president donald strategiced a joint declaration that sets the stage building of a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. our relationship will default into an even more strategic partnership. it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the region, initially between our two countries, and then looking at how other countries can join. will also include working on all fields in order to enhance our common interests and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented. we haven't had an agreement signed by the king of saudi arabia and the president and what we want to take it moving forward. this was a great accompaniment and mr. secretary, take you for your efforts in this regard. to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries signed a series of agreements, both commercial as well as government to government, that involves trade investment, infrastructure, that involves technology, that involves def

donald trump. nixon was strategic. donald trump is blundering into this stuff. neil: you mentioned the economic environment can make a difference. let's say whatever the figures are now. that this environment hold, it would take a lot for this thing to escalate against president trump. >> i think it would. he has his own megaphone through social media. he's able to tell the narrative in a way -- at the end of the day his success is their success. impeachment is ultimately political. neil: that's a callous, merciless way to look at it. neil: donald trump making saudi arabia his first trip. remember what he told me. >> i would call up saudi arabia and i would say. the prices are coming down. >> stocks ending the week in the green after a rollercoaster couple of days. the markets have bin and down as the scandals out of the white house continue to melt. oil is above $50 a barrel. heavy equipment maker deare shares jumping after reporting solid results. foot locker's shares down. north korea may not have been behind the cyber attack. experts say the pattern doesn't

donald trump. nixon was strategic. donald trump is blundering into this stuff. neil: you mentioned the economic environment can make a difference. let's say whatever the figures are now. that this environment hold, it would take a lot for this thing to escalate against president trump. >> i think it would. he has his own megaphone through social media. he's able to tell the narrative in a way -- at the end of the day his success is their success. impeachment is ultimately political. neil: that's a callous, merciless way to look at it. neil: donald trump making saudi arabia his first trip. remember what he told me. >> i would call up saudi arabia and i would you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual

. -- hisesty, the custody messy and president donald trump signed a joint strategic operation which sets the stage for a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. our relationships will evolve into a more strategic ownership, it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the and then looking at how other countries can join the strategic vision that also includes trade and investment education and working in all to enhance our common interest and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented, we've not had an agreement signed by the kingdom of saudi arabia and the president to codify the relationship. this is a great compliment. in addition to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries signed a series of agreements, but commercial and government that involve trade investment, that involve infrastructure, that involve technology, that involves a defense sales, that involves saudi investment in --rican in

. -- hisesty, the custody messy and president donald trump signed a joint strategic operation which sets the stage for a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. our relationships will evolve into a more strategic ownership, it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the and then looking at how other countries can join the strategic vision that also includes trade and investment education and working in all to enhance our common interest and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented, we've not had an agreement signed by the kingdom of saudi arabia and the president to codify the relationship. this is a great compliment. in addition to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries signed a series of agreements, but commercial and government that involve trade investment, that involve infrastructure, that involve technology, that involves a defense sales, that involves saudi investment in --rican in

critics wonder where his head is right now, but does donald trump have a strategic reason for saying the things he's saying -- these nice, almost smarmy things about the head of north korea? what's he talking about? that's ahead. plus hillary clinton speaks out on the 2016 election, saying one reason she lost was because of russia's interference, and she strongly suggests the trump campaign was coordinating, was in cahoots with the goals of vladimir putin. and in the "hardball" roundtable tonight, some other things clinton said today about why she didn't win. she wanted to win and should have won maybe. the letter from fbi director james comey and misogyny in this country. she also took a few shots at the guy who beat her. finally let me finish tonight with the trump watch. this is "hardball," where the action is. ♪ ♪ ♪ take on the mainstream. introducing nissan's new midnight edition. ♪ i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. there's nothing more than my vacation

if yes, then president donald trump will have achieved a major strategic success in addition. likely to be wanting to make? what will the message be tomorrow? you will ever there was so many back and forth during the campaign, and even a few months afterwards, about his narrative. he has been criticised, word such as islamophobic, isolationism, the famous tweet about the immigration. we know about that. but in his speeches in april 2016 and just before the election, he spoke about reaching out the into the arab and western world, and trying to find common ground with those leaders and the nations to isolate the extremists. this is also what europe has spoken about. that is what the arab countries have spoken about. to come together in an international brighter. if he achieves that with the speech, and with the other engagements, that will be a good thing to do. he will have to bring it back home, and coordinate with congress and the opposition to make sure that this is preserved as a us achievement, but just as one president's achievement. i'm afraid we must leave it there, bu

