he was who he was for rielle hunter, who he was for elizabeth edwards, and then it was who he was for the american public. and that's the paradox inherent to politics by design. individual human beings have to be the vessels for all our lofty ideals, and yet to this day, we keep on investing and believing in these candidates for higher office, hoping, praying that they do not break our hearts, because maybe, just maybe, this one is different. i do think a lot of his campaign staffers were diehard believe-in-the-cause fans, and a lot of them do work in the white house right now. that's his legacy, and i think that puts a nice bow on a story that is a big ol' mess.

>> and a very warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton. ahead right here on cnn newsroom, a plea from the u.s. president to fellow republicans as congress considers a bill to keep the government running. canadians are reacting to new tariff threats, even as their own leadership is facing change and a state of emergency in new york. brush fires threaten communities on long island. >> live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. >> fresh tariff threats and cabinet infighting. it has been a whirlwind week for u.s. president donald trump. and now, to add to the list, the president turns his attention to avoiding a government shutdown.

mr. trump is urging his fellow republicans to unite around a funding bill that would keep the government afloat until september. now, the package would, buy the administration more time to try and craft a more significant bill later in the year. this has been a quite an event for donald trump, as he continues to try and persuade those republicans to go along with this temporary spending bill. what is interesting here is the fact that even republicans themselves have to be won over and isn't just about the democrats now. mr. trump we we we will be right back in a moment. >> u-box there were many failed attempts to fix my teeth. i retouched all my wedding photos and it was even affecting my health. i trusted you because

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version of the campaign took a different tack, emphasizing costs like health care. >> i'll take on the issue of the cost of health care. >> housing. >> provide first time home buyers with $25,000 to help with the down payment on a new home. >> and in raising a family. >> $6,000 in tax relief to families during the first year of a child's life. >> republicans hammered her on the costs of her proposals. >> this is absolute socialism. >> all of these ideas are very inflationary. >> but harris is following the lead of progressive lawmakers who blame companies reaping post-pandemic profits to republicans, the plan sounds like government overreach. economic experts are skeptical as well. >> there is not great economic evidence thus far that the bulk of the inflation we have seen,

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>> reagan made a passionate plea to his fellow americans that day to give meaning to those heroes. sacrifice by never turning their back on the world ever again. >> we in america have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. it is better to be here, ready to protect the peace than to take blind shelter across the sea. >> america had been protecting the peace with powerful alliances for decades. >> we've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent. >> reagan was expressing a hallowed american ideal, a bipartisan value shared by every president since world war ii. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first.

>> until recently this is what today's republican party sounds like. >> my amendment. >> would direct the president withdrawal from nato. >> nato has. >> for decades. >> sucked on the teat of the american. >> taxpayer. >> this is how it talks about longtime allies. >> in france, they have all sorts of problems. germany is a disaster. >> and this is what it thinks about the world. >> americanism, not globalism, will be our credo. we've been talking about this for a long time. >> thank you. as president donald trump walked away from more international deals than any other president in american history. >> this moment has been a long time coming. >> from the iran nuclear deal. >> the iran deal is defective. >> to climate change. >> i was elected to represent

the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> to trade. >> we're going to keep out of the trans-pacific partnership. >> and according to his own national security advisor, john bolton. >> the 12 nations undertake the common security. >> he threatened to pull out of the best deal america ever made. >> they were sworn to stand together against aggression. >> the nato alliance. >> oh. >> it tore down a wall. >> the red flag of the failed soviet union at last came down. >> defeated an empire. >> sea. land and air. >> coordination. >> and still defends almost 1 billion people. from those hungry for conquest. >> nato is obsolete. it's old, it's fat, it's sloppy. >> how did we get here? the fact

is, america has been here before. to understand, we need to look back and tell the story. of america first. welcome to a special hour on american isolationism. i'm fareed zakaria. when we first heard the campaign slogan america first in the 2016 campaign, it felt like a startling break from the past that came out of nowhere. but history often repeats itself. and when we look to the past. america first was said to be the nation's guiding principle for most of its existence. the story begins with the founding fathers. george washington, the nation's first president, said famously in his farewell address that america should steer clear

