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With emmanuel macron, you saw macron putting trump on the defensive, at one point snapping at him when he tried to make a joke, "let's be serious," likewise with the british election, you saw president trump extremely quiet, not weighing in on the election, refusing to be drawn in. he's heeding the wishes of boris johnson who doesn't want the president to interfere, largely because he fears it will backfire on him. so i think that in contrast to previous summits, this is a case where president trump is sort of the one who i think was a little off-balance, not throwing others off-balance but wh...

On friday he tagged him with the idea of an enemy and now he's a brilliant man. we go back and forth. this is a cycle we've repeated so many times. what does it all mean? >> a good question. the past couple of days in particular have been so volatile both with trump's actions and his rhetoric on trade. it is unclear whether he sees xi as a great negotiating partner or whether he sees him as an enemy. he must see him as a little bit of both. trump, when he enters into these types of negotiations, he sees his own unpredictability as an asset. that is true. he's trying to keep the chinese off bal...

One would give, one would not. president trump has done a fantastic job of keeping the chinese off balance. they don't know what to expect. that's not a bad thing where they've had the upper hand for so long. i think the president is coming back and saying, you did this, now let me go back and change, this i'll hold off. help our consumers. the same time, it makes china say we're in this for the long haul and we're not going to cave in. >> neil: you think any of this impeachment talk goes further and further back and that those in the democratic party that were entertaining that have to look a...

Your pro was impeded. >> at any time was your investigation curtailed or stopped? or hindered? >> know. >> lives by trump campaign officials and administration officials impeded your investigation. >> i would generally agree with that. >> reporter: the mandate was to investigate russian election interference but mueller testified it did not extend to the opposition research paid for by democrats and used to a surveillance award for campaign aide. >> can you state with confidence the steel dossier was not part of russia's disinformation campaign? >> that part of the building of the case predate...