demonstrates that he is quite desperate and he wants to control to control this process by tweeting and by shouting. what s the view, you are somebody who has spent time thinking and looking at the work of the russian president over many years. how does the unfolding the president s unfolding responses to this play in russia? i mean, is this playing into putin s hands? look, there is something quite unusual that has been happening in russian over the last eight months. for many years, america bashing was a core of putin domestic propaganda, 24/7 bashing america, criticizing america, calling america all the names and trying to defy america and america s interests worldwide. but today we could see the same pattern with one notable exception. the president of the united states is not mentioned. if trump name appears on russian
to blame. i m not in the blame america first crowd. extremism in the middle east is because of extremism in the middle east. it s not hurricane s fault and if you try to blame obama and clinton for failed governments and extremism in that region, you know, you re just engaging in america bashing. with national security, coming to directly hearing what governor chris christie saying about l.a. being shut down, that s because of a terrorism threat. the president s going to san bernardino on friday because of terrorist attack that happened there earlier this month. thomas, there were terrorism threats during the clinton administration and attacks. there were terrorism threats and attacks in the bush administration. it s because of the world that we live in. right? but say this is something new because of obama and clinton, that s a blame america first attitude. now what i think voters want the hear is somebody with some maturity and candid about the challenges we face and says like se
no one who allows iran to become a nuclear power should consider running. so joining us now from london nbc s ally arusi. while political contenders back here in the states are using this iran deal as a true litmus test explain the developments we know from iran itself and the negotiations. well thomas there s nothing more the ruling clerics enjoy in iran than a bit of america bashing. the top man in the country, the supreme leader said this is a sign of decay of political ethics in america. he said he was very worried about a deal with the united states because they have a track record of being opaque deceitful, and back stabbing. it s also drawn a lot of criticism from america s partners. the legislative branch has been accused of meddling rather than trying to mediate in these negotiations, which is an accolade which is usually reserved for the hardliners in tehran. it s also damaged america s credibility with its partners whom they ve been trying to
comprised mostly of the middle and upper classes. he points out that the far greater threat to the maduro government could come from the poor if they rise up. for year s maduro s predecessor the popular america bashing hugo chavez populated income voters with subsidies and handouts. but as the economy has collapsed even they have suffered greatly. if those silent poor rise up, we could see greater turmoil. you see, maduro represents the policies of chavez, but he does so without the late president s charisma and populist touch. if serious cracks develop perhaps even the army could question its loyalty. as always with oil economies if prices fall all bets are off on the survival of the regime. if venezuela implodes it would trigger a massive regional crisis. cuba, which is essentially bank rolled by venezuela would
it s a bargaining chip. that you don t there s a certain amount of america bashing that we ll tolerate. he needs to survive. he can t survive without troops. those troops are there to prevent an overthrow of the kabul government after we draw down. we talk about his plans for trying to dictate who his successor is since he is term limited. what are the choices? i think any analyst will have to assume that no matter what he says, his successor who comes in will largely be a proxy of karzai. i think we ll be looking at putin, medvedev situation. he was mentioning grover and defense spending. i still remember i remember we talked about this frequently when it happened. haley barbour, not exactly a radical in the republican party, saying we may this was when he was thinking about maybe running for president and sort of testing the waters, so it was a few years back, but saying