pushing him in that direction and right now he's indulging them the question is whether he will follow through with that i hope he doesn't you know peter one of the things i've noticed that is unique about this presidency. to all tweeting a sign is that i think serious people and not just pundits that are partisan one way or another i mean i listen to speeches particularly when he goes to the base and there's just a heck of a lot of hyperbole and it's kind of baked in for me ok i'm trying to understand the basis of what he's saying because well most of what he talks about is themself ok that's the trump way but i just have to wonder when you look at his foreign policy views i see that a lot of it is bluster because and i'm kind of agreeing with james here the bark is really there but there's not always the follow up i mean with syria. we really don't know what's going on there they're not very saying very much because i think there's going to be a withdrawal but i mean could we look at the bluster towards iran is this kind of bluster to keep the saudis and the israelis happy go ahead peter. yes i think it's

primarily to keep the lead and the israeli lobby in the u.s. happy because look at it this way trump has already got a lot of enemies back home that's what you're new theat. he's got the securities they are on his back he got everybody on his back he cannot afford all of the israel lobby on his back so this combined with the fact that he has family links with israel push to thim in the direction of being an iran hawk. now this is kerry and he gets dragged down that path we may be in for a very bumpy ride indeed. but i heard that his heart is in it. opportunistic and dictated by his standing domestically in the u.s.

he can't have too many enemies at the same time you know the rich are reflective and i think that's quite fascinating because we're really you know you could have all the bluster you want against iran but it does keep the israelis and the saudis happy and it's one it's one issue he doesn't really want to deal with right now because of the litany of trade issues nato north korea meeting with putin it's on the backburner for him policy wise not rhetorical what do you think richard . if it's not on the back burner peter he's he's got to keep his eye on that situation in the southwest part of syria where the heat is high the rain ians have been maneuvering around too near to the golan heights for israeli comfort and that that could trigger a fight in a broader conflict which none of us needs richard who would be stranger which

country would be that which country would be the trigger who is the proactive it character you're referring to. well. israel has been striking using air power against what it has identified as your indian targets you can use real. names syria and syria that's where it could go bad but ok and you write in syria gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break it's a hard break i have to go there after a short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's foreign policy stay with our .

security mechanisms and. and the saying we don't want to be part of britain anymore he got caught up in stomping out aviation companies we mentioned banks stopping out everyone wants to get out because if you don't have the super for all institutions to cover the you're going to be part of that and you've got to be a separate go it alone island or a large rain clouds coming in marmite worshipping some old we're going to crown. in france germany and italy and the rest are saying no we don't want to be a part of the.

welcome back across like we're all things are considered we're discussing transform policy. ok james let me go back to you in washington right before i went to the right richard pointed out a possible fly flashpoint in syria the iranians and the go and we have to remind our viewers of the golan heights illegally occupied by israel and it's not israeli territory ok it's actually part of syria and the international community recognizes that but i'm glad that richard brought that up james i mean it again you know if you look at kind of the proactive and i don't want to use the word aggressive but proactive stance that trump has taken on so many positions around the globe again we go back to the middle east where it seems to be reactive i mean is israel determining what the united states might or might not do in the region syria is

a very good example go ahead. well i think richard is right to point out southwest syria as the real most important dangerous flashpoint here and that's where it really comes down to mr trump and mr putin can they work out something that defuses that in the abbey in the aftermath of the american failure and syria that really has been a failure that we're not really in a position to broker any kind of deescalation and that area hopefully the russians can you know that you know this points to a serious paradox in american policy we have these so-called neo conservatives here who are the most militant interventionist especially in the middle east they're also the most militant li anti russian and are just in a complete meltdown now over the prospect of this summit coming up what's ought of course is that israel and mr netanyahu have a very good relationship with russia and mr putin so there i think there are things that can be done on the ground there for a mosque that the people here just are getting the belt out of the picture that's

a really good point let me go to peter on that i mean this is a it's widely speculated i know that the nato allies are terrified of meeting with putin because he might make a deal over their heads ok all right fine that's a topic for another day but i mean the issue of syria is very interesting and and what change says i think makes a lot of sense of something could be an arrangement let's put it that way to deal with syria but why peter would let me or putin trust donald trump after everything that has been said and done i mean ash carter remember when there was a cease fire agreement everybody was on board and all this all we accidentally attacked the syrian army opes we didn't mean it wow i mean that didn't cut any ice with me or anyone else that i know so peter even if some kind of arrangement could be made to deescalate in syria could the russians trust the americans to come through and we have to remember that trump is under

a lot of enormous pressure at home because. even talking to vladimir putin in the eyes of the neoconservatives is treason go ahead peter. well i think the americans don't have much to negotiate with in syria. the boots on the ground very limited in numbers effectively they're just. the pro u.s. forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up that only leaves the north the ad lib area to dominate it in turn to the external support by turkey not the u.s. and i think we're also in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint not the goal and the goal on the approaching towards the goal and i believe is a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can

see that the israelis acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the go under is no reason why they should they should want it to. be the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the same scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the feature of lip which is some month down the track but perfectly for theobald the same conditions will be produced and i believe there will be another fake chemical attack which will trigger. a real really dangerous crisis you know all that when we go to richard and people that do that are actually

