after president trump scolded allies in his nato address and failed to sign on to a climate change agreement at the g7 summit german chance lar angela merkel suggested europe can no longer entirely rely on the you states. she emphasized europe must take its destiny into its own hands. joining me now are steve clemons, editor at large of the atlantic and an msnbc contributor, john finer, form earp chief of staff to secretary of state john kerry, and gordon chang is a daily beast columnist and author of many books including nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world. gentlemen, good to see you here. thank you for joining us on memorial day. steve, let s start with you. angela merkel said what people have been thinking. there has been an erosion in u.s. relations with our european allies. we have a president who has articulated things other american presidents have been concerned about in the past. but there s never been a question that the u.s. and europe are together when it
lot of confessional in it. a lot of counseling sessions. there have been a lot of people writing and talking about alcoholism and bulimia but this is different. all those other issues have to do with themselves. this has to do with something he sent to women unsolicited. it borders on harassment if not crossing a line. the yuck factor is fairly pronounced in this case. yeah. and, eleanor, we should make note anthony weiner s wife is very close to hillary clinton. but both hillary clinton and form earp president bill clinton are staying out of this race. does that surprise you or does it say to you they just don t want any part of it? they say that they have connections to many of the people that are involved in the new york mayoral race but still. well, yeah, it s a primary and so you can always say we don t take sides in a primary. the clintons are taking their clue from his wife and i think she did her part by staying with
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