That would suggest to me thatjeff sessions has told him, this is too risky, perhaps you need to dial it back, if you really want to make sure to not lose this. But i think that the hallmarks of the Trump Presidency seem pretty clear, people who think that he is going to pivot and become more president ial in his style a nd and become more president ial in his style and manner, they are going to be left disappointed. His style is to attack, personally, people on twitter, judges, corporate executives. There is a real risk to that, going forward. Not only is he tying himself very personally to Policy Initiatives such as the immigration order, he cannot distance from that or blame other advisers for its failure. But with attacks onjudges in his tweets, he seems to be Parking Blame at their feet, for any possible future terrorist attack, which is very, very dangerous going forward. No one should be surprised that this is how hes carrying himself. This is how hes carrying himself. This is how he ran his business for years. He was extremely combative, confrontational and litigious as well. I dont think this is going to change. The style will remain the same, he may dial back and adopt more moderate positions. We have seen him do so on certain Foreign Policy issues, supporting china, israel and so forth. But i dont think youre going to see a different kind of trump emerge. What do you think . How has this come down in the arab countries . The man is barely three weeks into power, and he is creating problems everywhere. Seven muslim countries, it is pure racism. He picked the countries who never exported terrorism to that part of the world. Honestly. It is amazing, only six Terrorist Attacks actually happened in the United States from those immigrants living in the United States will stop the second thing is, contradiction. First he wanted saudi arabia and the gulf states to pay for the protection, american protection. Now he is phoning them and saying, come with me and fight iran. He wants to dismantle that nuclear deal. Has that been going down quite well in saudi arabia . The saudis are focused on iran, that is their number one followed Foreign Policy. He knows these gulf state countries are very vulnerable. They were always protected by the United States, obama said, you have to change your strategy, you have to depend on yourself and talk to iran, solve your problems by talking. We cannot have easy rates. I believe, iiow cannot have easy rates. I believe, now with trump, he is working into the hands and the agendas of isis, alqaeda and other. Whyd you say that . Because all the muslims feel vulnerable, and they believe this man actually is coming to attack muslims and hate muslims. To create wars that part the world. He is unifying the shia and the sunni against the United States. There was against the United States. There was a division beforehand. Terrorism used to be a sunni trademark. He is actually now seeing iran as a terrorist state. For the first time he managed to unify the muslim terrorists, the shia and the sunni terrorists, the shia and the sunni terrorists, to mobilise against the United States. I wont tell you what i think of trump, iwill i wont tell you what i think of trump, i will tell you what africans think of trump. Ugandans, for example. He seems to have some african blood, people have said to me. I dont mean the cultures of africa, that club of dictators in africa. There has been recently, facebook, and video that went viral. Trump here, video mean here. The chirac media meme. The way he used to speak, i am the greatest man on the earth. This and that. I am very good. There was actually an american satirical programme, they did that come harrison between trump and african dictators. Come harrison. And when i saw the compas and, this is a joke. But he is not a joke. No one has seriously challenged his legitimacy. He may have been elected by the american people, but what he is doing and how hes doing it, and i can tell you that personally i believe that all the things he has been seen, being a dictatorial type of person, look at what is happening with the travel ban. Im sure very sooii with the travel ban. Im sure very soon he will discover that he cannot do it, and he will retract. For example, following isis on social media. They are celebrating what trump is seeing. This is the american, we told you they hate us as muslims, but you never believed us. This is the proof. You raise very important points, and i agree with you. It is notjust terrorists coming together, there was a time in the late 1970s and early 80s when america was heated in so early 80s when america was heated in so many parts of the world, when you are burning the flags. He is taking america back to that place where americans will not be safe in the world. And because, all muslims, of whatever view, are feeling the heat. My whatever view, are feeling the heat. My goodness, we are the next dues, if you like, of the century. They used to laugh about idi amin, like they laugh about trump, which is the biggest mistake. He got the judges first, he hanged judges, then