KAY, AND JOHN HEILEMANN. GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL, THIS
MORNING. WE BEGIN WITH THE BREAKING NEWS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST A
SYRIAN AIR BASE. YESTERDAY EVENING 59 TOMAHAWK
MISSILES WERE LAUNCHED FROM THE U.S.S. ROSS AND U.S.S. QUARTER
IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA TARGETING THE SHAYRAT AIRFIELD
NEAR THE CITY OF HOMS. IT FOLLOWS A CHEMICAL ATTACK ON
TUESDAY BY THE SYRIAN REGIME AGAINST A REBEL-HELD AREA THAT
KILLED NEARLY 100 PEOPLE INCLUDING DOZENS OF CHILDREN.
TURKISH AUTHORITIES SAY AUTOPSIES SUPERVISED BY THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SHOW SARIN GAS WAS MOST LIKELY USED.
THE PENTAGON SAYS THE STRIKES TARGETED SYRIAN AIRCRAFT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING FUEL SUPPLIES, STORAGE, AMMUNITION,
AIR DEFENSE AND RADAR SYSTEMS. ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO AVOID CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES AND NO PERSONNEL WERE TARGETED.
A SYRIAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN CLAIMS AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE ON
THE GROUND WERE KILLED. RUSSIA, WHICH ALSO OPERATES OUT
OF THE TARGETED AIRFIELD RECEIVED WARNINGS OF THE STRIKES
THROUGH SECURE CHANNELS. SO HERE WE GO.
>> DAVID IGNATIUS, JUST LAST WEEK THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FOLLOW THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION WHICH WAS TO ESSENTIALLY YIELD SYRIA
AND THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA TO THE FATE OF ASSAD AND PUTIN.
DONALD TRUMP APPEARED OVER THIS PAST WEEK TO BE MUGGED BY
REALITY, AS THE OLD SAYING GOES. >> I THINK HE FOUND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF EMBRACING ASSAD WHICH IS IN EFFECT WHAT HE DID,
JUST TOO HORRIFYING. I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT WAS
SINCERE IN SAYING LOOKING AT THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LITTLE
CHILDREN CHOKING TO DEATH AS THEY DIED WAS ABHORRENT.
I THINK HE SAID FRANKLY, I CHANGED MY MIND.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD EMBRACE THIS POLICY BUT I DID.
IT'S NOW FALLEN TO DONALD TRUMP TO ENFORCE THE RED LINE THAT WAS
FIRST ENUNCIATED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT HE DID NOT FOLLOW
THROUGH ON. SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS
PRESIDENCY. HE'S CHOSEN THE LEAST DRASTIC OF
THE MILITARY OPTIONS THAT GENERAL MATTIS, THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE PUT BEFORE HIM, BUT HE HAS ACTED.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND THAT IN
ANSWERING THIS NEXT QUESTION -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON
THESE ATTACKS, YOU WOULD BE IN NO WAY ENDORSING THE ATTACKS OF
LAST NIGHT. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY SO MANY
PEOPLE, NOT ONLY IN WASHINGTON IN THE FOREIGN POLICY COMMUNITY
BUT ACROSS THE WORLD WERE DISHEARTENED AND CONCERNED AFTER
ASSAD'S FIRST CHEMICAL WEAPON ATTACK WAS MET WITH NO RESPONSE
AND HOW THOSE FIERCE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLIED IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN
ANSWERED THE SECOND TIME? >> JOE, WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST
FOUR YEARS A LESSON IN THE CREDIBILITY OF WHAT AMERICAN
POWER IS. WHEN A PRESIDENT SAYS, AS BARACK
OBAMA DID, THAT USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS WILL CROSS A RED LINE
ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES AND THEN DOESN'T TAKE ACTION TO
ENFORCE THE RED LINE, AIR GOES OUT OF THE BALLOON.
WE WATCHED THAT WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA.
