than previous trips. a lot more attention directed at the u.s. set the scene for us, as you see it. i think you could give us a headline for this trip. is america back again? the theme of the president s quite successful trip to europe in june was america is back. america was participating in all the multi-lateral forums that president trump had eschewed. there was a feeling after that trip that biden was really delivering on his promise of a different foreign policy. and then came a series of real difficulties, the withdrawal from afghanistan was chaotic, our european allies thought they weren t being consulted. and then this really sharp reach with france, a traditional ally over the submarine deal that we had done in secret with australia, replacing the french. the biden administration has worked very hard to try to repair that damage. as i understand, from my french contacts, the french wanted three things. they wanted american help for french efforts in africa to deal with terro
how do you feel about senator booker s reasoning? well, i am in agreement with that. because i think when we spoke earlier, i talked about the fact that we were in part good with continuing to wait, because we wanted a bill that was not watered down or something that had some true substance and truly held policing accountable. so i think that s you know, as we were waiting for that to happen, it s kind of like maybe they can come to some sort of reach an agreement that would not water it down to a place where the policemen still weren t being held accountable. that we had sort of a ceremonial bill, if you will. so i m in agreement with that. you know, if you are at a place where you re going to pass something that s not truly going to hold the officer s accountable, what s the point? you said on wednesday that you were feeling, quote, pessimistically optimistic about
outset. when the decision was made by me in it was made sometime ago. and i said i wanted to get us out of afghanistan. one of the things that is a reality, is people now say to m in to others, and many of you say it on the air, that why did we have to move because no americans were being attacked? why didn t we withdraw those 2500 troops, no americans were being attacked. as i said before, the reason that we weren t being attacked was a part of an agreement that trump had made a earlier. we will leave by may 1st as lon as there s no attack on americans.
when the decision was made by me that and it was made sometime ago, and i ran for president saying i wanted to get us out of afghanistan. one of the things that is reality is people now say to me and to others, and many of you say it on air, that, why did we have to move because no americans were being attacked? why did we withdraw those why did we agree to withdraw 2,500 troops? no americans were being attacked. as i said before, the reason they weren t being attacked was part of an agreement that trump had made a year earlier, we will leave by may 1st, he said, as long as there s no attack on americans. in that year period. number one. number two, the taliban was taking large swaths of the
layout us is his workplace that was wrapped with bullying and intimidation. in addition to state and federal laws that weren t being followed there was policy that wasn t being followed when a complaint was made to a manager of complaints should have been filed and it just wasn t done. and that s something we see in the report and instead there was this unspoken s policy of not leaving the governor alone in a room with some people. things that stood out to me is that there were even witnesses who said that the workplace environment was so abusive and hostile, and the special treatment by the governor was preferable. and professor roy fee when i first heard about chris cuomo s involvement with his brother, it right to me as a brother advising a brother was a problem about how to handle it, there was an innocence to it, when i see it in my initial