of permanent alliances with other countries. >> george washington not. >> only said that we. >> should avoid entangling alliances, but he referred to it as the. >> great. >> rule. >> that great rule. >> a kind of. >> policy bedrock of. >> neutrality. >> was the touch point for american policymakers. >> washington's warning made perfect sense for a young, weak republic and its fragile experiment in democracy. alliances could lead to war, and war could lead to invasion as well as dangerous division and even tyranny. on the home front. >> the tyranny of a standing army. >> and the kind of general who might be. >> governing. >> it. >> america's wisest course would be to enjoy the protection of its massive moats, the atlantic and pacific oceans. after all, the nation has a hemisphere to itself. thomas jefferson noted.

>> america is going to prosper by neutrality, by trade, and by internal development. >> but while america steered clear of europe, it expanded aggressively in its own backyard, building an empire at home, free from power politics abroad. it doubled its size with the louisiana purchase and captured much of the west in the mexican war. that's not quite isolationism. manifest destiny was america's creed in its own hemisphere, a belief that god had ordained its conquest of a continent. >> the transplanting of. >> indigenous peoples. >> seizing of their land, and what many people call a genocide against indigenous americans.

>> avoiding entanglements with the rest of the world turned a weak republic into a continental powerhouse the united states was leading the world in manufacturing by the late 1800s. immigrants seeking freedom and fortune flocked to its shores, and a nation now brimming with confidence was becoming a great power. in 1913. >> wilson was nominated and easily defeated. a split republican ticket. >> woodrow wilson became president. >> woodrow wilson is a complex. >> character. >> he began with the declaration that he would stick to the core principles of washington and jefferson, that he had no intent to intervene abroad. >> wilson's main focus was his historic domestic agenda, including massive labor reforms,

antitrust measures, and other progressive achievements. it would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs, he said. fate intervened with world war i. wilson was determined to keep america out of the war. having witnessed the horrors of america's civil war as a child, he won reelection on a promise of peace. >> he runs for reelection in 1916. world war i has been going on for two years on the platform of. he kept us out of the war. >> thousands of tons of shipping are destroyed weekly. >> but then germany ramped up its aggression with an all out attack on american ships, sinking three of them. >> congress passes a resolution. >> an agonized president felt he had no choice but to go to war.

now in the conflict, wilson went all in, vowing to win the war and, more importantly, win the peace to create a system that would eliminate the death spiral of european conflicts. >> woodrow wilson is the pivotal figure, i would argue, in american foreign policy, thought. >> wilson studied the causes of war and came up with 14 points to eradicate it, including the league of nations, which would mediate quarrels in a new civilized world. >> statesmen assembled to draw up. >> the peace treaty. >> germany agreed to peace based on wilson's 14 points. >> in december of 1918, wilson. >> sailed for france. >> and he was hailed in europe as a savior. his bold idea for a

new world order was popular, but it proved ahead of its time. >> the opposition. >> back home, the league was met with stiff republican resistance so wilson took his case directly to the american people, barnstorming the country. without the league, there would be another world war, wilson warned. his impassioned defense seemed to be winning people over. but suddenly he was felled by a massive stroke, leaving his left side paralyzed. his wife kept it secret and quietly ran the country. the league went down to defeat, and an invalid. wilson finished his term.

passing away just three years later. with woodrow, wilson died. any hope of a lasting peace. >> another war? not for me. this time. america should keep out, and i know i will. >> coming up. >> we cannot win. >> this war for england. that is why the america first committee has been formed. >> america turns inward like never before ruthless aggression and conquest. and woodrow wilson's dark prophecy comes true. >> live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. >> and welcome, everyone. we apologize for our technical difficulties, but we want to bring you right up to date on

the news. now, fresh tariff threats and cabinet infighting. it has been a whirlwind week for u.s. president donald trump. and now to add to the list, the president turns his attention to avoiding a government shutdown. mr. trump is urging his fellow republicans to unite around a funding bill that would keep the government afloat until at least september. now the package would, buy the administration more time to craft a more significant bill later in the year. cnn's julia benbrook has more house speaker mike johnson is outlining his plans for a stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution, that would keep the government funded until september 30th. >> but he's up against a fast approaching deadline, with a potential government shutdown looming this next week. president donald trump has expressed support for johnson's plan. he took to social media posting on truth social, saying, quote, the house and senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding bill. all republicans

