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Creation of friction there. but again, owning the narrative. then we get to the position of a suggestion coming from the vladimir putin that the white house had since the meeting pushed back on. but there are suggestions that it was being entertained by donald trump if not the rest of his administration on having a referendum among the population who were essentially living in an area captured by russian-backed ukrainian proxies and russian troops themselves in the east of ukraine. remember, of course, russia annexed crimea. donald trump has refused to condemn that although it has been condemn...

Possibility that other administration officials may never know everything that was discussed during that meeting and are left looking at these potential tentative agreements that putin and trump supposedly struck through the lens of trump's recollection. and as we know, that's not always reliable. so certainly that's something that trump may be advised going forward. again, think about the timing of when this meeting will take place. in the fall when republicans are potentially -- before the midterms in november. this is going to be a really difficult time for republicans to be put again in th...

Take these things in a vacuum very cleanly. yes, the president was saying he would, you know, go to bat for american steel, but if that engenders retaliatory moves from adversary nations, maybe allies, it doesn't actually just have to stick to the realm of steel and aluminu aluminum. we could be talking about all kinds of products that get slapped with tariffs and you're in a moredifficult economic situation sitting in this country. >> amy, is it the president going it alone or is it there's such a dearth within the white house of, you know, staffers, of advisers, either those who have recent...

Let's discuss the turbulent week. joining me is cnn political analyst karoon demarjarun amy parn. is there something different about the convergence of gun reform this week, staffing issues and now tariffs that makes this a bit more challenging of a stew? >> yes, we've gotten used to there being multiple things happening in any given week. this week, it really is a very high level crisis happening at once. you've got the palace intrigue about staffing trickling up to trump's son-in-law, potentially his daughter. this comes after we've just gotten through the rob porter scandal and hope hicks d...

Happen but the intensity of them i think is very unique than the one we've just been through. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer called all of this recent turmoil from the white house damaging not just here at home but he also says abroad. listen to his conversation with our wolf blitzer. >> this is really damaging whether you're a democrat or a republican. if you love the country, you don't want to see a white house that seems to be so chaotic, so incompetent and so filled with contradictory actions and opinions that people around the world wonder if there's any leadership at all coming ...