deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. >> you once described president trump was a bright person, talented. how would you describe president biden? >> translator: even now, i believe that former u.s. president mr. trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual. otherwise he would not have become u.s. president. he's a colorful individual. you may like him or not. but he didn't come from u.s. establishment. some like it, some don't like it, but that is a fact. president biden, of course, is radically different from trump because president biden is a career man. he has spent virtually his entire adulthood in politics. just think of the number of years he spent in the senate. a different kind of person. it is my great hope that, yes, there are some advantages, some disadvantages, but there will not be any impulse-based movements. >> the white house is setting its tone today as well, saying there will be no joint news conference with putin following