elsewhere, including the withdraw of u.s. troops in syria, abandoning a long-time ally of the u.s., the kurds, and the announcement trump plans to use his own resort in miami to host the g7. and finally, the admission that there was a quid pro quo when the u.s. withheld ukraine s military aid. that admission came from trump s acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, who later tried to walk it back. but he s on video saying one of the reasons the white house withheld ukraine s military aid was to get ukraine to investigate democrats. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now. mick mulvaney has a meeting today at camp david. is impeachment on the agenda? that s the story consuming washington right now, particularly the white house and capitol hill. mick mulvaney, the acting chief of staff, has now put himself at the center of the latest
developments on that storyline, with that stunning admission a couple days ago from the white house briefing room podium that there was indeed some kind of quid pro quo, that at least the reason for withholding that security aid was in part being driven by the president s desire for ukraine to investigate democrats as it relates to the 2016 election. but of course, ana, there are other issues also on the table, particularly because a series of decisions by the president in the last week have really sparked some concerns among republicans in congress, namely so beyond the impeachment inquiry, you have the president s decision in syr syria as it relates to u.s. troops there. then you have the president s decision to hold the g7 next year, which is slated to be in the united states, at his own property in miami, florida. the white house still insisting that that property was simply the best one that they could possibly find to host that g7 summit. ana? and to think that was just a cou
nasty diatribe not focused on the facts. we saw the reports. he referred to his own former defense secretary, jim mattis, as the world s most overrated general. i m honored to be considered that by donald trump because he also called merrill streep an overrated actress. so i guess i m the merrill streep of generals. we saw the fallout from the president s sudden decision to pull u.s. troops from northern syria. the invasion by turkey, the killing of the kurds, the escape of isis prisoners, and a land grab by syria s dictator, bashar al assad, and his enablers, russia and iran. and we saw a president who wants us to believe everything was fine. so i view the situation on the turkish border with syria to be for the united states that ste
the entire united states to hold next year s g7 summit was at his own property. trump national in doral, florida. so we come back to where we started. i m going to be so presidential that you people will be so bored. are you bored yet? with us now to discuss, cnn politic political commentator, s.e. cupp. also, bill crystal. s.e., you wrote in an op-ed this week. yeah, only one thing has had the ability to unlock the vice grip trump has held on congressional republicans. wasn t russia. wasn t ukraine. it wasn t tariffs. it wasn t some of his personal pick dill lows. it wasn t some potential criminal activity. it was syria. whether it was last year in 2018
when republicans very vocally, immediately, and almost in unison came out against his threats to quit northern syria at the time or now. 129 house republicans voted against president trump s withdrawal from syria. that s stunning. and you have to take you have to take note of that. okay, if this is an issue around which so many republicans have suddenly found a backbone and are this comfortable calling him out, it must be really, really bad. so i m not sure that this won t be a turning point. if you were a republican who may be on the fence, may be secretly thinking, i don t know how much more of this guy i can take, well, this might just be your excuse to break ranks. bill, yes, there was syria, but what mick mulvaney said at the white house podium seemed to be enough for at least one republican lawmaker to announce publicly he d be open to considering impeachment and former gop governor john kasich said it was the final straw for