Insights on Meeting Vladimir Putin

What's it like meeting Putin? Just what, what, what was he like just one on one?

So I've actually never met Putin. Uh, the president did that, that meeting.

I've talked to him on the phone a number of times. You know, it- it's interesting.

He's, he's more soft-spoken than you would

necessarily expect.

You know, the, the American media has a particular image

of him.

He's soft-spoken in a certain way. He's very deliberate.

He's very careful. And I think fundamentally he's a person

who

looks out for the interests as he sees it as, of Russia.

And I think one of the reasons he respects the President of the United States is

because he knows the president looks out for the interests of the American people.

And while they often disagree about issues,

and obviously the president has been

very critical of, of Vladimir Putin, uh, the president's also willing to

work with anybody if he thinks it's gonna accomplish an important goal for America.

And we all agree an important goal is to stop the killing