Too mind blowing so you move on. You play past it. Tonight, there is far more from that summit that cannot be brushed aside so easily because it concerns legitimately serious stuff and because of what it says or continues to say about the president. It all came out today in a series of press encounters that saw the president make news on any fronts and explore all of them tonight. First, though, to set the stage when we left you on friday, the president had just departed for france having sent wall street tumbling by leveling new tariff threats against china. Then he suggested he might have regrets about that. Then his staff said no, his only regret was not being tougher. And then this morning he got less tough. Confusion aside on china at least the situation has not devolved in the last few days as far as we can tell. The countries are apparently still talking, though, as you will see the question of who precisely is doing the talking and at what level remains in dispute. Here is the president this morning. So weve had many calls, secretary mnuchin is here and youve had many calls over the last 24 hours but certainly over the last 48 hours weve had many calls, not just one. This isnt one. These are high level calls. They want to make a deal. By the way, i think a deal will be made. But they want to make a deal. So the chinese are saying there werent the chinese are not saying that. There were phone calls, sir, mr. President. Numerous calls. Again, the Chinese Foreign minute t minu minute nice trisaid they were not aware of calls and said there was communication and would not when pressed directly say there was any phone call let alone many highlevel calls raising questions whether the president embellished his account. He did clearly embellish this. First lady has got to know kim jongun and would agree with me he is a man with a country that has tremendous potential. And point of fact, she has never met the north korean dictator, ever. A spokesperson later said that because the president confides in the first lady so much, he feels that she has come to know kim, too. As for other dictators whom the first lady has met, the president once again took the dictator side of things. Here is some of what he said about Vladimir Putin and russia which was kicked out of what was then the g 8 for annexing crimea. Listen to how he explains what russia did as he argues the case to invite putin back. They should be in. They were a president im not blaming him. A lot of bad things happened with president putin and president obama. One of the things that happened was as you know, what happened in with a very big area, a very, very big and important area in the middle east with a red line drawn and then president obama decided that he was not going to do anything about it. You cant draw red lines in the sand. You just cant do it. The other was in ukraine having to do with a certain section of ukraine you know very well where it was sort of taken away from president obama. Not taken away from President Trump, taken away from president obama. Keeping them honest, not even Vladimir Putin has put it that way and to make it perfectly clear, he didnt take crimea away from any u. S. President , he took it away from ukraine and penalized by the g 7 including the United States, those are simply facts which the president disregards in favor of the story hes telling the world. President obama was not happy that this happened because it was embarrassing to him, right . It was very embarrassing to him, and he wanted russia to be out of the, what was called the g 8. And that was his determination. He was out smarted by putin. He was out smarted. President putin out smarted president obama. Wait a minute. And i can understand how president obama would feel. He wasnt happy and they are not in for that reason. Again, that is factually untrue, as was this. Mr. President , were you able to attend the working section earlier . Were having it in a little while. By the time the president said that, the meeting had already taken place as you heard. His press secretary explaining it by saying quote, the president had scheduled meetings and by laterals with germany and india so a Senior Member went instead. And you should believe her and not your lying eyes or this lying video which clearly shows the leaders of india and germany, the ones the president was supposed to be meeting with in the meeting that he skipped and right there is the empty spot at the table set aside for him, not that he needs to hear lectures on the environment because he says no one knows more about it than him. Im an environmentalist. I have done more Environmental Impact statements probably than anybody thats i guess, i can say definitely because ive done many, many, many of them. More than anybody thats been president or Vice President or anything even close to president. And i think i know more about the environment than most people. Keeping them honest, filing Environmental Impact statements does not make you an expert on the environment, it makes you a potential polluter who has to show authorities how you plan to build something without hurting the environment, Something Like a golf course or as the presidencys it, the site of next years summit. Close to the a foggy decision but right next to the airport right there meaning a few minutes away. Its a great place. Its got tremendous ackerage and buildings with 50 to 70 units so each delegation has its own build. Seven various delegations that can have their own building. A lot they can have buildings for the press. Very big. Great conference facility. Were thinking about it. They love the location of the hotel and like the fact its next to the airport for convenience. Wow from the sound of that you would think the president was back in private life plugging one of his properties. And youd be right. He is. The Trump NationalDoral Country Club somehow of all the Summit Locations in the entire country, the single best one is the one the president and his family own. The one that hasnt been doing so well lately and could really use a boost, after all, its got tremendous acre rage like camp david and like des moines or st. Louis and has a hotel. How does that happen . A hotel and an airport nearby, too. Not that the president is concerned has his own aids have reportedly been that in addition to appearing to be a massive conflict of interest, it actually would be one. But he says hes the one making the sacrifice. Ill tell you what, ive spent and i think i will in a combination of loss and opportunity, probably it will cost me anywhere from 3 to 5 billion to be president and the only thing i care about is this country. Couldnt careless, otherwise i wouldnt have done it. People have asked me what do you think it costs . The opportunity i used to get a lot of money to make speeches. Now i make speeches all the time. You know what i get . Zippo . Zippo. Nothing. That is in hurricane country, nothing that a few nukes couldnt handle. Plenty to talk about john kirby that served as state and Defense Department spokesperson and former republican president ial candidate and u. S. Senator Rick Santorum a cnn commentator and Kirsten Powers and columnist for usa today. Youve been on trips like this before. Im just curious, what