first, big money as billionaire conservative fund-raiser charles koch threat tonens to withhold supportresident trump and his protectionist trade policies. i talk to tim phillips, with americans for prosperity. then social media. is the country ready for a new wave of hostile attacks aimed at pitting american voters against each other? i'll ask dana, the longtime social media scholar. what are we going to do about it? ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london and we begin with what could be a civil war for the heart of the republican party, pitting a network of powerful donors against president donald trump, and at heart si trump trade policy with news today that the administration is raising the stakes in its trade war with china. now proposing 25% tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese products. charles koch, the 82-year-old billionaire strongly opposes such a move and threatened to stop donations to republican candidates who support president trump's tariffs. this is significant because on almost all other issues trump has been good for the koch

president trump tweeting on the koch brothers, charles koch claims to be giving millions away from politicians even though i know very few who have seen this make ridiculous statement that what president trump is doing unfair to foreign workers, he's correct, america first. the president once again

that was charles koch. charles koch. he's actually a nice guy. members of my clubs. david and charles koch. he says donald trump doesn't take care of foreign workers. he's right. i want to take care of the american workers. i want to be america first. okay? [cheers and applause] but america's economic surrender ended the day i took office, folks. now after years of rebuilding foreign countries, we are finally read building our country -- we are finally read building our country. the. the great patriot from the our country. william mckinley from ohio was a great president. he understood the crucial importance of tariffs in maintaining a very strong country. people that followed him went down at great presidents because one in particular as you know, because he was given an economic behemoth created by mckinley. mckinley said we ought to take care of our own nation and her industries first. we want to help other people. but we don't want to help other people that are rich and not have them reimburse us. they are taking care of their military, we are taking care of thei

paul: president trump lashing out on twitter this time targeting mega don ors charles koch after not supporting kramer to unseat heidi heitkam tweeting the globalist koch brothers are against strong borders and powerful trade. i never sought their support intaus i don't need their money or bad ideas, they love my tax and regulation cuts, judicial picks and more, i made them richer, network is highly overrated. i've beaten them in every turn, they want to protect their companies outside the u.s. from being taxed, i'm for america first and the american worker a puppet for no one. two nice guys with bad ideas. so with two major gop powers currently feuding, what does this mean for the future of the republican party. let's ask columnist dan henninger and bill mcburn and mary anastasia o'grady. dan, what do you think president trump is on assault with the kochs? >> picked somebody to have a fight with so that it reflects well on him and animates his base. donald trump is all about that base. let's talk about that, despite what the kochs paul is not a minor event, i think it is a warning sh

servesright, will ruger as vice president for research and policy at the charles koch institute. he is an officer in the u.s. navy and a veteran of the war in afghanistan. will earned his phd in political science at brandeis university. moderatorht here, our 's senior director of policy at the conservative policy institute, a veteran of these very halls. she served in both the house and senate, including jobs as a senator rand paul's legislative director and policy director for the senate steering committee. el is a regularly featured columnist at "the federalist," "the washington examiner," among other places. i would also like to acknowledge the co-author of this study that our panelists will be discussing today, dena smeltz of the chicago council on global affairs, who is the senior fellow for public opinion and foreign policy. , i will join our friends in the audience, grab lunch, and let our distinguished panelists wax eloquent on policy preferences and positions. >> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for coming. i will start with just two seconds about where this project came

the charles koch recently posted an event researchers presented the results of a new survey of foreign affairs views among baby boomers, generation x, and millennials. foreign-policy analysts discuss the survey's findings. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'd like to thank you on behalf of the charles koch institute for joining us today for what promises to be an engaging and interesting conversation about american attitudes and preferences regarding our foreign policy and this nation's role in the world, a role that is being hotly debated for the first time in decades, while political scientists and foreign policy observers litigate the longevity or demise of the liberal international order, and we reflect upon nearly two decades of war. so i would like to also thank our viewers on c-span and the folks who are attending to that feed. allow me to introduce our distinguished panelists. in the middle here we've got trevor thrall, an associate professor at george mason university and a senior fellow at the cato institute with their defense and foreign policy department. he is a politica

