ambassador of russia. does president trump support that idea? >> the president's going to meet with his team and we'll let you know. we'll have an announcement on that. >> is that a topic that came up in their conversation? >> there was some conversation about it but there wasn't a commitment made on behalf of the united states and the president will work with his team and we'll let you know if there's an announcement on that front. >> the state department is calling russia's proposal, quote, absolutely absurd. joining me now is john feely. retired u.s. ambassador to panama. good evening, sir. thank you for joining us. >> good evening don. >> the idea that -- to vladimir putin is yet another shock, what's your reaction? >> my reaction is that we've been hearing a lot of jabber walky, a lot of nonsense speak from the president over the last week. hearing the press secretary say that he'd meet with his team and