BY TAKING THAT ACTION, DONALD TRUMP HAS RESTORED THE
CREDIBILITY OF AMERICAN POWER. HE NOW INHERITS NIGHTMAISH
PROBLEMS IN SYRIA. IN TERMS OF THE CREDIBILITY OF
AMERICAN POWER, I THINK MOST TRADITIONAL WASHINGTON
COMMENTATORS WOULD SAY HE'S PUT MORE UMPH, MORE BELIEVABLE BACK
INTO IT. >> YET, KATTY, WHEN THE HISTORY
IS WRITTEN OF HOWEVER THIS STORY ENDS, JUST LIKE SOME LOOKED AT
STATEMENTS MADE TOE TO SADDAM HUSSEIN IN LATE 1990, LEADING UP
TO HIS BELIEF THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD PRESIDENT ACT IF HE
WENT INTO KUWAIT, CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT
THE STATEMENTS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY REX
TILLERSON JUST LAST WEEK SAYING, WELL, THIS IS REALLY UP TO ASSAD
AND THE SYRIAN PEOPLE, PERHAPS GAVE ASSAD THE BELIEF THAT HE
COULD LAUNCH ANOTHER CHEMICAL ATTACK ON HIS PEOPLE AND THE
UNITED STATES WOULD DO NOTHING. >> THERE ARE A SLEW OF TWEETS
OUT THERE FROM THE COURSE OF THE CAMPAIGN AS WELL WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYING THAT BARACK OBAMA WOULD BE CRAZY TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST SYRIA, THAT THIS WAS NOT AMERICA'S PROBLEM, AND THE FOCUS
SHOULD BE BACK HERE AT HOME. HAVING SAID THIS CROSSED A LOT
OF LINES FOR HIM, PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT HIMSELF IN A POSITION
WHERE HE HAD TO TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION.
THERE ARE NOW STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE ACTED NOW
WHEN HE'D ALREADY SEEN VICTIMS OF CHEMICAL ATTACKS FROM A FEW
YEARS AGO, THAT THE IMAGES WERE ALL OUT THERE.
>> I SAW THAT A LOT LAST NIGHT. HE'S PRESIDENT NOW.
AND WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT NOW IT RESTS ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
YOU CAN'T TWEET AND RUN INTO THE BACK ROOM.
HE'S PRESIDENT. HE SAW IT HAPPEN, AND I DO THINK
DESPITE WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID IN THE CAMPAIGN WE'RE GOING TO
SEE HIM ACT MORE AGGRESSIVELY AGAINST ISIS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE HIM RESPOND TO THESE TYPE OF ATTACKS BECAUSE
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE WHO HE IS AT HIS GUT.
>> CLEARLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT HE WOULD BE AN
ISOLATIONIST PRESIDENT, NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED, YESTERDAY
DISPELLED THAT. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE FALLOUT. IF IT'S A SMALL TACTICAL STRIKE
AND LIMITED AT THAT, MAYBE THE FALLOUT WILL BE LIMITED AS WELL.
THIS DOES RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA,
THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE AND WHETHER IT COMPLICATES THAT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW MORE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE MIDDLE EAST
THAN HE WAS 48 HOURS AGO. >> TO YOUR POINT A SECOND AGO,
JOE, YOUR QUESTION -- I SAW JOHN McCAIN ON THIS NETWORK AND HE
WAS ASKED DID NIKKI HALEY'S COMMENTS LAST WEEK INVITE THE
SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACK. McCAIN ANSWERED BY SAYING FORGET
ABOUT THAT. WHAT INVITED THIS WAS NOT JUST
THOSE THINGS, WAS DONALD TRUMP'S SOFT TALK ON RUSSIA OVER THE
COURSE ON 18 MONTHS. HE'S BEING TESTED NOT JUST FOR
THINGS THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION SAID FIVE DAYS AGO, BUT THINGS
HE SAID 18 MONTHS AGO WHERE NOW VLADIMIR PUTIN AND ASSAD ARE
TESTING HIM AT THIS VERY MOMENT. THAT WAS BEFORE HE DECIDED TO
LAUNCH THE 59 CRUISE MISSILES LAST NIGHT.
IT IS THE CASE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
LED TO WHAT ASSAD DID. NOW DONALD TRUMP IS TAKING THIS
ACTION. SOMEBODY SAID THE OTHER DAY ON
ANOTHER NETWORK WHEN TRUMP GAVE HIS SPEECH TO THE JOINT SESSION,
THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN HE BECOMES PRESIDENT.
I THINK THAT THE MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS THE MOMENT WHEN THEY FIRST USE AMERICAN MILITARY
MIGHT. WHETHER THEY LIKE HIM OR DON'T
LIKE HIM, THAT'S THE MOMENT WHERE YOU STAND BACK AND SAY,
OKAY, HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
NOT APPROING OR DISPROVING. THIS IS IT.
>> ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT, IT IS EXTRAORDINARY WE LAUNCHED
MISSILES INTO A COUNTRY WHERE THERE WERE RUSSIAN TROOPS.
THAT, OF COURSE, REFRAMES SOME OF THE RUSSIAN-TRUMP DEBATE ON
HOW OBSEQUIOUS HE'S GOING TO BE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THIS IS OPEN TO SCHISM AND I SUSPECT WHAT THE RUSSIANS FIND,
THE MORE THEY TAUNT HIM -- THEY SAY IT REALLY DIDN'T CAUSE MUCH
DAMAGE. THEY'LL FIND DONALD TRUMP WILL
SAY, OKAY, OKAY, THANK YOU FOR INTEL, WE'LL NOW ATTACK AGAIN
TONIGHT. THAT'S WHO DONALD TRUMP IS.
>> A SPOKESMAN FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN SAY THE MISSILE STRIKES
REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT BLOW TO U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS.
ACCORDING TO THE KREMLIN THE AMERICAN OPERATION WAS A BREACH
OF INTERNATIONAL LAW INSISTING THE SYRIAN ARMY HAS NO CHEMICAL
WEAPONS AT ITS DISPOSAL. RUSSIA RELEASED VIDEO THAT
PURPORTS TO SHOW THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK WITH PLANES STILL
IN THE HANGAR. LET'S BRING IN NBC NEWS PENTAGON
CORRESPONDENT HANS NICHOLS. WHAT CAN YOU REPORT FOR US E
SPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT THE RUSSIANS SAY THEY SAW HAPPEN?
>> Reporter: ALL NIGHT WHAT STRUCK OUT WAS THE DECONFLICTION
LINE, THAT THE U.S. GAVE RUSSIA EFFECTIVELY A WARNING, USED IT
MULTIPLE TIMES. WHEN THEY TOOK STRIKES ON THAT
BASE, THEY NEW RUSSIAN PERSONNEL WERE ALSO AT THAT BASE.
THAT GIVES YOU AN INDICATION THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS A
REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE IN THESE TOMAHAWK MISSILES AND
THE PRECISION FROM THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN SPECIFIC REACTION FROM THE RUSSIAN SIDE
OF IT, NAMELY THAT SOME OF THESE TOMAHAWK MISSILES WERE NOT
SUCCESSFUL. THEY HAVE THEIR EYES AND EARS
UP. THIS IS THE U.S. SIDE OF THINGS,
I. >>> ISR, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK THIS MORNING NOW THAT IT'S IN THE
DAYLIGHT. ONE OTHER REALITY THE PENTAGON
IS WAKING UP TO IS THAT THE U.S. TROOPS THAT ARE IN SYRIA, AND
THEY'RE JUST SHY OF ABOUT A THOUSAND, THEY'RE THERE NOT ONLY
WITH ONE MORE HOSTILE ACTOR, BUT ALSO WITH THE HOSTILE ACTOR, THE
SYRIAN REGIME, THAT HAS CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
THEY MAY HAVE TO REVIEW THEIR ENTIRE INTELLIGENCE ON THIS.
THIS 2013 DEAL BROKERED BY JOHN KERRY, THAT SEEMS TO BE IT LEFT
SOME CHEMICAL WEAPONS THERE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HEARD A
LOT AT THE PENTAGON, THAT THE ASSAD REGIME WAS STILL ARMED
WITH THESE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, THEY WERE TAKEN, FRANKLY, A
LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE. >> THANK YOU HANS.
WE WERE TOLD OVER THE PAST MONTH BY FORMER OBAMA OFFICIALS THAT
THIS ISSUE HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
IT HAS NOT. DAVID IGNATIUS, IT'S INTERESTING
WHEN I TALKED TO SEVERAL WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS LAST NIGHT, I
KEPT ASKING HOW OTHER COUNTRIES RESPONDED.
WHAT THEY TOLD ME, OF COURSE, WE'LL FIND OUT IN THE LIGHT OF
DAY WHEN THE PRESS RELEASES START GOING OUT, BUT SAID IT WAS
PRAISE ACROSS THE BOARD. SOME COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY SOME
ARAB STATES, THANKING THE PRESIDENT FOR ACTING.
EVEN CANADA WAS GRATEFUL THAT THE UNITED STATES ACTED AGAINST
WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE THIS INTERNATIONAL CRIME.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY GOING FORWARD IN
SYRIA IF THIS GETS MORE COMPLICATED?
