richard haas, president of the council on foreign relations, is here. we're indeed lucky to have him here in our new york studios with us. richard, do you agree with our summation of what we just witnessed? >> up to a point. as a former white house aide, i always have -- >> now, don't switch teams on us. >> i'll switch teams. part of the difficulty of the press conference is you don't want to lose control of the message. so i get what the white house is doing here. two things that are interesting, on the national security, u.s./canadian side, one is stark differences over accepting refugees. justin trudeau said you can have refugees without compromising your national security. canadian will do that, donald trump says you can't take the risk. a stark difference in policy. nafta, unless i missed it, brian, i don't think it was mentioned until a journalist raised it. the non-news out of this is i didn't hear anything remotely like a game plan for dealing with the most important set of relationships the united states have, canada and mexico. the president di

council on foreign relations president richard haas for the challenges facing us foreign policy. of this morning political consultant roger stowe examined how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon doing political chores in his postpresidential years and he met donald trump in george steinbrenner's box and they hit it off. he called me the next day and said i met your man. i got to tell you he has got it. he could really go all the way. >> he said that? >> and then days later he dropped a note which i reproduce in the book to donald trump that said as is so typical of nixon's circa location, nixon saw you on the mike douglas show and thought you were superb and if you ever run for public office you will win because you are a winner and mrs. nixon knows about these things. he was talking about himself, his own judgment. not long after that, president nixon and donald trump spent a weekend together. ..

council on foreign relations president richard haas for the challenges facing us foreign policy. of this morning political consultant roger stowe examined how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon doing political chores in his postpresidential years and he met donald trump in george steinbrenner's box and they hit it off. he called me the next day and said i met your man. i got to tell you he has got it. he could really go all the way. >> he said that? >> and then days later he dropped a note which i reproduce in the book to donald trump that said as is so typical of nixon's circa location, nixon saw you on the mike douglas show and thought you were superb and if you ever run for public office you will win because you are a winner and mrs. nixon knows about these things. he was talking about himself, his own judgment. not long after that, president nixon and donald trump spent a weekend together. >> and booktv's live coverage of the savan

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richard haas is the president of the council on foreign relations. >> how did we get here? it's just the stuff of histories -- countries rise, globalization happens, cold war ended. some of it is the result of things the united states did-- the iraq war, the libya invasion, pulling u.s. troops out of iraq subsequently by barack obama. a lot of it is things we didn't do-- not following up the invasion of libya, or in the last couple of days, charlie, the decision not to go ahead with the trans-pacific trade partnership. the united states has long been a supporter of free trade. all these countries in asia and latin america lined up with us, and all of a sudden we're lucy with the football and we're yanking it away and all these countries feel left in the lurch. >> rose: so what does the world need? >> the world needs a united states that is willing to play something of a traditional leadership role. the world a also -- >> a traditional leadership role is not how i would define president trump? >> not at all. and i would actually say in just a few short days but also over the

. >> now the president's words drew this response from richard haas, head of the council on foreign relations, who tweeted the president's claim that the middle east would be better off if other presidents went to the beach is, quote, worth considering. >>> and in the new nbc news/wall street journal poll, the president has historic disapproval in the opening days of his administration. he's the only president to begin with a net negative rating. 44% of americans approve. 48% disapprove of his job in office so far. he hasn't had a positive rating when it comes to being straightforward. he's upside down when it comes to being knowledgeable and trustworthy, the international crisis, and only 18%lythe he has the right temperament leaving him with a 37% deficit. as you might expect, characterizing the first month in office is wildly divided along part zisan lines. 63% of americans think he's off to a great start. just 5% of democrats say think. and while 58% of the democrats say he's not up to the job, 5% of republicans agree with that. and 51% say the media coverage of the president has been too

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. >> to dissect this, i'm joined by richard haas who is currently the president on the council of foreignelations and former adviser to colon powell. he also has a book out, a world in disarray. congratulations on the book. >> thank you, katie. >> let's talk about this two-state solution. that's been the protocol, the policy now for decades, going back decades of a number of presidents. what's going to mean for donald trump to be apathetic about it today? what alarm bells are being rung across the middle east? >> well, couple things. one is, along with a lot of other people, we've looked at all the possibilities, and whatever the flaws are of a two-state solution, it's the least bad or arguably best approach that's out there. two, it's the only approach i know that helps israel stay jewish, stay democratic, stay secure, and stay prosperous, and thirdly the idea that we would unilaterally suggest we're open to other ideas, reinforces the sense that the administration is willing to orthodoxy of every sort and every part of the world, and that's dangerous because american predictability and

council on foreign relations president richard haas will explore the challenges facing u.s. foreign-policy. roger stone examines how donald trump was able to win the 2016 election. >> the first person to imagine the trump presidency was not me, but former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon, doing political chores in the yankee stadium. they hit it off. he called me the next day and said well, i met your man. i've got to tell you, he's got it. he could really go all the way. >> while, he said that. >> and then days later he dropped a note which i reproduce in the book to donald trump that said, this is so typical of nixon's location. and they thought you were superb. she said if you ever run for public office, you will win because you are a winner. this is nixon and he knows about these things. of course he was talking about himself in his own judgment. not long after that, president nixon and donald trump spent a weekend together. they went for a charitable event in houston texas. they essentially barricaded themselves in a hotel suite and spent hours talking p

council on foreign relations president richard haas will explore the challenges faces u.s. foreign policy. this weekend, political consultant roger stowe will examine how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but was former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon doing political chores in his postpresidential years and he met donald trump in george steinbrenner's box at yankee stadium, and they hit it off. he called me the next day, he said, well, i met your man. i got to tell you, he's got it. he could really go all the way. >> wow? he said that? >> and then, days later he dropped a note which i reproduced in the book to donald trump that said, this is so typical of nixon's location. this is nixon. saw you on the mike douglas show and thought you were superb. she says if you ever run for public office, you will win because you're a winner. and this is nixon knows about these things. he was talking about himself. in his own judgment. now long after that president nixon and donald tr

council on foreign relations president richard haas was for the challenges facing us foreign policy. and this weekend, political consultant roger stone examines how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but was president richard nixon. we were working for nixon doing political chores in the post presidential years.he met donald trump and george steinbrenner's box at yankee stadium. and they hit it off. he called me the next day and he said well, i met your man. i have got to tell you he has got it. he could really go all the way. >> he said that? >> and then days later he dropped a note, which i reproduced in the book to donald trump that said, this is so typical of nixon. he said mrs. nixon so you and thought you were superb. and she says if you ever run for public office you will win because you are a winner. and mrs. nixon knows about these things. of course he was talking about himself. in his own judgment. not long after that, president nixon and donald trump spent a weekend together. they went f

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