culture of the very military that protects us right now which is a little bit of a difficult thing to swallow. could the president argue, hey, i m the commander-in-chief? he could. the idea that institutions themselves are disreputable and dis credible, it s nihilistic. it s saying all the traditions we built up are garbage and we need to start from scratch and we need to somehow the problem with our military is we re not taking the handcuffs off which is a juvenile playground approach to how we handle our affairs. kori, he ends with this, americans need to know that 99.9% of our uniformed members always have, always are and always will make the right decision. our allies need to know we remain a force for good and to bear with us as we go through this moment in time. how should both our allies and enemies make sense of this episode between the president and the military? what impact, if any at all, does
presidency rings well with military culture because we ve been at war for forever in afghanistan. kori shocky, matt welch, happy thanksgiving to the two of you. heading overseas, china condemning the united states for passing laws backing protesters in hong kong. president trump passed the two bills yesterday. they allow the u.s. to implement economic sanctions on hong kong and chinese officials guilty of human rights abuses. the bills put pressure on china and raise new questions about the future of a trade deal wen the u.s. and china. coming up, mayor pete buttigieg saying being gay helps him relate to black americans. why that s angering some voters. we were worried the balloons might not fly. the macy s thanksgiving day parade is not disappointing crowds. we ll be outside joining millions on the parade route today. you re watching msnbc. de route today. you re watching msnbc. tremfya® helps adults with moderate to severe
accurate. i also thinks it makes the foreign service look unprofessional to be doing that. edward? i have to disagree with her there because i think the issue isn t so much that foreign service officers disagree with trump administration policies it feels their expertise is being disdained and their voices aren t being heard on issues they have worked their entire lives on. it behooves secretary tillerson to put faith in and not political in their tasks. edward fishman, kori shocky, thank you for being here and your expert perspectives on this. we re talking about senator jeff flake who, himself, is talking about chaos. saying the last thing that our allies and adversaries have to be seeing. it comes as the president s son asks who in the party is defending my dad? we re going to take a closer look at that gop divide after the break. your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change,