russia, as you said. and frankly the white house communications director statement was not true. those u.s. troops pulled out of the area preventing turkish in doing this. they were green lit. this was completely unnecessary and completely the president s actions. i was on the hill speaking with a republican who didn tant want to be named. they said this is a disaster. our friends don t trust us and our enemies don t fear us. what are the consequences. that s the question. i was talking about the investigation to ukraine and is the president is he worried about the president s decision making? and still this person hedged. they said they weren t sure there was clear enough evidence of impeachable offense but genuine anger from the member of congress, a republican at what has happened in turkey. it s unexplainable. it s catastrophic for the kurds and sends the wrong message to american allies across the region, the afghan troops fighting the taliban, we will you have militias figh
trust us and our enemies don t fear us. our allies don t trust us. our enemies don t fear us. i think our friends no longer count on us, no longer trust us, and our adversaries don t fear us. republicans railed against president obama s foreign policy, accusing him of abandoning america s allies and placating america s enemies. but that critique seems much better suited for where we are right now with this current administration. 17 months in the trump presidency the white house has announced new tariffs on the eu, canada and mexico. it pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, enraging its allies in europe. pulled out of the paris accords. and meanwhile, president trump is getting letters from kim jong un and planning to sit down with him next month. with me here in new york is msnbc s newest political contributor ben rhodes. former deputy national security who has a new book that goes on sale tomorrow called the world as it is, a memoir of the obama white house. congratulations.
trust us and our enemies don t fear us. our allies don t trust us. our enemies don t fear us. i think our friends no longer count on us, no longer trust us, and our adversaries don t fear us. republicans railed against president obama s foreign policy, accusing him of abandoning america s allies and placating america s enemies. but that critique seems much better suited for where we are right now with this current administration. 17 months in the trump presidency the white house has announced new tariffs on the eu, canada and mexico. it pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, enraging its allies in europe. pulled out of the paris accords. and meanwhile, president trump is getting letters from kim jong un and planning to sit down with him next month. with me here in new york is msnbc s newest political contributor ben rhodes. former deputy national security adviser for barack obama. who has a new book that goes on sale tomorrow called the world as it is, a memoir of the obama white
bill: it is 9:15 in new york and the same in washington, d.c. in the 15 minutes you ll see and hear from general james mattis. he takes his turn in the hot seat today considered to be the next secretary of there are several republican hawks on that committee including senators john mccain and lindsey graham. jim inhoff will be asking questions as well and he is my guest. senator, good morning to you and thank you for your time before this hearing begins. mattis, i know you re a supporter. i expect he will be confirmed. do you have information that suggests otherwise? no, i don t. he will be confirmed. bill: if that s the case then, under james mattis, how will the department of defense be different? it will be different. right now you ve heard over and over again and know absolutely it s true that right now our enemies don t fear us, our
but it s real. our friends don t trust us and our enemies don t fear us anymore. we can t continue that way. how comfortable are you with donald trump s embrace and the bromance with vladimir putin. the intelligence agencies say he s behind the hacking. oh, andrea, shame, shame. and meddling in the election. that was yesterday s talking points from the clinton campaign. no, no, come on. no one has ever accused general clapper, the head of 17 intelligence agencies of having political bias. here s what i trust. i trust the fact that donald trump picked mike pence to be his vice president. here is somebody i really trust in terms of knowing how to keep government small, manage government and understand what we need to do in terms of national security. hillary clinton s record is