Himself of south korea is not in any way suggesting that trump should just accept. Be cautious, first engage at a lower level and trump is like no, i want to do it, lets announce it now. The south koreans end up making the announcement in the driveway in front of the white house. On every level, this is unprecedented, and yet on every level, this is par for the course and what we should expect with President Trump. Normally presumably you would have had the president say, lets think about it. Sure. Lets convene a National Security council meeting. Even president moon jaein, the south korean president all for engagement and negotiation, offered to meet with kim jongun he said if the continues are right, let me think about this. Ill get back to you. President trump normal situation should have done convene a meeting and talk about pros and cons of having such a Summit Meeting with kim jongun, and then coordinate the policy and
then announce it. So stanley, whats wrong with trying this .
he handed over his presidency to the establishment wing of the republican party, which proceeded to attack obamacare, roll back regulations and pass a huge tax cuts for companies and wealthy americans. but now, he is moving hard on tariffs and also immigration. as is often the case, trump may be more in line with his party s base than most of its leaders. recent poll finds that voters overwhelmingly oppose trump s tariffs as does the republican establishment, but most republican voters support them. in fact, over the last decade, republican support for free trade has dropped a staggering 20 points. the new republican party is now coming into view. it is a party skeptical about free markets, from adam smith to milton friedman they have recognized free trade is at the heart of what makes capitalism work and they pointed tariffs
himself of south korea is not in any way suggesting that trump should just accept. be cautious, first engage at a lower level and trump is like no, i want to do it, let s announce it now. the south koreans end up making the announcement in the driveway in front of the white house. on every level, this is unprecedented, and yet on every level, this is par for the course and what we should expect with president trump. normally presumably you would have had the president say, let s think about it. sure. let s convene a national security council meeting. even president moon jae-in, the south korean president all for engagement and negotiation, offered to meet with kim jong-un he said if the continues are right, let me think about this. i ll get back to you. president trump normal situation should have done convene a meeting and talk about pros and cons of having such a summit meeting with kim jong-un, and then coordinate the policy and
mexico and kaen canada but sayi anyone can have exemptions and the south koreans said thank you so much, trump, you re brilliant for organizing this meeting with kim jong-un but can we have an exemption. the u.s. government said we ll work on that, we ll take care of the south koreans. one last thought, italian elections, ian bremer, this seems to be pretty big news. i think this is the most significant anti-establishment vote in a major industrial democracy in decades. over 50% of the italians said they re either for the five-star movement, euro skeptic, the largest party now, or the northern league strongly anti-immigration. the establishment parties are devastated. it s not going to matter that much near-term, because the european economies are still doing well, but the fact that anyone that hoped that macron was sort of like turning the page and now we re pro-globalization, no. the anti-establishment sensibilities across all of
europe are a wave getting stronger and stronger and italy shows that decisively. to me, exactly right, the big news is populism is not dead. we have not past peak populism and italy shows that pretty powerfully. thank you all very much. fascinating conversation. for more on italy, i had a chance to interview one of the nation s finest minds about what it all means, go to cnn.com/fareed, see my chat. coming up here on gps why tariffs have turned into the biggest political battle in the united states, not between democrats and republicans, but between trump and the republicans. we ll be back in a moment. you wouldn t accept an incomplete job from any one else. so why accept it from your allergy pills? most pills don t finish the job because they don t relieve nasal congestion. flonase allergy relief is different.