that was charles koch. charles koch. he's actually a nice guy. members of my clubs. david and charles koch. he says donald trump doesn't take care of foreign workers. he's right. i want to take care of the american workers. i want to be america first. okay? [cheers and applause] but america's economic surrender ended the day i took office, folks. now after years of rebuilding foreign countries, we are finally read building our country -- we are finally read building our country. the. the great patriot from the our country. william mckinley from ohio was a great president. he understood the crucial importance of tariffs in maintaining a very strong country. people that followed him went down at great presidents because one in particular as you know, because he was given an economic behemoth created by mckinley. mckinley said we ought to take care of our own nation and her industries first. we want to help other people. but we don't want to help other people that are rich and not have them reimburse us. they are taking care of their military, we are taking care of thei

attention his mindset has destroyed count was business as well charles koch there the powerful koch family before being characterized as a joke why donald trump but the koch family with their ninety odd billion dollars isn't the richest in the world com coffee n.b.c. network even made a video guide to this family saudi arabia's brielle family has a big family for now just focus on. the current. and proud prince mohamed and some britain of course is selling them weapons to yemen right now but the u.k. has also been subject to the whims of a family that owns one of the big four supermarkets it was near the town of kingfisher the thomas walton a struggling young farmer and his wife nancy lee started their family and it was here that their son samuel more walton was born the founder of warm up there which has just been awarded the us peyton to eavesdrop on shoppers and employees in stores but while bloomberg just released their richest families top ten including chanel's where time a as do ma ma. and al brecht's al the it's a media conglomerate families and citizen kane that usually gonna most

charles koch wants to continue to make more money. you know? when is enough enough?g there is enough. but when you look at it, they are looking at how is it they can make their pockets even deeper. and they are doing it on the backs of hardworking americans who want a safe and secure country that want country of laws -- >> lou: on the back of every american. they change the culture and the character of the country and the safety and the sovereignty of the country. to keep it in context, when is enough enough? we are talking about $120 billion for the koch brothers. that is a good net worth. perhaps not enough as you apply. that is for them to know and the rest of us to guess about. it's great to have you with us. thank you so much. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> lou: one of the men accused of killing a u.s. border patrol agent appearing in federal court today. he is said to have taken part in the 2010 murder of brian terry. whose death exposed the obama administration fast and furious gun walking scandal. he won't face a death penalty, however, in the trial in septe

they want support from conservative donors like charles koch.ut they also need the support of president trump, they tell me, to try to get that kind of coalition together to stave off a democratic wave. it's not going to be easy. it's a balancing act for a lot of these republicans. >> i want to read part of a quote from "forbes" which read china is and the united states is going after the united stach jugular. and china is feeling it. >> and they're saying they're glad they're taking this on? >> i'm going to take a contrary view. i feel the same way. you know it's going to question another dollar for a shirt to win the fight against china. okay. we're not willing to make any sacrifices -- if the goal here is pretrade which i hope it is in the trump administration the only way there is to confront the problem? >> do you think confronting the problem, $12 billion in aid to farmers? >> i actually believe, whether you like what trump is doing or not or agree with his policy or not, do i think he's going to win? i actually do. just as the germans cam

i think what charles koch and the koch network are doing right now is kind of, it's, what's happeningican party. there is this cost-benefit analysis going on if you're a republican right now, how much does it cost me to break with donald trump? and if you're the kochs, you're saying, you know what? i'm not going to get any more out of this guy. we're probably going to lose the house. we got the tax cuts, the deregulation. to continue to enable him and his destructive impulses, his inflammatory rhetoric on immigration, will not only hurt us but will hurt the cause we believe in going forward. >> by the way, the kochs have always been far more, i don't know if you way progressive but far more open about immigration, huge believers in immigration, so all of these scenes from the border obviously horrifying. >> oh. >> absolutely. this is -- the kochs are opposed to basically what has been the beating heart of the darkest parts of trumpism, the harshness on immigration, and trade, demonizing our foreign enemies as trying to undermine us. so they decided, you know what? being in the majorit

