well john bolton was also asked usually john bolton was also asked what he thought of the decision of the us president trump not to go ahead with those planned attacks on targets in iran and john bolton said he said this was an exercise of restraint and discretion and we should not mistake that for weakness so he wasn't prepared to. do all offer any alternative view to the president's decision not to go ahead with those attacks but we know that john bolton also with my compare are the hawkish of the advisers towards us president and i have his ear and they are the ones that have been pushing for this much stronger line against iran's oil for the moment but it will leave it there thanks a lot but it's with their west jerusalem where the world food program says yemen's who the rebels have blocked a shipment meant to feed at least 100000 families the agency announced last week that it had partially suspended its aid program there accusing the who these of diverting some of its food the war in yemen is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation the w a p has been feeding more t

robert: so what about john bolton the national security advisor? is he overestimated and is he is person perch on the president's ear influencing him toward war? >> i think it depends on wthre president stands but lately we've seen him really discount john bolton's advice on several occasions. and the president has dismissed

john bolton got to go in all of this what we're going to be talking about john bolton is going to have for the program or. do you think that the radians will be tricked into some kind of reaction. how much how much can you take before you have to react with . rouhani basically dismissed all that. he said that. remains you laid critic committed to the. plan of action. when all the projects are not participate in fulfilling their commitments so i think. it's a warning in fact. i think the best assessment of the situation was given by daniel ellsberg you know the man who published the pentagon papers you real quick the recent ones yes. then your most books said that this is the same evidence that we had with the team with a smoking gun in iraq and again it could be a precursor to wall i think that's a good warning from daniel well ok i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news today with r.t. . starting really in the 1980s under reagan at that turn deregulation you had the fed takeover and their so

john bolton is going to restrain trump from avoiding war. course, that is exactly what he has tried to do from the first day. shortly before bolton took the new job we incited him on this show to ask about the many, many, previous foreign policy positions. wash as bolton denies ever being wrong ever about anything. not even a little bit. >> tucker: so you called for regime change in iraq, libya and syria. in the first two countries we had regime change. it's a disaster. i think we agree. >> i don't agree with that. >> tucker: you don't think it's been a disaster? >> no. i think you need to understand that life is complicated in the middle east. when you say well, the overthrow of saddam hussein was a mistake, it's simplistic. >> tucker: i would argue i'm the one that understands how complicated it is. that's my view. >> it's your long experience in foreign policy. >> tucker: i have a better record than yours, i would say. got that? hillary clintons toppling of the libyan government was not a disaster says john bolton. keep in mind there are

robert: so what about john bolton the nationality advisor? is he overestimated and is he this person perched on the's presidear influencing him toward war? >> i think it depends on where the president stands but lately we've seen him really discount john b oton's advice several occasions. and the president has dismissed him at times in meetings that they've had. so i think we're seeing a little bit of a change with john bolton. but i think a lot of that was to dh the president doesn't like this idea that john bolton is goading him into conflict. and you saw that in the oval office when the president was asked are somef your advisors, pompeo and john bolton are standing over his shoulder goading you into conflict? and he said no, i actually think it's the opposite sometimes. but that's because the president doesn't like this narrive that any person no matter john bolton or whoever is telling him what to do. robert: and one person we're cting lking about is the secretary of defense. all this turnover at the pentagon. what does that mean for the

john bolton said iran has violated the nuclear deal. let's remember, it was donald trump who has violated the nuclear deal. he left an international agreement signed by president obama and six great powers. iran, european powers, china and russia abiding by the commitments in the nuclear deal. even though they were doing a great deal of harm the basic decision to abide by its commitment with a nuclear deal. >> considering that, how do you characterize the situation as it stands now. >> toemorrow, president trump will target the sector and also the european powers. what you have is the maximum pressure campaign that cripple the economy and bring about the campaign or two. president trump knows time is on the side. time is not on the side of iran. what we see is that iran is punching back. they are trying to break the status quo. iran is bleeding. the american sanctions or the american war against iran is really doing a lot of damage to everyday people in iran. let me give you an idea for your own international viewers. iran cannot now im