>> IT MEANS THAT THE TRADITIONAL ALLIANCES BECOME STRONGER.
THE GULF ARABS HAVE BEEN PLEADING FOR THIS KIND OF
TOUGH-MINDED U.S. POLICY. THEY THINK THIS CONFLICT REALLY
IS ABOUT THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES VERSUS IRAN.
I THINK THE SPACE TO WATCH IN ADDITION TO RUSSIA AND RUSSIA'S
REACTION IS IRAN'S REACTION. IRAN HAS PROXY FORCESORCES IN LN
THAT COULD STRIKE AT ISRAEL. IRAN HAS PROXY FORCES IN YEMEN
THAT COULD MOVE TO CLOSE A STRATEGIC STRAIT THERE BY MINING
IT FURTHER. THE U.S.-IRAN DIMENSION IS GOING
TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS. I WAS HEARING ENTHUSIASTIC
SUPPORT FROM FRENCH OFFICIALS, CERTAINLY FROM EMIRATE AND SAUDI
OFFICIALS. THIS IS THE KIND OF STRONG
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ACTION THAT THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE
NOW SINCE THE SYRIAN WAR BEGAN. SO THERE WILL BE NO ARGUMENTS
FROM THEM. >> JOINING US FROM OUTSIDE
BOSTON, FORMER NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, RETIRED FOUR
STAR NAVY ADMIRAL JAMES TAF RID DIS.
DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS TOUGH-MINDED U.U.S. POLICY, BUT
ALSO A SHOW OF MORAL AUTHORITY FOR SURE, IN LIGHT OF O WHAT
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING HAPPEN IN SYRIA FOR YEARS.
WHAT ARE THE P POTENTIAL RAMIFICATIONS OR CHALLENGES
AHEAD WITH COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA AND IRAN.
>> IF YOU COULD, BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS -- FIRST OF ALL, WE
WANT TO KNOW, AS TO WHAT MIKA SAID, THIS IS A SHOW OF
STRENGTH, WE ALSO NEEDED TO DO THIS AS A SHOW OF MORAL
AUTHORITY. BEFORE YOU AGREE WITH THOSE TWO
POSITIONS, THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDED TO ACT AFTER THE
EVENTS OF THIS WEEK? >> I ABSOLUTELY DO.
I THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE AND I THINK IT WAS LEGAL UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW. AS DAVID SAID, IT SENDS A
SALUTORY AND MOST-NEEDED MESSAGE TO OUR ALLIES.
IT PUSHES BACK ON THEIR HEELS A BIT THE RUSSIANS AND IRANIANS.
THE INTERESTING ALLY TO WATCH IS TURKEY.
THEIR REACTION HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
NOW THE GAME IS ON FOR, OKAY, WHAT COMES NEXT?
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING, A SINGLE SWALLOW DOES NOT A SPRING
MAKE. A SINGLE TOMAHAWK MISSILE DOES
NOT A SPRING MAKE EITHER. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
SIT BACK, LOOK AT THE DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS, LOOK AT THE
CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIA, WHERE DOES THAT GO.
WHAT FOLLOWS NOW ARE THE INTERESTING SET OF CONSTRAINTS.
IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT DECISION, THIS WAS IT.
IT'S THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FORCE.
IT WAS WELL DONE MILITARILY, GOOD DAY FOR THE NAVY, AND I
FEEL OVERALL THIS WILL HAVE AT LEAST A STOPPING EFFECT ON THE
FLOW OF ACTIVITY. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF WE CAN
NEGOTIATE WITH THE RUSSIANS IN A WAY THAT REALLY PUTS SOME KIND
OF CONSTRAINTS ON BASHAR al ASSAD.
>> KATTY KAY. >> ADMIRAL, A TACTICAL STRIKE
CAN BE JUST THAT, A TACTICAL STRIKE.
THIS ONE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ITS AIM.
WHAT DOES IT DO IN TERMS OF THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY AND HOW DOES
IT CHANGE THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA DO YOU THINK?
>> TO THE LATTER, KATTY, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE TACTICAL
SITUATION ON THE GROUND TO ANY SIGNIFICANT DEGREE.
