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Scottsdale, thank you very much. with us to talk about this and more is brendan buck, former press secretary to former house speaker john boehner and former press secretary to paul ryan, also an msnbc political analyst. so, trump was once again asked about whether he will target political opponents if he were to be re-elected. here is what he told sean hannity last night. people are claiming you want retribution. people are claiming you want what has happened to you done to democrats. would you do that, ever? look what has happened to me has never happened in this country before. and it has to stop. because wait a minute, i want to hear that again. it has to stop. it does have to stop. we re not going to have a country. the former president made a number of different comments on this issue in recent days. have you been able to figure out what trump s position on retribution actually is? well, what i do know is there ....
Stake, our prosperity is at stake. where i struggle with donald trump is i don t think he understands that. it s not even that he has a flushed out world view that nato is not operating well or something. he just doesn t even understand it. but that spreads far beyond donald trump right now. it is a core tenet of trumpism and the republican party today is to be isolationist, and i think that it could have the very long-term effect if you look at it as i do donald trump s impact on the party is going to be here for a very, very long time. mark updegrove, thank you. brendan buck, you re going to stay with me. in 90 seconds, day four of the hunter biden trial with the prosecution s key witness on the stand. what she testified about the moment she found at the gun at the heart of the case. we re back after this. we re back after this. (aaron) i own a lot of businesses. so i wear a lot of hats. my restaurants, my tattoo shop. and i also have a non-profit. but no matter what business i m i ....
Of messaging and emotion, first president biden and french president emmanuel macron awarded medals to some of the 180 surviving veterans gathered there, many in their 90s, some over 100 years old. then mr. biden honored their sacrifice, insisting their costly battle to preserve democracy remains the test of the ages. they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and dying for. freedom is worth it, democracy is worth it. america s worth it. the world is worth it. then, now, and always. i want to bring in nbc s kelly o donnell who is traveling with the president in france. brendan buck is a former aide to republican house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and he is an msnbc political analyst. kelly, there are questions when ....
Means did not earn it and this sort of backlash to that which i believe going to deirdre s point is what a lot of them consider as a regulation they have to do it, they feel it s mandatory that they do this. it s a response to that, among other things, because one of the other trends that we re seeing is the increased attempts at unionization in a lot of these big companies. think about apple, starbucks, amazon, for example, all of these companies that these tech companies in particular that are now starting to see more worker activity and organizing. so there s all of this is a response to a lot of opportunities that democrats have found a way to take advantage of to kind of mobilize their base. you know, brendan buck who was an aide to paul ryan and john boehner and has been extremely critical of donald trump was talking in the last hour about how he thinks the democrats missed an opportunity. they stayed quiet for too long. ....
america has invested in our alliances and forged new ones, not simply out of altruism, but out of our own self-interests as well. america s unique ability to bring ability to bring countries together is an undeniable source of our strength and power. isolationism was not the answer eight years ago and is not the answer today. [ applause ] as you know, brendan, donald trump famously went into his first nato gathering in brussels and questioned america s commitment to article 5, mutual defense. criticized the financial commitment of our allies. does the importance of nato resonate with the american voter today? or do you think that trump and some, frankly, other republicans have raised real skepticism about the importance of international alliances, including in the minds of voters? well, i do think it s ....