territory, 3 million people liberated because of service men and women who make the ultimate sacrifice each day. the president honoring them on christmas of all days, it was incredibly special. the media caught in their tracks, say he was the first president not to visit troops since 2002. that very moment as they craft those headlines. todd: what about the kerfuffle over the maga hats? continually going low, these troops were so excited to see the president, so excited to see the first lady, wanted his signature on their hats. it was remarkable. it really demeans what this was about which was honoring our troops. jillian: it has been a rough couple days because of the criticism the president has faced for his decision to pull troops out of syria. that everybody criticizing that decision but jim mattis didn t agree. what did you make of the
media. todd: we will see if he says anything on returning to american soil. the mainstream media will attack something based on this trip and i realized what it is was they were holding hands, the mainstream media has been all over that and milania wearing sunglasses at night. wait for that to be the focus of this trip. not the good work overseas or meeting with the troops or what was accomplished over the course of the last 24 hours. jillian: looks like he s not going to speak but you never know. i didn t mean to interrupt. the media will attack as they are so often do but this was a moment not about the media but about our troops. reflecting on the fact they have regained 20,000 mi. of
the flame of liberty burns forever bright. the president talked about his recent decision to bring the 2000 or so us troops serving in syria home saying the us presence was never supposed to be permanent, that move surprised many on both sides of the aisle and may have been a big factor leading to the resignation of defense secretary jim mattis. the president is due back in washington at any moment. shannon: jillian: we will have that live as soon as it happens. despite this is over his decision to pull troops from syria donald trump assured servicemembers in iraq that the us is still committed to defeating tara. the best and gorka says that message is another example of this white house reasserting american leadership. i spoke with the white house yesterday, the president was on his way to iraq.
across the midwest. jillian: 2018 was filled with memorable moments, good and bad. what were the best and worst moments in politics, here to break them down is president and partner lee carter. we always look forward to this because there are so many to choose from. it was hard to go through them. the first one here, the best america first moment. take a look at this. forces opposing us in washington are the same people who squandered trillions of dollars overseas, the american people voted to reject this corrupt globalism. he went on to talk about how i am not the president of the globe. i m the president of the united states. this is a moment everybody got behind. he talks about america first and
jillian: gop political analyst and constitutional attorney mark w smith, thank you for joining us this, let s break down the 85 number and take a closer look, two supreme court justices, 32 circuit court judges, 51 district court judges, that is just in 2018. mitch mcconnell realized we have 3 branches of government, one of them is the courts. with a republican president in donald trump and republican-controlled senate we can start to remake those courts with republican appointed judges and that is what we saw the first two years in the next two years now that the democrats control the house i think you will see donald trump is going to as they say make lemonade out of lemons, the fact the legislation agenda of the president won t go that far with nancy pelosi controlling the house, what can the president accomplish without the house? the answer is a lot more judges on the federal bench with republican-controlled senate. that will be a priority of this