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Obviously not proportional. 35 versus 755. >> i was surprised back at the tail end of the obama administration when the u.s. expelled 35 russian diplomats accusing them of espionage, shut down two russian compounds in suburban maryland outside of washington as well as in long island, that they didnt retaliate right way. sergey lavrov said they would right away and president putin overruled him and said not so fast and now are retaliatinreta. what was the delay? normally one state does this, the ...

Do. i love the way he invites american diplomatic kids to the kremlin. what kid doesnt dream of a new years party at the kremlin? what american kid doesnt? trump i think has sort of played into it. by congratulating putin. its a smart move on the part of the russians. you put no pressure on trump. you give him the option to drop the sanctions. this is a complete distraction. the sanctions are meaningless. the only ones that matter -- even those sanctions are not that severe, are the ones that we...

I love the way he invites american diplomatic kids to the kremlin. what kid doesnt dream of a new years party at the kremlin? what american kid doesnt? trump i think has sort of played into it. by congratulating putin. its a smart move on the part of the russians. you put no pressure on trump. you give him the option to drop the sanctions. this is a complete distraction. the sanctions are meaningless. the only ones that matter -- even those sanctions are not that severe, are the ones that were i...

>> im not sure why the president felt like he needed to kale and congratulate vladimir putin on what was a fake election. i think most of us dont see that as necessary. >> i wouldnt have done it. its -- it would be like me calling fidel castro saying good job, you really took 99%. i mean, those elections dont mean very much and i think we shouldnt lend any more credence to them. >> i dont agree with congratulating putin. i dont think you congratulate someone for a fake election. >> so as you wal...

Into the press. but that being said, im not entirely surprised -- im a little surprised i should say that this is a surprise to a lot of people. he spent the last year and a half basically trying to be friends with putin, trying to put up a friendly front with russia. nothing that he did in congratulating putin was a total surprise to me. i assumed he was going to do it. this is the way he has approached the geo political relationship with russia. >> its also his personality. if you interact wit...

And well bring in katelin owen. katelin, very good to see you. i am fascinated by the back and forth that president trump had with president putin. and the white house is trying to keep a dialogue only. if you want to talk with putin, thats fine. but you shouldnt be congratulating putin for the sham election. >> right, that is part of it. russia doesnt have the same flee and fair elegislation. but think about the timing here. the administration a few days ago, put sanctions on russia for 2016 me...