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Gorbachev but knew who to put around him. >> do you think hes capable of making a better relationship? >> yes. >> why? >> hes not a stupid man. his instinct of cooperation is there. putin has his own politics. theres deep suspicion in moscow at the highest level of any arrangement that putin makes with the americans because in moscows eyes, we have broken our promise to one american president after another since clinton, have broken the promises to russia. >> there is politics in russia but it i...

How good it is to meet in person. does that personal contact make much of a difference, doug? >> i think it does. i remember when ronald reagan was meeting with gorbachev, he was bundled up and reagan came out without a coat on to show, look, i dont need to bundle up. people were all going to be microlooking at the body language and looking for little clues. personal relagships matter. if trump and putin can develop one and come up with a scenario where we can solve the mess in syria or work in ...

Hes not reagan. >> kat: i had no idea. >> eboni: i know. breaking news. but, what do you think about the historical parallels? >> they are fine. i think that right now, it would be stupid to completely trust russia. and i dont think that we have to completely trust them to work with them and try to have a relationship that would work out best for us. we are facing issues like north korea and syria, especially with, again, china and russia. if they become best friends forever and we are left out ...

Was very constructive, the two leaders, i would say, connected very quickly. there was a very clear positive chemistry between the two. i think again, and i think the positive thing that i observed, and i have had many many meetings with president putin before, there was not a lot of relitigating of the past, and one of the reasons it took a long time i think is because once they are mets got acquainted with one another fairly quickly, there was so much to talk about. >> melissa: and they certai...

Have to happen only if its to agree to have their foreign ministers, you know, engage in the details of some kind of future talks on these issues. they have a lot of substance and so trying to figure out a way to talk about something like hacking, like the two men is going to be very tricky, i think. >> i want to know, robin, what your national security counsel friends or allies may be telling you about this meeting because in this meeting, we know president trump is in the room, going to be six...

Meeting. theres a awful lot there. i was back with the gorbachevs in 1985 in geneva and the talk at that time was that gorbachev was this different kind of kremlin later perhaps a little frail or. the meeting was held at the u.s. -- they hosted the first one. a reagan came out, it was a cold november day, and a wreck and came out with any top coat on, just jacket. we all kind of notice that and when gorbachev came out of his veiled limousine, he came out thick topcoat, a scarf, and a hat, and su...

Themselves as a global elite power and whether or not president trump is approaching this meeting with the same long game, this idea that we want to maintain our leadership role in the west and looking at russia as a rival, rather thean getting specific deal points on the table in the very first, very brief meeting. >> should president trump have said something about the challenges facing these two nations more than just the very well, very good, very positive, honor to meet you brief words he g...

He decided to cooperate with gorbachev but knew who to put around him. and he put good people around him. >> do you think hes capable of making a better relationship? >> yes. why not? he is not a stupid man. his instinct toward cooperation seems to be there. in russia, though, and we dont have time, putin has his own politics. there is deep suspicion in moscow at the highest levels of any arrangement that putin makes with the americans because in moscows eyes, we have broken our promise to one r...

>> insisted until the end on retaining for the united states the right to test things relating to sdi. it would have taken a madman to accept that. >> inside the united states there is astonishment and beyond that fear of what reagan talked about doing, banning nuclear weapons. >> he moved to sign a deal with the soviets, was criticized by president nixon and kissinger. they said it would be a profound mistake to allow medium range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought reagan had bee...

Leader of bulgaria suddenly and surprisingly today announced his resignation. >> it turns out that these regimes are more brittle than gorbachev understood and they couldnt find many gorbachevs. he tried to encourage people like him to rise to the fore in these countries. they werent successful. >> had gorbachev decided to use force, this whole scenario would have been totally different and, furthermore, the cold war might have ended in a far different way. it might have ended with a bang and no...