national security adviser john bolton is in israel to meet prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other israeli and russian officials they'll discuss regional security as tensions are rising between washington and tehran. well while both in israel senior white house adviser jared is laying out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the century that's the middle east peace plan he says is based on $50000000000.00 worth of investment more than half would be spent on palestinian infrastructure over 10 years the rest would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan and one of the main projects is a $5000000000.00 transportation corridor of to connect the occupied west bank and gaza nearly 2000000000 would also be injected into the palestinian tourism industry is trying to drum up support for the 179 infrastructure and business projects that of an international conference in bahrain next week palestinian leaders though are boycotting the event they refuse to talk to the u.s. since it recognized jerusalem as israel's capital in the 27 months and joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what

eeing a nk we're little bit of a change with john bolton. but i think a lot of that has to do with the president doesn't like this idea that john bolton is goading him into conflict. and you saw that in the oval office when the presideke was are some of your advisors, pompeo and john bolton are standing over hisdi shoulder g you into conflict? and he said no, i actually think it's the opposite sometimes. but that's because the president doesn't like this narrative that any person no matter john bolton or whoever is telling him what do. robert: and one person we're not talking about is the acting secretary of defense. all this turnover at the pentagon. what does that mean for these discussions inside the administration? >> yeah. we're told and some of our reporting that thursda while top military officials were trying to decide what military options the president should be looking at, he had the -- theid prt had both his outgoing acting defense secretary and hisct incomingg defense secretary, both in the room, very clearly showing that there

it was striking to hear him say what a lot of john bolton's critics say about john bolton. so far -- and it is important to note that the president has not given into john bolton's very hawkish views. other than syria, he has not launched any new military operations. so he is keeping john bolton in check in that regard. host: since we are talking about the president's feelings about his advisors, what did you think about the president being asked about his feelings about his former attorney general, jeff sessions? the president, when he was asked if he could have one do over, what would it be, the president saying it would be personnel. he said if i had one do over, i would not have appointed jeff sessions as attorney general. that was my biggest mistake -- those were the president's comments. guest: when we think of everything that has happened in the past two and a half years, it is interesting that the president draws on one of his first decisions that he may have made before the inauguration. it was one of his first decisions as president. i immediate a think of republi

john bolton got to go in all of this well we're going to be talking about john bolton is not going to go for the program. do you think that the radians will be tricked into some kind of reaction because how much how much can you take before you have to react with. rouhani basically dismissed all the gear and he said that iran cannot remain you laid pretty committed to ready the. plan of action d p c or wait when are the pockets are not participate and are not fulfilling their commitments so i think it's a it's a it's a warning in fact. i think the best assessment of the situation was given by daniel ellsberg you know the man who published the pentagon papers you real quick the recent and yes marathon conference on good on our sons then you love the book said that this is the same evidence that we had with the bay of tonkin with a smoking gun in iraq and again it could be a precursor to war i think that's a good warning from daniel levy ok we're going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news today with

>> i disagreed very much with john bolton. his attitude on the middle east and iraq was going into iraq. i think that was a big mistake. i think i've been proven right, but i've been against that forever. john bolton is doing a very good job but he takes it -- generally a tough posture, but i have other people that don't take that posture. but the only one that matters is me. >> he's right in that the president makes the decision in the end. any president should want an active debate, get all the options on the table. i don't know if it's xheetly unique but what's interesting about this administration is how often it plays out in public. >> this is like so many other things with president trump is he likes this whole good cop/bad cop thing and he gets to weigh in at some point and figure out, what's the decision going to be? i would note, given those comments, he is the one who decided to hire john bolton. if he disagreed so strongly about his position in middle east and past positions on the iraq war and other subjects, maybe

it's not just john bolton driving that. pretty strong agreement between bolton and mike pompeo on that, the famous 12-point speech was co-written by the two of them. >> but to what end? what i'm a little unsure of, it feels like a reflex more than a strategy. is the goal regime change, to get them back to the negotiating table? is the goal simply to inflict pain? it seems to me it's pressure without a strategy behind the pressure. >> i think there is a strategy. but i think it's fair to say that it's conflicted. the president, obviously, wants to have new negotiations. i think it's fair to say that john bolton believes that would be a mistake. i think pompeo probably is more in the direction of john bolton, that he doesn't really believe that diplomacy is going to work with the islamic republic, but he is the secretary of state and he has certainly said publicly that he's in favor of negotiations. so, in the meantime, i think they're just going to adopt sort of a containment minus approach. that is, they're going to deny th

