buffer state, ukraine between russia and central europe. poland and romania would be at great risk. don t forget russia will change the borders of europe through force. china will be looking upon that and believing that the united states isn t willing to stand up for sovereign nations. if we don t stand up for ukraine efforts to build democracy i m not sure we stand for much of anything at all. that is the bottom line of this. i remember president reagan talking about how the united states was a bright shining city on a hill. i think we do well to remember that now. will: so, rachel and joey, i understand that historical role for the united states of america. on the other hand, you know, rachel you pressed dan on this, could this potentially involve american troops? the answer at this point is no but it always is no until it is yes and i think that we need to sit on the other side of the equation as well. how does this benefit the united states of americas?
that, the president of the united states can go to singapore and come back with nothing from kim jong-un. they aren t going to allow that. harris: can i put something on the table, we all have covered hostages taken. and we would love to have covered many more hostages coming home. judy, i go to you on this point, if the thing that we get for all of this are those three american lives, those three men who came home, is that enough? well, it depends on how you measure the possibilities with respect to north korea. if you think that north korea is willing to denuclearize and the president has brought him around to that point through his insults and extension of an olive branch and open hand, then you have to give the president credit for changing the dialogue. i think here, i m with dan on this, i think he deserves enormous credit for changing the dialogue. where the road we were headed on was a road to are with a. make no mistake about it. now there s a possibility of at
that he had no knowledge of the payments and now to admit he did that essentially he had made series of 30,000-dollar payments into michael cohen s bank account. you know, we have to say, paul, this is damaging to the president s credibility, both statements could not be true, he s now the president of the united states, he s dealing with larger issues like iran nuclear deal, the north koreans all whom are looking for credibility from the president of the united states, that didn t help. paul: it doesn t help him, bill, i agree with dan on this, if you re trying to say to the american public believe me on mueller, if you lied about stormy daniels look, it doesn t help, on the other hand u did anyone believe this at the beginning? paul: no. but that s another way of saying, nobody should believe the president on anything. a lot of people don t. [laughter] paul: but you can t operate like a president if nobody believes you in crisis? president trump has done that so far and a lot
that he had no knowledge of the payments and now to admit he did that essentially he had made series of 30,000-dollar payments into michael cohen s bank account. you know, we have to say, paul, this is damaging to the president s credibility, both statements could not be true, he s now the president of the united states, he s dealing with larger issues like iran nuclear deal, the north koreans all whom are looking for credibility from the president of the united states, that didn t help. paul: it doesn t help him, bill, i agree with dan on this, if you re trying to say to the american public believe me on mueller, if you lied about stormy daniels look, it doesn t help, on the other hand u did anyone believe this at the beginning? paul: no. but that s another way of saying, nobody should believe the president on anything. a lot of people don t. [laughter] paul: but you can t operate like a president if nobody believes you in crisis? president trump has done that so far and a lot