THE AIR FORCE OF ASSAD STILL HAS GREAT CAPABILITY IN ORDER TO
CORPORATE THIS KIND OF WORK. BUT WHAT IT DOES DO, IT SENDS A
MESSAGE THAT THE UNITED STATES DOES INTEND TO BE INVOLVED, IS
WILLING TO USE FORCE, WILL ACT TO TRY AND PUT CONSTRAINTS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A GREATER STRATEGIC IMPACT THAN THERE IS
TACTICAL IMPACT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
>> AND ALSO, HOW IMPORTANT -- I'LL ASK YOU THE QUESTION I
ASKED DAVID IGNATIUS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT OF A MESSAGE
NOT ONLY TO SEND TO ASSAD BUT ALSO TO SEND TO THE LEADERS OF
NORTH KOREA, SEND TO THE LEADERS OF IRAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES
THAT, EVEN THOUGH ASSAD HAS KILLED 500,000 OF HIS PEOPLE,
CAUSED 5 MILL I DON'T KON'T KNO FLEE, USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS
AGAINST THEM, AND IT SEEMED AS IF THERE WERE NO INTERNATIONAL
NORMS ANYMORE, NO RED LINES THAT COULD BE CROSSED, HOW IMPORTANT
DO YOU THINK IT IS STRATEGICALLY THAT THAT MESSAGE IS NOW OUT
THERE? YES, HE STRUCK ONE OF SEVERAL
AIRFIELDS, BUT IS THERE NOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN DAMASCUS
THIS AFTERNOON THAT, IF HE USES CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAIN, THERE
WILL BE ANOTHER AIRFIELD OR ANOTHER AIRFIELD OR ANOTHER
MILITARY TARGET HIT? >> THAT'S EXACTLY THE THOUGHT
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO PLANT IN SYRIA BUT ALSO
GLOBALLY. AS WE USED TO SAY IN THE SOVIET
UNION, IT IS NO COINCIDENCE COMRADE, THAT THESE STRIKES
OCCUR DURING THE MAR-A-LAGO SUMMIT.
ANOTHER PART OF THIS MESSAGE IS SHE JING PI, WHO IS WATCHING
THIS UNFOLD LITERALLY ON TIME. THIS IS ANOTHER THING FOR THE
EVENTS IN ASIA, THAT THE UNITED STATES MAY BE WILLING TO USE
MILITARY FORCE THERE AND THAT MAY HAVE A CLARIFYING EFFECT IN
THE CONVERSATIONS WITH CHINA TODAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ADMIRAL. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
>>> DAVID IGNATIUS, THE LAST POINT HE MADE WAS A POINT THAT
TWO TOP TRUMP OFFICIALS, WELL, AREN'T YOU CONCERNED YOU'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A CHINESE STATE DINNER.
HE SAID WE WOULD ONLY BE CONCERNED IF HE DIDN'T GET THE
MESSAGE. THAT IF WE WILL DO THIS IN
SYRIA, IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS IN NORTH KOREA, WE WILL.
WE DON'T WANT TO, BUT THEY ACTUALLY WERE -- I WON'T SAY
THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THE TIMING.
THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED WITH THE TIMING.
>> IT'S DRAMATIC PRE DINNER THEATER.
IT SETS THE TABLE. IT ESTABLISHES THE CREDIBILITY
OF AMERICAN POWER. TRUMP'S PROBLEM IN DEALING WITH
THE CHINESE AND EVERYONE ELSE IS HE BIG TALK, IS HE BLUSTER BUT
NO DELIVERY. BY TAKING ACTION QUICKLY AND IN
A WAY THAT'S MOVED WITH SURPRISING SPEED, I THINK HE'S
DEMONSTRATED THIS ISN'T JUST TALK, I MEAN IT.
I'M GOING TO ENFORCE THE POSITIONS THAT I TAKE.
THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS EFFECT IN THESE MAJOR TRADE FOCUS
NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA. >> THE CHINESE ALSO SAW GENERAL
MATTIS COMING DOWN AND SAW McMASTER, SAW SOME PROFESSIONALS
DOWN THERE. THEY DID NOT SEE STEVE BANNON
GOING AROUND WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT BREITBART ADVISING THE
PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT DOWN THE
BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST THAT HE HAD, AND THE CHINESE SAW THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT REACTION FROM THE HILL SO FAR.
TELL ME WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE HILL?
>> WELL, MY INBOX IS FULL OVERNIGHT WITH BIPARTISAN
APPROVAL OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID.