i think john bolton is a patriot, i don't think he wants boots on the ground and some massive war in the middle east. he wants america to stand strong and respond proportionally to put iranians on their heels and say these sanctions are going to work. they're going to make you hurt, they want you to hurt, so much that you have to come to the table on our terms. >> sean: will never allow it. dr. gorka, i'm serious about this. we have been involved in conflicts and it gets politicized after thousands of american kids, our treasure take up the task and go fight, bleed, and die and others disfigured and others lose limbs, lives changed forever and washington says never mind. i'm sick of that. we must develop the next generation of weaponry and we will fight the war from tampa and we will destroy the living crap out of everybody. it can be proportional, i have a rule in my own life. if you hit me i'm going to hit you back ten times harder, let's start there. >> that's how it works. first things first, can i congratulate you on the sleepy creepy? that's excellent. that's cricket hillary le

the president is sending john bolton and others to the region to talk to some allies. but these are not exactly objective countries. saudi arabia and others. these are countries -- these meetings alone will inflame iranian leaders, will further add tensions. they are trying to get some kind of response coordinated, but this is not about reaching out to the iranians. it is about further pressure on iran. this is far from over. host: we spent the first hour of the "washington journal" focusing on the debate in congress over the war powers and what sprung up in the wake of the aborted strike. take us through what we are expecting in the committees and on the house and senate side. guest: we certainly expect it to be a topic of discussion. whether or not they are able to take further steps, that is something different. the 2001 aumf,f, repealing that is part of the appropriations bill that the democrats have had. we expect that to die in the senate. you are talking to viewers about that earlier. i expect tensions. you have seen top republicans who are supportive of the pre

was much more straightforward in accusing iran with national security advisor john bolton saying that he was almost certain that iran was responsible for this in response to iran called that accusation ridiculous and called john bolton a warmonger. these harsh words of course are coming in midst heightened tensions between the united states and iran that continue to persist in the persian gulf let's not forget that the united states has naval fleets in the persian persian gulf while at the same time saying that they're not looking to start a war and at the same time washington has said that they're looking to exert maximum economic pressure on iran after the falling through of the iran nuclear deal so it's certainly a delicate situation that could easily become more volatile than one quarter say across this developing situation for us thank you. and let's get some reaction now from middle east expert ali risk for him in live now given what we currently know do you think that this was an attack. well i think it was an attack it was a little deliberate attack an icon to help but. believ

television president donald trump has likened his national security adviser john bolton as a whole new aggressive tone comes as bolton warned iran on sunday not to take washington's prudence for weakness. do you feel like you were being pushed into military action against iran by any of your advise i have 2 groups of people i have dubs and i have hawks you have some i have. john bolton is absolutely a hawk is up to him he'd take on the whole world at one time ok but that doesn't matter because i want both sides you know some people said why did you put your i was against going into iraq for years and years and before it ever happened i was against going into iraq and some people said oh i don't know i was totally against it was a private citizen never made sense to me i was against going into the middle east to wish friend 7 trillion dollars in the middle east right now. in washington to talk more about this 1st interview donald trump given to n.b.c. in a couple of years i think certainly since the infamous list to hold what else was said . well c'mon this wide ranging interview trump

national security adviser john bolton says iran should not to mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security is tensions are high between washington and tehran. iran can never have nuclear weapons not against the usa and not against the world. and as he made clear yesterday referring to his earlier remarks the president said i just right stop the strike from going forward at this time when iran insists the u.s. drone it shot down on thursday was within its space president hassan rouhani is calling that's a violation and the start of new tensions in the region he's urging world leaders to take action the u.n. security u.n. secretary general i should say is appealing for calm on all sides and we see. today it's a very important day said it's 2 days ago everybody must be nervous of steel it's absolutely essential to avoid any form of escalation. well senior white house adviser john kush that has laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the centu

