have generally paid for our gas and oil all along, and i m sure that we will continue to do so in the future. we re not in iraq to seize anybody s oil. joining us now, people who pay for their gas and oil, anna marie cox, senior political correspondent for mtv news and host of a new podcast with the can friends like these which launches this friday. also with us, rick wilson, republican strategist and contributor to the daily beast. e.j. dionne is still with us. anna marie, is a there is the secretary of defense saying don t listen to the president of the united states. yet another don t listen to the president of the united states day. pay no attention to the man in front of the curtain. yeah. yeah, yeah. that s a new one. i don t quite understand what s going on here. yeah. i don t understand, i mean, i guess it does seem to go to your acting president sort of theory, like if people are outwardly out there just saying, like, don t pay attention to the president, at w
understanding that there are a lot of other people who are pretty good at politics too or they wouldn t have gotten elected in the first place. everybody looks at last year s election and say it was a change election. well, it was in the presidential race. but not is in the national race. republicans got re-elected and held the majority and happened in the house as well. the american public was not wanting to change the congress. they wanted a different kind of president and no question that donald trump is a different kind of president. he s about as different he is now comparing himself to andrew jackson and i think it s a pretty good comparison. that is how big a change that jackson was from the virginia and massachusetts gentleman who had been president of the united states for the first 40 years. he s different. but i like what he is doing. i like the attack on overregulation. i like the cabinet appointments. i think the supreme court nominee was superb. i think he picked the si
ground in iraq in an advising and training capacity against isis. then of course, it was u.s. special operations raids in syria and in iraq. and now it is apparently u.s. ground combat direct action on the ground by u.s. forces and not just in iraq but in iraq and in syria, as well. this seems like a biggest calation, like a big policy change to be announced in a pretty soft spoken way in unheralded testimony before a senate committee that basically had no spectators there. is it actually as big a change in policy as it seems? are we now moving to a boots on the ground ground combat operation in iraq and or syria? and is this agreed to already or is the pentagon just announcing this is something they would like to do? the washington post says today president obama is considering this as a change in policy but the way the defense secretary put it today, beak sounded like it was a done deal and this is the new way things are going to be. what is going on here?
ground combat against isis rather than just helping out the iraqis or syrian rebel groups to do that fighting on their own. so first it was u.s. air strikes against isis in iraq and syria. then it was u.s. troops on ground in iraq in an advising and training capacity against isis. then of course, it was u.s. special operations raids in syria and in iraq. and now it is apparently u.s. ground combat direct action on the ground by u.s. forces and not just in iraq but in iraq and in syria, as well. this seems like a biggest calation, like a big policy change to be announced in a pretty soft spoken way in unheralded testimony before a senate committee that basically had no spectators there. is it actually as big a change in policy as it seems? are we now moving to a boots on the ground ground combat operation in iraq and or syria? and is this agreed to already or is the pentagon just announcing this is something they would like to do?
against isis in iraq and syria. then it was u.s. troops on ground in iraq in an advising and training capacity against isis. then of course, it was u.s. special operations raids in syria and in iraq. and now it is apparently u.s. ground combat direct action on the ground by u.s. forces and not just in iraq but in iraq and in syria, as well. this seems like a biggest calation, like a big policy change to be announced in a pretty soft spoken way in unheralded testimony before a senate committee that basically had no spectators there. is it actually as big a change in policy as it seems? are we now moving to a boots on the ground ground combat operation in iraq and or syria? and is this agreed to already or is the pentagon just announcing this is something they would like to do? the washington post says today president obama is considering this as a change in policy but the way the defense secretary