high-water mark of french/american cooperation. that was a low blow. since then, we have seen both britain and france as we did in the syrian strikes, stand with us. i want to close on a security point. which is how professional, how terrific the french armed forces are. we all know that brits are the top military nation in nato. with the united states. france is very, very close. i commanded a lot of french troops in afghanistan, syria, the balkans, libya, they re very good. let s keep the family together. let s keep the band together and i think nato is the best vehicle to be doing that. and today is a good time to remind americans, even during the most terrible times between the french, united states, 2002, 2003, 2004. i would talk to people in the intel community. when you started speaking poorly of france they would cut you off
president kennedy had this vision for america that was a very broad vision of america as a great civilization, not only a powerful military nation, he did serve in combat, but a great civilization that was great artistically, great scientifically. the moon shot, so i think he d be very troubled by the idea that we re going to cut science. great physically, he had the president s physical fitness challenge. in fact, my uncle bobby marched 50 miles in 20 hours, you know, to rouse the nation to become more physically fit. and so he conceived it the moon shot, the arts and humanities, civil rights act, gave one of the great speeches against religious discrimination, which the dalai lama comments on in the book, and that s really what we wanted to bring to the attention of the country, is this idea of america really great in every way, morally, not just militarily. thank you, sir. i m sorry to cut you short here, because we could go on a long
happened. the timing is unusual nonetheless, the officials in final provocation happened, russian jets buzzing the uss porter over the course of several hours in the black sea coming within 200 yards of our ship as it sat in international waters off the coast of romania, fox news contributor retired general jack ceen telling martha maccallum, the moves appear to test president trump. what they re trying to do martha is humiliate and embarrass the united states, unrat el them, give them the impression that the united states isn t the strong military nation that it has been in the past and its leadership is not strong. this is obviously done with mr. trump in mind, clearly. james mattis is traveling abroad and meeting with nato officials in brussels later today. many wondering here in washington if we are seeing a
this one was particularly dangerous. it is a provocation. what they are trying to do, martha, is humiliated and embarrassed the united states, particularly our allies, rattle them, give them the impression that the united states isn t the strong military nation that it has been in the past. the leadership is not strong. therefore, they want to weaken the relationship between the united states and our allies. that is what is taking place here. also, this is obviously done with mr. trump in mind. clearly. they want to see what his reaction is. martha: the absence of flynn, does not change the dynamic of mattis and others who are involved? they are clear that they are very much against the aggressiveness of russia. it has been mischaracterized about mike flynn and russia. he is clear-eyed about russia. he knows putin is a thug and a killer and he knows of the policies are trampling on united states national interest interests. the entire national security team knows this. the presiden
this one was particularly dangerous. it is a provocation. what they are trying to do, martha, is humiliated and embarrassed the united states, particularly our allies, rattle them, give them the impression that the united states isn t the strong military nation that it has been in the past. the leadership is not strong. therefore, they want to weaken the relationship between the united states and our allies. that is what is taking place here. also, this is obviously done with mr. trump in mind. clearly. they want to see what his reaction is. martha: the absence of flynn, does not change the dynamic of mattis and others who are involved? they are clear that they are very much against the aggressiveness of russia. it has been mischaracterized about mike flynn and russia. he is clear-eyed about russia. he knows putin is a thug and a killer and he knows of the policies are trampling on united states national interest interests. the entire national security team knows this. the presiden