national security adviser john bolton says iran should not mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security as tensions are high but in washington and tehran iran matheson joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton. well as you were talking there about the press statements that were made by john bolton and benjamin netanyahu vote an hour ago and we started to get a sense of where at least the u.s. and israel were going to stand in these discussions which are also of course going to include the russia prime minister benjamin netanyahu very keen to stress that it was important to also include they the need to get rid as he sees it of iran's military facilities that are currently in syria just across the border from israel out of syria and away from threatening israel but he was also keen to stress that this meeting that he has pulled together is very significant moment for israel a

nick: president trump put john bolton there for a reason and there is an element to john bolton's personalitys. he likes the unpredictability, the top line john bolton projects backed up by the secretary of state. that is something the president likes to have in his cabinet and among his advisers. there is also a tension in the president himself. while he did campaign of not getting into foreign entanglements, he has repeatedly, well before john bolton was there, issued threats against iran. saying do not mess with us, you have made a big mistake. never threaten us again. is way to think about this these are all negotiating tactics. what the president really wants is a new deal with iran. these move cc as an element of negotiation to achieve that deal. we have to leave it there but our thanks to you. bloomberg's national security reporter. finalet's get a quick thought from andrew sheets, joining us from morgan stanley. we have a situation developing with trade, a situation in the persian gulf, yet the fed is looking to cut rates. does that side of the seesaw trump all else? does it mean inve

do what john bolton would like him to do or his 3 key allies in the region on a collision course with each other. well i think it's clear that there is increasing disagreements between trump and both and and one can only hope at this point that trump will replace both and by a sigh and compel indeed by people who are less. involved in basically fanatical anti event nion plans which just are completely ignoring the dangers that these involved i think for the m.b.a.'s certainly wants to do you know would be probably voting with the boat and pump a 0 in in this argument and he definitely wants to do something but i think what is clear is that you know one wonders to what extent particularly m.b.a.'s is aware of his own military weaknesses. i mean the whole yemen operation is demonstrates that the saudi military aren't exactly the most brilliant and competent in the world and if the conflict with iran develops beyond the occasional last strike or something else which is what would happen if it becomes a bigger conflict i think the you know the various gulf states will have to be involved

who has john bolton's back?who back john bolton, and there has been that and that has predated his ascent into the administration. he has allies on capitol hill. you are hearing that from members of the house, more hawkish members in the republican party, and i also think that this is common in u.s. politics to hear this type of foreign policy debate. i was speaking with an aide to senator rand paul of the state of kentucky who has been urging the president to back off some of the more aggressive military rhetoric against iran, but this is a debate happening in the republican party and the democratic debate stage tomorrow. tom: an open question that goes months and months on the campaign trail with canada trump, is donald trump -- candidate trump, as donald trump and isolationist? kevin: he ran as an isolationist someone who did not want to get involved in military conflicts that did not pertain to the u.s. he argued he would have been against going into iraq. whether you are covering a democrat or republican in

national security adviser john bolton says iran should not mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security as tensions are high but in washington and tehran iran matheson joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton. well as you were talking there about the press statements that were made by john bolton and benjamin netanyahu but an hour ago when we started to get a sense of where at least the u.s. and israel were going to stand in these discussions which are also of course going to include the russia prime minister benjamin netanyahu very keen to stress that it was important to also include they the needs to get rid as he sees it of iran's military facilities that are currently in syria just across the border from israel out of syria and away from threatening israel but he was also keen to stress that this meeting that he has pulled together is very significant moment for israel

viewers of this show i think will be familiar with john bolton's very hawkish record and that he has spoken and written publicly over the years frequently advocating a pretty aggressive use of american force and power, that it's not something we should shy away from, that our adversaries have to be met with force, and i think that philosophy has a strong current in the trump administration. what's interesting is that donald trump himself has often struck a very different tone. of course he was extremely critical, even as a candidate of the u.s. war in iraq, has repeatedly said that america has made dumb mistakes getting tangled up in middle east conflicts, wars are expensive and basically doesn't seem to have much appetite for that type of a thing. what may be going on here is that trump has put so much focus on iran, and made it almost kind of a prideful battle with the regime in teheran, dating back to his denunciations of the iran nuclear deal, his withdrawal from the deal last year, that it has become a kind of matter of pride as well as very real gio strategic issues like the st

