we re going to bring you much more on general mattis remarks tonight and you ve got to hear what this military man who has been restrained so far in his comments about his commander in chief, you have to hear what he has to say about the president he served. it is simply stunning what we americans are witnessing. from him and really with all that is going on, especially with this president and his administration. just i mean, can you even think about what the lead story was on monday? and now you have this today. you got the gaslighting. you got the lies. the half truths. misinformation. misleading statements. walk-backs. all in one day. all coming to a head today. three important stories. the impeachment inquiry, of course. trump withdrawing u.s. troops from syria.
report that to the white house lawyers. what they are doing is not just focusing on those couple of lines that are in the transcript. they are trying to tell you a broader story. this was just not a one-off conversation. this was a coordinated action where career diplomats were side-lined. foreign policy was run through rudy giuliani for simply partisan political purposes. we ve seen a lot of walk-backs and the white house say one thing publicly. they sort of shout out loud sometimes to make it better on ukraine and china. yeah, no, i think they should investigate the bidens. but yesterday felt different even as i was sitting in that briefing room looking around at other reporters we were all making eyes at each other like what are they trying to do here? the thinking was they must be just trying to move the goal post. but then ultimately they said we don t want to do that at all. we are assuming that there is some broad strategy. one important thing that mick mulvaney said was, no
chinese and the bumpy ride in financial markets. a positive sign, the vice premier saying we are willing to resolve the issue through consultation and cooperation and calm attitude and oppose the escalation of the trade war. donald trump is back in the white house arriving there this evening, he expressed some optimism in this china trade dispute. i think they very much want to make a deal. if it can be put back at all. i am not sure they have a choice and i don t say that is a threat. reporter: the president labeled xi jinping an enemy, today called him a great leader and did not apologize for the shift. it is doing better for the country. senate democrats say it is just erratic. big winner of the g7 was vladimir putin because all these reversals and walk backs and dodges, not only so discord among our allies, they are so many. with it is like donald trump was auditioning for the bolshoi bowel.
it there. danielle and brendan, thank you to both of you. we ve been trying to keep it a secret, but just 11 days away from the first democratic debate in miami. we re taking the show on the road ahead of broadcast right here on june 26th and the 27th, the moderators, lester holt, savannah guthrie and jose diaz ball art and rachel maddow. join us online and on tv. straight ahead, the walkback, prurp trump trying to say he would take dirt on a political opponent from a foreign power but still leaving himself plenty of wiggle room. and speaking of walk-backs, a major reversal of hong kong and what she s saying about a bill after days of violent protests. er days of violent protests
election in the united states. what would the ramifications of this being given how clear weintraub was there? there have been no consequences yet. when the president tells you he would commit a crime to try to win the 2020 election by accepting dirt from a foreign adversary, believe him the first time. because the walk backs sound a lot like when he got caught speaking his mind at helsinki and saying, putin said he didn t interfere, so i don t see why it would be russia until he changed it when there was an uproar to i don t see why it wouldn t be russia. let me clear about something. because there is a difference i think this gets us we don t want to be in the echo chamber. folk whose watch fox news, they hear that democrats did something similar by hiring christopher steele as part of this company they brought on