my guest is us democratic party insider, jake sullivan, a key adviser to senior democrats, including hillary clinton when she was secretary of state, as well as on the campaign trail, last year. president trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership, but is he not proving more effective in important foreign policy issues, like the fight against extremists, than the previous democratic administration? jake sullivan, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. as a key adviser to hillary clinton, can give be objective about the trump administration? probably not entirely objective. i would have to put my bias on the table, that i spent two years trying to stop him from getting into the oval office. but i think a lot of the things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of fitness for office have borne out over the last six months. so i ve tried to take a step back be as fair minded as possible in assessing what
westminster. it is five o clock in the morning here. everything looks very much like business as usual, doesn t it? a few days after a general election, it is anything but. britain s prime minister, theresa may will meet her new cabinet this morning. it s the first gathering since last thursday s general election in the uk plunged her government into crisis. mrs may will also meet the wider party, many of whom are furious that she s lost the party its parliamentary majority. not only will the cabinet have to deal with problems created from last week s vote, also looming on the horizon are the talks over britain s proposed exit from the european union. here s our political correspondent tom bateman. back at the heart of government. michael gove‘s last regular appearances on the street would be fought theresa may became prime minister. she sacked her old opponent are bruising referendum campaign. he will now sit alongside borisjohnson. the two men spectacularly fell out over