Ex-KGB Spy: Donald Trump Is No Match One-On-One With Vladimir Putin

PUTIN IS GOING TO ENGAGE HIM AND SORT OF DRIVE HIM TO DO RUSSIA'S
BIDDING. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA
AND VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO
BRING IN JACK PAARSEY, AUTHOR OF "DEEP UNDERCOVER: MY SECRET
LIFE, & TANGLED ALLEGIANCES AS A KGB SPY IN AMERICA."
JACK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
YOU PREVIOUSLY CALLED TRUMP'S TEAM INCOMPETENT.
ARE YOU AT ALL CONFIDENT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE
ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR THIS FACE-TO-FACE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN
TOMORROW? ZBLIE DOUBT HE IS ADEQUATELY
PREPARED. I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I LEARNED
IT WOULD BE A FORMAL SITDOWN MEETING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS WELL AS MANY PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, HE'S NOT
GOING TO BE A MATCH IN A ONE-ON-ONE CONTEST WITH PUTIN.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, THERE HAS BEEN A
HISTORY OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD THEIR
OWN. AND THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICS IN A
CLOSED KIND OF DICTATORIAL SOCIETY.
IN THE UNITED STATES YOU LOSOSEN ELECTION, YOU GO HOME AND MAYBE
GET TO TRY AGAIN. IN THE OLD SOVIET UNION, THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS TO YOUR LIFE IF YOU LOSE IN
POLITICS. NOWADAYS IT'S AT LEAST DANGEROUS
TO YOUR HEALTH OR OVERALL WELL-BEING.
SO, MR. PUTIN IS A CONSUMMATE POLITICIAN ON THE WORLD STAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET TODAY THAT
CAN STAND UP TO THAT KIND OF A SEASONED POLITICIAN.
>> THIS IS A SCENE A FEW MOMENTS AGO IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUCHING DOWN WITH FIRST LADY THERE, MELANIA
TRUMP. THEY TOOK OFF VIA MARINE ONE A
FEW MOMENTS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVING THIS
MEETING WITH ANGELA MERKEL IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
FACE-TO-FACE WITH PUTIN TOMORROW.
JACK, THIS IS SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL, VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HOW MIGHT HE BE PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING?
WHAT MIGHT HIS PRIORITIES BE AHEAD OF THIS MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW HIM
PERSONALLY BUT, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HE SPENT FIVE YEARS IN
GERMANY, OUT OF A CITY THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE I G GREW UP.
HE WAS THERE AND I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME.
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND -- YOU KNOW, WE MAKE
THE RUSSIANS KGB AGENTS TO BE TEN-FEET TALL.
NO. I'VE WORKED WITH PEOPLE LIKE
HIM. AND EAST GERMANY WASN'T

VERY BEST. HIS CLAIM TO HAVE RUN A BUNCH OF
AGENTS IS VASTLY EXAGGERATED, I BELIEVE.
HAVING SAID THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S'S GOING TO DO A WHOLE L
OF PREPARATION BECAUSE THE GUY IS EXTREMELY CLEVER.
HE IS EXTREMELY CAGEY. IT'S NOT A PLAY ON WORDS.
HE HAS BEEN PLAYING FOREIGN DIGNITARIES FOR A LONG TIME AND
HE WILL BE TRYING TO PLAY DONALD TRUMP.
AND CERTAINLY HE HAS BEEN BRIEFED.
AND I THINK THEY'RE SAVORING THE DAY OF PLAYING ONE-UPMANSHIP ON
THE NATIONAL SCENE AGAINST THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
>> THIS MORNING IN WARSAW WE HEARD PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEND SOME
TIME TALKING ABOUT RUSSIAN AGGRESSION, CRIMEA AND THE
ANNEXATION THERE. HOW WOULD VLADIMIR PUTIN HANDLE
ANY KIND OF CONVERSATION ABOUT RUSSIAN AGGRESSION TOMORROW WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, DO YOU THINK? >> IT'S NOT RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
IF -- AND HE HAS DONE IT BEFORE IN A COUPLE OF INTERVIEWS THAT
HE HAS RECENTLY GIVEN. YOU KNOW, HE WOULD ALWAYS GIVE
AN EXPLANATION. THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE IN HISTORY. WHEN YOU HAVE AN ETHNIC MINORITY
SOME PLACE IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRY YOU'LL FIND -- YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE AN EXCUSE TO GO IN TO SAVE THEM.
HE HAS DONE IT IN UKRAINE AND CRIMEA.
YOU KNOW, HE WILL JUST BE VERY NICE AND SWEET AND SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT? WE HAD NO CHOICE.
I MEAN, THIS IS ALL PART OF HIS PLAYBOOK.
I GUARANTEE YOU THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH HIM.
HE IS DOING THIS VERY, VERY WELL.
AND WE CAN'T EVEN THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT WHATEVER HE SAYS IS
ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRUTH AS TO WHAT HE'S REALLY THINKING.
>> JACK BARSKY,

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