should vote in parentheses, please, in all caps. yes. next week. but johnson leads with a very slim majority in the house, and he needs almost every member of his party to get on board. if he doesn't have support from democrats. here's what johnson said about the chances of the bill passing. >> i believe we'll pass it along party lines, but i think every democrat should vote for the cr. it is a fundamental responsibility. we have to fund the government in a clean cr with a few minor anomalies is not something that they should vote against. so we'll see what they do. >> johnson is describing it as a clean cr, but it does include some cuts to domestic spending programs that democrats will likely oppose. and the democratic leader in the house, hakeem jeffries, has already said that he opposes the stopgap measure. part of the argument against it is that democrats say it lacks critical language that would be included in a full year negotiated bill and would make it easier for their party to put a check on trump in court if

needed. this bill is 99 pages long, and johnson is expected to bring it to the house floor for a vote in the coming days, likely on tuesday. if the house passes it. it puts a lot of pressure on members in the senate with that government shutdown deadline less than a week away. now. in washington, julia benbrook, cnn. >> now, all this comes as president trump threatens to impose new tariffs on canadian lumber and dairy products. and that could happen quite soon. cnn's betsy klein has more. >> well, it's been a week of tariff whiplash at the trump white house. and president trump, for his part, really views tariffs and particularly the threat of tariffs as a key negotiating tool in this case against america's neighbors, canada and mexico, who he wants to crack down on the issue of fentanyl. starting on tuesday, the president issued 25% tariffs on both mexico and canada. and

later that evening, as markets were rocked, the president said there may be a little disturbance and asked american farmers to bear with him. and then the president received a direct appeal from american automakers gm, ford and stellantis, who encouraged him to lift auto tariffs, citing disruption to u.s. car sales. president on wednesday lifted those auto tariffs for one month and then a complete reversal by thursday, as the president announced he would pause tariffs on mexico and canada for an additional month by friday. that reprieve was semi short lived, as he announced he was placing 250% tariffs on canadian dairy and lumber products. the president, citing fairness. >> canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs, for lumber and for dairy products, 250%. nobody ever talks about that. 250% tariff, which is taking advantage of our farmers. so that's not going to happen

anymore. >> now taken together, this has fueled major uncertainty for markets and unpredictability for american consumers and businesses. it is also setting up a key test for the leaders of mexico and canada, who have one month to navigate trump as their economies depend on u.s. markets. betsy klein, cnn, traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. >> ron brownstein is a cnn senior political analyst. he joins us now from los angeles. ron, good to see you. it has been an absolutely exhausting week for so many, including you, i'm sure. and really, truly historic in a way. in terms of donald trump, the way he started the week and the way he ended the week. do you believe he did really have reversals on some of the key propositions he had made to americans? >> well, look, i mean, certainly donald. >> trump has operated. >> since taking office. on the

silicon valley ethos of. >> move. >> fast and break. things. and. >> there are probably. >> a significant number. >> of his voters. >> who like just the sheer. volume of activity. >> you know. >> basically, you know, voted for him. >> to disrupt things and he's disrupting things. but when you're moving this fast and when you're dealing with institutions, this big, move fast and break things is a, you know, is a dangerous kind of approach to to governance. and i think you are seeing anxiety among republicans, and certainly in polling anxiety among elements of the public about the sheer amount of change that is happening and the speed at which it's happening. don't forget, donald trump did not win a majority of the popular vote. he is leveraging a narrow plurality win into what he is portraying as a mandate to fundamentally reshape the u.s. government at home and to fundamentally reconfigure the u.s. role in the world. and that thomas jefferson once said, paula, great

innovation should not hang on slender majorities. and certainly that's what's happening now. >> oh, the wise words that seem to fall on deaf ears. in in terms of what this is actually what is actually going to matter to americans. i mean, look, whether you were a consumer or a business person in the united states, regardless of how allies felt about the tariff chaos, americans weren't feeling very good about it either. i want you to listen now to, you know, an interview that the president gave on fox business. listen. >> can you give us a sense of whether or not we are going to get clarity for the business community? >> well, i think so. but, you know, the tariffs could go up as time goes by and they may go up. and you know i don't know if it's predictability i think. >> that's not clarity. >> so that's not clarity. she was quite pointed. and again this is a very friendly interviewer. as far as as far as donald trump is concerned. and

