# Putin Behind Closed Doors: Blunt Talks and Kept Promises

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2111845429096665311
- Source account: [@ricwe123](https://x.com/ricwe123)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:18
- Published: 2026-10-19
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises

## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=1) Look, Mr. Putin is got, he got all, he's very smart.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=4) Well, you know him better than most people.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=6) Yeah, I did. What, what was he like behind closed doors away from, you know, the sort of the public utterances?

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=12) Smart and, um, remarkably, um, we had a really good, blunt relationship.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=20) How blunt? Brutally blunt. Ever like in a fisticuffs?

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=24) No, uh, no. But I think, you know, I think the right strategy most of the time is, but it's frustrating to people in your line of work.

[0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=34) You should be brutally honest with people in private, and then if you want them to help you, try to avoid embarrassing them in public.

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=41) Right. Now, sometimes they do things which make it impossible for you to keep quiet.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=47) But by and large, I found all the people I dealt with appreciated it if I told them the truth.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=54) Did Putin- How I honestly felt and what our interests were and what our objectives were, and they also appreciated it when I didn't kick them around in public for as long as I couldn't kick them around.

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=65) So I, I, you know, that's my experience.

[1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=66) And- Did Putin ever renege on a personal- No ... agreement he made to you?

[1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=71) He did not. So behind closed doors, he could be trusted?

[1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7K143sLq1YJY/en/putin-behind-closed-doors-blunt-talks-and-kept-promises?t=75) He kept his word in all the deals we made.