Century. Them for giving us the space this morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. In particular, center dan sullivan from alaska who i will introduce in just a minute. Let me tell you about our program. , we have years old this radical notion that even in washington, there can be an organization as resolutely nonpartisan. We have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. We meets are annually and aspen, colorado to discuss big ideas about american foreignpolicy and Global Leadership. Each year, we prepare a book based on our proceedings for publication. This book is available today, the book we are discussing today. Its called the world turning upside down america maintaining leadership in a dangerous age. We will discuss the book is morning and continuing with our friends, we will talk about major changes in how america looks at global trade position with Richard Danzig about the impact of technology on Global Leadership. We will continue with a conversation between forme
Hes had that post since 2009. Hes the author of 11 books. His latest is the concern of heart. Let me introduce our two reporters. I am pleased to have at the table marc fisher, Senior Editor of the washington post. And the coauthor, with michael kranish, of the book trump revealed, a biography written in collaboration with more than two dozen post reporters. And susan page, usa today longtime bureau chief. Marc, you are up first. Marc dr. Brooks, donald trump has never been known for ideological consistency. He has at various times in his life called himself a liberal and a conservative. He changed Party Registrations six times before settling as a republican. Is donald trump and his presidency, are they a boon to the conservative cause or a hindrance . Dr. Brooks nobody knows. The truth of the matter is these populist uprisings in american politics dont happen that often. We dont have a lot of data. It really depends on the reaction conservatives have. That republicans have. We know t
Hes had that post since 2009. Hes the author of 11 books. His latest is the concern of heart. Let me introduce our two reporters. I am pleased to have at the table marc fisher, Senior Editor of the washington post. And the coauthor, with michael kranish, of the book trump revealed, a biography written in collaboration with more than two dozen post reporters. And susan page, usa today longtime bureau chief. Marc, you are up first. Marc dr. Brooks, donald trump has never been known for ideological consistency. He has at various times in his life called himself a liberal and a conservative. He changed Party Registrations six times before settling as a republican. Is donald trump and his presidency, are they a boon to the conservative cause or a hindrance . Dr. Brooks nobody knows. The truth of the matter is these populist uprisings in american politics dont happen that often. We dont have a lot of data. It really depends on the reaction conservatives have. That republicans have. We know t
The Trump White House has showed us something weve never seen before from any white house. Today it was the silence from donald trump and his administration after a white house official, kelly sadler, mocked senator john mccains brain cancer saying that mccains opposition to trumps nominee to lead the cia doesnt matter, hes dying anyway. There was strong rejection of sadlers comments but not a single word of it came from donald trump or the Trump White House. In a normal white house, mocking a veteran over a cancer diagnose would get you a public apology or get someone fired but the Trump White House is not a normal white house so we got this. Reporter does the white house not think you need to condemn these remarks . Again, im not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting. Are you saying she didnt say this . Again, im not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting one way or another. Why not just apologize to senator john mccain . I
To lead the cray doesnt matter. He is dying anyway. There was strong rejection of Kelly Saddlers compensates but not a single word from donald trump or the Trump White House. In a normal white house mocking a veteran over a cancer diagnosis piet get you fired at the very least there would be a public apology. But the Trump White House is not a normal would you say. So instead we got this. Does the white house not think you need to condemn the remarks. Im not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting. Are you saying she didnt say it. Im not validating a leak out of an internal staff meeting one way or another. Why not apologize to mccain. Im not getting into a back and forth people want to create issues of leaked staff meeting. Does kelly stadleer work at the white house. She does yes. More broadly does the president set the tone . Does he pare responsibility for the tone set here at the white house and all of the of aers working here frankly certain