just to underscore the points that nic is making here. as far as the foreign policy approach of the trump administration, i can t emphasize enough that in the last few weeks with trump administration officials and on the call with saudi officials, both have focused on the fact they re on the same page here, particularly when it comes to iran. as nic is talking about the obama administration saw a certain advancement of relgatios with iran, not only with the nuclear deal and looking longer term into the future. they were hoping to recalibrate the position in the middle east, that was having a policy that was less saudi-centric and looked for engagement with the muslim world, that could involve iran, as well. saudi officials are relieved to see president trump to emphasize the nature of the threat that iran poses to the united states and saudi arabia, which is something that both sides believe, truly believe. and also, making clear that, you
characterized. all of those outside commentaries tend to sound more organized than the administration s own presentation. one thing that would be helpful for them and you can consider it free advice they are unlikely to take, and somebody should give a big speech, the secretary of state or the president or secretary of defense laying out what their foreign policy approach is. at this point, most administrations have done that already and we have not seen that from the trump administrations and those speeches tend to force organized thinking and messaging that i think will be useful for them. thank you and enjoy the weekend, gentlemen. president trump there in atlanta air force one making its way across the tarmac, and the president going to be addressing the official title of the nra leadership forum that is going to happen in the next few
welcome back to hardball. she had no foreign policy experience at all when she was chosen. last week in a defining moment, she delivered the harshest criticism of the assad regime in syria. look at those pictures. we cannot close our eyes to those pictures. we cannot close our minds of the responsibility to act. well, as governor haley, of course, first broke when she ordered the quick removal of the confederate flag from the south carolina state house. she s made no secret of take no prisoners foreign policy approach. here is what she said a few months ago moments ago during apeck. the way you chose the culture of the u.n. we start to change the culture to what we should be talking
he s undermining other cornerstones of our democracy as well. the media i agree with hugh, the press in general can take care of itself, but if he s also made an attempt to undermine the courts, he s made an attempt to undermine the intelligence community. he s got an odd kind of foreign policy approach that has tended to undermine the state department, so there are many aspects of our democracy and the norms that we ve become used to that trump is just sort of running rough shot over and i personally think that that s very dangerous. and i m not the only person that thinks that. all right, bob herbert and hugh hewitt, it was a fun discussion. i appreciate it. thanks steve. quick break here on the other side, they are calling it not my president s day. rallies being held across the country today in opposition to president trump. we re going to go live to the scene of one of the largest, next.
intersuing him last week in anticipation of this. okay, take them at their word on this. i think they probably knew they had to have a backup, considering how much fires there was. what do we know about him? interesting thing about all three, they are all former senior military as is flynn. petraeus was flynn s boss. but as you indicated, they do have more of the mattis and kelly and tillerson mainstream republican foreign policy approach. or main streen non-foreign approach. tough on russia, tough on china, but not on for punch them in the face that flynn was advancing. if the president doesn t have a connection with the national