Ben Judah: ‘Putin Is Without Doubt the Most Geopolitically Experienced World Leader Around’

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JUDAH: "I mean T first thing you've got to remember is that Vladimir Putin is, without doubt, the most geopolitically experienced world leader around. And we're comparing this to trump, somebody who is, if we're going to be charitable, a novice at this game. Vladimir Putin has met the last three generations of western leaders. He met Ronald Reagan in his retirement, in his role as deputy mayor of St. Petersburg in the 1990s. He met Margaret thatcher. He's obviously met both Clintons. He's met Barack Obama, so intense experience here. So this is a situation that Putin will be incredibly comfortable in. Whereas, trump will be perhaps somewhat out of his depth. Now, let's compare Mr. Tillerson to sergey lavrov. Mr. Tillerson has very narrow experience, whereas Mr. Lavrov has been Russian foreign minister since 2004, dealing and jousting diplomatically with pretty much all of the bright young things and the most experienced diplomats the west could throw at him in that period. So we've got the Americans here, hopelessly outmatched. And that's something that Putin is going to be very cognizant of."