persecution u human trafficking, sex trafficking, the list goes on, nothing is being done to address that issue. people will continue to come for safety, for security and to preserve their their life because this is what this is about, it s survival and we need to start addressing the issue which is talking about these 3 countries in the northern triangle of why folks are coming here and working with those countries to try to stop the crisis that s coming unless addressing it from a foreign policy standpoint and from national security along with the humanitarian crisis that s happening here in our border. it s a travesty. eric: someone was talking about that in fox news town hall a few days ago, julian castro, this is what he said on directly exactly what you said. we need antonio vest immigration judiciary that s independent and has enough judges and supports staff to actually go through all of the claims for asylum so that people are not waiting in limbo years
never weigh in on our an arms sale again. there s always some emergency somewhere in the middle east that would allow a president to say that they can t take the time to come to congress. if republicans don t step up right now on the tariff issue, on the arm sale issue, you re setting a precedent whereby congress is permanently taking itself out of the game and you re starting to become an imperial presidency from a foreign policy standpoint which is not what the constitution drafters envisioned. senator, your colleagues in the senate on the republican side had a meeting on a different issue yesterday with some officials from the white house and that is about the proposal of these tariffs on mexico. we heard in different reporting from ted cruz, mitch mcconnell himself saying we don t like tariffs, this is a bad idea, senator cruz reported to have told white house officials go back to the white house and tell them you didn t hear a single yes from republicans on this idea, do you bel
pushing forward a bold agenda not only from the domestic standpoint but foreign policy standpoint as well in terms of the growth of our economy, of his list of accomplishments that this that the president is focused on every day. so if the democrats want to keep their impeachment talk where they know there is no collusion and transparent and cooperative in the process is a losing strategy for them. the american people want the democrats, the president, republicans to work together to solve problems for our nation. that s what the president is focused on every day. if they want to use impeachment as their political maneuver, they can go and try but let me tell you something, they will lose. at this point as we say the president is very focused on the agenda on insuring we can find bipartisan solutions on infrastructure and trade and keep this economy booming as he has been able to accomplish in his short time in office. sandra: as far as the president and his team changing their t
accomplishments in that way. i want to bring back in david gergen who s a presidential advisor to pick up on what wolf blitzer was talking about. we have to remember during that time, david, there was the first gulf war that we dealt with. operation desert shield which became operation desert storm, but it lasted for less than a month from january 16th, 1991 to february 27th, 1991 where the u.s. declared victory in iraq. i m wondering how much that had to do with the outcome of that particular election. well, you know, the there are two things that i think from a foreign policy standpoint stand out and then we can move to the politics of it. i think were particularly instructive how they handled foreign policy well and be successful at it.
withdrawal of the u.s. from the u.n. human rights council. a lot of people thought was, well, interesting but maybe overdue. absolutely. so often the u.n. has been just the institution for dictators and it requires someone willing to stand up to these autocrats. sandra: you were there for the swearing in ceremony of brett kavanaugh, the public ceremony that occurred last night. this is coming as quite a shock. i hope it s nothing personal with the ambassador. look, it s unusual timing, to be candid. so close to an election. you said four weeks away to have an influential and well-respected member of the president s team resign. hopefully we ll learn more as the president talks about it. i do think from a foreign policy standpoint, sandra, that