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He eventually took up martial arts and channeled some of that anger. he watched on tv. in particular there was a series called "the sword and the shield" that really glorified the role of the predecessors of the kgb. and that's the kind of spy that vladimir putin grew up wanting to be. and actually, it was in his german class that he finally, you know, sort of buckled down and that seemed to help him focus his energy and he eventually then went on to law school and tried to figure out what would it take to get me in to the kgb. he ended up as a lieutenant colonel. he was not perceived to win t...

Himself. >> german troops pushed the russians back. >> his parents managed but just barely to survive world war ii. after the war in 1952 vladimir putin's mother gave birth to him in her early 40s. vladimir putin, kind of a tough angry kid, and he lived in a communal apartment. they didn't have basically any privacy. they had one room to themselves. he eventually took up martial arts and channeled some of that anger. he watched on tv. in particular there was a series called "the sword and the shield" that really glorified the role of the predecessors of the kgb. and that's the kind of spy that...

America, china has raped america and then today just like a school yard bully who is good about talking smack from a distance, he went to china, backed down, buckled down. it was an embarrassment. i laughed when i saw that but sad on the inside. he's an american president and that's what he did. that was an act of cowardess. now he's going to vietnam next and we'll see it happen over and over again. talk smack, but once you get there, back stab. >> laura: we got the lingo. so arash, a question to you. do you believe that in practice it will turn out that barack obama was tougher on china trade...

The chinese have been raping america, china has raped america and then today just like a school yard bully who is good about talking smack from a distance, he went to china, backed down, buckled down. it was an embarrassment. i laughed when i saw that but sad on the inside. he's an american president and that's what he did. that was an act of cowardess. now he's going to vietnam next and we'll see it happen over and over again. talk smack, but once you get there, back stab. >> laura: we got the lingo. so arash, a question to you. do you believe that in practice it will turn out that barack oba...

It's fine. every summer, it's vacation, well, it's a, woulding vacation. well, he's still going on vacation. why does it matter here? again, because donald trump brought it up so many times as indicative of what he believed to be barack obama not taking the job seriously enough, not being buckled down, being distracted, caring more about some 06 impressing people than actually doing the job of president. so when you do all that and then you say, i'm going to take 17 days off, we should talk about it. i wish we could have a pact, presidents of both parties, let's just say you can have a vacatio...