to give over our former ambassadors for russian interrogation. we talk about how the republicans are afraid of donald trump s base and they re afraid of getting primaried and losing the election with a wayward tweet from the president. the atlantic had an interesting op-ed, that said if republicans banded together they have strength in numbers. the party ultimately needs them more than they need donald trump. if they were able to come together and work and work together to push back on the president they would be able to maintain their integrity and a lot of their policy positions, and at the same time rein donald trump in. you re going to have a hard time telling a party that they have to rein their president. isn t that what checks and balances is though? that s what it should be, but it s not what it is right now. that s for democrats and republicans. there s a much deeper issue here, congress, the bigger
you were a european country, this idea that strength in numbers with nato is not something that america would be interested in is terrifying. if you are latvia and georgia, you are fighting the reality on the ground. you are going to lose some of your sovereignty to russia if nato falls apart. the comment that is the president made yesterday to the secretary general of nato are shocking if you are one of the countries and rely on european strength in numbers. we heard from the german chancellor beyond being awkward with the american president, she harkened back to recent history in this continent when germany was under russian occupation. it s a real thing and it happened a generation ago. when you talk to the leaders, there is a real fear that europe is falling apart. ask prime minister may how that is working out for her.
can hurt you. democrats like the president s actions on this issue. others aren t so sure. this is a local issue for politicians. some republicans may be fearful of crossing the president, but they may be more fearful of losing their elections in november. so it s a tug of war between how popular trump s actions are in their home state versus what the economic ramifications are. and it s a tug of war for voters. how much do they like trump versus how much are these tariffs hurting them? there s a strength in numbers issue, where you have the entire part y co y y part y coalescing behind this. i wouldn t mind spending time on that. we ll watch this one. we started the show by talking
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