strategically get totally wrong. he thinks he can play fool with obama, which he did for a long time, and now he puts his faith in donaldrump, and now they are trying to recalibrate relations with moscow, and i strategically think it is not very clever and intelligent to kind of anger one country within europe which is not very toward israel for all the right and also some wrong reasons. that's not a very clever move. fascinating stuff, but we're running out of time. we're talking about israel's leadership, and it's fascinating that wanting to be an empire. sylke: a very small empire. shani: yes. there's always this attempt to deny the conflict or the occupation. we might have very impressive high tech things, but this will not solve the reality of new -- millions of palestinians stuck in borders. you cannot distract the world from this. peter: what would or could resolve the situation? shani: oh, wow. peter: i want to know. shani rosanes is going to give me a blueprint now. shani: i will tell you it has got to come from the outside. peter: trunk says he is going to do things different e-trunk -- trump says he is going

donald trump. he is not a strategic, long-term thinker.win impulses -- self-aggrandizement and self-preservation. firing comey is all about self preservation. he was clearly disturbed by how the investigation was progressing. per meghan saying comey was asking for resources last week, also remember that yesterday a grand jury issued subpoenas to some of michael flynn's business associates. david: in virginia, right here to tim: yes, and i was hours before comey got canned. "bloomberg news had he done this -- megan: have you done this at the outset, it would not have been surprising. he had serious detractors, particularly among democrats, and that is what is so amazing when he moved, forward with this investigation, he put himself in a position that he thought he was politically untouchable, and to fire him now, his own goal of catastrophic and baffling proportions. you about, let me ask the nugget of news we got in a letter from the president of the united states through james comey that said he was grateful for the three times the former

the -- his majesty, the custodial of the two holy mosques and president donald trump signed a joint strategic building of a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. it will -- our relationship will evolve into an even more strategic partnership. it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the region, initially between our two countries and then looking at how other countries can join. the strategic vision also includes trade and investment, education, and working in all fields in order to enhance our common interests and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented. we have not had an agreement i believe signed by a king of saudi arabia and the president to codify the strategic relationship and where we want to take it moving forward so this was a great accomplishment and mr. secretary, thank you for your efforts in this regard. the -- in addition to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries

and he said there is nothing strategic at all about donald trump.hen it comes to russia, he has a deep obsession. he feels comfortable with russia. perhaps he had business associates or contacts down the road. we've heard this from his children. but he himself not having that strategic sense nonetheless had this russia obsession. and we've seen this in lots of layers. those of news the media, those of us who are sort of speculating and looking what is going on are trying to ask ourselves did michael flynn somehow seduce donald trump into this russia obsession? did paul manafort? did others around him? i think we need to begin asking ourselves who is driving this game right now? and increasingly, i think the question with robert mueller and others is donald trump may very well be the russia obsessed person who actually had people he was running on the russia side because he wanted to play kissinger or nixon in this case. but the difference is this isn't going to mao. this is going to putin, who wanted this kind of thing to happen. so it's bizarre, an

donald trump has been sending these signals about russia for a long time and he's enacting it. but his party and the national security strategic class in washington are not with him, both republican and democrat. and so this is -- there's going to be a lot of tension about it. but donald trump seems to be impervious thus far to the criticisms and the pressure. he's marching into nato shaking up the allies and it's remarkable, while he hugs autocrats around the world. >> do you think president trump made a concerted effort to get back into the good graces with fellow g7 members, nato allies, chancellor merkel, i mean given what you just laid out, is there anything that suggests from his trip that he was trying to mend the fences so to speak? >> no. when we all watched together his speech in beautifrussels and na that was a fail. he failed to connect on the issue of all for one and one for all. others have said you have u.s. troops in eastern europe now and in poland and that that continues to be the actions that we are. so we ought not to get lost in trump's words. i disagree because angela merkel who is not a flamboyant person

one price that may be weighing on the price of oil, in donald trump's budget he proposes selling half of the strategic oil reserve to raise $16 billion for the budget. unclear if that has a chance of passing, but the idea of flooding the market with receives could be affecting the price. >>> politics will be in focus for investors today. president trump continues his trip in the middle east as terror strikes in the uk. in washington, the white house is sending the president's 2018 budget to congress today. tracie potts joins us from washington with all of the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the president overseeing. he'll miss that budget presentation today. he is talking about what happened in manchester and talking about peace between the israelis and the palestinians. a big agenda overseas still overshadowed to some degree by this russia investigation. president trump arriving at the palestinian presidential palace earlier this morning after being briefed on the explosion at a manchester, england concert that killed more than 20 people. british authorities tell the u.s. it was a suicide bomb

