And then selecting a uyghur athlete to be a torch barrier at a time when the u.s. aaccusing china of committing genocide against uyghurs and then putin being xi s most important vip guest probably as a reflection of that when the russians walked out for the athlete parade, i heard a lot of chinese audience cheering but when the americans walked out it was quiet with a chinese spectator next to me just commenting out loud, the americans are always so arrogant. so it seems like it is difficult to separate politics from sports at these games. steve jang, thank you for all of that. with us now, we have cnn political analyst david sanger, he s a correspondent for the new york times and yosh rogan, a columnist for the washington post. great to see both of you. this president xi and putin, i mean optically, them standing shoulder to shoulder and then they announced this strategic
Authoritarian instinct at full use and it s alarming. not a mincer of words, steve shall had michmidt that gave up membership in the republican party. they want to chill those people that are critical. the president is tired of hearing those on this network and others criticizing the government. he is sending a message, i can hit back more than you can hit me. if you are aaccusing me of treason, i have something to go after you. it sends a chill after democrats and republicans, people that don t remember anything quite like this in the post watergate era. i cannot remember a time that a president has stripped security clearance from the other party because he was criticized. he is not obligated to give