Casualties. There has, in fact, been a surge in reported civilian casualties in the u. S. Air campaign against the socalled islamic state. And under trump, a massive increase in u. S. Drone strikes, more broadly, almost one every two days according to the council on u. S. Foreign relations. Today, tragically, marked the third time this month a u. S. Led air strike may have killed civilians or even our allies, with 18 syrian fighters alied with the u. S. Killed in a Coalition Air strike in syria. The pentagon blamed partner forces. That news comes on the heels of last weeks air strike in syria and now today the decision to launch the mother of all bombs. And we are just 84 days into the Trump Administration. Im joined by Steve Schmidt larry corb. Larry, im going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. He claimed during the came papa
that you knew more about the generals, that he was smarter about isis, now hes in office hes outsource
from clapper that russia remains to be the priority not necessarily the leaking. michael crowley, do you have any sense that the winds are shifting and that lindsey graham and john mccain may get blow back, i know they dined with the president recently. do you think they ll continue to be the leaders on these questions about not just business ties but russian meddling in the election? well, they are so far i don t want to say out on a limb because it suggests the branch is going to break. but they are so forward leaning on this right now, so invested in it. so invested in it that i see it hard to back away. but it is an interesting story. there was a time when it looked like they might be a party of two not fully with a lot of their republicans and democrats and opposing trump on some of these kind of classic neoconservative issues and human rights and standing up to putin but more leently i think they are both close to hr mcmaster who may be having his own
ameriprise thing 1 tonight, we know donald trump loves to brag about his compaes and his properties every chance he gets from trump hotels to trump states to trump government courses. most leently, trump took the opportunity to tout the dessert options offered at his $200,000 membership mar-a-lago club in palm beach, florida. as he described what he was doing at the very moment he received confirmation of the missile launch on syria last week. i was sitting at the table. we had finished dinner. we re now having dessert, and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you ve ever seen. and president xi was enjoying it. look at that chocolate cake. it does look delicious. it even has his name on it. but it could be pretty risky ordering a slice if you should ever have the chance and the
his companies and his properties every chance he gets from trump hotels to trump states to trump government courses. most leently, trump took the opportunity to tout the dessert options offered at his $200,000 membership mar-a-lago club in palm beach, florida. as he described what he was doing at the very moment he received confirmation of the missile launch on syria last week. i was sitting at the table. we had finished dinner. we re now having dessert, and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you ve ever seen. and president xi was enjoying it. look at that chocolate cake. it does look delicious. it even has his name on it. but it could be pretty risky ordering a slice if you should ever have the chance and the cash to visit mar-a-lago yourself. why? well, that s thing 2 in 60 seconds.