he did it on the world stage on now a divergence between where he really did hurt america and our closest allies. that s why it can t work. can you imagine the relief must have felt with the empty america s reputation and chair? that would have been credibility. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. embarrassing. national affairs analyst for the equivalent of trying to negotiate a communique. there s no consensus so couldn t msnbc and co-host and executive producer of showtime s the circus, john heilemann. succeed. as alex said in my ear, not president of the council on leading from me hind, leading from an empty chair and elise, one of the great disappointments foreign relations and author of is that we all have a president the book a world in disarray now who relates more to richard haass. pulitzer prize winning columnist autocrats and right wing and associate editor of the washington post and msnbc nationalists in central and political analyst eugene robinso