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That we have not drawn with putin many a while. and we have a encourage emerging fronts in which those lines have to be drawn. >> hopefully there'll be a note taker. >> you never know. apparently, the precedent was set for no note taker. another thing i realized being here in washington, elizabeth, i guess i have to brush the back of my hair now. >> what's that? >> it was so easy, just that one shot. >> you want to tell them who texted you -- >> kasie is like, comb your head? >> it's all right. this is how it's going to look and i don't care. >> and wear long pants. >> i'm fine with messy hair...

Collapse of the soviet union and he lives that out every day. and it seems one president after another underestimates vladimir putin. does this one? >> we'll have to see just how the meeting goes. but it's been really striking to me the demeanor of the two leaders in the run-up to the summit. putin in the interview that keir simmons from nbc did with him seemed to me almost truculent. this man carrying all of this resentment, a chip on his shoulder, a take-me-seriously, this anger that russia has been displaced from a prime position that's part of putin, but i've never seen it more sharply def...

Down with biden. you had a difficult leader like president erdogan of turkey, who was, you know, ranting before the meeting. this or that. zipped it. said nothing. biden gave a bland statement about how it was productive and, you know, whatever -- >> by the way, like so many other leaders on the world stage, he has a long-time relationship with erdogan. >> so he has a longtime relationship, but i think the point is that this theme "america's back," now has a practical face. and that's biden. he's calm, he doesn't take the bait, people say, you know, is putin a killer? he wants to -- just refus...

And every step of the way -- we had boris johnson. he's going to meet with putin. g-7. he's going to meet with putin. you start adding up. i'm a dork. i start thinking, what was our gdp last year? we're $21 trillion. the eu is about $19 trillion if you add great britain. they're still our allies. that's $40 trillion of wealth a year. $40 trillion of wealth a year. the chinese, $14, $15 trillion. that's pretty good. that's almost the japan that can say no. you remember that book from '89, the japanese were going to turn us into their granary, right? russia, $1.4 trillion. now, it seems to me, i...

De-emphasize putin, despite this meeting, which everyone is focused on, the fact that biden is not having a joint press conference with putin is really significant. he was advised not to do that. >> what's the strategy of not -- >> the strategy is just don't put them together on the world stage. don't bring putin up to your level. and biden can control the message afterward, as can putin, of course, himself. but don't -- just -- i can't forget trump and putin in helsinki midway through the trump administration, it was one of the most astonishing performances i've ever seen of an american presi...