there was this racist undertone to all of this. and birtherism at its core is racist, right? and so it started in 2008. even john mccain speaking of john mccain, he had to at events, he had to tell his supporters, no, he s not a muslim. he actually was born in the united states. and it was the opposition party that continued to push this. but here is the thing, joy. at the end of the day, barack obama, president obama, is leaving with high record approval ratings in spite of the opposition. i have to put up this, mike huckab huckabee, he made a statement that president obama grew up in kenya. of course that s false. you re making a stew of things that are obviously false and things that are true. he was weak. he was weak. then why is the united states more respected now than when george w. bush but the united states is in every measure, when
the coziness that donald trump has with putin. and one thing we need to look at is not just fighting among ourselves about this, but making sure we engage in some of the things that the governor talked about in terms of going after russia ourselves. to be sure, kevin, he made these comments about vladimir putin on the campaign trail and was then elected president. the american people weren t too uncomfortable with that relationship. i want to throw to this. it s important to remind everybody. when president obama newly elected president obama was promising outgoing russian president about more flexibility, this was back in 2012, you ll remember it when you see it. after my election i have more flexibility. [ inaudible ] and to remember, president obama was leaning in and said there, this is my last election. after my election i have more
to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy but will plan our steps based on the policies of the trump administration. we will not create problems for u.s. diplomats. we will not expel anyone. charles krauthammer observing that the russian strong man isn t keeping his feelings about the current president is secret. putin is showing his complete contempt for obama, the way it laughs it off. it s a smart move on the part of the russians. you put no pressure on trump and give him the option to drop the sanctions. these sanctions are meaningless. we ll have reaction from governor mike huckabee on how the next administration should handle this. first we go to peter doocy in florida with more on president-elect trump s answer.
involved in ukraine or crimea or syria. but suddenly now that e-mails have been leaked, it s a problem. kevin address the timing. the timing is what everybody like to talk about in the weak wake of all of this. if they knew this for months. chairman mccall was telling obama do something about this months ago. why are they acting now? it s a difficult answer. yeah, that s a great question. i would agree that on one square you could say this may be too little too late in terms of the obama administration. i want to go back to something you said with governor huckabee. it s not the impact of the hacking, it s the fact. when russia decided to engage in espionage and interfere with our elections, it had a big impact that people want to talk about. but the mere fact that they re doing is something we need to talk about. america is really uneasy with
syria. but suddenly now that e-mails have been leaked, it s a problem. kevin address the timing. the timing is what everybody like to talk about in the weak wake of all of this. if they knew this for months. chairman mccall was telling obama do something about this months ago. why are they acting now? it s a difficult answer. yeah, that s a great question. i would agree that on one square you could say this may be too little too late in terms of the obama administration. i want to go back to something you said with governor huckabee. it s not the impact of the hacking, it s the fact. when russia decided to engage in espionage and interfere with our elections, it had a big impact that people want to talk about. but the mere fact that they re doing is something we need to talk about. america is really uneasy with