yet the pushback was there. why do you believe that that kind of sentiment is, in fact, making its way into the oval office now? >> well, look, i think i actually think that the perpetual instability is a feature, not a bug, and is actually a very revealing insight into the way trump conceives the power of the presidency. all of these hairpin turns. you know, one day the tariffs are on, one day they're off. one day, musk is rampaging through the government. the next day, cabinet officers are pushing back. all of this instability is obviously very hard, not only for business, but local governments, foreign nations, anyone who has to plan. you know, it's good for it's good for donald trump in that the fact that nothing ever seems to be settled means it is very difficult for anyone to kind of view their position as solid. and everyone, everyone feels they have to kind of remain on his good side, or he could turn

on them on a moment. >> now, we did hear about that apparently explosive cabinet meeting with elon musk. the new york times revealed some absolutely extraordinary details about it. in fact, saying that simmering anger at the billionaire's unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable cabinet room meeting. the president quickly moved to rein in mr. musk. and yet, from what we know of that meeting, from what the new york times reported, donald trump seemed to enjoy this. you know, the fact that he had pitted one end of his cabinet against, you know, the doge the doge enforcer. >> look, i as i said, i think donald trump believes that maximizes his power and leverage. if everyone around him, from his cabinet to his white house staff to the leaders of foreign nations, feel uncertain about what is coming next and ultimately subject to his whim, i think that makes everyone feel that they have to constantly kind of butter him up and remain on his on his good

side. there is, i think, something else revealing about that cabinet meeting. great reporting by jonathan swan and maggie haberman in the new york times. you know, we've talked about this before, whatever level of pushback we are seeing at the front end of these personnel cuts in the federal government, the political exposure for trump and the administration is much greater at the back end. and i think that's what you saw from the cabinet officers. i mean, they recognize as the transportation secretary was arguing, if you cut air traffic controllers today, you know what? i'm the guy who's going to be out there having to explain why we're having more problems on the ground or even worse in the air with planes. >> ron, we will leave it there for now. ron brownstein, for us, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> as we just heard from ron, mr. trump clearly believes the economic ultimatums are an effective negotiating tool. but canadians are only becoming more determined to resist them. and they're mocking his threats on

social media. prime minister justin trudeau posted this viral rant, a send up of a beloved decades old beer commercial. listen. >> they mistake our modesty for meekness, our kindness. >> for consent, our nation for another star on their flag and our love of a hot, cheesy poutine with their love of a hot, cheesy putin. >> okay. and then there's this satirical take, written by a retired teacher who has since passed away. the disco hit i will survive, with the words changed to mention mr. trump's tariff threat and suggestion that canada should be a u.s. state. >> and we spent so many nights thinking. how you did us wrong. now we've banned it. >> all together. >> your tariff. >> made us strong. and so you know. >> you're. >> not so great. there's not a snowball's chance in hell we'll be your 51st state.

>> hamish telford is an associate professor of political science at the university of the fraser valley, and he joins us now from abbotsford, british columbia. thanks so much for being with us. you know, i don't think many people realize that the fact that justin trudeau was in the news so much this week, actually, he's on his way out, likely in a matter of days. can you just kind of bring everyone up to speed? the liberal party of canada will be choosing a new leader, and that new leader will actually be prime minister of canada within days that's correct. >> justin trudeau, at the beginning of january, announced that he was planning to resign as leader of the liberal party. the party set up a leadership race, what americans might call a primary, to succeed him. they will choose the new leader tomorrow, and then sometime next week, there will be the transition to power. the prime minister will tender his resignation to the governor general, the king's representative in canada.. and the new leader will be sworn in as prime minister and choose a

