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pushed back, obviously, in recent weeks on the president s policy towards saudi arabia, pushed back a long time ago when he started attacking nato early in his term and also have not been hesitant to push back at times when he started engaging in trade wars and pushing tariffs. do you expect to hear more republicans in the senate strike back against the president, push back against the president s policies if they disagree with him? i do, joe. i think that at the end of the year you saw what was probably the most aggressive push back from the republican party as a whole on this president. basically since he was inaugurated. the challenge is that it s also the place where they have the least power. typically our presidents conduct our foreign policy, we often talk about politics stopping at the water s edge. congress has relatively limited tools in their arsenal if they do want to push back on the president, but i do think what you saw in that yemen vote was
conclusion. all of that, joe, all that we have been talking about here suggests, obviously, clearly, the walls are closing in on the presidency. 17 different investigations. all of it, i wonder, and with some fear, i would like to ask david about this, in terms of if wild card, this is all domestic that we are talking about here. but, there s clearly been a shift in policy in syria and turkey and is 2019, in your view, going to have an element of danger to it in terms of our foreign policy, reaction to what s happening in the middle east? almost all of it controlled by the president, depending on what he wants to do, a year of danger. we are closer to confrontation with russia. by that i mean shooting confrontation than any reasonable person would want.
states, hards to say. as we look forward, joe, we need to have north korea at the top of our minds. the north korean nuclear threat is as potent as it was a year ago. donald trump promised to sit down with kim jong-un. what is going to happen there? we go into a confrontation mode? many think it is likely. will the president pull another rabbit out of the hat? it s a question i m going to think about as the year turns. kasie, capitol hill, the year that was and the radical changes, dramatic changes coming in 2019. incredibly dramatic, joe. jonathan talked about the investigative portion of this. it s going to be, potentially, a really, really difficult year for this president and considering how 2018 went for him on the legal front, that is saying something.
new aveeno® maxglow™ infusion drops with kiwi to lock moisture. and soy to even skin tone. unleash dewy, glowing skin from within. new aveeno® maxglow™. welcome back to the special taped holiday edition of morning joe . still with us we have mike barnacle. jonathan lameer. david ignatius. and kasie hunt along with joe, willie and me. good to have you on board on this holiday. hope you enjoy yourselves. as we head into the new year there s multiple foreign policy questions facing the united states. chief among them saudi arabian relations the ongoing fallout from jamal khashoggi s murder and u.s. involvement in the saudi-led war in yemen. trump s trade war with china, which is beginning to have a massive impact on america s economy.