intellectuals, he systematically, then the media, he systematically went for them. This is the modern equivalent. If you are right, and people will disputed, there will be viewers who disputed, there will be viewers who disputed, but if you are right, then creating that sense of division, it will work, because this is a president , in makes periods, he did not really do anything in terms of bringing the country together, in other words, what has worked very well for him is defining and other people, the enemy abroad. That works for people, the enemy abroad. That works foertrump. It works up to a certain accent, but i think he has still got major battles ahead. What we have seen this week is the constitution working, thejudicial this week is the constitution working, the judicial system this week is the constitution working, Thejudicial System has hit back and drink in. The checks and bala nces back and drink in. The checks and balances are indeed working. Including from his own Supreme Court nominee. That was astonishing, wasnt it . He is clearly a judge who believes in the courts being independent. There are theories about that, that he knows that he needs to come out and distanced himself from what trump has done. In order to win confirmation. But he has done what nominees have done before their confirmation hearings, make the rounds, among senators, tried to allay fears, tried to reassure them. Trump has denied that he has said this, he apparently told several senators that he was disheartened and found trumps comments disheartening and demoralising. It is essential for disheartening and demoralising. It is essentialfor him disheartening and demoralising. It is essential for him to distance themselves in order to win approval in the senate. However, trump is co nsta ntly in the senate. However, trump is constantly undermining that, and disagreeing with him. It is interesting in shocking that the senate in congress have been much less effective in opposing trump than have the people, the judiciary, activists. Lam judiciary, activists. Iamso judiciary, activists. I am so shocked by paul ryan. He resisted his own nomination quite vocally. And now he is completely supplicant vocally. And now he is completely supplica nt of vocally. And now he is completely supplicant of trump. The issue of checks and balances is very important for me because the african dictatorships i am talking about, in uganda, today the media is being hit, people have rigged elections and so on. The judiciary cannot do it, the media cannot do it, but in america you are blessed with the infrastructure and democracy. I would like to talk about his mobilisation against iran. Obama and the other five countries, they realised that the cost of war against iran will be huge, so he topped to the iranians, and used pressure to reach this nuclear deal. Now he is actually trying to provoke iran, and you cannot see how the iranians are responding. They are people of pride, and the mothers are mobilising. You are right. Obama managed to neutralise the muslim world vis a vis america. America was not heated drink obamas two terms. Trump is reviving this hatred among the iranians, the muslims, the africans, latin american. He has dialled back his rhetoric on iran. He vowed on the Campaign Trail to rip up the deal with iran, and that does not seem to be happening. He has dialled back a bit. He has dialled back a bit. He is imposing sanctions, economic sanctions against certain areas. But the shocking thing was, i was in america in october before the election, the number of muslims who we re election, the number of muslims who were backing trump, shame on them. 33 of American Muslims backed this man. Marl. It mari. It isa mari. It is a challenge, the other thing he presents as a challenge for journalism. When you have got a president who basically says Terrorist Attacks are not being reported, and the fact our that eve ryo ne reported, and the fact our that everyone of those attacks as far as we can see were reported and given a degree of interest by different media outlets, but they were reported. How do you handle someone who says things which are clearly not the case . There has been some talk about we should not be televising these Press Conferences from Kelly Anne Conway and trump. We need to fact check them, and you cannot fact check them as they are happening live. It is an incredibly different and difficult position journalists are in. Incredibly different and difficult positionjournalists are in. He has threatened them, there is . Will there be space for the quest press corps in the white house. It is the constant stream of alternative facts, it is posing new challenges for all of us. And we must not remember the powers behind trump, steve bannon, his Vice President , some of the dark forces behind him are very well organised. The types of forces that supported him, very radical, people were ready to damage. I would be him, very radical, people were ready to damage. Iwould be more him, very radical, people were ready to damage. I would be more worried about them than trump himself. I think trump