then he started on that speech speech, which was so bizarre. that s when i got really worried. carnage in the street and the dark dispopian vision. i was sitting there like just wow, couldn t believe. and george w. bush says to me that was some weird [ bleep ]. that s still good. and bill fighting his poncho and having fun with it. what are you going to do? maybe we didn t evolve of this policy, but come on, willie, how much do we miss that story has been widely reported and it was mice to hear secretary clinton confirm that he did believe the american carnage speech at the inauguration was quote, some weird stuff. mike barn knack wiicle joinse table. also joining us, correspondent for g.q. magazine, julia yaffy.
here and to analyze and to talk about. what really stuck out to you in all of this? reporter: well, let me just give you a funny aside. think of all the times president trump has met with angela merkel and has been angry, criticized her, and sometimes hasn t even shook her hand, and sometimes barely looked at her. wow, what a seat change today. there are the president sitting next to her. there was smiling, almost exchanging inside jokes there. in all seriousness though, i think one of the headlines that stands out to me is that president trump says there will be a joint statement coming from this g7 about iran. this, of course, we know coming into this, president macron said there wouldn t be a joint communique. now, we have, apparently, an agreement on iran. i think the devil is going to be in the detail on these phone conversations president trump said he has had with chinese officials, that his officials have had with chinese officials, wanting to reopen the negotiations and get
way at poland, for example? i hadn t thought of that, but it could happen. it s a little soon. we ll be in poland, i guess, next week, and then we ll be heading back. it is a little too soon, but we re going to be there very soon, in germany. okay? thank you all very much. thank you. thank you. just wow. if you re joining us here for the first time on this monday morning, 5:43 a.m. eastern time, that was president trump alongside german chancellor angela merkel ahead of their bilateral meeting at the g7. a lot of news to get to. first, a couple hours ago, president trump shocked the world saying china has called. they had productive talks, and they thought they d make a deal on trade. that was enough to send the markets into recovery mode. that wasn t always. the president said that they have reached a deal or a conclusion with iran, more or less, that they have total unity among g7 leaders, and then broke
that s donald trump. you heard that. right there. it was donald trump who tweeted that the united states had turned to garbage under president obama. but there s more from the president today. and this can t come as a surprise when you consider how much the president admires strong men from kim jong un to vladimir putin. if we want to fight a war in afghanistan and win it. i could win it in a week. i just don t want to kill 10 million people. does that make sense? i don t want to kill 10 million people. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it would be over in ten days. and i don t want to do that. wow. just wow. casually mentioning that you don t want to kill 10 million
you heard that. right there. it was donald trump who tweeted that the united states had turned to garbage under president obama. but there s more from the president today. and this can t come as a surprise when you consider how much the president admires strong men from kim jong un to vladimir putin. if we want to fight a war in afghanistan and win it. i could win it in a week. i just don t want to kill 10 million people. does that make sense? i don t want to kill 10 million people. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it would be over in ten days. and i don t want to do that. wow. just wow. casually mentioning that you don t want to kill 10 million people.