on domestic policy, foreign policy, the history of the presidency. it s as if basically we didn t have a president until he became president and discovered how it works and he s leading the way into a bright future. so you know, he doesn t spend a lot of time making historical conte context. everything to him is of the moment. and of the moment things are bad and it s because of robert mueller, not because of vladimir putin. that s the most salient point of that. bobby, whatever you think of putin, i don t think much. most americans don t like him either, though increasingly republicans, we have a poll in the show, like the guy. like the cut of his jib. we all know that intelligence people are able to lie right in your face, probably able to beat a lie detector. why would this guy, our guy in this case, trump, believe the other guy s telling the truth when he knows the other guy is skilled at lying? well, the most charitable explanation, and you really have to strain credulity, but
anything. as president i cannot make decisions on foreign policy in a futile effort to appease partisan critics or the media or democrats who want to do nothing but resist and obstruct. here he comes to save the day. sounds like mighty mouse talking. anyway, asked about today s talks, foreign minister sergei lavrov told russian media, it s fabulous. he added that the talks were better than super. i m joined by bobby goush, bloomberg opinion editor and peter baker, with the new york times. i want to start with both you have guys, with a simple question. i m old enough to remember the cuban missile crisis when we were at defcon 2 and we were facing missiles facing each other over the cuban missile crisis. people were praying. catholics were going to confession. people were really worried about the end of the world because the united states looked like it was going to war with russia. bobby, why would he say that our relations with russia are the worst worse than they ever were?
any breach of the border of the demarcation line between the gaza strip and israel and as you can see, i can point out unfortunately you can t, but i can point out from the sniper nests that have been built very recently right along the border and the israelis have been using live ammunition for the past seven weeks. this has been a very long round of protests. we can expect this death toll is going to increase, especially now that that ceremony in jerusalem has just begun, stephanie. all right, matt, thank you so much, matt bradley from gaza. former u.s. ambassador chris hill. politico white house reporter andy carner and bobby goush, political analyst. what is your take on the significance? it s very significant. so far as has been the fact for decade, this was, jerusalem, was to be israel s capital. the issue of course it was to be israel s capital in the context of an overall agreement, a
victory. for many israelis looking at this violence on the streets, it s a day of great anxiety. how big of a deal is this for president trump and his legacy? moving the embassy was a campaign promise he s fulfilling. it s huge in terms of his legacy. and jared kushner was pushing for this behind the scenes, sheldon addleson was a big player in making this decision. took out a big full-page ad in the new york times when they announced it, saying president trump, you promised, you delivered. i think the administration sees the violence that is on half of screen right now as something that s going to occur over two days but then in the larger scale, historically, this will be an historic win for them. trump, as your guests have said, is delivering on something that many presidents before him have promised but failed to follow through with. so i think they see this violence as short term and the move as a long term win. well, bobby, the president says this helps negotiations bec
steve mnuchin will be on the stage, revealing the seal that is the unveiling of the embassy. right there, ivanka is joining him, to show that the building will now officially be the plaque is what they re going to show you, will be the u.s. embassy there. i want to bring in bobby and annie for a moment. as we re watching, steve mnuchin and ivanka trump unveil this plaque. bobby, what s your take here? on the president s little speech, lots of use of the word peace. a lot of people in the arab world will wince. because this is not a gesture of peace. so to be let me just interrupt, ivanka trump now speaking. to the embassy of the united states here in jerusalem the capital of israel. thank you.