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West. in february mass protests forced viktor yanukovych into ex-siel. a month later russia sent special operations troops to crimea. today they're still fighting to regain its lost land. >> to really maintain that independence is really completely conditioned on the ongoing assistance from the united states. so it gives the united states and the president in this instance tremendous leverage. >> this is a country that's effectively a buffer state, isn't it? >> yes. at the moment what we have is the need to preserve what has become a buffer state, but also not to deny the people in ukraine who...

President's under a lot of pressure. he is pushing back in his way. nobody should be surprised what his way is. the difficulty for finland is it's been a buffer state between russia and the west forever. he managed, i thought, pretty well to hold his own. good for him. >> is there any problem on the world stage beyond the awkwardness or embarrassment -- there any foreign relations problem with the president doing things like this on the so publicly with foreign leaders president? >> i was at a small dinner at an embassy the other night with several ambassadors in attendance. they're very confu...

With the china element in all this and how it would benefit. >> china can benefit from decreasing tensions. for a long time north korea was china's buffer state but now that china has become a global military power their relationship with north korea can shift so anything that provides better economic development opportunities, opportunities for china and could maybe over time lead to fewer us military forces in the pacific. that is all good for china. >> and china is north korea's main trade partner but with sanctions that are in place the exports to china are down 75% since the trump adminis...

So much they want there to be two of them. they've always wanted a buffer state between themselves and the american military presence in the south and they'd like to see the americans gone so i think where china is on this for me one of the biggest questions and i've always believed the chinese have been treated the trade talks, the north korean talks, ivan ivanka trump's trademarks, they're one story for them and they play one off against the other depending on how they see this going. i think the second huge question in north korea is doing is what does kim jong-un really want? is he really ...

That is not in their plans. we will see the road splitting in the wood at some point. >> big time. they want a buffer state between the capital of south korea, u.s.-backed troops, and their own border. that's why there has been this stalema stalemate. can there be a break through? let's hope so. the president may be talking about a good game against his good friend xi. be cool, all will be well isn't a strategy. >> there is a reason he was calling china a rapist a few months ago. >> was there a reason? >> appreciate it. nice to see you. in less than two hours, officials will attend the opening...