Mcfaul. -- your reaction, mr. mcfaul? >> where to begin, nicole. just a lot of things. well, you know, i think it's important for everybody to understand that yes, mr. trump has a giant ego, and people say nice things about him, he likes them. putin, somebody i used to negotiate with and deal with and have interacted with and written about for 30 years, he's really smart about these things. he does his homework before meetings to make those kind of overtures. and he played mr. trump very effectively. but second, below that, there's also an ideological affinity between these two leaders. they'r...