specific thing, that about trump being wiretapped when he was president. we don t have any evidence of that happening. this was something that started in the aftermath of the 2016 campaign, where trump came out and said that obama had wiretapped trump tower and the fbi had been behind it. that there had been this elaborate, you know, illegal scheme, this scheme by the obama administration to target him. that never proved out to be true, even after inspector generals looked at it. putting all that aside, you know, a lot of these types of criticisms about the corruption of the government that trump has exposed or whatever, i thought find sort of rich. trump had every opportunity. he was in charge of the executive branch. to do what he wanted. some ways he did, but other ways, he continued to sow doubt about that branch that he was leading without really taking charge and doing more than that.
how much he needs to try to unify the country and how, frankly, how difficult he is going to be able he is going to find that to be able to do. there are parliamentary elections later this year that will determine how much power he has. having said that, as a famous american politician said in the 19th century, to the victor go the spoils. president macron this morning is back in the palace. he is the leader of europe, and he is able now to dictate politically, globally, many of the much of the vision he has been laying out. president biden congratulating him and also saying, interestingly, in a tweet overnight, i look forward to continuing to work with him. what president mcron will be looking for is an equal partnership with the american president, to say, here are some of the things i want internationally. another interesting point, just to finish, guys, president
when it comes to weakening, it cannot be just the military being weakened by military power. it s got to be across all the instruments of power. their economy. when you take a look at the all that the europeans are buying each day. fuel of 1 billion barrels a day. we have to wean the europeans off the oil. when it comes to the diplomatic, we have to continue to isolate russia. winning, to me, is not just crippling the military. because with the money they are generating, they can always build that military back. there s got to be a long-term, across all instruments of power, if we re going to weaken them. hey, walter, it is jonathan. first, just to note, as raf was saying a moment ago, the president imminently was going to announce his pick to be ambassador of ukraine. the president did that.
admiral stavridis, thank you. ahead, we ll go live to keir simmons in paris on the heels of macron s big election victory. and we ll go to commit watts for the latest on russian troop movements. plus, more expert military analysis from a pair of retired u.s. army generals on the heels of secretary blinken and austin s trip to kyiv. also ahead, house minority leader kevin mccarthy does challenge control in his leaked audio after he revealed how disgusted he was with donald trump in the wake of the attack. he said, hey, i lied. look at me, i ll lie again. he is trying to explain away the comments. what did trump s chief of staff mark meadows know about january 6th? according to new testimony, he was warned about the threat of violence ahead of time. we re digging into those details. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back.
pick in the state s republican senate primary, jd vance. here is jd vance with one of those lies. ladies and gentlemen, the thing that trump revealed more than any policy achievement is that we are living in an incredibly corrupt country. who would have believed that the federal bureau of investigation, our fbi, would have got an illegal wiretap on a u.s. president? who would have believed? well, actually, nobody would have believed that because it s not true, jd vance. joining us now, new york times reporter michael schmidt and congressional investigations reporter for the washington post jackie alemany. msnbc contributor. good to have you both. michael schmidt, can you explain why nobody would perhaps believe jd vance s comments? yeah. i had never actually heard that