glasser and baker were newly married. wedding the paper said, "the bride and bridegroom are on leave from the "washington post," learning russian in preparation to become the newspaper's moscow bureau chiefs." susan glasser spent four years as the leading -- leading the "washington post's" moscow coverage. and the book she wrote afterward with her husband, mr. baker, their book about what they learned in their time there was kind of a warning. it's now a famous warning. it was a book called "kremlin rising: vladimir putin's russia and the end of revolution." their book made a case which is familiar now but was still very controversial at the time in foreign policy circles when it was published. they made the case that putin wasn't shaping up to be the kind of partner for the west that the bush administration and the early obama administration had hoped for and expected. they described a growing authoritarianism in russia built around the idea that putin would lead russia in a return to the glory days of the super powerful

karen glasser is with best buddies ofithe c region. >> it's hard. it's hard on eye l lot of level.eally love it here. i'm sore i'm sorry. i'm sad. >> reporter: trotz, the fifth winningest coach in history is a husband and father to his son has a disabilities and has been involved with the best buddy programs for years. back when trotz wasoaching in nashville, glasser says a colleague from that area made her promise to take good care of the family when they moved here. >> i will do the same. and make sure that they are loved and looked after wherever they are wonder f.t' >> reporter: more than just a charity for trotz.'s itn issue of the heart. glasser says trotzse oftend the platform to bring awareness to b buddies wloes missionre volves around friendships, employment, a leadership development for people with intellectual and developmenl disabilities. >> he would say to reporters, i'm going to talk about best buddies now. anug so that b us a whole new group of people who might not have known who we were and what we did. >> reporter: glasser tells me best buddies of the capital regi

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well, here with us for more, the aforementioned susan glasser, staff writer at "the new yorker." and jonathan allen, longtime political journalist and nbc news national political reporter. he happens to be in quebec city tonight covering this summit. susan, you get to go first because when i heard what you said at 4:00 p.m. on this network, it stopped me in my tracks. you said, "this is not a drill." tell the folks what you mean. >> well, you know, for a year and a half we have been wondering with trepidation what's going to happen with president trump and the rest of the world. a lot of chest-beating about the death of the liberal international order, but what does that mean? will we recognize it when it actually happens? in my view, what's happened over the last few weeks, and in part tasfew days, looks pretty much like the death of the liberal international order. i think that the statement this morning about wanting russia to rejoin the g7, it just suggests donald trump is not subscribing to the basic tenets that brought the world's leading democracies together. it's not a cl

joining us now, peter baker, susan glasser, now writer for the "new yorker" and rick tse stengal.et me start with you and your fantastic piece, susan. you write "ever since trump took office, america's allies have sought to avoid this moment. over the last year and a half, many have come to realize with growing dread that it was inevitab inevitable. the rift between the world's great democracies that trump's election portended is coming to pass and it's about far more than iran policy, obscure trade provisions or whether germany spends 2% of its gdp on nato. many senior european officials speak of it as nothing less than a crisis of the west. >> nicolle, i wrote that before donald trump this morning said that russia should rejoin the g7 and make it the g8 again. you know, i'm struck by the fact that this really is our kind of this is not a drill moment. for a year and a half we've been talking about what would be the consequences of the unraveling of the world order and i felt listening to president trump that what we are hearing was an american president who has a very different

joining us now peter baker correspondent for the new york times, susan glasser writer for new yorker and rick stengel. susan, let me start with you. let me read a little more from it. you write, since trump took office allies have sought to avoid this moment. many have come to realize with growing dread it was inevitable. the rift between the world's great democracy trump portended is coming to pass and it is about far more than a wrong policy, obscure trade provisions or whether germany spends 2% of its gdp on nato. senior europeans speak about it as nothing less than a crisis of the west. yaho >> you know, nicolle, i wrote that this morning before donald trump said russia to join the g7 and make it the g8 again. i'm struck by the fact this is not a drill moment. for a year and a half we've been talking about what would be the consequence of the unraveling of the world order and i felt listening to president trump this morning that what we were hearing was an american president who fundamentally has a very, very different view of the world than his predecessors, both democratic and

susan glasser, staff writer for the new yorker and a veteran overseas journalist. and jeff bennett, white house correspondent for nbc news. good evening and welcome to you all. robert, i'd like to begin with you. what just happened? what did the u.s. get? what did the u.s. give away? and are you too noting a certain kind of sensitivity in the president's outgoing social media posts tonight? >> here on capitol hill, brian, there is bewilderment in both parties. the president is so unorthodox in his approach to foreign policy that most leaders here on capitol hill are not really sure how to respond. senator bernie sanders on the left said, well, he's encouraging of the diplomacy here, of the peace process, but still wary of how this is playing out. senator marco rubio, florida republican, talking about how the u.s. really can't trust kim jong-un. yet at the white house tonight, they feel comforth the president's position. they believe that by rattling this negotiation process is the only way to have progress. and at this point, they're confident that this is moving f

susan glasser, staff writer for the new yorker and a veteran overseas journalist. and jeff bennett, white house corresndent fo nbc news. good evening and welcome to you all. robert, i'd like to begin with you. what just happened? wh did the u.s. get? what did the u.s. give away? and are you too noting a certain kind of sensitivity in the president's outgoing social media posts tonight? >> here on capitol hill, brian, there is bewilderment in both parties. the president is so unorthodox in his approach to foreign policy that most leaders here on capitol hill are not really sure how to respond. senator bernie sanders on the left said, well, he's encouraging of the diplomacy here, of the peace process, but still wary of how this is playing out. senator marco rubio, florida republican, talking about how the u.s. really can't trust kim jong-un. yet at the white house tonight, they feel comfortable with the president's position. they believe that by rattling this negotiation process is the only way to have progress. and at this point, they're confident that this is movin

