CNN’s Amanpour: People Are Still ‘Scratching Their Heads’ As To Why Trump ‘Can’t Say Anything Tough’ Against Putin

‘As we know, that battle continues’

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AMANPOUR: "You know, I think it's really hard to personalize this. I mean, I prefer to look at it as, you know, the rest of the world engaged with the United States because that is what's important. I think in the eight months or more since the president has been elected and of course his inauguration was in January, people have started to take the measure of President Trump. And there is sort of a Trump effect in foreign capitals when people decide how they are going to deal with the White House, with the State Department, with the Pentagon and with the United States as a whole. Many people say, many leaders say they don't necessarily pay attention to the tweets. They pay attention to the action. And that's -- you know, that's important when you're trying to conduct bilateral or multilateral affairs. I think one of the things that's very, very important is the ongoing question. We have had Asia. It looks like with climate, trade and all the rest of it, the United States is pulling back. That's not good for the United States because China might jump into there, as I said. But the Russia thing of course. You've been reporting it for so long. And people are still sort of scratching their heads as to why President Trump still can't say anything tough against Vladimir Putin. So, again, Ash Carter, the Defense secretary, who's also a physicist, and this relates to ISIS as well, said that on the battle field we are behind. The United States is behind in the cyber warfare."

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