joining us now is democratic senator chris coons. senator, we ll get to that in just a moment. but first, in the president s statement, he said the world is in a safer place because of the death of al baghdadi. do you agree with that statement? i do. this is significant development. if the president wants to take credit for the strike that killed al baghdadi that s appropriate. he ordered the strike, it was successful. but frankly, he should take credit and responsibility for ordering the abrupt withdrawal of our troops from being on the ground, for betraying our kurdish allies and dismissing or den gating our intelligence community. this raid was only successful because of intelligence we got from the kurds, because of the brave work of our special forces and frankly because of our network of alliances around the world, all things that president trump has at times either
country. no, this is america s infrastructure that he s den gating. when he says it s their economy that is in shambles, that is america s economy that is really not doing right by the americans in puerto rico. elie, can you speak to what jeremy just put his finger on, this idea of others, people who are other than him, other than his base, other than his supporters, other than his sycophants? they re not worthy of support from the federal government, from the agencies that help people in crisis? well, the nationalism that defined donald trump s campaign and his presidency was ethno genetic. it was white identity politics. and you can understand why puerto rico doesn t necessarily fit into his idea of america. whether he knows that it s part of the country or not. and on that visit that the president made down there, it was just so surreal and so obvious his inability to really kba thighs with these people and to comprehend or even accept and
as to why nearly a month after the storm some 80% of puerto ricans are still without power. i think it s important to note, nicolle, that puerto ricans are americans. they pay taxes. they serve in our military can i stop you? i agree with you, but let s acknowledge why we have to acknowledge that. i moon, i think it is often whispered but not always acknowledged out loud that there was a serious question about whether or not the president knew that. and i think the fact that we all feel the need to remind everyone that they re americans is part of the travesty of this slow motion calamity, isn t it. i can t tell you whether he knew it or not, but he certainly acting as if they are some sort of other, as if they are foreign. as if it s an aid and development effect of a foreign country. no, this is america s infrastructure that he s den gating. when he says it s their economy that is in shambles, that is america s economy that is really not doing right by the americans in puerto r