the stage, in this case the house democrats, you know, putting out more information each day. he s making his own mistakes as he did with the g7 doral idea which he quickly retreated on in the face of not just democratic and media criticism but republican criticism. and the syria conversation, the syria decision where he basically abandoned the kurds who had been american allies hurt him with his own republican base, the people he needs right now more than ever in order to defend himself against this impeachment effort. phil, the same question. he s casting about. he s using some well-worn talking points, some new ones. at one point on the miami airport thing today, he said there are some people who believe it s the number one biggest airport in the united states. it s not. it s just not. yeah. no. i mean he is not in control right now.
in fact, seeing other actors on the stage, in this case the house democrats, you know, putting out more information each day. he s making his own mistakes as he did with the g7, doral idea which he quickly retreated on in the face of not just democratic and media criticism but republican criticism. and the syria conversation, the syria decision where he basically abandoned the kurds who had been american allies hurt him with his own republican base, the people he needs right now more than ever in order to defend himself against this impeachment effort. phil, the same question. he s casting about. he s using some well-worn talking points, some new ones. at one point on the miami airport thing today, he said there are some people who believe it s the number one biggest airport in the united states. it s not. it s just not. yeah. no. i mean he is not in control right now. in fact, i d say this is a season of weakness for him on a number of fronts because he s got republicans on th
he did with the g-7, doral idea which he quickly retreated on in the face of not just democratic and media criticism, but republican criticism. and the syria conversation, syria decision where he basically abandoned the kurds who ve been american alleys hurt him with his own republican base, the people he needs right now more than ever in order to defend himself against this impeachment effort. phil, the same question. he s casting about, he s using some well-worn talking points, some new ones. at one point on the miami airport thing today he said there are some people who believe it s the number one biggest airport in the united states. it s not. it s just not. yeah. no. he is not in control right now. in fact, i d say this as a season of weakness for him on a number of fronts because he has republicans on the hill who are speaking out about his syria decision, he s got his on administration officials who are defying his wishes by going up to the hill to testify as part
let s turn the fire to donald trump. the one missed opportunity it creates that i saw tonight is there are moments in debate where these candidates have an opportunity to demonstrate their fitness to be commander in chief and to be president. tonight that was around the syria conversation. the world is angry with donald trump. everyone on stage, everybody who is voting in the democratic primary is angry with donald trump. but firing at donald trump in this moment was a choice where they could have been more presidential and demonstrated an exact plan. there is no great solution, and i think a lot of people are looking for candidates right now to say what do we do in this moment in syria? the easy answer was to criticize trump. i think there was missed opportunity for a number of candidates on specifics. i would say maybe mayor pete shined in that moment with more specifics than the others. we re going to get in the next block a little bit more into syria. i think it was an interestin
you re right. if you re with warren, you think she had a great night and you re right. what i did find very interesting tonight, joy, is it seems they each have found their stride in turning the topic and the criticism to donald trump. when things get too heated between each other, each candidate almost to a person knows, okay, let s turn the fire now on donald trump. and it resonates. it works well. but the one missed opportunity it creates that i saw tonight, that i hadn t seen in past nights, is there are moments in debate where these candidates have an opportunity to demonstrate their fitness to be commander in chief and to be president. tonight that was around the syria conversation. the world is angry with donald trump. everyone onstage, everybody who is voting in the democratic primary is angry with donald trump. but firing at donald trump in this moment was a choice where they could have been more presidential and demonstrated an exact plan. there is no great solution, and i th