Media strategist: Trump acting by instinct

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00:00Do you agree with that? Do you think Putin's going to try to capitalise?

00:03Or will Trump surprise us and tighten the screws on Russia's economy? We just don't know.

00:08So I think one of the big differences between Trump 1 and Trump 2.0, which is what we're going through now,

00:13is that in this administration, he doesn't have, he's not surrounding himself with people

00:18who are incredibly intelligent and independent thinkers and will push back.

00:23And that means that he's left to his own devices.

00:26And when Donald Trump is left to his own devices, he's going by instinct.

00:30Now, his instinct publicly seems to be, I like Vladimir Putin and I trust him.

00:35And I think, as Riyadh said, that is going to be a big mistake.

00:38And as the European leaders know, I don't think that you can trust Vladimir Putin.