charles koch takes on donald trump. th of your campaigns, you have received donations from the koch brothers. here is what "the new york times" writes. we know charles koch hates what the president has done on tariffs. he mr. koch and his organizations have struggled to find their place in a political party they barely recognize and whose political fortune is now wedded, for better or worse, to mr. trump. >> he should separate out the pack and they have their own political enterprise that's separate. it's clear the koch organization is concerned about issues. they are concerned about trade. they are free traders. they want a more tolerant immigration policy. they are concerned about spending in the omnibus. they are concerned about re-authorization of the export/import. i was with them on two of the four issues. they are alarmed by the trade issue. i think that's motivating them. that's why they are not participating or actively participating in some of the senate races where republicans have a chance at beating democrat

that is -- shery: charles koch made it clear that he would support anybody, regardless of party affiliationhings, whether it is with all of these developments, but also trade tensions, and issues that you do not support, how open are you doing to her sides of the aisle? tim: we want to find candidates who will take the tough votes to move this country forward and will lead. this congress, to be fair, has done some good things. reformscuts and tax that republicans did, without a single democrat vote, which was disappointing to see, it is a big reason this economy is moving again. the administration is knocking down barriers to opportunity with a deregulation. the dodd-frank reforms had bipartisan support. they have done some good things and this congress. what we are saying to them, to both parties, is we are raising the bar. if we are ever going to put this country on the trajectory to long-term economic and broader prosperity, we have got to do that. we have done that. we are looking for candidates out there. we have a few for example, marsha blackburn in tennessee, we think she is a champ

this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'd like to thank you on behalf of the charles koch institute forning us today for what promises to be an engaging and interesting

trump: that was charles koch. who is actually a nice guy. they are members of my clubs.avid and charles koch. he said donald trump does not take a foreign workers. i said, he's right. i don't want to get into an argument. he's right. i want to take care of the american workers. i want to be america first. ok? [cheering] pres. trump: america's economic surrender ended today the day i took office. now after years of rebuilding foreign countries, we are finally rebuilding our country. [cheering] pres. trump: the great patriot from ohio, and he was indeed, and he was actually a great president, certainly from an economic standpoint, he was assassinated. people don't realize, william mckinley from ohio was a great president. he understood the crucial importance of tariffs in maintaining a very strong country. people that followed him went down as a great presidents because one in particular, as you know, it is he was created. mckinley said, we ought to take care of our own nation and our industry's first we have to take care of our nation for spirit we want to help other peop

this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i got to thank you on behalf of the charles koch institute for joining us today for what promises to be an engaging and interesting conversation about american attitudes and preferences regarding our foreign policy and this nation's role in the world, a role that is being hotly debated for the first time in decades

charles koch has been outspoken on two issues, spending and trade.am bothered by the spending. i am very bothered by the spending. at some point the grim reaper shows up. we cannot long suffer trillions and trillions of dollars of debt. there is no way to rationalize that it is ok to have this kind of debt. at some point he will pay the -- we will pay the price. david: what about trade? ken: if this is a ploy, god bless him. david: what if it is not a ploy? ken: if he honest to god believes tariffs are the way, go back to the 1930's. it does not work. you know what, if he is a passionate believer and it is an end in itself, if he is a passionate believer, he is going to pay a price. what price? might not get reelected in 2020. because if this thing backs up on him, look, understand something. he said something the other night -- by the way, i find his appearances humorous. i mean i was listening to him in columbus, ohio, and he said something very profound. he said i don't blame the chinese leaders. he said i blame our people who made it easy for the

