i assume you are for keeping american troops in syria that most americans couldn t find on a map but you are not for putting troops at the boarder? i am not in favor of putting troops at the border. i m not blanket war all the time. but i think we should consult with the allies. tucker: american troops in syria. not at the border. we gave him $1.3 billion before he asked for more. tucker: send it on syria. they need help. thank you very much. merry christmas. merry christmas. brian dean wright is a democrat and former c.i.a. officer and he joins us tonight. i wonder why it s so hard to come to a consensus that something needs to be done. no more fake solutions. the wall, the length of the mexican border, i don t know. i know nothing we tried has been serious. it s a joke. joke that both parties are in on.
and fbi in your long career. does it really matter whether or not the president is echoing what the national security apparatus is saying as long as you have chris wray, dni coats, nielsen, all pointing at russia, saying we re aware of this, working on this, doing everything we can to make sure the sanctity of the voting process remains. time-out, anderson. 95% of the americans couldn t name one of the people who spoke today. can t name the national security advisor and can t name the cabinet members. they can name the president of the united states and he has at least two major responsibilities here well beyond the intel that people like me who used to be on the inside would ask him to do. number one, what is the message to vladamir putin after we see this happening only a week after helsinki, the president told vladamir putin why don t you visit the white house. i can tell you the consequences on vladamir putin are nothing. if the russians continue to
not the president is echoing what the national security apparatus is saying as long as you have chris wray, dni coats, nielsen, all pointing at russia, saying we re aware of this, working on this, doing everything we can to make sure the sanctity of the voting process remains. time-out, anderson. 95% of the americans couldn t name one of the people who spoke today. can t name the national security advisor and can t name the cabinet members. they can name the president of the united states and he has at least two major responsibilities here well beyond the intel that people like me who used to be on the inside would ask him to do. number one, what is the message to vladamir putin after we see this happening only a week after helsinki, the president told vladamir putin why don t you visit the white house. i can tell you the consequences on vladamir putin are nothing. if the russians continue to this, the answer to trump is, sure, i ll go visit the white house and we don t have to talk
that you made, joy. i think we ve taken some shots i think at the media deservedly. part of the reason a lot of these institutions in this trump branding works is because of a blind spot that i don t think the founder even thought of when they set up this wonderful system called the united states with the separation of powers. we ve seen that trump is relying on his salespeople, and those are the republicans, these complicity republicans, it is same republicans who during the campaign called him a conman, liary, trader, pathological dis torter of truth. they are now mimicking and carrying these messages that trump talks about whether it s around the fbi, the intelligence agencies, or even the main stream media for that matter. i think that is the vulnerability that americans couldn t count on or wouldn t count on that republican party members would be so explicit in coping to this fake news phenomenon. he learned it from fox news.
fixate on palace intrigue, on the supposed chaos of the west wing. but if there s a disruptive west wings, most americans couldn t name one of the people that you just named. how is he governing? their prosperity and their security. and their prosperity in particular is increasing and accelerating terrifically. small business optimism is at a level unseen meanwhile there is optimism and growth and prosperity. paul and then we ve got to go. and yet he s at an all-time low for correct. despite, thank god, no major wars and a strong economy. this is a guy, but the american people should have known what they were getting. he s had three campaign managers, three political parties, three wives. he s not a guy to run the river with. all right. the only much more to talk about tonight, including the very latest on the congressional race deep in the heart of trump country that could be on the