does the world, what do World Leaders take away when they see the president do this . The string of falsehoods, the fanciful statements that drift off into the ocho blblivian. Whats the take away . Its a view they have come to have over the last couple years he cant be relied upon. His word and our word. American leadership is also cannot be relied upon in the world and working around President Trump. They are working around the United States. You saw that play out well here at the g 7. Kirsten, to me the small lies are almost inexplicable than the big lies. Why say that your wife has, you know, come to know kim jongun and grow front of him when the two have never met . Im inclined to ask why does he do that but how could you know . Whats the impact on that . Does it tell you that he does . Well, i mean, i dont the question is does he think that shes met him . Thats what comes to my mind. I dont know. Is it something thats necessarily a lie or is he confused and he believes that that happened, even though thats something so momentum it seems like you would remember that. I think the biggest problem with this is its an embarrassment to the United States. I mean, watching that press conference, you know, as john kirby was just talking about, the other leaders are looking at this and seeing this and they cant possibly take it seriously and i would assume that is a lot, causes them a lot of concern because the United States has been a country that has had a very Important Role in terms of leadership in the world. Senator santorum, there are big poor ten shows things at stage right now around the world and perhaps number one in that list is this trade war that the president is in with china. Do you have any question from friday to today, from friday when he threatened to increase tariffs, from friday when he called president xi the evnemy f the United States to today where he was looking for a way to deescalate and pull back. Do you think the president is backing off . I think the president is responding to the chinese advice that said they wanted in this trade dispute, they dont want escalation, they want to calm the resolution. Thats what china always says. Thats standard language. The president is trying to respond to that. Look, i think the president has done i believe a very good job in getting china to the table here. This is, as i said many times, lots of administrations had the opportunity to take on china and they have known for decades it is infiltrating and stealing technology through espionage, i mean, they are bad actors on the stage and i dont blame president obama. He had a recession. He had to deal with it. But you go back, the president clinton had opportunities and a great economy to take on china and didnt do it. The president has a good economy and this is the right time to take on china. Will it have an impact on the u. S. Economy . Probably some. You have record unem loiploymend growth and this is the time to win the longterm gain and the president is doing that and i give him high marks for trying. I dont think anyone is arguing china is a bad actor. The discussion is whether the methods are the most effective way to move china off of that and also, who is paying for it. Kirsten, you wanted to get in there . No, i mean, i just i think the question is look, if it worked, i think, i dont know anybody that wouldnt support it. China is a problem for a long time and i think the Clinton Administration actually did do a lot to challenge china but its a tough nut to crack. So i think the question is how was this going make things better and i think that the impact on the economy potentially putting us into a recession is a pretty steep price to pay. I think its over stating the case. I dont think were near a recession. We had over 3 growth if it knocks it down to 2 , were back to where president obama was for eight years. Lets look at the reality the president is doing something maybe untraditional and i understand people dont like sole of t some of the tactics but hes outwardly fighting the chinese and well wait and see where we can get the 150page agreement back on the table with real teeth to stop china. The results matter and so far there havent been any. One of the things the president said today when asked directly about the fact you call xi an enemy on monday and today a great friend, hes like thats just the way i negotiate. Thats just the way it is. Yeah, i dont know anything about negotiating trade deals but it is this is the whiplash effect in what is making the market uncertain and instead did and worrying our allies and partners. Back to what we were talking about a few minutes ago, i agree that President Trump and administration have been tougher on china and military speaking, i applaud what they have been doing to do freedom navigation operations. I think he would have found a very welcome audience to some of these ideas at the g 7 if he had taken the opportunity but didnt do that. He almost went to france with no agenda and let macron and the rest run it and he could have gotten solidarity. They are worried about the trade war and where its going and tariffs and i understand that. There are things with respect to china that the europeans agree with him on about intellectual property theft and the South China Sea and he missed an opportunity to broaden this discussion about china with allies and partners and would have been sympathetic to moves. As everyone departs or departed the g 7, do you think macron is breathing a sigh of relief. Breathing a sigh of relief and patting himself on the back. He handled President Trump masterfully and had a private lunch. 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We had people that really understand what its about. Its not about me. Its about getting the right location. I think its very important. Back with Rick Santorum and Kirsten Powers and Top White House ethics lawyer in the George W BushAdministration Currently teaches at the university of minnesota and i want to start with you. You think the president hosting the g 7 at his own resort would be illegal and violate the emoulment clause. Two District Courts have cases brought against donald trump to pivot exactly this type of thing. Those cases were later dismissed because the plaintiffs were ruled not to have standing but the interpretation of the clause stands this would be illegal if he takes any money for hotel rooms, food, beverages, golfing or anything else, it would be a clear violation of the United States constitution. Second, hes using his presidency to promote his own business. Thats a conflict of interest entirely apart from the emoulment clause of the constitution and he showed no interest in the key topics of the g 7 meeting including climate change. Hes not willing to attend the meetings, although he totes himself as an environmentalist because he filled out statements for golf courses but doesnt want to bother to show up for serious discussion but just wants to use this to tote his business. Its an embarrassment for the United States that this is going on. Senator santorum, aside from legalities, what about being swampy . Well, i dont agree with the third point that was just made, but i think the first two are legitimate points. The fact is that