look, i don't know that donald trump put a tremendous amount of strategic thought into how he would respond to the question, but as a matter of fact, you now have what we would expect to hear james comey's side of the story, whether through congressional testimony, through the release of the memo or memos or both, and it's very likely that you're going to have the former fbi director, a very well regarded person within the law enforcement community, say the president said, we should end or curb this investigation. you'll have the president saying, no, no, next question. now, if it's just a he said-he said, nothing else comes out. bob mueller's investigation produces nothing, the congressional investigation produces nothing, donald trump will survive politically. it will be james comey's word against him, impossible sort of to prove. if anything comes out that suggests that donald trump's absolute flat, 100%, no wiggle room denial is not entirely accurate, it begins to undermine his presidency, to be quite honest. it calls into question when he is telling the truth and when he is not. so i d

his majesty, the custodian of the mosques and donald trump signed a joint declaration which sets the stage of a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. it will-- our relationship will evolve into more strategic partnership. it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the region, initially between our two countries and then looking at how other countries can join. the strategic vision also includes trade and investment, education, and working in all fields in order to enhance our common interests and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented. we have not had an agreement, i believe, signed by a king of saudi arabia and the president to codify the strategic relationship and where we want to take it moving forward. so this was a great accomplishment and mr. secretary, thank you for your efforts in this regard. the-- in addition to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries signed a series of agreements of bot

after the vote the republicans went over to the white house where donald trump spoke about the bill in front of the nation's strategicte guy reserves. and he wanted to be very clear about what this is. >> this is, make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. make no mistake. tz yes, make no mistake. we've already made enough for today. all the mistakes are taken. and trump did have a very important question for the assembled. how am i doing? am i doing okay, i'm president, hey, i'm president, can you believe t right? tz no, we still can't. it's just-- (cheers and applause) swrz here i stand with pi back against the wall. >> stephen: and trump walked about-- talked about everyone who came together to pass this bill. >> we have the tuesday group, we have so many groups. the we have the freedom caucus, we have-- and they're all great people. we have a lot of groups tz yeah, a lot of groups. the guys who wear stripe tie, the guys who wear solid tie, the bald guy, not bald guys, very diverse coalition. and of course there was high praise for the president from house majority lead

donald trump tick. one is self-aggrandizement. the other is self-preservation. the fact of the matter he's not a strategicer and never has been. i think the question about how long he stays in the game with this probe on his doorstep is how much he can actually think beyond mere self-preservation. >> reporter: from the beginning of his run, there was both skepticism and enthusiasm surrounding his campaign. a real estate mogul and reality tv star. >> you're fired. >> reporter: trump didn't hold back on the trail. >> little marco. lying ted cruz. crooked hillary clinton. >> reporter: unpredictability still a staple in his approach to the oval office. on the trail firing two campaign managers. his ability to bounce back after headlines that would sink a storied political career earning him the nickname teflon don. >> having someone go out into great big rallies and talk about how great it's going to be once he's there makes people feel good, gives people a sense of hope and optimism. the voters want that to be true. and so that is something that is very appealing on the trail and very difficult to translate

the republicans went over to the white house where donald trump spoke about the bill in front of the nation's strategicghter] and he wanted to be very clear about what this is. >> this is, make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. [applause] , make no mistake. >> yes, make no mistake. yes. we have already made enough for today. all the mistakes are taken. >> eric: colbert is not the only one. other late night show hosts are also attacking the president. watch. this i saw that democrats are calling for the new republican healthcare bill to be called trump care. experts say that's the first time trump and care have ever been said together. >> fake news later this month donald trump is going to make his first foreign trip as president. first foreign trip. [crowd booing] >> yeah. that's right. he is visiting a library. [laughter] >> a member of the conservative house freedom caucus said yesterday it can be difficult to negotiate with president trump because it's hard to tell what he is thinking. also, if. [laughter] >> eric: joining me now with reaction the hos

