back to politics. president trump is going to welcome german chancellor angela merkel to the white house. it s their first face-to-face meeting after trump called merkel his favorite world leader during the presidential election. he repeatedly criticized her. the german people are going to end up overthrowing this woman. i don t know what the hell she s thinking. look at the election results for merkel, they are ba she made one catastrophic mistake, taking all these illegals. let s bring in former secretary of state under president bush, and nick burns and elise jordan sticking around. mr. ambassador, let me start with you, sir. deaf nifly tension going into this meeting. the previous administration was behind tapping her phone. the obama administration never
the health care bill, any chance it gets out of the house? i think it s shaky. it s a bill that satisfies no one. it s alienating republicans. how they find middle ground and come together, it doesn t seem the bill has the full backing of president trump himself. i think that s a really important component. from the beginning, he said it s open for negotiation, which is what the speaker has. the president said he is going to use the bully pulpit and travel to states to sell this thing. we have heard reports he s having meetings with lawmakers on the fence, trying to twist arms. you don t buy that? he s trying. the bigger problem you have here is you watch this play out over the last couple weeks, this is a problem of a complete lack of preparation. i mean, we were in election year in 2016. now odds may have been stacked
admitted to that. how do you think things are going to play out between trump and merkel today? i think this is the most important meeting president trump has had since becoming president. she s our most important ally in the world and strongest ally in the world. you are right to suggest that president trump made these loud accusations against her. made very critical comments against chancellor merkel. there s a lot of ground to be made up. there s truth that needs to be molded. will president trump be unequivocal in supporting nato because he s been critical of nato in the past and unequivocal in supporting the european s fear that the trump administration is cheering on brexit and the break up with the eu. will president trump agree to sustain the u.s. sanctions on russia over ukraine with chancellor merkel, agree germany should pay more for defense inside nato. there are a lot of issues to be
us. thank you. thanks for your time. a larger question, look at the other numbers, whether it s the cuts to the e.p.a. or cuts to the education department, it would seem as if the president did not submit a serious budget for consideration. was that safe to say? would he just submit a budget to congress, guys you figure it out. that s how it read to me. it gives a sense of their priorities and where they are going to look to make cuts in government. like director mulvaney said, it s keeping with what president trump said on the campaign trail. it s not that surprising. it s not politically feasible. this is not something that would clear. they may not care. they may take a gamble, i ll put out what i said. if congress passes something different, i ll blame them. no nobody in his own party will be immune to that.
the united states now reaching out to the united kingdom a day after suggesting they may have been a part of the wiretapping of trump tower, saying it won t happen again. they won t be making those claims in public again. itis been almost two weeks since president trump came out with the wiretap allegations, the house, senate intelligence committees saying they have yet to see any evidence to support those claims. president obama also, himself, denying it happened. joined now by a trump supporter, chair of the american conservative union, matt, good to see you on a friday. good t see you, craig. wha do you make of the latest news, the white house expressing regret? i think it s the right thing to do. this is incredibly important relationship, the most important relationship on the globe. people have to be careful with