didn t work. he went in as the disrupter and had everyone dismayed as to what he was saying and his demands, and he came out with a press conference later on, a press statement saying that he thought it has been a very successful meeting and that countries committed to greater increases. in fact if you read the 18 page communique coming out of nato, it was pretty standard fair and i think a robust commitment on the part of all member nations for the nato alliance and working together on the global scene. again, it is the teleprompter trump versus the twitter trump. when he tweets or ad libs or
john mccain, jeff flake, doug ducey, the governor. and republicans have to decide, are you going to go with principled conservatives in the barry goldwater mold or trump and donald trumpism. they ll go with donald trump. do you find yourself in a weird position of rooting for conservative republicans like jeff flake and john mccain if for no other reason that they represent a more principled stand on some of these questions in american lives? i feel it s a ferrer fight when you re fighting real conservativism. what we have with donald trump is not that. i think tonight in phoenix will be like the church revival only not with the offering plate. the president will show up, and he feeds off of the crowd. and it is going to take him into another zone. i appreciate the distinction of the teleprompter trump versus the one that we get in realtime. i think that s the real donald
he s answering questions. you saw america isolated at the g-20 on climate change, on trade. he was so against the west going with those policies. the first european trip, they were taken aback by his criticism. this one, he was like, i m the bad guy, i m wearing black, come on, bring it on. and the white house feels it was a success because they say he was leading in a number of areas like fighting isis, but as you point out, robert, you re absolutely right. the united states seemed isolated on a whole host of issues from the environment to trade. when you talk about teleprompter trump versus president trump, he questioned alone whether russia interfered with the election. that view of russia they feel like they beat. that might not be a cost, but who wins in this showdown?