will be cut short. I dont think that he can really manage to intimidate totally the judiciary. Even the media. Iwould be surprised if, in america especially, the media is cold. We shall see. Following western intervention in libya led by britain and france the downfall of Colonel Gaddaffi has produced not one but two libyan governments. Now russia has chosen sides in the libyan conflict, and president trump, who found time this week to criticise the Us Department store chain nordstrom for dropping his daughters clothing line, has not yet found time to criticise president putin. Is this another potential victory for russia . Maybe you could tell us what is actually going on in libya. Six years ago, there was a state of euphoria in the west. We managed to achieve a huge success. We toppled tyrant. We will make libya as a model of success in the middle east. Six years, how has it been . Nobody talks about the situation. The west created it in libya. Chaotic. It is chaotic. And very dangerous. You have three governments, two parliaments, three armies, militias, no security at all, everybody is fighting everybody, half of the libyan people emigrate either to tunisia or to egypt. About 3 million of them, to look for safety. And a decent way of life. The situation, the west decided to support democracy, so called democracy. The elected government never actually had the teeth of the clues to impose its force there. There is one general, and this man is the ex colonel of libya, he used to work with gaddafi and was part of his counsel. He defected, and he was actually trained and sent back to fight Gaddafi Topple gaddafi. And he tried to lunch a sort of Military Campaign from chad. Now what is happening, this general is backed by egypt, by the united arab emirates, and russia. Why . He managed to secure and russia. Why . He managed to secure the eastern part of libya, which is the wealthy part. And he managed to root out isis from that eastern part, and he controls about 80 , or 75 of libyan oil export, it is coming from that part. The west actually could not do anything, they broke it and they cannot fix it. One thing. Now, one thing. Because you have given us the anti western analysis. I think it is time to look at russia. It really is time to look at russia. It really is time to look at russia, what russia has done in syria and is about to do in libya, you have to absolutely focus. Wait till a mention it unbelievable. It is very interesting what russia is doing. The west went to russia, italy and britain. They say to russia, please save us. Britain. They say to russia, please save us. We have illegal immigration, 2000 kilometres of the seashore, libyan territories in the mediterranean, we cannot do anything, please help us. Moscow invited a man who was received by putin, sergey lavrov, the first minister, and he had a very fruitful talk. Then they reach an agreement. First to curb all the immigration from libya, and also to work under the un backed government of the so called National Accord government, and to be the leader of the army. What does russia get . An American Lease in libya. You just have to study this man, and some of us have been in russia for ten yea rs some of us have been in russia for ten years during communist times, we know who the kgb and putin are. This man has succeeded in syria, making sure that the failure of the west is my game. He is doing exactly the same template in libya. What he has done is identify this general khalifa, and what he is doing is look, this man has the military power, he is trying to promote him to become the real leader. The only problem is, with russia, he does not ca re problem is, with russia, he does not care the type of commotion, the same template syria, it does not matter whether the syrian president is a democrat or anything like that. If He Isa Democrat or anything like that. If he is a stubborn man. If you look at it, if it is correct, he has cracked down on isis, he will stop or try to control made it migration. There are a lot of people in europe and will take on that great. The standards by which this man operates should really worry all of us. Operates should really worry all of us. I totally agree, intervention in libya and what we did in iraq, but it is time now to focus on actually this really dangerous and quite evil presence in putin. And what he did in syria, what he has done to the people of syria with assad is absolutely, it should be the focus of good people. We are talking about libya, not syria. Let me talk. The west went to putin and he did not go to the west. They say to him, come and save us in libya, we made a mistake, please save us. President obama said, the gravest mistake which i regret in my two terms, intervention in libya. They admit that they made mistakes. It was the british and french, who we re very it was the british and french, who were very proud of it at the time. Where does this leave us . The argument has been, eight years of obama, he was terrible. America withdrew from the world stage, left this vacuum, putin said thank you very much, i can solve several problems, italy, buti