themselves have to wonder whether or not they should actually be covering this t speech or sitting there listening to comedians make fun of the president at their dinner. it is a good political movement, is that fair to say? he s in his element. it is a win-win for him. it is an excellent move and he can say he was in washington. it s true. it s washington township. [laughter] exactly. in michigan. he can say that. what about the more aggressive attacks on the press that he sometimes takes the opportunity of an evening like this to really go after the reporters that are there that are on the rise there and say this is, you know, at one point the enemy of the people or something like that on a night when journalists are gathering back in washington to talk about the merits of journalism? from the beginning of his campaign, president and then candidate trump at that point, has waged a war on the press. and as somebody who feels strongly about how important the 1st amendment a
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this morning the united states is no longer a global leader in combatting climate change. president trump is with drawing the u.s. from the paris climate accord. the sweeping move fulfills a campaign promise but it s prompting sharp backlash from nations around the globe. speaking from the rose garden the president wants to renegotiate key parts of this agreement but there s stark warnings this morning that the u.s. is seeding a leadership world it s held in shaping global events since world war ii. key u.s. allies are telling president trump they re not willing to renegotiate the paris climate agreement. leaders are all telling the white house there will be no renegotiations in response to the president s comments he would like to strike a better climate deal. the president made it speech he s thinking more about key voters in states like pennsylvania than the u.s. allies that are now disappointed
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relationships in eastern syria to do it. so i was very disappointed in this speech and what i heard other panelists say. this was kind of more of the same. the very fact that they announced a financial meeting on december 17th tells you the strategy has supposed to been hitting it on all fronts already, so you re hitting logistic targets today, which tells me that s a reaction to the events, not a strategy, now you re announcing the financial services on december 17th. that s a reaction to the terrorist attack in california. not a strategy. and i just don t see any difference. so if you want to have something that doesn t look like 100,000 troops on the ground, i think that s a terrible idea, you have to be able to function on all cylinders on all fronts. that means you have to have diplomatic fixing of relationships with our arab league partners, have to have u.s. intelligence operation on the ground much more robust than we have. and you can t just send a special forces task force. i