national security and intelligence analyst. i was struck by the comments of the republican senator mitt romney who was asked about this meeting that just ended. he said, it s like the farmer who lost all his horses and goes now to shut the barn door. what do you make of that? senator romney is exactly right. i don t know what their plan is to try to get the toothpaste back in the tube, but so much as happened over the last several days as a result of this rather impulsive and reckless decision to remove our troops. turkey is taking full advantage of it. unfortunately coming at the cost and blood of our syrian kurdish partners. i don t know what pence and pompeo were told by donald trump to try to accomplish with erdogan, but i don t see us reinserting our troops at this time during the fighting that is going on in that area. but what do we do? because at this point, if you can t put the toothpaste back in the tube, if isis is after
seemingly trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube after pulling forces outside of syria. what will i asked the vice president about the any sanctions and the live report on the ground that it s getting dicier than ever. people are recovering after one of the worst typhoons in decades. including this man shoveling through the mud waters left behind in western japan. rescuers are searching for the 12 people who are still missing. 74 people reported dead. just this morning, thousands of homes still without water, still without power. it s a story we re watching overseas. it s the easiest because it s the cheesiest. kraft for the win win.
gets up in the morning and he does what he does. i think you do have to ask the question. would any other president have survived what s gone on over the last years? that s putting aside the special counsel, the fbi counterintelligence investigation. the impeachment drama that we are having at the moment. the purpose of a lot of this is to force people to resign. and he is at least recognized that s the goal and has chosen not to do so. steve: what s interesting about your book is you look at the resistance and it s not just political resistance but how these institutions have morphed into a new kind of way of doing their jobs that s going to be hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube. well, you just pointed out. you understand washington as well as anyone. you know, the president, he is not going to be whether it s a year from now or five years from now. but the damage that s being done here i don t know how we fix it in the short-term. steve: it s an interesting book. it co
there was a tweet that president trump put out yesterday, just a flurry of them that suggested that he might impose unilateral sanctions against turkey today. congress when it gets back is likely to vote those sanctions. just would note, it may be too late to put this toothpaste back in the tube, even if trump announced sanctions. the kurds have had to make a decision of who can protect them? and they turned last night, as richard engel said in his report, to the syrian regime invited them to join them. the syrian army is now at the border working with the kurds because the kurds decided, so hard to say this, the kurds decided that america was not a reliable ally in whom they can depend. and they had to look elsewhere. so that reality is really sinking in for our military and its very painful for them. and you know, jonathan john heilman, look back to the
opponent. instead of talking to the president of the ukraine about russian invasion, he asks for dirt on an opponent. when i m out there in the midwestern states that we have to win, people are talking about a president that has not kept his promise, that includes trump voters. i don t want to lose sight of the fact, why i went to the michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania where i know i can take this guy down in the midwest, specifically in minnesota, iowa, those states, there s a lot of dissatisfaction with what s going on. we can t forget that when we campaign, that this is about those states. let me ask you about the senate side a second. there s a lot of bipartisan concern about what s happening in turkey and what s happening to the kurds. is there anything that can put the toothpaste back in the tube or is it over? i wish there was. i don t think this idea, i was appalled. you know, he says i ll put on sanctions if you let isis