James Clapper: “When words matter when the President of United States says something, people listen to it.”

I think the Chinese are going to treat the Russians, somewhat analogously, to the way they treat the North Koreans.

No, I don't. The Chinese setup is that there is a Polit bureau member who is the overseer -- the senior overseer on behalf of the Polit bureau for the entirety of the Intelligence and Security apparatus of China.

He has a grievance eating at him for about 20 years and has made a decision, I think, to try to redraw the national security architecture of Europe.

I think it's very prudent.