Include a fourth bracket for high income workers. Details are being finalized. From the New York Times, on senator john mccain in his twilight, and unfettered voice against trumpism. The president heads to asia for a 12 nation trip including stops theapan, vietnam and philippines. It is the president s foreign policies that we begin this morning. A New York Times editorial under Trump America surrenders. We want to get your calls on America First. S 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. And you can join us on twitter or facebook. Thank you for being with us. Thes this editorial from New York Times this morning we want to begin our conversation on globalism versus America First. Under mr. Trump, america surrenders. It reads, in part, as follows. Every president has chosen retreat. T versus he was the president last month at the United Nations. For the diverse nations of the world, this is our hope. We want harmony and friendship. Not conflict and strife. We are guided by out
Obviously, that will not work. That is a violation. That is where i think there might be difficulty, because everything u. S. Congress is looking at is going to really be difficult to find new areas of sanctions that havent already been sanctioned, arent already sanctioned. We have probably more sanctions on iran still today than any other country. Even sanctions we said have been lifted have not been lifted. They have been waived. They have to continue to be waived every 100 to 180 days. So the no action approach, in the sense of no action in the sense of adopting new sanctions, but there are plenty of other things that can be done. A, making sure we live up to the deal. Respect video. Honor it in good faith. Then reengage in diplomacy to , address those very same issues that people say in many ways legitimately are concerns. Nahal we are actually almost out of time. I just want to end this on a somewhat light note. If i remember correctly, trump referred to it as of the arabian gulf,
Senator mccain. Part of what the republican primary fight was about in 2015 and 2016 was which of those does did Republican Voters want. By a decisive margin they said they thought the past was not to their vantage and they wanted change. Trump wasate not recruited by the establishment, he won in a hostile takeover. I can appreciate that the losing side is not happy. We have been talking about globalism versus america first. Where would you put the president s Foreign Policy . Guest i think there is a tendency on the part of the people want to defend globalism to not be honest about what it is. Globalism in its essence, so we can look at the john kerry, Hillary Clinton, barack obama version is the subordination of the United States to a series of International Agreements often dominated by countries that are not democracies. Nk we should be in the General Assembly of the United Nations . Yes. Should we take it seriously . No. There is some reason to believe that they conflate ring invo
The gavel comes down next right here on cspan. And to get us to the top of the the u. S. House, a portion now of a washington journal segment from this weekend with Newt Gingrich. We welcome back former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, out with a new book. We will talk about that in just a moment. And your wife and her new posting. Lets talk about president george w. Bush. Politicsh, he says seems to be more vulnerable conspiracy theories or outright fabrication. He took aim at the present without mentioning him specifically. Your reaction. Guest i think there are very real differences between president bush and senator mccain, who also had a tough speech this week, and President Trump. Part of the republican primary fight in 2015 and 2016 is which of those two worldviews did Republican Voters want. By a decisive margin, they thought the past was not to their advantage, and they want to change. I can appreciate trump was not recruited by the establishment. He won a hostile takeover. I can