When Form 8655 Filers 2024

Let's start with Vladimir Putin you've said in the past that he was a he's kind of a throwback in a way his vision of Russia is a great power and such give us give us a taste you followed him for a long long time give us a taste of who that Lenin or Putin is what motivates him is what his vision is well I think Putin is a throwback at least you know my assessment of him he's a throwback to the Tsar era not so much the Communist era and he does have this vision I think it's which he's internalized of great Russia and a very expansive definition of who's a Russian you know anyone that speaks Russian is by definition according to him a citizen of Russia and that with and his KGB background which I think for him instinctively inherently makes him highly suspicious of the West and most specifically the United States whom he holds responsible for virtually all ills that have befallen the Soviet Union and then and then Russia in fact he characterized the demise of the Soviet Union for the wall is the greatest geopolitical disaster the twentieth century and so I think that's what motivates him how has that affected how our government different administrations have had to deal with them and we haven't been savvy to that have we learned along the way does each administration have to relearn the same lessons well to a certain extent I think each administration has sort of had to learn the lesson over again everybody wants to depending on your phrase do a reset start over let's you know clean slate whatever phrase you want to use to try to get along with the Russians and the current administration there's...