Well look at some president ial errors. Also, unreal and overoptimistic. For the nhs and Welfare State if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal. Thats the opinion of the former Prime Minister sirjohn major. And the greek economic crisis it goes from bad to worse, well speak to the former greek Finance Minister yanis va roufakis. Im katty kay in washington christian frasers in london. Big increases in Defence Spending offset by cuts to domestic agencies and the State Department thats what President Trump wants from his first budget. Hes promised one of the greatest military build ups in american history, and briefings by the white house suggest the increase could be more than 9 . Also today, the defence Secretaryjim Mattis is due to deliver his plan for defeating the self styled Islamic State group. This is what donald trump had to say earlier about the military. We must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war, and when called upon to f
stalwarts in the republican party. liz cheney, mitch mcconnell have been very critical. lindsey graham of president trump s decision. even as he talks about bringing troops home and says on twitter that he s glad that troops aren t there in the middle of the conflict right now, he is sort of talking around or walking around the fact that his decision opened up the possibility for turkey to make the incursion it currently has. he says he is on an island of one when it comes to this. maybe even gabbart would agree with him. it s that streak of politics where there seems to be some strange political bed fellows. the president has received criticism from hawks on capitol hill. also, the president on thursday or friday of the previous week had announced potentially moving troops to help saudi arabia defend itself against iran.
so there have been key developments in the past seven days with the president s foreign policy as it relates. now, on syria, where this would be i can tell you that based upon my reporting when i talked to republican strategists, they look at this. it s tough to talk about troops in a political setting, but they look at this as a situation where the president by acting unpredictably by making the announcement utilizing more of social media declines an opportunity to tell the american people what his strategy is and also declined the opportunity to bring troops home and to have a sense of a celebratory bringing troops home. so he has received criticism from hawks on capitol hill. he is likely to continue receiving the criticism. the white house says they would quickly change course should they see turkey react in a way that is not to their approval. you bring up an interesting point that will be unique to see
zones that are syria right now. richard, one of the things you heard is a chorus from hawks on capitol hill this weekend, that said if israel can penetrate the air space, that martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs had testified could not be easily penetrated, then why can t america. there s an argument to be made for that, militarily, i think it probably can be done. if the united states wanted to take out bashar al assad s regime, the u.s. certainly has that capability. the problem is, as you were talking about in your intro and i ve been reading your reporting, andrea, it s been fabulous, you know this better than anyone. this already is an international conflict and every party involved has its own objectives. the syrian rebels, they want at any cost to topple bashar al assad and are willing to take help from wherever they can, including some factions from al qaeda. the turks and the jordanians want all of the refugees out of their area. the gulf states, the sunni ara
been crossed. for this reason. they say they want more facts to prove that this did happen. established the chain of custody, they call it. that s their words of where the order came from. who used the chemical weapons. they want to have all their is dotted and t s crossed. that s where you see the disconnect. you have to would not why did the white house decide to say, come out, have hagel and kerry announce our intelligence indicating that chemical weapons are used and then put the brakes on and say, wait a minute. we know the president set a red line. that would be crossing the red line. they re saying we don t have the full facts to prove this happens. they clearly want to hold off on what the action is. they don t have a specific action in mind of and you ve heard all the hawks on capitol hill. the hawk side is ready to go. they re not saying what they want to do either. i think this could be a delay tactic in order to get a diplomatic and international response together. all ri