Steve Holland

There are threats that it could upend the transatlantic alliance that has formed the security protocol for the last 60, 70 years.

So we're at kind of a breaking point here, potentially.

He was sitting, sipping a Diet Coke.

He had a box of his magic markers embossed with his name on it.

He was in a good mood.

First up was the issue of Iran.

He was very hesitant about talking about next steps in Iran.

He was sort of taking a wait-and-see attitude.

He was a bit cagey about that, in fact.

He said that it's possible that the regime could fail there, but any regime can fail, and he was hesitant to make a prediction.

He did not think that Reza Pahlavi, the opposition figure, has the support within Iran at this point to lead the country forward.

But it's possible that he could.

But at this point, he didn't sort of endorse Pahlavi as the next leader of Iran.

Today, he was back to blaming Zelensky.

I said, what's the holdup to a deal?

He said, it's Zelensky.

He says, Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal.

So he's back at that point.

Now, what that means, nothing necessarily.

He said he'd be willing to meet with Zelensky at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week, should that become apparent.