there are some of the top funders include nato the us state department our very own government charles koch the clinton foundation theocratic gulf monarchies like the you know. arab emirates oil companies like chevron exxon mobile weapons manufacturers like raytheon and lockheed martin so i mean those are just a few so it's really you know you see who is facebook is partnering with in order to kind of create the agenda and the discourse that we're allowed to see on facebook that that's incredible to me we're not getting a lot of. i mean you talk about a personal pretty you talk about a cesspool of all that's wrong in politics and government today you kind of see them all and there's one big bat that is the sole. this is a mess over there i'm sorry and the fact that the state department has given money to that as well really brings up a lot of problems because the government is not supposed to be infringing on first amendment if a private business says we're going to you know we don't want you on our platform that's one thing but if you have like some government linked to that that's dangero

date was david and charles koch. tweeted the globalist koch brothers who have become a total joke in real republican circles are against strong borders and powerful trade. they love my tax and regulation cuts. i made them richer. they want to protect their companies from outside the united states from being taxed. i'm for america first and the american worker. the president is not only critical of the kochs longstanding support of free trade that includes legal immigration. they are withholding their donor pennies from the republican who wants to unseat heidi heitkamp. kevin cramer wants his own funerally, but he won't have the slush fund. the president sound exactly like bernie sanders when he irrationally demonizes the koch brothers and idol eyes tariffs and protectionism. if he embraced his free market win. he could fight the wheel enemy, statist socialists. socialism is the worst bad idea of all. and that's the memo. president trump pushed a hard line stance on immigration and protectionist emgracious policies si

charles koch of the koch brothers said that tariffs are quote-unquote ridiculous. lament their impact on foreign workers rather than discuss the american middle class which was withering under those three presidents and which is now growing once again. and the koch brothers making it impossible for the middle class to grow, if you listen to their policies and follow their practices. >> what they don't say is the tariffs are imposed under the trade act of 1974 to stop the taking of intellectual property. and we have an opioid crisis. lou: trump was the first to bring it up on the campaign trail. >> you have the decimation of the u.s. factory sector. i think it's largely, you go through a lot of towns in the united states that have been thrown on their backs because of factories moving elsewhere. clearly that's connected with the opioid crisis. those opioid come from chinese gangs. lou: coming in by deadly doses and brought in through mexico as well just to keep -- make it global with the chinese production and distribution. and of course the mexican cartels deliveri

charles koch of the koch brothers said that tariffs are quote-unquote ridiculous.hen to lament their impact on foreign workers rather than discuss the american middle class which was withering under those three presidents and which is now growing once again. and the koch brothers making it impossible for the middle class to grow, if you listen to their policies and follow their practices. >> what they don't say is the tariffs are imposed under the trade act of 1974 to stop the taking of intellectual property. and we have an opioid crisis. lou: trump was the first to bring it up on the campaign trail. >> you have the decimation of the u.s. factory sector. i think it's largely, you go through a lot of towns in the united states that have been thrown on their backs because of factories moving elsewhere. clearly that's connected with the opioid crisis. those opioid come from chinese gangs. lou: coming in by deadly doses and brought in through mexico as well just to keep -- make it global with the chinese production and distribution. and of course the mexican cartels de

seem to be incapable of doing basic mathematics, for that matter so are koch brothers challenge, charles koch, attacking the tariffs saying they are ridiculous, and they harm -- not concerned about harming american workers and american businesses, but he is worried about foreign workers and the foreigners. they are attacking the 400 littl400million dollar, republin candidates they want open borders, free illegal immigration, and they don't mind if the chinese take $600 billion in american intellectual property. this is the darndest thing i can imagine having to deal with from your perspective. >> well, the left wing press doesn't get it, they don't want to get it. i tell who you does get it, the average american citizen. the average american worker. and even the american farmers who have been singled out for some retaliations. our farmers, our workers are real patriots. i was traveling with the president last week in iowa and illinois. the enthusiasm of the crowd was even greater than it was during the campaign. during the entire time that we were at reopening of u.s. steel plant in illinois,

