Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

♪ The start of the blues ♪

They can come through the front door. With some dignity.

and the next moment you're inviting me to your dacha.

Okay, you know best.

It's a smart idea. They're dissidents.

Excuse me? Can you ask housekeeping to bring us some ping-pong balls, please?

As you're all aware, they stood up to President Petrov,

We've barely smoked our cigars.

And here, on this beautiful May evening, I welcome a "spring of enchantment."

and talked of an end to our "winter of discontent."

You know what the best part of the fall of the Soviet Union was?

The president is optimistic.

- You expect that to change? - We expect to build trust over time.

You could never do that in a Lada.

The recess appointment. We haven't discussed it.

We have to get these amendments out of committee.

The Republicans will never go for a lump sum.

You made your point.

Use the United Nations to put pressure on Russia.

You tell the president that I'm ready to come back whenever he needs me.

Then restructure the funding.

The Black Sea, Kazakhstan, Chechnya, Crimea.

True Russian patriots who exhibit the very best

Hector, whatever you want me to sign, I'll sign.

This was handmade by Tomas Vu, a very talented American artist.

- And? - You're not going to like it.

To Viktor Petrov, whose loyalty runs so deep

Well, dignity's a bit overrated for a mistress, don't you think?

Viktor, I invited you to Washington with pure intentions,

No? Oh. It's the worst car ever built.

So let's unlock it.

Senator Mendoza. Soon to be candidate Mendoza.

Beautiful. Beautiful, Mr. President.

I will not hold a veto over your head.

Masha Alyokhina and Pyotr Verzilov.

Two-thirty this morning. He was scared to death.

♪ And they rehearsed it ♪

You see, Mr. President.

So they tell me. It's all a bit of a blur.

Now, please, sit and let us all

- Should we conference Cathy in? - No, just tell me.

In the meeting. It was out of place,

nevertheless, each seems called

And you make a much better First Lady than ambassador,

You can't turn a "no" to a "yes" without a "maybe" in between.

This job offer came from you or the president.

Progress, nonetheless.

just to watch it burn, if it wouldn't start a world war.

We'd like to finish reviewing the specifics, so page 12, please.

What you're really asking for is American forces

The president will be speaking alone. No joint conference.

And I am going to leave before you challenge me to a rematch.

The Middle East is hopeless. History tells us that.

He thinks we were behind it.

Coming all the way here to the White House.

When I was his chief of staff, I made the cap.

Has your husband made direct overtures to Israel and Palestine?

which is what I should've done, after that third vodka of Petrov's.

The idea is to negate Russia's veto in the Security Council.

I accept your mercy.