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Degree of trust. angela merkel thought she could trust him. putin destroyed that trust that merkel had with him over ukraine. you know, putin plays the role here. he knows how to play the part. itis interesting to see what the kremlin has done to position him as a sort of player in step with the other big players of the g-20 that hes on the same page on climate change. he supports the paris climate accord. he is in the same position as germany on globalization. the germans believe there should b...

For the russians to be recognized as a valuable player is something they would like to take away from this meeting. absolutely, the kremlin really prepared the ground that really they wont have enough time to get all his points across. >> again, 35-40 minutes. what we are expecting. maybe it will go longer. well watch carefully. the russian leader, vladimir putin said how happy he was to meet president trump, personally indicating it was the first time the two leaders met. president trump, then ...

Be valued by the kremlin when he said its an honor to be there to meet president putin. this is what president putin wants. he does want to be valued on the international stage by someone who in global affairs plays a significant role. one of the things that they are expected to discuss is syria. russia has been making overtures toward the united states to work together to counterterrorism inside syria. this is a narrative, of course, that is important to president trump. it is a very serious an...

On for 35 or 45 minutes. perhaps could go longer. that may be a sign of how much the two leaders discuss. we are joined by our diplomatic editor, nic robertson. we heard what the president said and did not say. he did not mention the word challenges, nic. what about vladimir putins side? i was struck that he almost tried to diminish the significance of the meetings saying one conversation is never enough. >> reporter: you know, the kremlin sort of really, that would be coming. there wouldnt be e...

Munich. he is meeting with nato and the eu and questions about the u.s. position on european union, do we want to see it blown up? hes reassuring our eu friends that we want to work closely with the european union as well. it doesnt happen by accident. this trip was well prepared and going out and delivering the policy messages at the right places at the right time. >> thank you for sharing your thoughts this morning. >> thank you. i want to take you to an exclusive report. it is being describ...

Fight with the intelligence community. they believe he is dancing on thin ice. they are preparing very thoroughly, according to a former deputy foreign minister, very thoroughly for this first meeting with president trump. the date for that hasnt been set yet. the kremlin is worried. it is worried president trump will not come to that meeting from a position of strength. they want him to be strong because they want him to carry out his campaign promises and lift u.s. sanctions on russia. thats w...

Weaknesses. its been compiled by putins team and using outside political consultants. what we know is it is seven pages. it mostly covers donald trump over the last few months but especially over the last few weeks. seven pages. among the things we believe that the kremlin appears to be learning is they believe that donald trump is naive in foreign policy, not as clued up on world affairs as vladimir putin. he relies a lot, indeed they think, too much, on his intuition and he doesnt listen to th...