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david: one of the issues the issues, froms charles koch, is trade. there candidates saying things you do support on the subject of trade? guest: absolutely, but overall we haven't seen enough leadership to support free trade. in fact, that is why we are pushing congress to stand firm. talk to the american people about the benefits of free trade. protectionism hurts us. when we close our self off to the rest of the world, it hurts us. these tariffs are actually , looking at as $12 billion bailout. it is not a bailout for farmers that's is it is a policy a bailout for bad policy -- a bailout for that policy. shery: and of course, all of these issues come from president trump's own policies. he's not been very supportive when it comes to free trade or fiscal discipline. how skeptical does that make you of a trump loyalist headed to the midterms? guest: as we look at the fiscal discipline, the republican majority who put forward a $1.3 trillion spending bill, neither party has shown a willingness to show some fiscal restraint here. we think that's really

but charles koch, 82 years old, is very averse to president trump's trade policies, some of his other policies, economic policies, though he does like the tax cut, as most business people do. and because of the tariffs, the president has been pushing, he has been telling republican candidates if you stand with president trump on trade, then you risk not getting the koch network endorsement, which is very powerful at times, providing grassroots support, advertising support. this has vexed many congressional republicans who feel that though the president is not a traditional conservative, they would like traditional conservative support in such a volatile midterm year. >> robert, what's your thought on how closely this white house this president who is, let's say, a more avid television viewer than most will follow the proceedings across the river in alexandria in the paul manafort trial? >> as you were talking with josh gerstein from politico, it's really hard for the president to follow this closely because television cameras are not allowed inside, even reporters are not allowed insi

k >>> charles koch and until his recent retirement, david koch are major republican donors. they run to help electric republican the. it's been recently critical of president trump who has characteristically shot back at them. this isn't about billionaires battling each other. koch industries is a massive empire touching everyday lives in ways you may not even know. meet jane. >> let's follow jane through her day as she interacts with the products. jane wakes up, had a good night's sleep in her mattress made of memory foam which is a koch product. sh she swings out of bed walked across the carpet made by a company that uses fibers that are a koch product. her work out shirt and pants from a material made by invista. she gabs jeans, maybe jd williams or hollister marketed as having a technology from vista. jane makes sure the kids take backpacks. regardless, they have cordeira fabric made by invest ta, a koch company. now it's time to get to work. windshield is made of a glass. paint produced by a company and belts running the engine. divisions of guardian industries, which i

the president all the way keeping up his attack on the billionaire koch brothers, tweeting charles kochwho claims to give millions to politicians even though very few have seen this, now makes the ridiculous statement that what president trump is doing is unfair to foreign workers. he is correct america first. dramatic reading from donald trump tweets today. former rnc chairman michael steele and aaron and anna back as well. you have this feud with now wit trump after they came out and said we don't love everything he does. donald trump took that personally and is out tweeting again. this could be potentially problematic for republicans, right? >> of course, because there is no real separation between what trump is doing in the party. you have those inside the party like the koch brothers who are like we need to be talking about the substance of policy. we need to be focussed on how we grow out the party. they're going to do the candidates and have fun. >> why, if you're donald trump should you look at that and find it compelling when you've ignored it -- >> why should you find what com

now, the two issues that charles koch has had big disagreements within trump on are immigration and traden on immigration and trade, i believe hillary clinton -- and by the way, i'm pro trade and pro immigration, but those issues really -- i mean, you're from michigan. in those states, that immigration issue really played well with voters. >> it's this question, too, i should note, is trump a republican? is he a republican? is he a democrat? >> it's his party now. he's got 90%. >> he's certainly the leader of the republican party. what i hear you saying is the republican party now is a little tent party. >> no, i think the party is very unified. but i'm saying it's different. the bigger part of the tent right now is you've gotten those reagan democrats. that's the reason trump won, in those states like pennsylvania, ohio, and michigan. those working class americans switched over to the republican party. >> guys, thank you very, very much. good discussion. we'll continue this down the road. >>> coming up, less than two months after historic summit in singapore, the u.s. secretary of state