Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. But what is Donald Trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion . It didnt change a vote. So this is a problem. So if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the Obama Administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. Trump is not stupid well, i wont say stupid or not. Trump wants to deny that russia could have had an influence in 2016 and theyre saying russia could well have had an influence. I understand that some of us are being too cynical about this briefing, but again without the president on it, how do you take it credibly. If makes a big difference. If it were the president , it would be Something Else. The white house continues to want to say and they say this repeatedly, this administration has been toughe
this president alone has stood up and protected americans interest whether it s on trade, on immigration, or foreign policy, he s ended decades of debacles to put the interest of u.s. citizens first and we should all celebrate that. reporter: steven miller always good to talk to you. thank you. reporter: gillian? john another great interview. leland? leland: we bring in freshman congressman member of the house foreign affairs committee good to see you, sir. we appreciate it. you just listened to steven miller there with john roberts anything with mr. miller on which you agree? that s hard to find. you know, i did agree with president trump that we needed to take on china, but we need to , if we re going to go to war against china we need to go to war with our allies, not by ourselves and you know mr. miller just said we need to celebrate this. i m not celebrating the fact that the average american has just gotten a $1,000 tax
all of that s going to be on the agenda here. but i think this will thrust, again, russia and the issue of russia being part of the g7 and getting it around the table and getting vladimir putin around the table here back on the agenda. but there are so many other things that are on the agenda here. but the reality is and the french president has spoken about this, that he is not expecting a communique this year. because of what happened in many ways last year when president trump refused to sign. he doesn t want to go through that again. he knows the issues here that are coming up are going to be very divisive, climate change, trade. you also see macron emerging here sort of taking from and putting it in the position you might traditionally see the united states. he is going to be trying to get a ratcheting of tensions between the united states and macron.
blowback from some of his decision. whether it s on trade. whether it s turning a blind eye to russian aggression. turning a blind eye to north korea aggression as well. and so here he is on the world stage. we ll see what comes out of it. nobody knows. it ll be the trump show. that s all we know. okay. unsettled g7, potential arms race that some people say we re already in. by the way, the amazon rain forest is on fire as we speak. happy friday. good to see you. give us the big picture on all of this. it s the chaos presidency. jeb bush said it. if you have this chaos candidate, you d have a chaos presiden presidency. chaos at the border and now beyond the border. that s what you re going to see with the g7. part of the thing david axelrod has been talking about is this fatigue now. you have people even people who might love the tax cuts, who might like the conservative
focus on china. we re still in an uncertain world. i think the uncertainty is how the president likes it, but it s certainly not how republicans and congress like it, whether it s on trade or foreign policy. going back to the foreign policy point for a second, i mean, the credibility questions are growing even among republicans. lindsey graham said this week on capitol hill that all of us are in the dark when it comes to iran and you have a lot of people protesting for briefings and wanting more information from the administration. certainly republicans are sighing a big breath of relief, especially as this kind of clears the way for congress to begin considering begin considering the u.s., mexico, canada trade deal. a lot uncertainty remains and that s certainly not what republicans like right now. what about the immigration plan? i mean, i don t get it. i don t get it. what i think honestly, it s a signal from the white house he has a problem on this issue for his own elect