impressed the president was by his reception in asia. it was a red carpet that nobody has probably ever received. and he says this, quote, that really was a sign of respect for perhaps me a little bit but really for our country. that theme he continued on today. our foreign hosts greeted the american delegation myself included with incredible warmth, hospitality and most importantly, respect. melania and i traveled to china whereas in japan and south korea, we were greatly honored by a slend udreception. the first official dinner held for a foreign leader since the founding of modern china. and while this is just a side note here, today remarks may be remembered most for the president s need for water likely due to air travel and jet lag. he stopped twice for a drink of water that included two hands. with us to talk about it jeff bennett, nbc white house correspondent, vivian salaama, and jeremy bash form chief of staff at the pentagon and also animist nbc analyst. welcome to you a
so i don t want to steal that thunder. vivian, if jeff runs through this correctly, were we the intended audience? was it aimed at wall street? with so few deliverables with the trip it was a trip to feel good and self-validate. a lot of it was just making his mark back in the united states. he s been away for a while. but also something that strikes me about these speeches is the president constantly talks about wanting to look presidential. and even though he ll go on twitter and throw very critical remarks on some of his political opponents and say things that are typically atypical for a politician, for a president, very shocking at times, looking presidential in standing in one of the white house room, delivering a grand speech. you know, he was touting the speech when he was on it plane coming back on air force one
with the president. so with someone neglecting to pore that bottle of water into a glass or tell the president where it was, was very evident today as the president delivered this speech, to put a different spin on his trip to asia. don t think we don t have a complete deconstruction the water incident in our segment tonight. so i don t want to steel that thunder. vivian, if jeff runs through this correctly, were we the intended audience? was it aimed at wall street? with so few deliverables with the trip it was a trip to feel good and self-validate. a lot of it was just making his mark back in the united states. he s been away for a while. but also something that strikes me about these speeches is the president constantly talks about wanting to look presidential. and even though he ll go on twitter and throw very critical remarks on some of his political
aberrational, hoping that if donald trump probably will not change, that something that something happens to ameliorate this behavior, if not normalize it. it feels really weird. really weird, brian. that s where we are on a tuesday night in early june. our great thanks to our starting panel tonight. steve schmidt, vivian salaama and eugene robinson. thank you all so much. when we come back, starting with a comment steve schmidt made about our friends and allies over seas, what do people make of what their witnessing right now? control my type 2 diabetes. my a1c wasn t were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals
of london, go to nato and give a speech saying the germans are bad, very bad, and nothing is going to change that. vivian we are back to the topic of impulse control. tomorrow the president has an event in ohio, classic case of risk versus reward. and all eyes will be on him and whether or not he has teleprompter discipline i m guessing. of course. that s usually the case. we can tell if he is straight from the teleprompt or. he has a different style, a unique style, he is donald trump after all. yeah, he s going out there and he s trying the really stick to this health care message a lot you know, again arc lot of people really concerned about what s going to happen the next day. and again is he going to live tweet it? how is he going to react? is he going to become unhinged if comey says something that makes him feel uncomfortable. i remember a weeks agohere was