. >> you know, it's a strategically reckless strategy if that's what they think it is. this is a corridor around donaldump are afraid to say the emperor has no clothes. it is ridiculous to go to countries like saudi arabia, get a gold medal put around his neck, call that the sort of an incredible pivot or a boost for this administration. and, you know, do back slapping with sergey lavrov and ambassador of russia in his office and kick our allies in the teeth. this is crazy. and there is no logic to this. nato is about as much more than just the spending. it's not just him calling for these nations to contribute 2% of their gdp which barack obama did by the way, robert gates did. this is not a new theme. they've all been on a trajectory for the most part of moving in that direction. it's the offensive thing he said to those allies at the nato meeting. you owe us all the back money as well. owe us. it's a ridiculous and embarrassing situation that now has nato allies wondering about the solvency of their relationship with the united states. you're going to have a strategic class of people who want to pre

you are saying it is more than rhetoric signifying a more sinister strategic positioning of the donald >> i certainly think that it is leading in that direction and i want to be clear. thatnot necessarily saying is the long-term intent of president trump did that is because i do not think he thinks in the long-term. when you look at what this saudi arabia's have been pushing for, when you look at some of the things that general mattis has written in the past, it does seem to indicate that there is an effort to move in a direction of isolating iran once again and confronting iran. one can make the argument that there is a lot of policy that the iranians are pursuing that are problematic and it would be desirable to see them change the we have a clear example of what works when the west tries to change iran policies and that is in the negotiations that led to the nuclear deal, through engagement there is success. isolation confrontation has three decades of failure. that is why i think it is quite worrisome that the trump a pathtration has chosen that clearly will lead them toward failur

it's showing how erratic donald trump can be and how naive because the notion that china is going to share our same degree of strategicblem and not correct. so i think that it is something where china is not going to basically take on north korea in a kinetic war and donald trump has repeatedly said if china is not going to do something, then the united states will. that he will. and so he's sort of fudging off of that right now. the one thing i would add to hans nichols' analysis, which is always excellent, is that u.s. senators, the 100 u.s. senators marched over to the white house to get a briefing on north korea and what was going on, were told that our national security capabilities, intelligence capability, had installed malware within some of the north korean missile systems and you had a series, at least two and perhaps more missile tests, that went awry that blew up in air. what's interesting about the missile test that have come since that doesn't seem to be a problem now. very few have commented on it, but intelligence officials were taking credit privately f some of the mishaps in the north korean missile

he ran this campaign, and donald trump would not be in the white housed today without -- white house today without the strategiclity of steve bannon. i think it's important. i think the key thing is don't let it get away from the white house. it has to be independent of what's going on day-to-day, but at the same time don't create, don't create a cam cause key -- kamikaze, basically have an instant response, have lawyers there, make sure the stories are being told accurately because this process is probably going to go on for two or three years, the mueller commission and what have you, the hill hearings. i think steve's a superb choice to go do that and make everybody that comes into that mix take an oath of secrecy, and if they leak any of that, they're fired. trish: you've got to lay down the la. all right. ed rollins, thank you. >> thank you very much. trish: we're going to come back in just a couple minutes. stay with us. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. takes full responsibility for intelligence leaks from the manchester terror attack. >> the president has been very strong in his condemn

strategic communities consultant, also a former republican member of congress. she joins us from philadelphia. good to have you with us on the program. you supported donald trump during the campaign. i was asking -- you supported donald trump during the campaign. melissa: oh yes. i do. always -- from the beginning of this presidential term, there has been a concerted effort to derail the presidency. i am not saying everything he says is correct, or that everything he says is wrong. this country is facing significant turmoil, very up -- very organized opposition to the president. he is not responding as well as i would like him to. there needs to be more clarity and consistency. i think it is too early to draw any conclusions. host: how would you like him to respond? you're a strategic implications consultant. -- strategic communications consultant. melissa: he should be answering the questions clearly and deliberately. if i were advising him directly, i would tell him to just drop social media. the presidency is a position that should bring with it a significant amount of deliberation, and fair and honest and open discussion. it doesn't matter if you are

important about the reset in terms of the strategic interests between saudi arabia and the united states. there is something, also, that you're not going to hear donald trump do which is he's not going to lecture the saudis or talk to the saudis about their domestic issues, about human rights or the need for democratic reform. the indication that's been coming out of the white house is the united states wants to shift away from that. there was criticism that president obama at times came across as lecturing the conditions on its need to push for democratic reforms. obviously we all know and we're familiar with some of the accusations and allegations inside that kingdom in terms of the rights of women and in terms of the rights of minorities and what's happening in yemen in terms of human rights abuses that have been documented. you're not going to hear president obama talk about those in the bilateral relationship. that is something that has caused some concern for close allies of the united states who have been saying that the united states, because it has such a strategic relationship with countries like saudi arabia, it can help saudi arabia move