new government. >> and in terms of choosing that new government, listen, the liberal party has not been very popular, shall we say. and that's one of the reasons that justin trudeau was kind of forced to resign. everyone knew he actually didn't want to, didn't want to resign. but here we are. but i want to show viewers something here. since donald trump was inaugurated, the liberal party of canada on the day of his inauguration had less than a 1% chance of winning the last election. now they have a 37% chance of winning the next election. that doesn't really say anything in terms of predictability, but it says a lot about how canadians are feeling about justin trudeau's liberal party right now. >> absolutely. donald trump has turned canadian politics upside down. all of last year. the liberals justin trudeau's liberal party was 20 to 25 points behind in the polls. it looked like the opposition

conservative party would probably win the largest majority government in canadian history. even coming into january, that looked to be the case. then justin trudeau resigned. donald trump was sworn in, and donald trump, of course, has been threatening canada with 25% tariffs. he enacted them last week and then temporarily stopped them at the end of the week, as well as threatening to annex canada, calling canada the 51st state, referring to our prime minister as governor, trudeau and this has galvanized canadians in a way that i haven't seen, perhaps in my lifetime. canadian nationalism is running very, very high at the moment, and the liberal party has staged this remarkable turnaround, even though they don't actually have a new leader yet. >> there's two that are essentially frontrunners. it's the former governor of the bank of canada and the bank of england, mark carney, and also chrystia freeland. i mean, most people assume that mark carney will take this. is there a reason, though, that you would

hedge on that right now? >> no, i don't think so. it seems to be a lock for for mr. carney. by rights, it really should be chrystia freeland. she's been in the trudeau government for ten years. she's been in the trenches taking it on the chin. she renegotiated the north american free trade agreement with donald trump when he was last president. she's done it before. she says she's ready to do it again. but mr. carney seems to be everyone's great hope right now, certainly for liberal party members. and i think it would be a great shock if he's not elected leader tomorrow night. >> and given the fact that he is leader, he's got a little bit of boost from from the liberal party. but a lot of what is going to matter is the way he handles these negotiations with donald trump. i also want to remind viewers that although americans and canadians have gotten along literally for centuries now, there was a war. you can look it up. but right

now, in february 2023, 73% of canadians wanted a friendly approach to the united states. this month, 23%, not even 1 in 4 canadians wanted a friendly approach to the united states. you mentioned how extraordinary the nationalism is right now. do you think it will last? do you think this is something canadians will hang on to and that this tough stand, even if it costs them economically, will continue? >> i think so. certainly. as long as donald trump continues to threaten us with tariffs and annexations, canadians are resolved to see this through. and i think canadians are prepared to absorb a lot of pain if we get into a trade war with the united states. united states can do much more damage to canada than canada can do to the united states. >> professor telford, we have to go now. but i'm sure you would agree with me. right? canadians just want to be boring again. this has been far too exciting,

hasn't it? considering the usual tone of canadian politics. >> we like not being noticed, and we would like that again. >> we'll see if that's possible with this administration. professor hamish telford, thanks so much. really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. paula. >> now new york has declared a state of emergency as fire crews work to contain the spread of several brush fires on long island. according to the county officials, the blaze in westhampton was roughly 70% contained by saturday night. the fires are likely to burn through sunday, though, as high winds threaten to worsen conditions overnight. towering smoke plumes shut down parts of a major highway and continue to impact air quality in the region. that's an incredible video. at least two structures have burned down, but no evacuation orders have been issued so far. earlier, in a conversation with cnn, new york governor kathy hochul assured the public that she is closely monitoring the fire's path. >> i'm also concerned. >> about the air quality. >> while there are no structures

in harm's way at this moment, again, this could shift in a moment, but the air quality is definitely compromised. that's why i'm shipping 100,000 n95 masks first thing in the morning, and i'm going to continue doing everything we can to put out the fire. you mentioned the. i have four blackhawks. each blackhawk is able to dump 660 gallons of water. so that's part of why we've been able to get some control. >> eight people were injured saturday when a driver plowed a vehicle into a carmax dealership just south of los angeles. emergency crews say two people in critical condition were transported to a nearby hospital. police arrested the driver. early reports state the man drove an suv into the building's lobby before spinning it around and exiting on the opposite side of the dealership. carmax confirmed the driver was a customer who came in for a vehicle appraisal, and we will be right back with more news in a. >> moment.

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