well and asking important questions. you got called on in brussels and to ask a question at cheque chequers. were you surprised when sarah sanders gave you a question here as well? you have to be prepared for questions with president trump and a journalist should be prepared anyway so i was prepared but surprised. i figured i had gotten a couple questions so i wasn t expecting to be the first one but i it s always a privilege to have an opportunity to ask questions. certainly in this case yesterday the fact that it was both the president of the united states and the president of russia having such a historic summit, there were important questions to ask and i was happy to play a role in that. jeff, did it surprise you when the first sentence out of the president s mouth when you asked him if he holds russia responsible for anything was a both sides answer once again, akin to charlottesville? and by the way the u.s. was in his words foolish. in the first sentence. it did but m
it was one week that donald trump nominated brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. most conservatives say that will make a difference for conservatism. republicans and conservatives are being squeezed. i don t know at what point he crosses the rubicon. i have seen more public criticism but there s a long way to go before he loses his party. ron, will republicans in congress just talk and issue these statements and say things like representative turner said on my show or will they do something? will they tie the president s hands with votes that are that the president can t veto? what are they going to do about it? the first thing to be clear about is there is a lot they could do and are choosing not to do. bob corker criticized the summit. isn t he the chair of a
believe republicans will act to bar against interference, another attack on our elections in 2018. one bill proposes heavy sanctions on russia if there is renewed hacking. another thing, democrats have backed this, is legislation protecting robert mueller. one thing donald trump did in this press conference was made it harder for him to fire robert mueller. but that wouldn t stop russia it would not. but the president insisted on the summit, it hurt him politically. ronald reagan was a proud defender of the free world. the fact that the american president didn t stand up and say we are going to protect our democracies in the u.s. and europe was astonishing and so against the republican and ronald reagan tradition. let stron what the president said yesterday applauding vladimir putin for an offer he made. listen to this. he offered to have the people
actions that have been taking place in syria, this is a country that does not deserve a pass. russia needs to be held accountable and the president of the united states is the one to do that. is there anything, one iota of something, that america gained yesterday? this was a dangerous summit to begin with. the president didn t set out what his goals, if you asked anyone what it would be, no one would be able to say so what we know now is the only thing that s come out of this summit is dangerous policies, dangerous statements, divisiveness between the president and congress, the president needs to make firm statements that he understands that russia is not an ally, that russia has meddled in the elections, that russia is a destabilizing force. he just left europe and chastised germany for being too close to russia because they buy their energy there and then went and gave a complete pass to russia and vladimir putin on