desperate that's when people. do that kind of thing they're on the losing side that's why they do it i want to stay with. the trump putin meeting and let's talk about syria is there is there a possible in your mind where some kind of rough outline could be agreed to where everybody could be seen as the winner without getting giving away anything i don't know if that's possible here but i think that that's something that trump would like to say look we're quickly resolving the issue in syria he likes to win that's how he'll look at it and of course that would be a segue because somehow start starting the russia u.s. bilateral relationship again because it pretty much been deep sixed what do you think about that richard well i think. interests are parallel to american in the sense that he doesn't want to go really. quick sounds like a very very shy gree. so you have something to work with the

really world kurt is the rainy and. there is no unquestionably strong almost for the call of color for the article element and that sees its mission is spreading with already its influence over syria lebanon yemen to some extent and that i don't know what who. can agree on ok well james i mean this is the guy ongoing argument i've had with richard i mean again if that fanatical element and to around i mean they're only fueled by foreign policy mistakes by the former colonial powers in the united states they're the ones that help spread real or imagined iranian influence throughout the region i mean look for example the horrendous shameful. activity that's happening in yemen and the whole world watches this it's

a disgrace to humanity and that's all blamed on a rant more rand wasn't there until it all started happening but timelines don't matter to these people go ahead james. yeah i guess i would disagree a bit with richard although i defer to his superior knowledge in this area it just seems to me that in a world and islamic world it's thirteen percent shiite that any fanaticism from tehran would be a self correcting problem that they simply don't have that throw weight to really have that kind of dominance in the region as far as mr trump and mr putin go i think mr putin is well aware that donald trump does not control the apparatus of his own government whereas putin is master of his house trump really is not and he has to proceed much more carefully and can he give orders that he knows will be obeyed and lastly as far as the allies go i think the one who has the most to fear is theresa may here's somebody who's going to dissolving out from under her we've got their fingerprints on not only on the white helmets and the tackle false flag

like like peter was referring to the scriptural thing and also the steel dossier let's not forget that i hope mr putin hands mr trump a real dossier about what they've been overt up to over there and the united kingdom to try to subvert american interests but you know peter one of the things i've done in number of programs on this but you know i've had experts on talking about the interests of this country versus the interests of this one in geopolitics and sometimes it just gets down to trump having a memory i remember how you supported hillary clinton i remember the donna ca i remember him isaacson vote meddling in the election not the russians you know it's really and then those ukrainian oligarchy that gave money to the clinton foundation i mean you could say that's a layer that that's how donald trump sees fulcrum policy that you get when he's slighted he's got it written down in a back of an envelope check that person's done that person's done i'm to i'm i'm making light of this a little bit but obviously there's personal issues that. views the world here go

ahead peter. young think two keys to understanding trump one is the so called isolationism ornately the. other is. not going away is the redeeming feature. depart from the or the orthodox washington and. then constant conflict like a goalie who is pinned down by the washington consensus by these myriad little advisers around him the only time he's really free are in the middle of the night three am when he can tweet and nobody can stop him. when he's in a thumb it when he's going to come in again one on one specially when they keep advisors out to the train these are the times when he can be donald i think donald

should be more donald if anything in it you know richard it's already been brought up in this program and i think it's an important question is that you know when when. the nato confound there and then when he meets with putin here i mean nato is doesn't like the public browbeating that trump is given them over spending this spending issues been on the table for a long time it's nothing really new and with that with the trump. putin meeting i mean when they look at it again i want to go back to the rhetorical just more words because you know they're going to think that you know this summit will pass go back to work they'll be at the summit with putin and then. trump goes back on the campaign trail goes into his rallies i mean is it just more for photo ops and just bluster because i can't see that he has really the power to make a deal with putin for example. well let's say this season he's shown he has two

interests in the middle east the. so-called peace process doing something to get the biggest deal in history between israelis and palestinians and then the price of oil so those those two issues do capture his attention what where he's going he has unfortunately weakened confidence in american leadership in the middle east problem. by withdrawing from the agreement the jury c.p.u. agreed agreed that he's playing with the weaker hand the nuclear agreement with iran you know ok one thing is very and i'm glad i'm and we're going to wrap it up here i'm glad that richard brought up oil prices the way it's going gentlemen donald trump trying to lower oil prices isn't actually helping them to increase and the saudis for how he treats them so well the saudis have not returned the favor to

try to equalize the price we'll see where this is going to go here that's all the time we have gentlemen many thanks to my guests and watched in new york and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t.c. a next time and remember. you will be and that is your last piece plus. the people know. what i mean.

