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>> i think i'll be able to get along with president putin. >> putin said good things about me. he said he's a leader and he's a genius. people say, you admire president putin. i don't admire him. i said he was a strong leader, which he is. putin likes donald trump. i consider that an asset, not a liability. we have a horrible relationship with russia. russia can help fight isis. >> i had a call with president putin and congratulated him on his electoral victory. >> we want to get along with russia. getting along with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. maybe we will, maybe we won't. proba...

Been able to get along with putin. putin is not an honest actor. i think you pointed out in the last segment, president trump was lied to saying we're going to have these chemical weapons under control in syria. they don't. perhaps that's also what's pushing him to ratchet up his rhetoric. >> now you see again pressure from outside voices. susan collins says, mr. president, you should no longer have any illusions about just what you're dealing with here. >> if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet, he's going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran. so this is a defining mome...

If he does go the military route, there are lots of questions. >> you also have russia flat out lied to him. they said years ago, fine, we will make sure this doesn't happen again. russia saying this is a hoax. well, the pictures from the ground and the reports from credible groups tell you it's not a hoax. putin is not just lying to the white house but to the rest of the world. fred pleitgen is here. fred, if you heard the president say in the next 24 to 48 hours, he's going to have a response, i assume since you're in the assad regime you must expect, at least at a minimum, another round of ...

Government, because without the support of russia, i do not believe that assad would still be in office. >> the question is, no disrespect to the senators, words are easy, actions are harder, especially in these intractable problems around the world, and in president trump's defense, he inherited this mess. he's responsible, he's the president of the united states now. the question is what do you do? when you've already imposed in recent months, tough sanctions against the russians. how do you impose a tougher move in syria that imposes sanctions against russia? >> there has been a tougher adm...

In the form of the president's rhetoric and his actions. the actions in some ways have been a lot tougher than president obama. in particular, lethal aid to ukraine. what's tougher than that? i would expect something. >> the administration has done something, whether it's the pentagon or the sanctions from the department, but you're right, the president's actions have gotten progressively tougher. this is just moments ago the president tweeted out the first time by name he's called putin a bad actor and he was in a cabinet meeting just moments ago. does putin bear responsibility for this lates...