It s also about the need to defend democracy at home. biden aides pointed out to me this week that, in some ways, donald trump is making their case for them. while president biden is overseas talking about democracy, what is donald trump doing? railing against the rule of law. railing against some of the fundamental tentenant, the foundation of american democracy here at home. my question to you is, is that argument going to resonate with voters? it absolutely is. i ll pile onto susan s point. contrast is everything in this election. i think the military is the greatest example to show the contrast between two men. you see donald trump who, you know, got off, didn t serve because of bunions, allegedly told john kelly, his chief of staff, as they were in a cemetery looking at fallen heros, why would anyone be a sucker and give their life for their country? that s all you need to know about donald trump. i said this before, the most compelling advertising campaign
You know, there is nothing more american. there is nothing that brings us together more than the military. to me, and donald trump has trashed it and trashed every institution, i think i ve said this before, i said before seeing that ad, and i believe it more than ever before, the military is the secret weapon. let s let it loose. gene, there s a lot of discussion, as you know, in this town at the moment about president biden s ability following the wall street journal article, which i know has had, you know, holes poked in it, but it s still causing i was at a meeting of democrats last night, and they were not bedwetting i don t like that phrase but they were raising concerns about, you know, how president biden is doing. what are you hearing from the campaign about how much more they re going to get the president out, how much more they ll get him speaking to people, how they re going to handle those concerns that are not disappearing amongst democratic ranks? yeah. i mea
They won t be with us much longer. i think that s what makes this particular year so moving. and to see president biden turn and address them directly. president macron, again and again, thanking them for the freedom of the french people. very moving yesterday. we ll see more of it today. susan, your piece for the new yorker is titled fighting trump on the beaches. in it, you write this, for what may well be his final d-day encore before the great battle passes from living memory, biden met the moment with a message that was bracing, urgent, and clarifying. neither stirring battlefield rhett nick nor snarky one-liners can explain how biden can extract hims from his current pred predicament, running dead even at best against a felonious ex-president. tell that to the boys of pointe du hoc. i don t think they d believe it. an excerpt from susan s new piece. susan, there was a split screen
And staff writer at the new yorker , susan glasser. katty, let me begin with you, reflections of what we ve seen so far in normandy with the president of the united states speaking alongside the french president yesterday, macron, and then, today, going back to pointe du hoc in normandy, at that spot that is sacred ground, actually, for so many people in europe and the united states, where those young men climbed the cliffs and began the liberation of europe. just your reflections on what we ve seen and, including, by the way, the meeting today with president zelenskyy. i think a couple of things, willie. obviously, there s the big speeches, right? there s president biden, king charles spoke, as well, president macron, but more than anything, for me, it s those images of these men. is this going to be the last time we see some of these elderly veterans? they were 20 back when they stormed those beaches. some were 17, 18 when they stormed those beaches. every time we have one of thes
In just a few moments, president biden continuing his trip in france, will meet with ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy in paris, as he continues to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. following that speech today, another back in normandy this afternoon. the bilateral meeting comes amid russia s growing aggression and tensions over the pace of u.s. military aid. good morning. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. and president emeritus on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. he is the author of the weekly newsletter home and away, available on substack. good morning to all of you. let s begin with kelly o donnell. we find her in paris this morning. kelly, what can we expect from the meeting today between president biden and president zelenskyy? president biden in the speech at