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Certainly moscow thought it got incredibly lucky with the election and they thought they presumed america functions the same way russia does, trump would say the word and sanctions would fall and of course, america still doesnt function quite the way russia does, and i think at this point putin wishes he were dealing with hillary because she would be consistent and predictable and trump hijacked his madman on the act. >> thats very interesting. you wrote a lot about your sort of worry about the ...

Very pragmatic and this is a very easy decision in terms of which candidate to back. >> do you think at this point putin is disappointed in his pick? >> no, i dont think so hes disappointed at all. i often joke that the trump administration aseems to mirror kremlin strategy almost all the time. i once said that theres a kremlin political warfare management team somewhere in the oval office giving them hints. what he said with that tweet was exactly what the russians do. he construct reality. the...

In his press conference on december 23, he sort of was blaming everything bad that has happened and might even happen in the future on the outgoing administration so in that sense he can stay consistent. but trump will be under a lot of pressure from his friends in russia to lift the sanctions. that may not be something the republicans in the senate and congress want to do so that -- when they see conflict playing out there. >> because the first question is, obamacare, the obama administration w...

Second term ill be more flexible. the result of that flexibility and the invitation to aggression we have russia on the loose, scaring the hell out of the east europeans. >> yeah. >> it astonishes me that they would dismiss this as an existence threat. russia as an existential threat when they were wrong once before. if you look back at 2012 what romney was saying at this point putin had not overtly tried to recreate a soviet empire which is what hes trying to do now. however, he was tied to pro...

Second term ill be more flexible. the result of that flexibility and the invitation to aggression we have russia on the loose, scaring the hell out of the east europeans. >> yeah. >> it astonishes me that they would dismiss this as an existence threat. russia as an existential threat when they were wrong once before. if you look back at 2012 what romney was saying at this point putin had not overtly tried to recreate a soviet empire which is what hes trying to do now. however, he was tied to pro...

The separatists in the east saying they wont stand down until the government in kiev stands down too because they say its a legitimate government. absent some other group of people or force going there, and making sure that these separatists vacate the building im not sure how that is going to happen. >> if i can can ask you briefly can the u.s. and russia relationship recover from these events in the past few weeks in ukraine or is this permanently damaging? >> well, i think its certainly damag...

After the same pieces of meat like crimea. wipe each other out and maybe we come into the number one position. at this point like i said i think he wanted to get off -- and its time for him to stand in front of a banner saying mission accomplished. eye just thankful he keeps biden out of it if he plugs that kinsey over there we could all get vaporized. putin year is going to be on dancing with the stars. at this point putin is in obamas head. like that dennis weaver film called -- keeps looking ...

After the same pieces of meat like crimea. wipe each other out and maybe we come into the number one position. at this point like i said i think he wanted to get off -- and its time for him to stand in front of a banner saying mission accomplished. eye just thankful he keeps biden out of it if he plugs that kinsey over there we could all get vaporized. putin be on dancing with the stars. at this point putin is in obamas head. like that dennis weaver film called -- keeps looking over. putin truck...

The ukranian people, that they want to see an to end the violence. that they want to see a transition take place quickly and without more loss of life. she underscored how complicated this situation is, how tenuous this situation is and it underscores the divide between the east and west. a lot of people pointing the finger to russian president vladimir putin. they say hes responsible for the government crackdown. president obama spoke with vladimir putin on friday. ambassador rice gave more det...