session. how will that go over by the other members? they said no already. they support democracy, and trump has a real serious case of dictator envy. i mean, he loves to talk about his friendship with kim jong-un, who s probably the worst tyrant alive on the planet right now. he loves vladimir putin for reasons we ve never really known or understood. and he has all kinds of admiring things to say about xi jinping. he doesn t talk about any democratic leader with the same tone of admiration that he tends to or even love that he tends to turn on these tyrants. now, should then the g-7 be modified to embrace more tyrants? no. look, there s an organization that does that, and that s the g20. in fact, the reason putin is not pushing to get back into the g8
russian autocrat and not be the forceful defender of democracy in that setting given long history of the g7 as a group and previously g8. chris, you just expressed a bit of a pessimistic view, but the role of the g7 or lack there of. the united states is due to host it next year. the question of where it will be. we ll get into that later. also this issue of the president going out of his way to say he would like russia back in this group and would like putin to come to the united states next year for this session. how will that go with the other members? they don t want it. they said no already. they support democracy, and trump has a real serious case of dictator envy. i mean, he loves to talk about his friendship with kim jong-un, who s probably the worst tyrant alive on the planet right now. he loves vladimir putin for reasons we ve never really known or understood.
it next year. also this issue of the president going out of his way to say he would like russia back in this group and putin to come to the united states next year for this session. how will that go over by the other members? they said no already. they support democracy, and trump has a real serious case of dictator envy. i mean, he loves to talk about his friendship with kim jong-un, who s probably the worst tyrant alive on the planet right now. he loves vladimir putin for reasons we ve never really known or understood. and he has all kinds of admiring things to say about xi jinping. he doesn t talk about any democratic leader with the same tone of admiration that he tends to or even love that he tends to turn on these tyrants. now, should then the g-7 be
gee, i m a lawyer. i mean, there are a lot of things he could do to make life more difficult for those doing business with china or any other trading partner, including through imposition of tariffs. but i think what this is really about is he has some sort of dictator envy. he wants to be a president xi or putin who can get the rest of the world to bend to their will, whether it s private businesses or individuals who are cower inning fear of political retribution or other supposedly independent government agencies. speak of retribution, and xi, jerome powell now seems to be on a lower tier even than president xi. president trump claiming he s the real enemy of america. is he now part of the growing list of people what the president just does no longer
you can extend your thesis to the president s interaction with other dictators to include putin, mbs, you see him with kim right there. help us understand what the president hopes to achieve. he likes to make the point it s better to have good relationships with these kinds of people. what s your take? my honest take is i think trump has a serious case of dictator envy, he admires what he believes to be their strength. it s the only way you can explain he treats dictators with immense amounts of respect, he calls them his friend, he praises them for the things they re guilty of. he jokes about getting rid of journalists with putin, jokes about election interference with putin and calls it an honor to meet with kim jong un, kwhowho threatening to incinerate american cities, and that s the thing that i think is jarring about this.