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Him, lavrov, not putin, mind you, but the foreign minister, what happens in your heart and head? >> well, this is an unthinkable scene. i mean first of all, just on protocol grounds, what is the russian foreign minister doing having a bilateral meeting with the president of the united states? >> his equivalent is the secretary of state. >> correct. he would be normally, in the normal course of things, if there werent something else going on at the state department with his counterpart. but also ...

But better to start that recovery process sooner rather than later. thats for sure. >> when you see a picture like the scene today in the oval office with our president seated andr grinning and looming abov him lavrov. not putin, mind you, but the foreign minister. what happens in your heart and head? >> well, this is an unthinkable scene. just on protocol grounds, what is the russian foreign minister doing having a bilateral meeting with the president of the united states? >> his equivalent is ...

Recover as credibility. and these alliances, ive been traveling a fair amount in the last recent weeks and months, and the amount of hedging going on, countries taking positions, vis-a-vis china, that you would have never expected them to take, just recognizing that theyre not sure where the united states is going to be in the short, medium and long term, so thats going to be hard to recover but better to start that recovery process sooner rather than later, thats for sure. >> when you see a pic...