strategic this is. maybe i'm naive. >> trump supporters are truly disappointed today. the voters rb, republicans, democrats, differed donald trump the presidency, and yet they pretend like they can't pass a simple budget resolution with a majority. do what you are elected to do or you won't be elected again. if you want to see 2018 be a bad year, break all your promises. >> i hope they get itthrough the house and have faith in the legislative process. charles: let's leave it there. president trump by the way may have found his funding for infrastructure. but i'm going to tell you have right now, what was thrown out today is going to drive a whole lot of you have crazy. we'll discuss it next. why pausea spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasti

to try to build upon or take advantage of america's strategic advantage but you need to have a strategy to do that. indicated, everything donald trump does is part of a rocess.ted p transactional. this could lead to problems. an example of this is when you have on a monday, rex tillerson, the secretary of state, who has not been heard of until this point, gives a speech outlining what was a clear departure from the consensus in the obama administration, but also the consensus with our allies the only solution to the civil war in syria as a political solution that does not have assad in charge of the country. tillerson says if he is involved or not, it will be up to the syrian people. this comes in the wake of all fuzzies up until that time had been directed towards vladimir putin which is russia and iran, assad's major patrons. should we be shocked that four days later that assad violated the agreement he made to destroy and not used chemical weapons then drop chemical weapons? assad is a bad guy. i will not give him an excuse because he has been dropping barrel bombs and cluster bombs and all that forever which are war crimes

donald trump saying that he has done the right thing by firing james comey. also making news today, us—backed fighters in northern syria have captured the strategically importantlamic state militants, as well as a nearby dam. an alliance of local kurdish, arab and christian militias has been battling to take the area for weeks, supported by us—led coalition special forces and air strikes. the former brazilian president, luiz inacio lula da silva, has arrived at a courthouse in the southern city of curitiba to give testimony before the country's top anti—corruption judge, in the first of five cases against him. he has denied any wrongdoing. foreign ministers from the eight countries with territory in the arctic circle are meeting in alaska. it comes amid confusion about the us government's policy on climate change. the effects of a warming climate are being felt particularly keenly in the arctic, and they are eager to learn what us policy on climate change will be. a rare form of ice known as ‘dragon skin' or ‘dragon scale' ice has been spotted in antarctica for the first time since 2007. these images were filmed by a researcher from the university of tasmania,

donald trump. he goes to a warm welcome on an offset. >> it is not a strategic reason, it is a tactical reason.rabia is not a country that in 10 years time is going to be more relevant to the u.s. than it is now. it is becoming less relevant. they have checks that can be written to support trump favorable headlines from the saudis right now. the saudi king and the deputy crown prince and the israeli americanister are two allies who are happiest at to see the back of president obama and happy to see trump come in. goicates of, where can i that will move the needle for me today, saudi arabia and israel makes sense. when you say the key relationships, it is europe, canada, mexico, asia. but he did not go there for reasons. you mentioned israel, he was supposed to go there to a warm welcome but it was a revelation this week that he passed on classified information to the russians and the source of that information was from israel. how does that compromises ability to achieve anything while he is there? anif you needed to screw ally on intelligence, israel was the one to do. this is not going to sha

were hoping to have a story to tell the donald trump and is a administration where incompetence, i think that was a desperation. >> sean: you think it was strategicallyre going to make sure sanctuary cities, planned parenthood, the border wall, that's okay for fighting in september, let's get health care done, let's get my economic deal done. >> i hate to say this but yeah. i will walk away and we will have a government shutdown get on board and let's get something done, the american people want it. >> sean: i know you love president obama, big supporter. this is a big blow. it seems the tipping point came down to, something i like a lot and that is the waiver that allows the states to get out of all of this should they choose and i like sending things back to the states. >> i don't know, to me, jim jordan had it right, the leader of the freedom caucus he knows this is no repeal and replace. this is a different version they are trying to of obamacare, what we've got here is a political salvage operation. republicans more interested in what we're saying, it wasn't what we promised. let me finish this point because i think this is really important give

