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Who wants to be elected until the very last day of his life. all right. thanks. please, carl bildt. to add very, very briefly, there are issues, where they should be possible to talk with him and make agreements. i mean, there are arms control issues in europe, that we, from the west, if i might say that, have an interest in talking to russians, and where russians should have an interest talking to us. so the best possible scenario is if this crisis is de—escalated and we go into a more constructive discussion with the russians. it doesn't seem to be what's happening at the moment, but we sh...

I mean, it's going to be hard to see that happening. i'm not sure that it will happen, but it's a very big strategic question. here is the thing, there's a very simple equation, you can do business with countries like russia or even iran or others by separating the what you like about them with -- from real politics. for instance, during the entire length of the cold war russia was a major enemy, bent on kind of trying to destroy the u.s. from all sorts of -- from within, but because of mutually assured destruction and both sides having enormous nuclear capabilities and stockpiles, they did ha...

And as we mentioned, the president has threatened to cancel this upcoming meeting with putin over the weekend at a summit in argentina. the cancellation would be a way of protesting the capture of ukranian ships in the black sea by russia on sunday. the president told the "washington post" today he's waiting for a full report on the situation before deciding, quote, "maybe i won't have the meeting, maybe i won't even have the meeting. i don't like that aggression. i don't want that aggression at all." meanwhile, earlier today in his own white house, his own national security adviser john bolto...

I don't like that aggression. earlier national security adviser john bolton told reporters there is a full agenda for the meeting. >> what do you expect to be on the agenda for the president's meeting with putin? >> well, i think all of the issues that we have, on security issues, on arms control issues, on regional issues including the middle east, i think it will be a full agenda. i think it will be a continuation of their discussion in helsinke. >> as we say, what could go wrong? with us to talk about it, malcolm nance. his latest book, "the plot to destroy democracy." the author, our own a...

Waiting for a full report on the situation before deciding, quote, maybe i won't have the meeting, maybe i won't even have the meeting. i don't like that aggression. earlier national security adviser john bolton told reporters there is a full agenda for the meeting. >> what do you expect to be on the agenda for the president's meeting with putin? >> well, i think all of the issues that we have, on security issues, on arms control issues, on regional issues including the middle east, i think it will be a full agenda. i think it will be a continuation of their discussion in helsinke. >> as we...