and we do with saudi arabia, both economic and defense and intelligence, national security related relations. so they especially look at the united states and the signals that our leaders are sending. and very sadly, this is an administration that has sent a message to saudi arabia and other countries that violations of human rights and the degradation of democracy, not that it exists in saudi arabia, but elsewhere, where it s under pressure, is okay. and what you hear president trump now saying is that, hey, we ve got this weapons deal with saudi arabia, it means u.s. jobs, and yes, saudi arabia may be doing some things we don t like, they may be killing journalists and other things, but this is, in his words, our america first approach. and what that means is our economy. so he says jobs first. but the reality is that we tend to put ourselves in these positions with these authoritarian dictatorships
that one expert described as risky. robert kagan, who the new york times column titled america first has won, makes that case, that president trump may not enjoy majority support these days but there s good reason to believe his america first approach to the world does. mr. kagan is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and has a new book, america and our imperilled world. it s great to see you. you re posetting that trump did not create this, that it has roots in america and popularity here, if not around the world. yes, we re used to an america
start the america first approach is a concern a lot of his companion promises he has come to with. the nature has been criticized soul. there is of course a concern hearing that there may have been meddling from the russian sides in the u.s. election that he may actually have close ties all these are concerns so european leaders closely monitoring what s happening there and as you said this summit is all about the issue of migration or corresponding masses on the story for us tonight in brussels georg thank you very much. for eastern european countries have put up strong opposition to the european union s migration policy hungary s prime minister viktor orban is fiercely against any plan to redistribute asylum seekers across all e.u. countries now at the height of the migration crisis back in two thousand and
concerned about a possible political embarrassment? plus, new data shows president trump s america first approach could be turning off the millennials. we ll break down the new findings next on morning joe. it s time for the semi-annual sale
he is the win to do the job. steve: during the first day of questioning. one question that stuck out was corey booker asking the secretary of state about his feelings about gay marriage. and he said essentially these are the same feelings i have had all along regarding traditional marriage he feels it is wrong. but, you know, he has gotten a lot of coverage. i can t believe he would say that. well, and the secretary of state nominee did talk about human rights and the importance of that internationally. but you have got it realize some these democrats are trying to liberal each other as they re actually trying to position themselves to run for president. steve: which corey booker is. mike pompeo is the person to do this job. he knows the issues. we have got to get rid of the distractions and focus what is really at hand here. threats that we faces a a nation today. threats ongoing and threats long term. in terms of making sure an america first approach. we are the strongest, most p