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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20211230 22:03:00

For, for nato to refuse to take ukraine as a member, for nato not to base any nato troops or nato military hardware inside ukraine, and for nato to roll back what russia calls its eastward expansion. that is the document putin sent to president biden about a week and a half ago. you have to look at this as well and see what putin is trying to do. the pressure we ve heard people speaking about, putting that pressure on president biden, but trying to use president biden if you will as a battering ram at nato for biden to go into nato and get the changes that putin wants. clearly, that is not something in the cards but it does speak to that long-term goal of president putin, which is dividing nato. he looks at nato right now and sees that the hasty and messy withdrawal from afghanistan as a potential opportunity to widen some of those divisions. get president biden to try to do his bidding, open up some gaps, bigger gaps among nato allies. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20211230 22:01:00

Ukrainian border and a very real threat of invasion on the horizon. u.s. officials don t know exactly why putin asked for the call but a senior administration official said the president saw no reason to snub putin, believing there is no substitute for direct leader-to-leader dialogue and engagement i think it follows a pattern that putin has used in the past of ratcheting up pressure when he is trying to get his way. now he is trying to go directly to president biden to try to get him to, i m sure, agree to this security deal, which i do not think president biden can agree to. meeting with putin i was very straight forward. there were no minced words. it was polite but i made it very clear. if, in fact, he invades ukraine, there will be severe consequences. reporter: the president was set to reiterate that message today threatening stepped up military support for u.s. allies ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20211230 22:09:00

Europe. i think putin has us over a barrel, jake, is the bottom line. mr. ambassador, secretary of state blinken spoke yesterday with the president of ukraine and officials from germany, uk, and frabs. how important is it for the u.s. to show a united front not only with ukraine but other nato leaders in the region? it is crucially important to have the allies and the alliance with us. you know, i do believe president biden has a stronger position than phil suggests in a larger sense. it is because of allies. it s because of the larger economy. it s the ability of our combined economies to inflict real damage on an already failing russian economy. the alliance not just nato. there are the asian allies as well. this is a strong position that president biden has and he has no reason to go into that second ....

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