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Russians are trying to do everything to make sure that the mood isnt toured frsoured from get-go. peskov, a spokesman, was asked whether or not russians would have to get rid of sanctions before any better relations, and he said absolutely not. but they are happy that donald trump is talking about wanting to improve the relations. >> i want to push further on the topic of sanctions there. these sanctions that have been levied not just recently due to the alleged hacking but also due to the natio...

To the trump teams inexperience in foreign policy or was it something more significant signaling a major policy shift by the incoming white house and it made take time to reach a more definitive conclusion. >> i want to read two tweets. were hearing this newest response that you pointed out from china, but i want to read these responses from donald trump over twitter. the first is a tweet where he says the president of taiwan called me today to congratulate -- wish me congratulations on winning ...

The president elects, you know, strategy vis-a-vis china or taiwan? >> well it sounds like senator murphys tweet is pretty incendiary and does not signal much of a shift from what seems to be the documented democratic response to the election results. this is how wars are starting and it is a major policy shift because you get a phone call. that is pretty negative and presumptives you. >> auous. >> a this has been long-standing u.s. policy towards china not to recognize taiwan. >> right. again i...

Deal with china that we do not do that, was that related at all to the business of the president-elect sending executives over to taiwan as recently as last month to look at possible sites for new trump hotels near the big new expanded airport in taipei? the taiwanese government we know from the news has just gotten something from the president-elect of the united states that theyve been trying to get from the united states for 30 years. will they now say yes to whatever his business is asking f...

President-elect of the united states that theyve been trying to get from the united states for 30 years. will they now say yes to whatever his business is asking for in terms of permits or leases or loans or permissions or anything else the government in taiwan can give now that they are apparently being asked for those things by trumps business? if the family business effectively gets paid by taiwan as personal compensation to the president in return for this radical policy shift that the presi...

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Wasnt that strong. secondly, prime minister netanyahu has shown no real desire to reach a two-state solution in these peace talks that have been going on for months now. so theres deep skepticism that he was ever in support of this. the reason why this is so critical, alex, you will recall that the united states said that it was opposed to the palestinians seeking state hood through the u.n. essentially unilaterally. now the united states is reconsidering its stance on that. this could be a majo...

Seeing more countries come out, recognizing a palestinian state. some countries like in sweden and elsewhere. i think what youre seeing is more of an isolation. you hear israeli officials express concern about the de deledge mization. >> how much do you think the recent war in gaza has to do with that? when the producers and i sat down and came up with what we felt were the most important stories of the year my argument was it was gaza. for the first time in my lifetime it was a real humanizing ...

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