DEMOCRATS BASICALLY SAYING WE NEED TO PLACE THIS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE LARGER STRATEGY, NEED TO CONSULT MORE WITH THE
HILL. BUT CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY
PELOSI SAYING, GOOD, WE APPROVE, NOW LET'S HAVE ANOTHER
CONVERSATION. REPUBLICANS BROADLY SUPPORTIVE
EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS LIKE RAND PAUL WHO
ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS AND WANT TO SEE A MORE RESTRAINED
FOREIGN POLICY. LINDSEY GRAHAM AND JOHN McCAIN
STRIKINGLY PUTTING OUT A JOINT STATEMENT LAST NIGHT.
TWO GUYS WHO IN SOME WAYS POSE THE GREATEST POLITICAL THREAT OF
ALL TO DONALD TRUMP. DEMOCRATS CAN'T HURT DONALD
TRUMP. THEY NEAR THE MINORITY.
THE ONLY REAL THREAT TO DONALD TRUMP IS WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY.
BECAUSE OF McCAIN AND GRAHAM'S ICON CLASS AND WILLINGNESS TO
BREAK WITH THEIR OWN PARTY, THOSE GUYS POSE A POTENTIALLY
HUGE THREAT TO TRUMP. >> BY THE WAY, ADD MARCO RUBIO
TO THE LIST WHO CAME OUTERLY LAST NIGHT PRAISING THE
PRESIDENT. HE WILL BE HERE LATER TODAY.
>> THE ONLY REASON I DON'T PUT HIM IN THAT CATEGORY INITIALLY
IS BECAUSE HE'S SO YOUNG. McCAIN HAS THE STATURE, WHEN
McCAIN TAKES TRUMP ON IT HAS A GRAVITAS THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS. TO SEE McCAIN AND GRAHAM LAST
NIGHT NOT JUST PRAISING TRUMP, BUT PRAISING HIM FULL SOMELY.
HE HAS NEUTRALIZED FOR THE MOMENT AT LEAST THE THREAT, THE
THREAT THAT THOSE TWO CAN POSE. FOR THE MOMENT THEY'RE FULLY IN
HIS CORNER WHERE NORMALLY THEY HAVE BEEN SCEPTICS OF HIM.
>> POLITICALLY IT'S GONE BEYOND THAT.
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYING SOME TYPE
OF ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS
PARALYZED BY THE FEAR OF A SLIPPERY SLOPE, BEING DRAGGED
INTO SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULDN'T CONTROL THE
CONSEQUENCES OF, THEY DIDN'T ACT.
NOW THEY MUST LOOK AND SAY, LOOK, IF THIS IS ONE STRIKE AND
IT WORKS AND IT PREVENTS FURTHER CHEMICAL ATTACK, WE DIDN'T DO
THAT. >> I HAVE TO SAY OUT IN THE
TWITTER SPHERE LAST NIGHT, THE NEW MEDIA LANDSCAPE, THE ONLY
PEOPLE OUTWARDLY CRITICAL SEEMED TO BE THE RUSSIANS AND ALLIES OF
STEVE BANNON WHO CONJURED UP SOME DEEPLY OFFENSIVE, DEEPLY
OFFENSIVE CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND WERE OUTWARDLY ATTACKING
SOME BREITBART PEOPLE OUTWARDLY ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP AND JARED
KUSHNER FOR BEING, QUOTE, CLOEBLISTS.
WHY DON'T THEY JUST CUT TO THE CHASE AND CALL THEM
INTERNATIONAL BANKERS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY
SHOWS THAT STEVE BANNON'S INFLUENCE INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
IS BADLY DAMAGED. >> THAT SITUATION HAS GOTTEN
REALLY UGLY. WE'LL GET TO THAT.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTEL COMMITTEE IS OUT AS THE TOP
INVESTIGATOR INTO RUSSIAN METING OF THE ELECTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO PRESS CHINA'S LEADER FACE-TO-FACE OVER
NORTH KOREA. THE BATTLE WAGES IN THE WHITE
HOUSE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EAR AND RIGHT NOW STEVE BANNON IS
LOSING THAT BIGLY. "NEW YORK TIMES" JEREMY PETERS
JOINS US. CHAIRMAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES
COMMITTEE, REPUBLICAN SNAPT TORE JOHN McCAIN JOINS US ONSET.
PLUS SENATOR MARCO RUBIO AND FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY TO
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM
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