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the president is doing this in syria. he campaigned as a president who did not believe in projecting american power abroad. he does believe in a robust military. he does not believe in projecting american power. this is something he said he would do, and so i think the question now is is the political calculus different going forward? does the specter of impeachment create a different political atmosphere in which this becomes a larger problem for him than it might have otherwise been? because voters generally across the spectrum, if they don t like trump, there s a lot about it, but his foreign policy, hesitancy to use american power hasn t been one of his problems but it s possible given the strong words from republicans that this will seep into the 2020 campaign. we ve seen some democratic presidential candidates have strong words for him. it will be curious to see in the upcoming presidential debate if they present a foreign policy vision that includes saying i would not do this if
our democratic alliances, while embracing dictators who appeal to his vanity, and make no mistake about it, the world sees trumpeter what he is. insincere, ill-informed, and impulsive. harris: .com of course, former vice president joe biden moments ago laying into president trump. right now he is unveiling his foreign policy vision in new york city. peter doocy is live at that event. peter? harris, based on what we ve heard over the last couple of minutes, his for 2020 is that he pledged to reclaim american leadership in the world is going to beat a pledge to make america great again. the threat that i believe president trump poses to our
what are you going to do. it stings for sure sometimes. he s trying to draw, as well, we noticed with his foreign policy experience, which he has a lot of. he paint aed a dire picture of another four years for the trump administration. he s impaired our relationships with the closest allies. he s cozied up with dictators. i think biden is right that this election is a referendum. if president trump wins another term, we are likely to see an even more unconstrained foreign policy vision. this is an opportunity for the democrats, for a long time the republicans really have had a hold on being the national security party. we have seen trump sort of disavowing core republican tenents on things like being tough on russia, on north korea. they will make the case that progressives are the party of national security.
people have criticized bush administration of being too interventionist. we are talking about opposite potential with trump. almost like the voice from the great beyond being like don t go that far over. i think a lot of people in this town agree with republicans who agree with george bush s world view of the world than trump s view of the world. this is the debate raging inside the republican party still trying to figure out what trump s foreign policy vision is especially in light of these new folks putting in the administration. to the point about bolton he was a provocative voice not always loved in the west wing. we ll see how that one plays out. we bring it to the homefront. michael cohen embraces the