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Shape. >> when you say good shape for both leaders to signoff it within the next couple of weeks? >> who will sign and on what date is a good question, it was nice having the natural deadline of the chilean conference because that made everybody focus on a finite date. hopefully we can resurrect a date right in that range because we know that there is a gap in president trump's calendar, we know there is a gap in xi, so that question ought to be one. >> the chinese had interesting things to say the other day about this process and that phase one might be as good as it gets may be the only thin...

Of the country potentially behind it. welcome to thursday. it is "meet the press daily." democrats today are kicking off the party's three-day summer meeting and we begin tonight with a big question that's got to be on everyone's minds out there at the dnc. how do democrats win against president trump in 2020? some democrats look at what is happening in the white house, particularly this week. the president being unpredictable, unpresidental and arguably unamerican behavior. they think why are we talking about anything other than getting trump out of office? this campaign has to be about run...

Confidence to laugh at yourself. one of the favorite examples comes from president dwight eisenhower would one of the greatest resumes in history. saving western civilization, that looks pretty good in terms of confidence. he was able from time to time to -- i kid you not, speak gibberish and the microphone during press conferences because he knew it was going to frustrate the soviets and also give nothing of value of information out to the american public that he thought was too sensitive to reveal. he was more than willing to have the confidence to look silly in many ways in order to get his...

Described the situation. >> donald trump doesn't owe putin anything. and now he's going to be donald trump, the donald trump we know, in charge of the united states and the u.s. military, which putin himself has acknowledged is way bigger. and those two guys are now the two heads of the two largest arsenaling. t the unpredictable russian president who has made his gain by acting in places you don't expect him to forcefully when you don't expect him to, and the businessman who has done that to make his career. >> reporter: so that was david phillippe of "the washington post" moscow bureau chief...

Liter literally. but to be extremely competitive. trump has spent his life going into a room, looking for the toughest guy there and showing that person who's boss. who's the alpha dog in the room. who's the alpha guy in the room. that's what he likes and it makes for a fabulous performance. he's riveted the country by being unpredictable, by being pugnacious. you never know who he's going to go after next. and people can't tear their eyes away from him. >> you know what p.t. barnum, the master of all hoopla said, if you want a crowd, start a fight. because the advance team for the circus used...