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the law. secures his place in the world cup final with belgium. but on what not what all eyes now all the england croatia counts of the cold see faces from the final sun. away from football this morning some of the news from a nato. summit wednesday. the u.s. president is demanding more money from allies while nato says it's not going to

raise funding just for the please america. money on wednesday the eleventh of july life marty h.q. in moscow is kevin i would say before with you for the next thirty minutes with news from sport on another big day of the world cup. first photo taken the big news this morning that france advanced to the final shutting up belgium one nil in russia's northern capital some petersburg last night with a team in with a chance to lift the world cup trophy that it was time for the french fans to go wild. am. god. has.

the best frogs the guy marching on to the world cup final so that years of radio what did you think of that knowledge the belgian players. they go home with a bad feeling a feeling that we could do more and better. feeling that probably. is all there it because it tried absolutely everything. but many of the players. they kept fighting and a little bit more in the in the last twenty twenty five minutes but they are much better than that and for beagle cajuns because players and many of the players they were not there in the beagle cajun affronts was. who was good in the basics things of the game they defended well they were compact. and they scored. a goal that probably is. from

a near miss match the last man to put the chips this french team is zero you know looks looks. at play with twenty years of football but. must be below twenty five. you played his first match with me with eighteen in real madrid that was totals and then. i'm certain we must be now twenty four years old or sol and reason. is yanqui. always young of. t.t. . three d. i think only your ease as you who are my three d. they are on the surface is a very very young team defensively we've been very sordid very strong and. the team mates from nobody ph of the so if we keep that's we've got

a good chance on sunday you know we're going to be all to bits with true true true fight together have true to be strung together on troop ships or was it. we just have to prepare to win the final it's a simple as that potentially historical day for gold and we never achieved it before you know in the in the history of football so. we should enjoy the way. he was an amazing game we used though we wish like oh we had momo goes near everything but we were one of the principal i feel a bit disappointed still i think. they didn't. use their full potential. chances but like in any other image in this world the french did what they did for though which is to win the match they were no better than us but one corner and it showed . we wanted we had a final it was a very tough game

a very close game but i think france was a bit sharper than they had fewer chances but they were shopper in front of the goal it was so belgium belgium belgium missed the chances. well france the french capital of course thrilled with a win where hundreds or thousands gathered in the city center there to watch the match but riot police that are coming to win the football euphoria spilled over into violence as you heard to see. ha ha ha fans were bottles crowd control barriers another object at the police the clashes took place in the tourist heart of paris on fame charms a leader you have a new police tried to disperse the crowds with smoke grenades got really nasty there for a while scuffles lasted for over two situations fighting for the troll. this championship proved to be full of surprises weaver favorites germany argentina

knocked out in those early stages and then host rusher also managed to get through to the quarterfinals with many credits in coach stanislav chests off for that but his success are world cup team co-host peter schmeichel in the harvey spoke to the man who's become a hero to many russians now. it's really good to see you again and when i say again that's because we we share some history together we played when we were young boys we played. for you play for the soviet union you know that we are nine hundred eighty five i think were the most thing given in almost eight years old you know mostly in that yeah you know half their mind i think. unfortunately for us then mark that we lost. three two but i'm not completely sure but let's let's put put that behind us and the stats by congratulation you are on what an achievement and what what are your feelings about what you and your team has achieved here in this

world cup. there are two approaches to this tournament first there was a moral one which i think we excelled at because our country was united in everyone was really happy but there's also a sport side to this and in sport you know peter better than anyone else there's always a concrete result but there's only one trophy on our team won't be the one to lift it so we won the moral battle but lost the sports one but anyway we were really happy to bring joy to the russian fans. i just picked out just like a complete stranger today i wanted to give them the chance to ask you a question middle aged lady i said if you could us to justify anything what would it be she said i would ask him a question i just want to say to him thank you for the energy that you brought to this country how does it feel knowing that you have united football fans known football fans and he really brought the whole country together when there was the forward i'm really grateful to all of fans one single team couldn't have brought so much energy to all of the nation of course the team's performance provided the

reason for this energy to emerge but honestly i think we were charging each other i think has experience this him self you know when you feel such support you get the drive and with ace energy you can really make history and it she impossible thank you very very much for. and sharing all this with us. it was an absolute honor to have you here. and you know how do we get on from here by the way casper was absolutely amazing it is tournament. i'm sorry peter but he was even better than you. oh ouch well we're from securing its place in the final it's now down to england the creation to fight it out later what a clash that's going to be they meet at the luzhniki stadium in moscow to see who's going to go through to face the french team creation fans already getting into the party spirit. this is their.

super super cup we were really how i don't know about that they were in they were underdog every play good soccer i think it's a psychological pressure on england team because their favorites so you don't have nothing to lose so nerds who are much on edge ahead of wednesday semifinal clash many regarding glinda is the favored saber let's see what our teams top pundit thinks of the upcoming encounter later today. england is fresher. has younger players heads easy group phase where they plea to the matches and the match against belgium changed every player sold the players that are playing. the they all had one match less than croatia to play because they didn't play against belgium and the majority of the players. are young feeds the players when i look to the team my saying. so is three years old just

today or yesterday something like that and apart of that the players are all very young and between england and croatia i think croatia has a great mentality. a fantastic midfield player to control the game in the possession of the game but being run these. is a happy team and how they are happy well without crucial much on the rise in the england squad found rather unique way of loosening up check this. the rubber chicken does it every time well they've done well so far you've got to

give it to the the make.