already divided. yeugene, the kremlin demandig an apology from fox news for bill o reilly s remarks. remarkable. days ago, the president in a tough conversation with the australian prime minister. he is going out of his way to be kind to the russian leader. i think we have seen a continuation of questions about donald trump s foreign policy approach. who are his allies. who are his enemies and how that will continue to be from what we have even in the united states. one thing that is interesting, what he said about putin this weekend is a prime example of what democrats and republicans mean when they question his awareness and knowledge about the relationship between the united states and russia. russia s involvement with international affairs.
lindsey graham is the fourth candidate to end his run for the white house. joining rick perry and scott walker and bobby jindal. let s discuss more with the author of the book too dumb to fail . matt lewis is a a senior contribute at the daily call r. peter beinart is joining us. the undercard debates will now be unwatchable. they need to end it today. why? the only thing that made it redeeming at all was lindsey graham. both because he was funny, and also because he was so passionate and eloquent about his foreign policy approach. whether or not you agree with his world view, by the way.
national security the focus of this debate. it comes at such an important time where these candidates are really trying to make that case. look, i could be commander in chief and there have been two recent terror attacks. what s at stake and who has the advantage here? yeah. i think for people like marco rubio and chris christie who have been trying to take a more muscular foreign policy approach, this is going to be a good opportunity for them tomorrow night. carly fiorina to a lesser extent has been doing the same thing. marco rubio in particular really needs to define ted cruz s foreign policy as weak and inconsistent. that s his number one job tomorrow night. if he can t manage to do that, really appeal to the sense of frustration with the obama administration when it comes to dealing with isis, the real fear that s out there for many americans as it relates to terror, if he can t make his case, then i think ted cruz has unstoppable momentum going into iowa. so it s a very import
to lump marco rubio with president obama and hillary clinton in terms of their foreign policy approach. cruz saying that he would not he would want to leave bashar al assad in syria in place. do you think that distinction can stick? is that a good foreign policy place for ted cruz to be? i think that s a very good distinction because right now we sit there and ted cruz points out that over and over again, we take out these leaders and we don t have i aplan. like this administration does not have a plan in assad comes in and groups like isis come in and take over. this is a good distinction for cruz to make from rubio because they do share a large part of the same base. the other distinction is going to be this immigration policy. the policy that put trump on top, the policy that put cruz on top is severely different from what marco rubio has. so i think this is a great distinction. however, i think the fight going forward is going to be cruz the media or the establishment putting
trusting relationship. president obama said the ties were severed before he came to office and he is not interested in keeping the relationship cold and secretary of state john kerry men with him in panama and called it a show of progress. the belief is powerful by engaging, going to have greater travel and greater ability to move and to visit, ideas and opportunities will grow, that the cuban people themselves have a great opportunity for expression and exchange of views and that will promote a transformation. critics argue the united states should be wary of the historic relationship and argue a stronger foreign policy approach. the president has a misguided calculation that if you open your hands to dictators they will unclench their 50. it was an opportunity to have