the "new yorker's" susan glasser reports that trump is pushing his team to arrange a one-on-one meetingtin this summer. she cites a senior administration official familiar with the deliberations who says, quote, there is no stopping him. he's going to do it. he wants to have a meeting with putin, so he's going to have a meeting with putin. president trump also took aim at his predecessor today, blaming president obama for russia's invasion and annexation of crimea. >> president obama lost crimea because president putin didn't respect president obama, didn't respect our country, and didn't respect ukraine. president obama, not trump. when it's my fault, i'll tell you. but president obama gave away that -- now, president obama by not going across the red line in the sand that he drew -- i went across it with the 59 missile hits. but president obama, when he didn't go across the red line, with what he gave away, nobody even knows. but just to put it one more time. president obama gave away crimea. that should have never happened. good-bye, everybody. >> their economy is less than that of i

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susan glasser, thank you as well.r latest dispatch from trump's washington at the noew yorker.com. and joe i'll never charles krauthammer coming to your small book party dinner and how much that meant to you that he showed up, sat next to you and faulked about conservatism. talked about everything you were fighting for. his voice will be missed. especially now. >> it was a great honor and there were a lot of noted people there who i was honored to have at that event but sitting next to charles and being able to talk to a guy i admired so much was the thing about charles, though, as gene said, he put so much into every column into every book, everything he wrote and did that he will remain with us. and when conservatism comes back, mika, when we move beyond a stage where there's a personality cult, where all the things he fought for his entire life were actually on the run. his words will inspire future people to look at what saving the best really means. >>> still ahead, the president tweeted just moments ago republic

karen glasser is with best buddies. >> it is hard on a lot of levels.ow they love it here. >> reporter: trotz is a father to four.hi son has a disability, has been involved with best buddy back when trotz was coaching in nashville. he says a colleague from that area made her promise to take good care of the family when they moved here. >> i will do the same and make sure that they are loved and looked after wherever they go. they are wonderful. r >>orter: it is more than just a charity for trotz, it is an issue of the heart. she says he used his platform to bring awareness. the mission on friendship, employment for peopleit wh developmental disabilities. especially around big fund-raising events. >> he would say to reporters, i'm going to talk about be buddies no that brought us a whole new ou of people who might not have known who we were, what we did. >> reporter: she says best buddies always had support of the capitals. and believes that part won't change. but admits to some uncertainty that lies ahead. >> will the new coach be as married to the miss

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susan glasser of the new yorker today i on msnbc if my memory serves me right. talking about the reagan comparison. let's watch. >> reagan did exactly the opposite of what we are talking about with trump. he was able to find to negotiate with the soviets to be extremely tough with the soviets and also to preserve a line a vision of human rights and democracy. >> laura: trump obviously -- >> she is exactly wrong. speech would tl us why. >> both trump talk tough and engage the enemy they ud you have to do it for a position of strength but that doesn't mean you don't negotiate or don't talk. reagan and gorbachev had four summits collect two of which were basically photo ops. in moscow, reagan met with human rights dissidents, gave an importance feat at moscow state university and in washington where they signed an agreement to limit intermediate range nuclear missiles. sometimes you have t talk in o to reach an agreement. >> laura: and a lot of people, crag, and sean and richard, were upset that the president didn't spend more time on human rights. let's watch what

here's what susan glasser wrote in the new yorker today, senior officials in european capitals and washington told me they now worry that trump may be a greater immediate threat to the alliance than even authoritarian great power rivals such as russia and china. so our allies are looking at us and saying, hold on, it doesn't look like you're our friend. you might be more of a problem to us than anything else. >> having your greatest ally, the united states has been the greatest ally of every country in europe for decades and having your ally break apart from you is a deep, deep threat. so i would just differ kuwait a little bit, there's a theory that trump just likes strong mans, authoritarians because he's kind of a bully and he likes them. what we should really understand here is that trump has a different relationship with vladimir putin. he treats vladimir putin better than anyone else. china -- anyone else. just let's remember it's not just that putin has not receded in crimea, it's that russia recently attacked an ally, basically trying to murder british citizens, and, of course, did wh

susan glasser at "the new yorker" reports today that the president has now told his staff to start planning for what he wants to be his next summit, which he wants to be with vladimir putin. the president's unilateral concessions to the north korean dictator earlier this week included a surprise gift that china and russia both have been asking for for months and that we now know putin personally lobbied trump about months ago. when trump announced in singapore this week that he was going to halt joint u.s.-south korean military exercises, that was reportedly a surprise to everybody else in the white house and to the u.s. military. the president just called an audible on that and announced it on its own. but we now know that russia had been asking for it. that president vladimir putin had personally asked president trump for that. president trump this week granted that wish. this is a president who benefited from russian interference in the election to try to help him win. a president who continued even today to rail against the investigation of that interference. a president who continues t

susan glasser, staff writer for "the new yorker" and a veteran overseas journalist.pondent for nbc news. good evening and welcome to you all. robert, i'd like to begin with you. what just happened? what did the u.s. get? what did the u.s. give away? and are you too noting a certain kind of sensitivity in the president's outgoing social media posts tonight? >> here on capitol hill, brian, there is bewilderment in both parties. the president is so unorthodox in his approach to foreign policy that most leaders here on capitol hill are not really sure how to respond. senator bernie sanders on the left said, well, he's encouraging of the diplomacy here, of the peace process, but still wary of how this is playing out. senator marco rubio, florida republican, talking about how the u.s. really can't trust kim jong-un. yet at the white house tonight, they feel comfortable with the president's position. they believe that by rattling this negotiation process is the only way to have progress. and at this point, they're confident that this is moving forward incrementally, that by