and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half hour after i said go ahead. and i didn t like it. i didn t think it was i didn t think it was proportionate. president trump in an exclusive interview with chuck todd explaining how he weighed his option to launch a military strike on iran. the retaliation for the downing of a u.s. unmanned drone. joining me now bill richardson, a long and distinguished career. what do you make of the calculation the president said he used to call off the strike? well, first it shows that he didn t have all the options and consequences when he was moving toward calling for a military strike. the administration. so it shows that there isn t a
shown such reluctance to admit that. we saw that with the comment last week after whether he would take dirt from a foreign government and he was like sure, why not. final word to you josh on this. any expectations on it? i think the president will be going into this g-20 summit more isolated than any u.s. president in recent history. he started so many fights with our allies in europe as well as the showdown with china where he doesn t seem to have the backing of a lot of other countries around the world. iran is probably the prime example of that where he backed out of the iran deal and may be asking other countries to help the u.s. in this showdown with iran. they really have no incentive to do it. alex, the think ing revolves around what is good for him. he s not going too ask vladmir putin to do something if he thinks it s good for him. i was waiting for someone to say that. thank you for what you said.
we have have a stronger hands in the court and continue to provide the american public with truth which is what we demand from this president. florida congresswoman, thank you so much for weighing in on both these important topics. thank you. what the president calls disgusting as he weighs his options for iran. that s next. weighs his options for iran that s next. the leading luxury suv of all time. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $399/month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. going back to the doctor just for a shot. with neulasta onpro. .patients get their day back. .to be with. . family. .or just to sleep in. strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. in a key study. .neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17%.
the north korean economy is sanctioned. it s important for every one to remember this is of the iranian economy is sanctioned. i don t want to get out in front of what we ll announce tomorrow, but this will be a further effort to ensure their capacity not only to grow their economy becomes more and more difficult. first stops will be in saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. the president making his 2020 run official. as he discussed with nbc chuck todd earlier he has his eyes on staying in the white house. you prepared to lose? no. probably not. probably not. it would be much better if i said, yeah. it will be much easier to say yes. i m probably not too prepared to lose. i haven t lost very much. joining me now, national
that s what we need. yeah. diplomacy, but when you talk about the military people, okay, wait, we haven t had a defense secretary for about six months now. wait. we had an acting defense secretary. he s gone. we have someone just coming in. there s no continuity. how fearful does that make you? well, i m concerned. i m concerned. but we had the joint chiefs of staff there. you know, we have very talented military people. that does give me a lot of concern that we have not had a secretary of defense, and that we have not had a united nations ambassador that usually is for diplomacy at the cabinet level. we haven t even confirmed that. there s an absence of personnel, but i think what is needed now is diplomacy. use countries like qatar that have ties to iran. let s get into some secret talks to deescalate. look, this nuclear fuel issue, we don t want iran to move ahead