what do you make of the argument that sensejohn what do you make of the argument that sense john boltonent that sensejohn bolton was in what do you make of the argument that sense john bolton was in favour ofa war? that sense john bolton was in favour of a war? those are opinions. i think it is nonsense to suggest that the united states is interested in conflict with the region particularly when the president has indicated he is not interested in any such conflict. the fact of the matter is, the us or any of the otherjtc nations are not aggressors in this case. it is you run which as a consistent history. —— iran. i think that line of argument is really fallacious. toronto police confirmed two people were shot as basketball fans packed the city's downtown area to watch the toronto raptors nba title parade. two people have sustained serious but non—life threatening injuries in the incident and two people have been taken into custody. the parade was attended by an estimated 1.5 to two million and was resumed after a short delay. ramzan karmali has the details. why is everyone running? pan

a tone trumps chief advisor and this is one john bolton who. is for everybody in favor of taking military action against iran and indeed over regime change in iran he he wrote an op ed in the annals of turn 2015 i think it was suggesting that the united states should bomb around nonexistent nuclear weapons program. he undoubtedly was to the poor and inviting trump to take military action a few days ago by trump tree bark. i'm certain sure there are going to be over instances in which he will get military action and maybe next time trump will not drop by i mean it's overly rational because. there is no iran hasn't got a nuclear weapons program. is never how the nuclear weapons program the j c p a way has restricted the imbalance of enrich uranium it can. keep on its own soil it come it. couldn't possibly make a nuclear weapon even if it thought so done through the years the us and terms said look we can always tell if it moves away from the current level of enrichment which is largely required for nuclear power towards higher levels of richmond

john bolton the u.s. national security adviser they're talking specifically about 2 areas big important areas in this region in the past few days talking about iran he said donald trump the u.s. president had been very clear when mr trump pulled back from reacting to the downing of that drone he said mr bolton describing that as an exercise in restraint although he was very clearly signaling the authorities in tehran do not mistake that as a weakness he was also talking about the bahrain workshop that's taking place a little later in this region he was saying the palestinians are making a mistake by boycotting what's going on in bahrain he said it is unique because of the economic aspects of it and they should be at the negotiating table and they should negotiate on how the future might go and also on iran's nuclear ambitions he said we'll see what the iranians do next let's stay with that and talk to ford izadi he's a professor at the university of tehran he joins us live from there forward is already we

was much more straightforward in accusing iran of this net national security adviser john bolton said that he was almost certain that iran was responsible and response to ron called this accusation read. phyllis and called bolton a war monger and these harsh words there are not random there amidst heightened tensions that continue to persist in the persian gulf today let's not forget that the united states put their naval fleet there in the persian gulf and are at the same time saying that they're not trying to raise tensions or start a war on top of that washington has already said that they want to exert maximum economic pressure on iran after the failure of the nuclear deal so this is definitely a delicate situation that could easily become more volatile. the united states is boosting its military presence in poland this part of a new deal with donald trump also will host an extra $1000.00 american troops by u.s. fighter jets and purchase american liquefied natural gas mosco says it regrets the u.s. military buildup in poland praised the supposed counterpart in washington. u.s. pol

>> i make of that the fact that john bolton has spent a long career in public life talking about the iranian threat and advocating even as recently as a few years ago for a specific policy of regime change in iran. the military leaders are -- understand perhaps better than john bolton what the cost of that might be. and so our behaving cautiously in order to highlight what those potential risks are. >> what about, though, you, of course, everyone knows about john bolton's hawkish ways on iran. in the atlantic, you profile a man whose name maybe not everyone knows who is also playing a prominent role in shaping the policy. tell me more about general mckenzie. >> he's the new head of centcon. i want to distinguish between the military buildup and a possibility of a strike in the region. john bolton got a lot of flack for saying, a carrier strike was destined for the region in the face of this credible reporting. >> but that request for forces and two subsequent request for forces came from gin mckenzie, who is in the region, monitoring the intel, who is see iing the defense department

sarah westwood in washington. >> in washington where john bolton was speaking. what do bolton's comments tell us about washington's next move in this back and forth with iran? >> reporter: well, we've known noshl security adviser john bolton was a hard-liner when it came to iran and he made that clear in his statements. he ticked off like benjamin netanyahu a long list of what they see as iran's actions in the region. netanyahu called them a devour of nations and looking to build an empire in the middle east. bolton said the strike was called off but not permanently. he said sanctions will come into place. the details will come out perhaps as early as tomorrow but he also warned iran. here's part of what bolton had to say and directed straight at iran. >> neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. prudence and discretion for weakness. no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. as president trump said on friday, our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go. by far the best in the world. sanctions are biting and more added last

