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Perception of dialogue partner, he analyzes things quickly, replies to the raised questions or new elements in the conversation. >> jack, do you think putin respects president trump, or is he just saying strategic flattery? >> he respects only himself. you know, generally i don't give him much credit for the myth that he built around himself and that we for some reason in the united states accept that he was a superspy. he was not. i know. i've worked with people like that when i was trained and recruited and trained in east germany. however, what we all learned how to do really well is to swe...

Meeting? so it's not the meeting itself, it's afterwards. again, i know they're very hostile towards the press and to all of us, but hold a press conference. you have a live camera in front of you, you are the president of the united states, you can say anything you want about the g20, about the meeting with putin, about anything you want. and i think it's a mistake he didn't have a press conference. >> so, jack, when you say it doesn't really matter that putin didn't apologize for russian election hacking, that would have been totally unrealistic to expect him really, you know, coming forward...

Chance to hear directly from the president about the issue of russian meddling was on thursday in poland when he gave a not very definitive statement. he said he thinks russia was behind it but it could have been other countries, other people, thinks it could have been russia but could have been other countries. very muddled statement and not at all the kind of definitive statement a lot of folks want to hear from the president on this issue, ana. >> athena jones, the president again en route back to the u.s., thank you for that from the white house. let's talk more about the fallout from this...

Limited. there was no note taker from the security council where this happened, so stuck in this he said/he said situation. not holding a press conference also creates more questions about what happened. i'm not sure it helps president trump in the long term. >> is there any reason not to refute the claims that putin is making? >> i think they will eventually, but mnuchin's in a difficult position. he wasn't in the meeting. this gets back to why have such a small meeting, why have no, you know, note taker, and kind of created i think a box for themselves that they didn't really need to create....