Michael McFaul

But it's just a Putin is in a strong political position, as he has been for a long time.

And that's, you know, I don't know, all the predictions of Russia's collapse, which we heard from people like Francis Fukuyama and people like Michael McFaul and all these folks for years have been saying, you know, just a little more pressure, just a little more sanctions, a little more war, and Moscow will collapse.

And it hasn't happened.

and

But Trump talks about that all the time.

Michael McFaul says this when Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets Trump, the first thing he should say is thank you.

Trump's foreign policy decisions have systematically weakened America's global position while strengthening China's.

Here's how.

So we've got to be careful with this.

Now, one last thing before we are on to the shout outs.

And actually, I want to give Michael McFaul a shout out here.

I've listened to the feedback of my critics.

And then Denmark says that Greenland sovereignty is safe under the Trump deal.

And Michael McFaul posted this today, so it was fresh in my mind.

And then I wanted to show you a little video.

I'm glad Trump signed a new agreement with leaders from Denmark and Greenland that should finally put to rest his crazy idea of annexing Greenland.

[laughs] Okay.

And then here, here's, uh, Michael McFaul and his assum- uh, his, um, explanation of what's going on.

This is not democracy.

This is not America.

Hillary Clinton was called out by the Russians for doing the same thing.

Michael McFaul made this one of his central theses.

But it failed, and it failed this time.

The drone attacks have achieved nothing more than temporary sound and light shows for the Ukrainians.

This is CBS Eye on the World.

I'm John Batchelor, continuing with Professor Michael McFaul, ambassador to the Russian Federation for the Barack Obama administration, and also a leader of the Freeman Spogli Institute on the Stanford campus.

He is most important to me, the author of a new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

And he's made a promise to his fans that he'll write the next book about how Iran and North Korea and other illiberal societies are working together with the two big ones.

And by the way... are not, in my view, in Russia's national interest.

I think he's damaging the well-being and security of his own people, but he's doing that because he's motivated by ideas and not just national interest.

Again, you were on the scene, Michael Selig of Russian Affairs.

You were on the scene in 2013, 2014, 2015.