relief was palpable. president biden ushering in the end of the trump era of american isolationism and reasserting u.s. leadership on the world stage. new york times reports, quote, the difference in tone was indeed striking. the last time the group of seven met in person in canada in 2018, its final communique never mentioned china. and the u.s. dissented from all the commitments to confront the climate crisis. then mr. trump withdrew american support from the gathering s final statement. compare that to what s happened on president biden s watch. president biden pushing for and receiving the g7 countries commitment to taking a tougher public stand on china. any conversation on contrast must include what we re seeing from our own eyes. the nato family photo, socially distanced, of course, but orderly. some might say normal, even boring. it stands out against the shoving match as trump elbowed
they are trying to build up leading to this meeting. the question is what are some practical things that they can get putin to cooperate on. there are many practical things they need him for, and one of them is on the nuclear issue, and one of them is on the cyber security issue, and i think that these are the things that are going to be worked out behind the scenes. between the two leaders, i think they want to establish a sense of mutual respect and in order to do that it seems the white house believes they have to they have to have the backup of the global community in order to project toughness and resolve going into that meeting. charles, you have written extensively about american isolationism and the consequences of that. we have talked about biden being a player on the world stage for decades now but we can t return to just as if this is january 19th, 2017, right? what is the work that this president has to do to return the u.s. to many of the places that leadership spots t
welcome back, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour. let s start with the morning s top stories. the condemnation of the president over his syrian decision by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle continues including from noted trump ally senator lindsey graham. graham remains voke number his opposition to the move yesterday, firing off a number of tweets writing this. pray for our kurdish allies who have been shamelessly abandoned by the trump administration. this move ensures rye emergence of isis. the senator called on the president to change course noting that this, quote, american isolationism did not work before world war ii, did not work before 9/11, will not work now, when it comes to fighting isis, it is a bad idea to outsource american national security to russia, iran and turkey. to believe otherwise is very dangerous. graham continued his criticism during an interview yesterday. watch this. president trump hasn t ende
a long time. is the republican party going to emerge from the trump era still a free trade party? i don t see how. they are embracing too much of this idea of antiglobalism and american isolationism. in the guys of one-on-1 dual partnerships. i think the party is going to have some hardship, reconnecting its course if you will. particularly in that base stays locked in on this idea what trump s policies will make their life better. the proof is in the pudding. and hard to reconcile. thanks to all of you for being with us. we are firing up the big board. walk across the studio and try to go through some surprising new numbers including polling on the question do you think the president is a racist.
what he meant to say was distracted. the idea that president trump is embarrassed about anything seems completely out of character in a way to describe this president. perhaps john kelly got his words wrong there. kelly was describing what it was like to have a foreign leader to come in and they talk about the fact that that s a distraction. why does president trump still have confidence in epa chief pruitt after yet another controversy? pruitt was sitting right there to the president s right a couple seats over and the president said he does indeed still have confidence. sarah sanders will have to explain why. and president bush 43 in a speech warns against american isolationism. does the white house perceive president bush s comments about president trump s policy and