now, he was the former ambassador from 2006 to 2009, he s widely trusted in the state department, in foreign policy circles, when he finally took the job, there was a sigh of relief from folks who knew u.s. policy well. it s going to be a pivotal moment to hear from him. he as you said, is the one who suggested there was quid pro quo. and he texted u.s. ambassador to the eu saying, it would be crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. he got a response saying, he had misunderstood something, the question,what did he misunderstand, how is he going to explain that to lawmakers tomorrow. yes, it reads like someone who s trying to provide a paper trail. exactly. president trump just did something we ve rarely seen him do. why it could be a big lesson for republicans. a tweet put an end to his
what we call the syrian democratic forces, to leave a besieged area and for turkish-backed opposition forces, which are heavily infiltrated with extremists, committing war crimes and other atrocities, to move in. so it s really not that great a deal. in a cascading crisis like this with americans in harm s way in particular, you want to try to buy time, so there s merit for the administration to try to buy time, but we have a long way to go. this will be decided on tuesday when erdogan meets with putin in sochi, in russia. and trump at this point is pretty much a bystander. brett, you heard the president celebrating that u.s.-brokered cease-fire, but in foreign policy circles, the deal is being framed as a gift to syria and russia. is that, in fact, the case? well, again, look, the fact of the matter here is over the last ten months, president trump announced that he wanted out of syria in december. he arbitrarily cut what was a small force in half. that basically reduced all of ou
abandoning the kurds again. we did it in the early 90 s in the end of the first gulf war, that s what s boiling some of the foreign policy circles. howie: on the point ray suárez, gillian turner, mollie hemingway, good to see you. the new york times gets ripped by joe biden, the president also gets a few
abandoning the kurds again. we did it in the early 90 s in the end of the first gulf war, that s what s boiling some of the foreign policy circles. howie: on the point ray suárez, gillian turner, mollie hemingway, good to see you. the new york times gets ripped by joe biden, the president also gets a few no matter what i wore, i worried someone might see my bladder leak underwear. so, i switched. to always discreet boutique. its shape-hugging threads smooth out the back. so it fits better than depend. and no one notices.
this is a position where it was one of the most prestigious in foreign policy circles. but now as i said earlier, people are afraid of being tainted as political operatives. they re worried that they may have to say no to an ambassador, and years later when they go back to, say, the state department or their other agency, that may come to haunt them. anita, the comment by senator lindsey graham that iran would take this as a sign of weakness if we did not hit back and even perhaps on behalf of the kingdom, what an interesting kind of soft trolling of his good friend, the president, who was forced to react to that today. yes. senator lindsey graham knows how to get under president trump s skin. he clearly knew what he was saying and felt like he wanted to break with the president. obviously the two are very close. they talk frequently about a variety of issues. and he s an important ally to