his initiative on the middle east. and his father-in-law undermined whatever chances there were for it yesterday by the unilateral move. whatever he s doing with the saudis or anybodied on whatsapp, the saudi medium of choice for communications, again, it s not a good day for film. the idea that the united states can now launch a middle east peace plan and gain momentum. i think it s possible the government formed would be 100% unwilling to countenance any peace plan that the united states might put forward at this moment. all right. we have so much to get to. still ahead on morning joe, the marines top general warning the pentagon about a, quote, unacceptable risk to his troops. the reason the president s order to deploy troops to the border while siphoning off
washington post journalist? the hypocrisy would be stunning if it weren t donald trump and we take it for granted. think about what he s saying here. this is one of the central rationales of the campaign, that hillary clinton was crooked. why was she crooked? in part she had a server recklessly in her home and e-mailed off government e-mail. and she did. why should she be locked up, according to the chants in the crowd, that we still hear at his rallies? because of the server. jared kushner going to the white house, according to elijah cummings, abby lowell, attorney for jared kushner, using personal e-mail and using an encrypted whatsapp app to communicate with foreign leaders. they asked abby lowell did jared kushner pass classified information on whatsapp? the answer that abby lowell gave
countries. it s totally irresponsible. i think you work in the intelligence agencies of the fbi, if you re a diplomat, ask why does erdogan or mbs, putin, kim jong-un, all know more about what the white house is saying than i do. we are blinded to the communications, but we have people with iphones just firing off messages. it s completely irresponsible. this cannot be secured by sending through whatsapp, a facebook company, that came out yesterday maybe we left everyone s passwords out on the internet. this is ridiculous. it breaks security protocols and it s vulnerable. foreign dictators, authoritarians, know more about the communications in the white house than we do in our own country. richard haas, again, the shocking thing is we talked about this for a year and a half with hillary clinton during the
prince advice about how to weather the storm. he coupled that with new revelations about how the saudis spent years cultivating a relationship with jared kushner, that has led some to wonder what the risk. let me start with you, there is so much that s astonishing in this article, not the least of which they talk all the time. jared kushner s on whatsapp, texting, this is extraordinarily out of protocol how you would treat the leader of a foreign nation. and it s dumb. part of the reason why mb thought he could do this murder is he thought trump couldn t do anything about it. why does he think that? he thought he had a strong relationship with his son. he thought he could get away with it. this informal relationship which goes around institutions and he