lovely to see you all again. the taliban are in controljust 45 miles south of kabul, the regional warlords and militia groups to whom the president has turned in afghanistan s hour of need, evidence that his army trained by the now departed americans is inadequate in the fight. one by one provincial capitals have fallen, clive, when you look at the picture in afghanistan the director of national intelligence who worked withjoe biden when he was vice president, jake clapper, said was inevitable,
lack impulse control, he does seem to sometimes fly off the hand m, and as i said earlier, be reactive. he also seems to be vengeful. on the other hand, we know it s true that in the modern era, the president has, you know, the president could not to alarm people out there, but the president could start a nuclear war. any president could, without congressional approval, like this is the way it works in the modern era. so you know, we have seen, remember linden johnson runs for president in 1964 and scares everybody about barry goldwater, so i don t want to stoke fear. but this is dni jake clapper, not me saying this. we have seen them when they think the mikes aren t on, and we have heard them, there is a lot of republicans out there who are concerned. don t they think about this
i love the great state of arizona, not a fan of jeff flake, weak on crime and borders. jake, thank you for joining us, i wonder what you thought about trump s attacks on two senators from that state. a war hero who right now is battling brain cancer, going through very extensive medical treatment, did not even wish senator mccain a speedy recovery. yeah, it s disappointing is probably the most nice thing i can say about that. john mccain, i have gotten to know him since i have been in congress and he and i have grown to become friends and i ll tell you, even if we don t agree on every issue, i have an idea that every avote this man takes, he believes it s right for america.
north korea? the rhetoric is not useful, specifically the president s rhetoric. i think general mattis was more of a caution to the north koreans and not a threat. the president was clearly using a threat yesterday. i m sort of siding to where rex tillerson is. it s a problem. it s a serious issue, but we don t need to hyper ventilate about it right now. we have a little bit of time. there are other things going on. so serious, need to work the issue, but i don t think we re facing some imminent catastrophe. a good sign, we haven t changed the watch condition for u.s. forces in korea, we haven t changed the defense condition for u.s. position in korea, we have not moved u.s. forces in the direction of korea. i think those are the real indicators, jake. watch retired general jake
ice cream, he gets two. look, my two children would gladly be president if they could get double the number of scoops of ice cream. sean: hey, jake clapper, cnn, are you really proud of that? two scoops of ice cream. everyone else gets one. that s news? sadly that coverage is just a small sample and frankly it s a somewhat not in example it s a some innocent example of what the president is facing. in the past 24 hours, the anti-trump media has been in overdrive. you have to stop putting kellie anne on the air. it s politics porn. you re just getting your little ratings crack. it s disgusting so consistently she lies that it s almost like watching a car wreck on the highway when you re driving by. you just can t get your eyes off her. the optics i see is the guy that s the accidental dictator when i say accidental dictator, he never thought he d be in office. nowness office. he doesn t know how to act differently. that doesn t make sense that s how you do business when