he did he understand what that meant? i ve always wanted a journalist to ask him. explain what it is. i don t think he could articulate the terms of the deal. it was good politics to bash obama, bash the iran deal this is part of who i am and my identity. i m going to pull out and turn this policy over to bolden. bolden became national security advisor before that decision was made and then we saw sanctions stacked on the iranians, the iranian revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. and his administration, let by bolton is doing very real things to escalate the iranians are watching. and the iranians finally got to a point where they said we re going to hit back and you saw the tanker fires and thae stock pile we dealt with and now we see this drone. we should be scared because right now we re counting on
unleashed on you is to interfere with freedom of navigation on the open sea in the air. that s what they re doing it one of the most strategic choke points. the president has the authorization to act to defend american interests. harris: what do you think of what senator cotton is suggesting there? i have a lot of respect for senator cotton and what i would say is, having been in combat in this part of the region has he has, the strategic use of military forces must be applied very carefully. the president does not want a war. he doesn t want to go to war with iran. he s not interventionist. harris: do his advisors want that? bolden is a hawk, he is a neocon hawk from the old school, but it s not bad to have that. president trump is a dominant gene in the conversation. it s not bad to have bolton as kind of a loose screw out there, that iran has to figure, is he going to rule the day?
places like afghanistan and syria and we heard it from the president in his own words just in the last week he said of john bolton, remember he pushed for regime change in iran before joining the white house last year, he said he tempers bolden, it s the president himself. he makes the decision. sarah sanders trying to emphasize that point this morning. the president wants a diplomatic strategy to resolve these tensions. he said i would like to see the president of iran call me. president iran, call me. now i must take you to alabama where kerry sanders is standing by. the governor there called into law essentially banning abortion in the state. this is the story filling most of our social media feeds. what happens next? well, the law is now the law here in alabama. .gov signing really without much fanfare. she didn t even invite the media
be b the president s policy. yesterd yesterday, bolden told reporters that the united states will leave syria if turkey promises not to attack kurdish allies there. in a news conference, bolton refer today a conditional withdrawal. we re going to be discussing the president s decision to withdraw, but to do so from northeast syria in a way that makes sure that isis is defeated and is not able to revivise itsf and a become a threat again and to make sure that the defense of israel and our other friends in the region is assured. and to take care f those who have of those who have fought with us in isis and other terrorist groups. you may remember just a few weeks ago, the president claimed isis had been wiped out. he said we have defeated isis in syria, but only reason for being there during the trump presidency. originally, the president had a 30-daytime line to withdraw the
is no longer about being a tariff man and his fight with china. a statement from china, he tweeted at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the teams of both sides are now having smooth communications and good cooperation with each other, we are full of confidence that an agreement can be reached within the next 90 days. i agree come out of the president. he did not address the president of meng wanzhou, telecom executive in her father s company, huawei, arrested in canada by american request for allegedly violating sanctions on iran. neither the president nor ambassador bolden were aware of the justice department action. neither were aware? correct. the rest happened while president trump dined with his chinese counterpart and shock to the u.s. companies doing business in china. this is a fairly aggressive measure that has unfortunate timing, and i fear that may tip the chinese over and get into getting into much more aggressive types of retaliation. every american from that does