is going sour happened already in russia. a lot of things that the russians are doing to us involve just kind of jollying us along. when we think of mr. trump saying, well, yeah, of course interfering with special elections okay, everybody does it, that s exactly the line which russia is trying to push. there aren t facts, there s not law, there s not justice. everything s really a joke. only power matters. what we re seeing today is how this fits together. it s not just that russia helped mr. trump to get elected, there s a certain russian way of doing politics has spread widely. is the idea that there s no reason for russia to be held to account for bad behavior because there is no such thing as good behavior, there is no moral leadership in the world or moral expectation in terms of how countries should behave, and the u.s. as the world s policeman, we were obviously a number one target for them on that, but that s basically how they sold their international standing for
just kind of jollying us along. mr. trump saying, well, yeah, of course interfering with special elections okay. everybody does it. that s exactly the line which russia is trying to push. there aren t facts, there s not law, there s not justice. everything s really a joke. only power matters. what we re seeing today is how this fits together. it s not just that rush helped mr. trump to get elected, there s a certain russian way of doing politics has spread widely. is the idea that there s no reason for russia to be held to account for bad behavior because there is no such thing as good behavior, there is no moral leadership in the world or moral expectation in terms of how countries should behave, and the u.s. as the world s policeman, that s basically how they sold their international standing for a generation now? logically it makes no sense. either things are good or not good. if it s bad to invade countries
really meritless objections they ve been doing routinely for the depositions of the state department folks or ukraine folks. i think they probably won t and that they will proceed with dispatch. they can try the same tactic, but right now the initiative is in congress, and they could still go forward if the white house doesn t play ball. that s one big difference with where things have been going all the way to date with the aftermath of the mueller report. that s a great, great point there about how much of this, this sort of balance of power, perceived power matters in the actual legal framework here. thanks for making time tonight. thank you. ahead as the president threatens the whistle-blower, rants about the impeachment inquiry, reports of toment panic at the white house. but first thing one, thing two is back. and that s next. t thing one, tho is back. and that s next. you wouldn t accept an incomplete job from anyone else.
freedom and the context of what happened in our election, how are you feeling this week? i m feeling like people are understanding something which we needed to understand from the beginning, namely that we re all in this together. a lot of the ways our democracy is going sour happened already in russia. a lot of things that the russians are doing to us involve just kind of jollying us along. so with mr. trump saying, well, yeah, of course interfering with special elections is okay. everybody does it. that s exactly the line which russia is trying to push. there aren t facts, there s not law, there s not justice. everything s really a joke. only power matters. what we re seeing today is how this all fits together. it s not just that russia helped mr. trump to get elected, there s a certain russian way of doing politics has spread pretty widely. is the idea that there s no reason for russia to be held to account for bad behavior because there is no such thing as good behavior, there
almost as one person said on twitter, sorry, it is like the marie antoinette sweepstakes going on here. the president has always said he has all these rich people around him, and they are successful and that is xwratd, is great, is th problem? this is the risk you run when people have not really struggled themselves. sympathizing with the people who have to support you to keep you in power matters. and not every rich person is unsympathetic. but this administrationbit of n to bridge that gap. when you say these things at the outset, you can t get a loan without some sort of collateral anyway, and the fact that person after person after person is trying to make light of it, i think the trump administration has at various points said look, there is a bit of short term pain here for the long term gain. we ve heard that line being trotted out when we were talking about the tariffs and changing the trade policies.