profiling for me. how is it donald trump is always so easily soured against the democracy and in favor of the putin ally or the putin measure? whether it s our conduct vis-a-vis erdogan s request in northern syria, whether it s standing in tell sihelsinki, ta putin s word for it over the u.s. intelligence community. where is the u.s. intelligence community on all this? how did the president s own national security team not manage to lay their bodies down between donald trump and propaganda from two known autocr autocrats, putin and orbin? well, that s we could spend a whole hour on this topic but so the mist riff of what s going on, with the history is between putin and trump, of course, remains a mystery. but the psychological study of why our president seems to solely identify with autocrats and dictators, whether it s north korea s kim, whether it s putin, whether it s now orban in
story. let me read you this headline from the new york times. putin and erdogan announce plan for northeast syria bolstering russian influence. the negotiations ended with a victory for mr. putin. russian and turkish troops will take joint control over a vast swath of formerly kurdish-held territory in southern syria in a move that cements the rapid russian influence in syria at the expense of its u.s. and kurdish former allies. nicolle, the key thing, goes with what frank mentioned and what we ve seen all along, whether it s domestic policy on simple things like guns, the environment, wall, immigration, all the way to international policy, donald trump is the most influenced by the last person he talked to. he can t be trusted. that s the issue. so whether or not putin got to him, orban got to him, erdogan got to him, whoever gets in his ear last seems to be the opinion he goes forward with. makes it difficult for troops on the ground, national security agencies to know what to d
deal at the same time in moscow. trump wanted money. erdogan wants to be able to walk willy-nilly into northern syria and isolate and wipe out the kurds. what does trump want in return? well, he already has a building in istanbul with his name on it. two i think, right? yeah. more money. so i think in all of this, the reason that trump is putting himself in these situations where he s getting manipulated is there s something on the other end for him and it s a big sack with a dollar sign on it. right. real quick, last word. and i would point out when he is doing those deals, there s always an enabler around ready to make his sick twisted, corrupt vision a reality and in the testimony today from ambassador taylor, sure looks like one of those people was ambassador sondland. right. all right. ashley parker, we had a teleprompter malfunction, so thank you for taking us through that stunning reporting last night. stopped everything to read it. after the break, a shocking co