his people to do an independent study. an independent research, independent investigation. and what we have as a result of mueller s investigation? we have one after another of the top people around president trump indicted, indicted, indicted, plus untold numbers of russians. the fact is the republicans and it s very sad because i was on the house judiciary committee. republicans worked with demtz to try to find the truth. they work with democrats on the senate watergate committee to try to find the truth. that s what we should be finding. whether it leads to the president or not, not to try to vilify another party, not to try to vilify those people who are looking for the truth. these were people, mccabe, comey, and others, they were doing their jobs and they were doing their jobs when they had no manual telling them the vilification of the fbi is interesting, malcolm. the president retweeted something rush limbaugh said, saying, these guys, the investigators, ought to be in
looking into the president of the united states as quite possibly a traitor? we ve never been there before. we ve been in a situation before where the fbi was investigating people close to the president of the united states when that happened with nixon. we ve never had a president before had to be investigated for possible treason or a conspiracy with a foreign country, or being the puppet of a foreign country. these are extremely dangerous situations. there s not there s no blueprint for that. i m sure in the fbi headquarters you can answer that. there s no manual that said, the president may have committed treason, here s what you do. they re on uncharted grounds and it s scary and dangerous. they obviously are sensitive to some of the points that were raised. this is a democracy. we can t have law enforcement taking down the president. but in a democracy, the president can t be above the law. so how to do it? what luz says, malcolm, is
an immediate withdrawal of troops from that war-torn nation. watch this. we re going to be removing our troops. i never said we re doing it that quickly. we won t be finally pulled out until isis is gone. how long is the pullout period? going quickly. so the administration appearing to pump the brakes. national security adviser telling reporters in israel earlier today that the u.s. won t pull out of syria with a pledge from turkey not to attack the kurds in the region. for more i welcome nbc terrorism analyst malcolm nantz. we are a long way way from december 19th when the president announced he would pull forces out of syria and now walking that back. what do you think happened here behind the scenes? well, you never know what happens behind the scenes with donald trump, because any strategic planning which could have occurred at the joint chiefs level or political discussions that have occurred throughout nato and nato allies
could be superseded by one phone call from president erdogan a private call from vladimir putin. you never know. even netanyahu could have him reverse his own policies. but one thing that s very dangerous here is to understand that a pledge from the president erdogan of turkey is built on air. he can have wait until the very day u.s. forces leave. wait 24 hours and not commit and then carry out a massive incursion against the kurds. so you know, president trump is going on these private relationships to make these deals, and it s just going to end in bloodshed and death. talk to me about bolton s announcement, malcolm, that the u.s. will lead a koconditional withdrawal based on the syrians not being attacked by the turks? based on a phone call we really don t know what was
pushed by liberal cry babies. who else? the online posts received nearly 264 million engagements as they re called across platforms. that includes likes, retweets, shares. with us to talk about this tonight, and in seriousness, malcolm nantz, veteran of navy intelligence, special ops, homeland security. 35 years working in counterterrorism. his latest book is called the plot to destroy democracy: how putin and his spies are undermining america and dismantling the west. malcolm, most people if you ask them will say, yeah, the schools are in terrible shape except the one my kid goes to. so as a consumer matter, i m guessing a lot of people think, i m too stamart for this, i m n going to go for this propaganda, that couldn t work on me. tell us what this looks like, what it looked like in 2016, what it still looks like on our