donald trump presidential campaign. and we now know through cnn's reporting this week that there were strategic facebook ads taken out inke wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania targeting specific groups of voters who were persuadable and you have to wonder now, as we're putting some of these pieces together in terms of what jared kushner was doing, before and after the election, when you put the pieces together you wonder, could there have been some sort of coordination there. or at least, you know, a blind eye to what the russians were doing because you wonder, why are you talking to the russians and why are you trying to set up a secret line of communication on the heels of them attacking our democracy. >> the other issue that played out, to ser lena's point, rick, private server, hillary clinton, private server. the home brewed, home cooked thing in the basement in chappaqua. did the trump folks think they'd be able to get away with putting something under the same roof and get away with it? >> i have no doubt the post reporting ambassador kislyak did say to superiors jared kushner wanted to set up a back channel

firie ining relieved pressure o donald trump in terms of allowing him to work with more ease with the russians. what is pent up inside of a jim comey or is it all just strategic and a brick-by-brick case that he'll lay out when he testifies? >> well, i think there was clearly a lot of pent-up worry on jim comey's part in the weeks after donald trump became president. which we know he documented in internal memos and made sure there was a record of and so i think, you know, he obviously has quite a lot to say. we've heard some of it through, as you mentioned, leaks of some of what's in these memos about his takeaways from these confrontations with the president who he was asked to do things he felt uncomfortable with, he felt he was being influenced or there was an attempt to influence him that was really something outside the bounds of the relationship between a president and the fbi director. so he obviously does have a lot to say, and it's interesting ken is talking about how there was an anticipation that maybe jim comey would have been asked to keep quiet during this investigation at least until mueller had a chance to interview him, himself. i know, you

transatlantic alliance, it is clearly vladimir putin's number one strategic goal is to destabilize that alliance and to sort of drive that wedge, and donald trump is doing it for him. now, putin, if he is a longer-range thinker, will also have to look at, okay, what does that mean? does that mean a germany france alliance that gets serious about military power? they maybe get serious about nuclear power because they can't depend on the u.s.? >> churchill had it figured out. france and germany had to marry after world war ii to make it work. >> ironically, trump is making europe, the continental europe, stronger. >> let's go to the visual. why did trump want to be known as the guy that shoved aside little montenegro. why did he put this guy into a death trip? anybody can do a shock handshake if you get the jump on the other guy? >> for him, it's about the competition. it's getting to the front of the line. it is being the alpha male in the space, and he likes to put that out there in the media where people see it and they comment on it. it reinforces his own brand, and it reinforces -- >> i think that's one of the great -- then he puts tha

that's a real change in priority for donald trump in terms of his policy towards asia since the campaign. >> i admire any attempt to put a real deep strategic loss on what trump said but this is ridiculous. this is off-the-cuff, not thought through, no deep strategy. the proof is that if this were a calculated proposition, he would never have used the word "honored," which obviously is a mistake. you would need them if you thought it was advancing things. not a serious proposition. we had people at state and defense saying they wouldn't at that level, would not open negotiations. the idea that we are going to have a nixon in china on this is absurd. the president was popping off. he's got a serious policy in place that is to squeeze the north koreans, to threaten them. i liked what he says i won't be happy if you do a nuclear explosion. didn't explain but said i won't be happy. let them guess. he's pushing hard on china. not sure that's going to work but letting the north koreans know were not going to allow an icbm at any point and their pursuit of it is going to end one way or the other. that i think is a strong policy for what happened t

donald trump, he's running for president. they meet at trump tower in new it. and talk about >> i've known steve bannon for 10 years, worked on a lot of projects. one of the greatest strategic ever been i've around. >> and trump continues to keep a with bannon going from that point on. >> in trump, bannon had found a who matched his own instinct. palin, all , anti-establishment figures and i bannon, t appeals to more about destroying -- that is where he and trump really meet, e is very much into destroying enemies. host: mr. kirk, the last point about destroying enemies, talk that and talk about the fact you spoke with someone and david breitbart bosse in this documentary. when trump andg, bannon got together the first time and almost every time after that, it was sort of common quality they shared, it is sort fighter instinct, you aw that manifest after the firing of jim comey and pushback went to when trump coast guard and gave commencement address and said, fight, fight, i will not keep my head down, i will go for it. bannon-ism, 100%. i think that is really the thing have in common, trump ecognized wealthy guy who was just like him, i think there is awful lot about the