the reality is that you can't and that's i think something that john bolton is fully aware of in fact in 2017 he wrote an article in the national interest when he was out of the trumpet ministration and didn't have actually much access to the white house he put out the plan to about how to kill the the nuclear deal and how to isolate iran and pressure iran and one of those elements was that he emphasized that he believes once the u.s. withdraws from the nuclear deal that they run as would not renegotiated but the u.s. should talk about the possibility of talks again just as a way of scoring a point on the international scene and basically making the u.s. look like the flexible party and iran as the inflexible party at fault so i don't believe that the trumpet ministration is genuine and serious about negotiations i think the president himself is interested but unfortunately here surrounded by a group of iran hawks who are deliberately in step by step goading him towards a military confrontation with iran. what is the u.s. administrations before those surrounding the president's beef w

national security advisor john bolton said that they were that iran was almost certainly to blame in response to iran called this accusation ridiculous as well as calling john bolton a warmonger these harsh words came amidst intentions in the region right now let's not forget that the united states has a fleet in the persian gulf while at the same time they're saying they're not looking to start a war on top of that washington already said they're trying to exert maximum economic pressure on iran after trying to pull out of the nuclear the nuclear deal with iran so it's certainly a delicate situation that could only get more volatile as time goes on i t. is not a quarter that you for staying cross the story for us. the u.s. is boosting its military presence in poland as part of a new deal with donald trump warsaw will host an extra $1000.00 american troops by u.s. fighter jets and purchased american liquefied natural gas term praised his post counterpart in washington. u.s. polish alliance it's a very special alliance with very special people poland will soon provide basing in infras

it was striking to hear him say what a lot of john bolton's critics say about john bolton.o far -- and it is important to note that the president has not given into john bolton's very hawkish views. other than syria, he has not launched any new military operations. so he is keeping john bolton in check in that regard. host: since we are talking about the president's feelings about his advisors, what did you think about the president being asked about his feelings about his former attorney general, jeff sessions? the president, when he was asked if he could have one do over, what would it be, the president saying it would be personnel. he said if i had one do over, i would not have appointed jeff sessions as attorney general. that was my biggest mistake -- those were the president's comments. guest: when we think of everything that has happened in the past two and a half years, it is interesting that the president draws on one of his first decisions that he may have made before the inauguration. it was one of his first decisions as president. i immediate a think of republica

i think he likes john bolton. it gives him leverage with the north koreans that at least that voice is at the table so that if the iranians or north koreans both regimes that john bolton wants to take on, push the white house, trump can say listen, bolton cea bolton's view is going to carry the day. but it is definitely a surprise, as you said when john bolton got the job because trump ran on a platform in 2016 of not getting entangled. and now he's listening or at least taking a serious advice from somebody who is associated with this interventionist foreign policy. >> as you said, john bolton sitting at the table, if not whispering in his ear. good to see you. i'll see you all again and look forward to it. >>> for all of you to see chuck todd's interview catch the reairing of meet the press at 3 eastern. you all have access to it. also 6:00 eastern as usual on msnbc. you can also see the full unedited version on msnbc.com. >>> what's the next move in the standoff with iran? in just a moment i'll ask of that of b

amy: that is john bolton.rturo lopez levy, if you can respond to what he has said as he talks about trying to stop communism, having a first free hemisphere in the world, can you respond to all of this and this troika of tyranny that he is talking about, putting together cuba with nicaragua and venezuela? >> this reference to the monroe doctrine, to the troika of red meat to amply crowd when he makes those speeches. this makes the use of american foreign-policy for electoral purposes 100%. obviously, the monroe doctrine is a reference in history to a a lot of bad things that have happened between the united states and the hemisphere. and it is part of history that does not exist anymore because the united states is not anymore the only country or the country which almost all latin american countries is oriented. china is the first partner of brazil,peru, chile. in the case of cuba, i think there are 60 years that have demonstrated the conditions in cuba are taken in havana, not washington. nermeen: earlier thi