place about russia rejoining, it needs to change its approach. the president s arrival here comes amid tensions allies draconian u.s. trade policies will not only hurt workers across the globe it will hit particularly hard workers in the states. get tough talk met with equal force from french president emmanuel macron who tweeted. this the american president may not mind being isolate but neither do we mind signing a six country agreement if need be. now, the president did meet briefly with mr. macron earlier today although the white house tells us they are expected to meet a little bit for more lengthy bilateral conversation. also expected bilateral with justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister. that could happen here pretty quickly, shepard. of course, we will bring you a readout as soon as we get one. for now back to you. shepard: kevin, thanks. g-7 protesters promising a day of disruption. rick lesson that you is live on the streets of quebec
take place about russia rejoining, it needs to change its approach. the response from capitol hill was not any better. republican senator ben sasse called the president s comments weak. adding, putin is not our friend and he is not the president s buddy. he is a thug using soviet-style aggression to wage a shadow war against america, and our leaders should act like it. donald trump s friendly comments on russia came as he is taking more actions likely to please vladimir putin. new york magazine s jonathan shade observeds today, one of russia s principal foreign policy goals for decades has been to split the u.s. from its allies. whether by accident or design, president trump appears intent on bringing that dream to fruition. case in point, president trump s attacks on europe and canada over trade. they re trying to act like well, we fought with you in the wars. they don t mention the fact that they have trade barriers against our farmers.