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In the wake of world war ii and that we sustained over all of these generations. >> does he not believe in the sanctity of our democracy, as well. >> i dont think donald trump believes in liberal values as you and i understand it. i dont mean liberal in the progressive left wing, liberal as in free speech, tolerance, pluralism, democracy, civil rights. and so on. he believes in something much closer to what putin calls sovereign democracy. nationalism. protectionism. its why both of them find pe...

And categorizing it as special and then we have again the audio of that interview that came out literally as hes with her. how is that going to affect the alliance here when it comes to this dynamic? >> well, i think firstly, british people and the government in this country have a special affinity for the united states and i think that will last beyond president trumps term in office. but i also think that theresa may is really in a tough spot with brexit coming down the pike. she needs a trade...

>> does he not believe in the sanctity of our democracy as well? >> i dont think donald trump believes in liberal values as you and i understand. i dont mean liberal in the progressive left wing sense. i mean liberal as in free speech, pluralism, democracy, civil rights, and so on. he believes in something much closer to what putin calls sovereign democracy, nationalism, protectionism. its why both of them find people like angela merkel in germany and theresa may in england weak, despicable and ...

Hardly seems to mine is that his ministration is pushing ahead with investigations on russian influence in the election that teach him into office. will trump and putin use them meeting in helsinki to arrange secret deals and undermine nato. testin barker at the june g seven meeting trump rejected the final joint communique after already actually having signed it saying it essentially in a show of strength that was designed to impress kim jong il and who he was then traveling on to meet would yo...

Over the world in poland, hungary, we see a regress of liberal democracy. this president has shown from day one his indifference to liberal democracy. he has a fetish for autocrat, clearly. he praises them all over the world from putin to kim jong-un. i dont know why he has such affinity for vladimir putin. i cant explain to you why hes insulted everybody from rosie odonnell to theresa may but never vladimir putin, nary a contrary word towards the russian autocrat. its completely inexplicable bu...

Special relationship. president trump clearly has an affinity for the united kingdom in a way that he does not necessarily have regard for the other countries that are allied with the united states. i dont think we will see a big fracture between the u.s. and britain per say, but i think mays handling of brexit and the frustration of conservatives with her, as what they see a two soft approach to deattaching from eu, i think you will see the president choose to weigh in or not, and that could ha...

Place and you are doing vladimir putin bidding with no higher strategic goal than unravel the european union and unravel the nato alliance. >> my larger question of which what we ask every night is why, why would that be apart of trumps motive? >> well, trump is part of a spreading autocratic nationalism and populism that we see. we see a regression of liberal democracy. this president has shown from day one of his indifference for liberal democracy. he has a phonetfetish for autoc and he praise...

Back soviet and has helped spread freedom across all the captive nations of eastern europe. all of these countries that are up there today, all of them have shed blood. their son as and daughters have died fighting for the united states, upon the occasion of the attack of the united states on september 11th. the president of the united states of this institution indifference to these allies and their sacrifices, indifference to the shared values of liberties and freedoms that binds all of our co...

Here are the european allies, whats donald trump doing in back? pulling erdogan from turkey. you know he has shown an affinity for strong men. all of the close european allies the u.s. had great relationships with move ahead, he pulls him aside. dont know the content of that. donald trump is not trying to put an image out that he doesnt want to be associated with the strong man either. how about the canadian relationship, closest neighbors to the north. look at this. you see the president walk r...

Prosecution. i think its hard to imagine that was not a very decisive factor in kavanaughs favor. its also hard to imagine that given that history that any opinion he would participate in would have the kind of respect of the public that it would need to to have credibility. i think this is a key factor. and i just think -- >> its a pretty damning statement about the motivation of the president for picking a supreme court justice, that basically, hes sort of trying to get himself a get out of ja...