Michael Barbaro

I think that's right. Now, I've heard people say that Trump came into this second term riding higher, feeling stronger and He had been around the block once before as president, and he may have thought he could come in and get things done really fast in a way that he couldn't do in his first term.

But the world is a really complicated, difficult place, and dealing with Vladimir Putin, any experienced diplomat will tell you, is one of the great challenges in foreign affairs today. And I'm sometimes reminded of a saying that is attributed to the Taliban in Afghanistan when the U.S. spent 20 years trying to outfight the Taliban and defeat them.

But the world is a really complicated, difficult place, and dealing with Vladimir Putin, any experienced diplomat will tell you, is one of the great challenges in foreign affairs today. And I'm sometimes reminded of a saying that is attributed to the Taliban in Afghanistan when the U.S. spent 20 years trying to outfight the Taliban and defeat them.

And the saying was, you have the watches, but we have the time. And the idea behind that was you may be more technologically sophisticated, more advanced, more powerful, but we can just wait you out. We're here and we're not going anywhere. And I think that, you know, that partly explains how Vladimir Putin sees this.

And the saying was, you have the watches, but we have the time. And the idea behind that was you may be more technologically sophisticated, more advanced, more powerful, but we can just wait you out. We're here and we're not going anywhere. And I think that, you know, that partly explains how Vladimir Putin sees this.

He's got to get through this sort of quaint little adventure of the American president who wants a nice deal. But he's playing a much longer game. And he may have calculated that Trump will get frustrated and storm off. And at the moment, it looks like that might be exactly what's happening.

He's got to get through this sort of quaint little adventure of the American president who wants a nice deal. But he's playing a much longer game. And he may have calculated that Trump will get frustrated and storm off. And at the moment, it looks like that might be exactly what's happening.

Thank you.

Thank you.

From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Democrats began to undertake a painful reexamination of what went wrong with Joe Biden's presidency and his campaign for reelection.

Democrats began to undertake a painful reexamination of what went wrong with Joe Biden's presidency and his campaign for reelection.

And the Trump White House eagerly added fuel to the fire by releasing embarrassing audio of Biden being interviewed by a government lawyer.

And the Trump White House eagerly added fuel to the fire by releasing embarrassing audio of Biden being interviewed by a government lawyer.

Amid that reckoning, Biden himself has disclosed that he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

Amid that reckoning, Biden himself has disclosed that he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

Biden and his family are now reviewing his treatment options.

Biden and his family are now reviewing his treatment options.

Today, we try to make sense of all of that and what it means for the future of the Democratic Party with three of my colleagues, Tyler Pager, Lisa Lair, and Reid Epstein. It's Tuesday, May 20th. Let us get started. Tyler, Lisa, and Reid, thank you for making time for us. Appreciate it.