by president biden s faith that respect on the world stage would have a way of impacting change in the behavior of putin, and also when he spoke about china in that press conference. you know, that s been the grand hope of many an american president, that somehow the arc of justice bends, you know, the arc of history bends toward justice, that eventually global public opinion will matter. i understand the idea behind it and the hope. is that more hope, or do you think there s something to it? i think there s something to it, chuck. i mean, there is a long
surprising his allies and his adversaries alike. and that speaks to, i think, a lot of what the american people are looking for and admire so far in biden, that there s this restoration of some normacy in relations here and around the world. to that end this was probably a good summit to the president as he returns home. hallie, 15 seconds. one thing that president biden said was when was the last time two leaders sat in the room two hours. yeah. donald trump and vladimir putin in 2018. good point. that will do it for me today. ayman mohyeldin picks up our coverage in washington, d.c., coming up next. our coverage in washington, d.c., coming up next or necessity. we can explore uncharted waters, and not only make new discoveries, but get there faster, with better outcomes. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps companies navigate change meeting them where they are,
biden s posture today, this public posture? what will he embrace just like the same question we asked before of biden. what will biden embrace and push back on for putin? i think with putin there was a lot of good news here with president biden coming in and looking for pragmatism and places we can cooperate. for putin that s huge. right there the two world s nuclear superpowers having the ability to sit down one on one he really likes the world to know he s a superpower, right? that s the one thing he s got over china. exactly. so i m surprised he didn t emphasize that more in his press conference. he ll be looking to build on this pragmatism to say he has a