very much, i can solve several problems, italy, but i can do it. Putin wants to re establish russias dominance, political and military positioning in the region. Russia lost billions of dollars in arms and Oil Contracts in libya after gaddafi was ousted and killed. This is part of putins effort to re establish his geopolitical power in the region. Whether or not putin backing the general is going to stem the flow of refugees, isnt it going to undermine the stability of the country, the un peace process, and leave europe that the cold, because putin does not care about the flow of refugees into europe, and neither does trump. And neither does the general. He has been against european and un attempt to have that migration and position. But this is also where there is a connection between trump and putin. They both seem to admire so called strongmen leaders, authoritarian people who they view as being able to re establish order where they see is chaotic regions. However, trump has not criticised russia for this. He may not have too. He may not even have to endorse what is happening, he could just turn a blind eye and allow it to happen. The general himself talked about trump, and he said that, look, because of the war we are carrying out against terrorism, in this region, i think trump will appreciate that we can work with him. The centre of power is like that, you have a government in triply, backed by Muslim Brotherhood, and supported by cat or in turkey. And you have a government which has no power on the ground at all. The Muslim Brotherhood supported government is about to set up a new army, and in order to consolidate its power in the west. The problem is, which we are facing, have to is a very clever man, i hate him personally because of the langley things, but anyway, what he is doing, he used the Immigration Card to put pressure on the west, on britain, italy france and the United States, saying look, you ignore me, you dont recognise my services, my power, i will use this immigration ca rd power, i will use this Immigration Card against you. And he used it very well. After six years, they throwing the towel, please come and help us. We are to leave it there. Thats it for Dateline London for this week. You can comment on the programme on twitter gavinesler. Were back next week at the same time. Make a date with Dateline London. Goodbye. A cold, raw feeling day today. Only a centimetre or two of snow, some Slippery Roads and pavements around, most of that is no turning back to rain or drizzle most of that is no turning back to Rain Ordrizzle in most of that is no turning back to rain or drizzle in the coming hours, and for some it willjust be grey. One are to have seen sunshine, Western Scotland, Northern Ireland seeing the best of the brightness. Generally grey conditions elsewhere. We can seize and sleet and snow in the hills in the afternoon. Elsewhere, patchy so that works now. Here again, we see the sunshine through the afternoon in Western Scotla nd through the afternoon in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Rain in drizzle in Eastern Parts of scotland, and in england and wales, the Higher Ground of Northern Ireland, wales, sleet and snow. Could still be the odd bit of sleet mixed in with the rain elsewhere. The wind increasing that north easterly wind, temperatures at 23d north easterly wind, temperatures at 2 3d for some, and it will feel a good deal colder with the effects of the wind. Wrap up well if you are heading to the big match in cardiff. Wales against england. Early sleet and snow this morning. It will be turning back to patchy rain or drizzle. The wind will continue to strengthen tonight, further rain, drizzle and sleet until snow to take us drizzle and sleet until snow to take us into the morning. There could be some frost and ice, but not quite as cold as last night, and elsewhere, the cold will come from the wind more than anything else. That wind Even Strongerfor more than anything else. That wind Even Stronger for sunday, lots of cloud, further patchy rain, drizzle, sleet, hill snow. Brighter cloud, further patchy rain, drizzle, sleet, hillsnow. Brighter breaks cloud, further patchy rain, drizzle, sleet, hill snow. Brighter breaks in southern counties of england, but it isa southern counties of england, but it is a day which will still come with the added chill because of the strength of the wind, it should touch gale force in some hearts of england and wales. Wendy into monday, but it is more south easterly by this stage. Increasing amounts of sunshine to england and wales, boosting the temperature across the far south and south west. Still chilly further north you are, that after a cold few days, temperatures are on an upper trend as we head into next week. By the middle part of the week, with double figure temperatures, a little bit of sunshine, it may even feel a touch more like spring. This is bbc news. Im sophie long. The headlines at midday. President trump says he may rewrite the travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. 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