listen, she was butina was in a romantic relationship with paul ericsson. do you think he was just a dupe? i think he was. i mean, this is very typical. this falls in line with what i was saying earlier about the fail fast and fail cheap, is that the russian way of doing this is really kind of it s very similar to the business kind of emergent strategies approach. you throw a bunch of stuff against a wall, you see what sticks, and you focus on that. apparently she was having some traction with this gentleman with the nra, or what have you, and so they started to funneling, you know, resrgss to her to exploit that. what i want to know is, like, what else happened out there? what else is still out there that we don t know about? interesting. listen, authorities have been on butina for years. who else could be wrapped up in this? do you think that there is a lot that we don t know, jeffrey? i mean, i assume that there is. i know individuals that were targeted by her, and that
vendetta, on the big questions trump is indisputably right. the cold war is over, the world has changed. it is time to rethink america s alliances and act in our own interest for once. russia is not a close friend of the united states. the question is why should we consider them a mortal enemy? of course russia spies on us, so do a lot of countries. russia s attempt to meddle in our election was amateurish, badly targeted facebook ads almost nobody saw. compare that effort to the deep penetration of the american industry and defense sector by the communist country of china or the sway that the gulf states have over the political process or that latin american countries are changing elections by forcing demographic change at a rate of americans consistently say they don t want. those are all major challenges to our american democracy, they
after the president blasted n.a.t.o. nations for not paying enough into the organization. european leaders mr. closely watch how president trump s meeting with russian president vladimir putin will impact the alliance. joining me with more insight is the strategic analyst general jack keane. glad to be here. elizabeth: what s your reaction when you hear democrats say listen, he needs to call it off. we see the 12 indictments on friday and he needs to drop the whole thing. it s almost laughable, it s such an amateurish and sophomoric statement. the reality is this. the president has been handed a gift here. we now have proof that the military aspect of his intelligence capabilities, so-called gru, were the guilty people in meddling in our
donellin. and the president s secretary of state is a general, as are two others. i ll talk to another four-star general, mike mullen. also known for weed and prison reform. why the dutch have closed up many prisons and may shutter many more. but first here s my take. amidst the noise and turmoil coming out of the white house this week, including the crazy tweets about amazon and mexico, let s be honest. on one big fundamental point, donald trump is right. china is a trade cheat. many of the administration s economic documents have been sketchy and amateurish, but the u.s. trade reports that china s
has been more amateurish than the senate intelligence committee. a lot of the policy committees, they get partisan. the intelligence committees are doing important things. should be above partisan politics. the senate intelligence committee is handled itself extremely professionally. i think most people agree the house committee has evolved a bit. we have to get the intelligence committees back to where they are which is basically above the partisan, you know, atmosphere that has gripped this house committee and frankly has them, i think most americans are looking at both sides saying i don t trust any of these people. they won t get the answers. mueller will get the answers. i mean it isn t going to come from the congress. it s not going to come from the politicians. it s going to come from the special council and as the story unfolds, i think that s where we re going to really learn it. because he does subpoena people. and he can indict people. and he has cut deals with people. s