Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181022:16:09:00
With vladimir putin, i will deal with any opportunistically if it serves my interest and the interest of the united states. that's not what the administration has been saying. they have been all over the map. even the kushner version that was that we heard was timid and hedged. it does underscore the degree to which the course of this over the next few weeks and over the last few weeks has been largely out of the control of the white house and the saudis. every day you hear whether it's a foreign leader like angela merkel or bob corker or rand paul who is not exactly a champion of internationa...