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Degree of trust. angela merkel thought she could trust him. putin destroyed that trust that merkel had with him over ukraine. you know, putin plays the role here. he knows how to play the part. itis interesting to see what the kremlin has done to position him as a sort of player in step with the other big players of the g-20 that he's on the same page on climate change. he supports the paris climate accord. he is in the same position as germany on globalization. the germans believe there should be a win/win. do well with globalization. merkel said she believes america, president trump wants a ...

For the russians to be recognized as a valuable player is something they would like to take away from this meeting. absolutely, the kremlin really prepared the ground that really they won't have enough time to get all his points across. >> again, 35-40 minutes. what we are expecting. maybe it will go longer. we'll watch carefully. the russian leader, vladimir putin said how happy he was to meet president trump, personally indicating it was the first time the two leaders met. president trump, then candidate trump in the campaign, at least twice said the two met before. he backed off that. julia...

Be valued by the kremlin when he said it's an honor to be there to meet president putin. this is what president putin wants. he does want to be valued on the international stage by someone who in global affairs plays a significant role. one of the things that they are expected to discuss is syria. russia has been making overtures toward the united states to work together to counterterrorism inside syria. this is a narrative, of course, that is important to president trump. it is a very serious and significant threat, isis and the global coalition against it. it has to be weighed against the fa...

On for 35 or 45 minutes. perhaps could go longer. that may be a sign of how much the two leaders discuss. we are joined by our diplomatic editor, nic robertson. we heard what the president said and did not say. he did not mention the word challenges, nic. what about vladimir putin's side? i was struck that he almost tried to diminish the significance of the meetings saying one conversation is never enough. >> reporter: you know, the kremlin sort of really, that would be coming. there wouldn't be enough time to get into a full discussion about ukraine but for president trump to understand what ...

Munich. he is meeting with nato and the eu and questions about the u.s. position on european union, do we want to see it blown up? he's reassuring our eu friends that we want to work closely with the european union as well. it doesn't happen by accident. this trip was well prepared and going out and delivering the policy messages at the right places at the right time. >> thank you for sharing your thoughts this morning. >> thank you. i want to take you to an exclusive report. it is being described as a psychological portrait of the president. it will help prepare putin for their first sit-do...