Why European Officials Worry Over Donald Trump's Meeting With Vladimir Putin | The 11th Hour

>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE 11th HOUR."
AHEAD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN NEXT
WEEK AT THE G 20 SUMMIT IN GERMANY.
EUROPEAN OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS.
THIS ACCORDING TO A PIECE OF WRITING IN THE DAILY BEAST.
UFRPEN OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE INTELLIGENCE SHOWING RUSSIAN
THINKS VLADIMIR PUTIN CAN EXTRACT MAJOR CONCESSIONS PR
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHEN THE TWO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WITH US TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT IT ONE WE OFTEN TURN TO VETERAN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNALIST AND EDITOR AT LARGE FOR THE ATLANTIC
STEVE CLEMETSON. THANKS FOR COMING ON THE FRIDAY
NIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU BRIAN. >> NORMAL IT UP FOR US TO START
WITH. BY THAT I MEAN, NORMAL TIMES,
THE NORMAL KIND OF CIRCLE OF BEHAVIOR AROUND A PRESIDENT.
WHEN WOULD THE BRIEFING BEGIN GOING INTO A MEETING LIKE THIS?
THESE ARE CALLED BI LATS WOULD A BI LATERAL LIKE THIS BE
HAPPENING THIS EARLY AT THE G 20?
WOULD IT HAVE HAPPENED EARLIER? WHAT KIND OF PREP WOULD A
PRESIDENT GET. >> THERE IS NO REASON WHY A
BILATERAL MEETING COULDN'T BE TAKING PLACE AT TH AT THE G 20
SESSION. BUT IT WOULD BE TAKING PLACE
WITH ALL SORTS OF CALF YATS. REMEMBER THE G 8 IS NO LONGER
THE G BECAUSE RUSSIA WAS KICKED OUT THE IT'S PART OF THE G 7.
IT'S PART OF THE G 20. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA
WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FROM THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT ARE
THE STRATEGIC OBJECT HE WAS THE UNITED STATES MIGHT HAVE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF DEPUTIES MEETING PRINCIPAL
MEETINGS INTERAGENCY PROCESS WORKING THROUGH THE DECISION
MAKING THROUGH THE AGENCY THAT IS SURROUND THE PRESIDENT TO
HELP FWIED HIM AND GIVE HIM OPTIONS ON WHAT TO DO.
NONE OF THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS REALLY HAPPENED IN-DEPTH.
TO THE POINT WHERE H.R. McMASTER HAS ADMITTED PUBLICLY THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO CALL HIS OWN SHOTS IN THIS.
HE IS WINGING IT IN THIS SITUATION.
AND THEY HAVE ALL BUT ADMITTED THAT.
WE GO BACK IN HISTORY TO A LONG -- IT WAS THE SOVIET UNION
THEN NOT RUSSIA BUT IN THE VERY FAMOUS FIRST MEETING BETWEEN
J.F.K. AND CRUST CHEV AND HE TOOK THE MEASURE OF OUR
PRESIDENT THEN AND SAW SOMEONE INEXPERIENCED, UNCERTAIN OF
HIMSELF THAT HAD A LOT TO DO TO BECOME TRACK.
IT BECAME COMPLICATED FOR THE SOVIET UNION AND UNITED STATES.
MANY PEOPLE WORRY THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO REPEAT THAT
HISTORY AND SEND A MESSAGE OF WEAKNESS AND AN INCOEIGHTNESS
ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS.
I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THE BIG WORRY THE EUROPEANS HAVE THE
BIGGEST STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE RUSSIA HAS IT TO SPLIT THE
WESTERN ALLIANCE TO PUT DIVIDES IN AND DEMONSTRATE WHILE DONALD
TRUMP WANTS TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING WITH THEM AT THE SAME TIME HE IS
SAYING TO EUROPE, NO CLIMATE DEAL, NO TRADE DEALS, AND HE IS
BEING VERY ROUGH ON ALL ALLIES THE SAME MOMENT HE IS TRYING TO
ACHIEVE OBJECT HE WAS WITH RUSSIA.
>> IT FEELS WEIRD TO SAY BUT PART OF THE PRESUMED
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF OUR PRESIDENT THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN
PUBLICLY AND TALKED ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLATTERY, SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTENTION.
AND PERHAPS FOR OUR VIEWERS UNDERSCORE JUST HOW CAGEY A GUY
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS. >> WELL, THERE IS A WONDERFUL
BOOK ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN WRITTEN BY FEENA HILL IS THAT
DESCRIBES THE MANY PUTINS PUTIN IS THE CASE OFFICER.
HE IS THE GUY RUNNING THE COUNTRY.
PUTIN HAS NEVER REALLY LEFT THE ROLE ACCORD TO FIONA HILL WHO
WORKS THE DONALD TRUMP IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFERS.
HOPEFULLY HE SPENT TIME WITH HER THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING HE
COULD DO TO UNDERSTAND THAT PUTIN WILL DO ANYTHING HE CAN TO
FLATTER DONALD TRUMP AND TO YOU KNOW LAY RAILROAD TRACK FOR
DONALD TRUMP'S VANITY AND TO TRY TO SEDUCE HIM IN THAT WAY.
I THINK NAES A REAL BIG PROBLEM. JOHN KERRY USED TO GET
CRITICIZED IN THE IRAN NEGOTIATIONS BY EUROPEANS FOR
APPEARING TO EAGER FOR WANTING A DEAL TOO MUCH.
AND THAT THE FEAR MANY PEOPLE WATCHING DONALD TRUMP IN THIS
FIRST BIG MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN HAVE.
HE LOOKS TOO EGG EAGER THAT'S PLAYING IN THE HANDS AT LEAST
PER SEPTEMBERUALLY RIGHT NOW. WE COULD BE WRONG HE COULD WALK
OUT AND SUCKER PUNCH VLADIMIR PUTIN, REALLY GIVE HIM A TOUGH
TIME WHAT'S BEEN EVOLVING IN SYRIA PARTICULARLY THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS FRONT. RIGHT NOW ALL INDICATORS THAT
PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN. THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
CONCERNED. THIS IS NOT A MIRN RELATIONSHIP.
IT'S A HUGELY SIGNIFICANT STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP THAT'S
COMPLICATESED AND RUSSIA HAS BEEN HARASSING THE HECK OUT OF
U.S. DIPLOMATS, U.S. PLANES, U.S. ALLIES, TRY

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