really did not stand up to president putin and communications really do matter even though president trump didn t post sanctions, public communications and private communications matter heavily. so i think president biden didn t want to distract from the message that there are pros and cons to this. the pros that on one hand, there s some control that they can have their because the press conference may not run out of their hands but on the flip side, the russians art master manipulators and they re going to tell the world what went on in the meeting even though not all of it was true and the white house will be left chasing that message. so that s a little bit again frustrating but we have to remember that this is gonna be the first step in many to try to increase the pressure on russia and tell them flat out they will in one exits. nbc s own carrie symonds had a chance to sit down with putin. take a listen, and i d love your reaction. when president biden s asked whether he belie