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And decides he likes the cut of his jib. trump has praised kim before and has a well established affinity for strong men and human rights abusers around the globe. after spending quality time with another despot this morning, the president returned to america sounding more and more like one himself. today he declared there is no locker a nuclear threat from the north korea and the true enemy is anyone who would tell you otherwise, namely the institutions which keep the american people involved. ...

Or are you useless to me right now? if youre useless to me, if youre getting in my way, thats when the insults come. thats when the angry tweets come. thats why we saw the fight with mitch mcconnell last summer. the president was extraordinarily frustrated with the idea that the republicans were campaigning on repealing obamacare and he couldnt get it done. later they passed tax reform and suddenly mcconnell is his guy and see a lot of praise coming for mitch mcconnell. i think the president vie...

His visit to south korea last year as well as during the state of the union address this year. and who can forget the really heard rending vision of otto warmbiers parents that he called out during his speech. it is a situation that still continuing and indeed kim jong-un is on the u.s. sanctions list for human rights violations. >> kelly, i mean, you know, other presidents in the past, fdr met with stalin, nixon, you know, met in china, is it appropriate the comments that the president made, on...

Hes of the old guard, but he also has the support of the president. he ought to be fine. sanford is in a difficult spot. hes carved out a good second career for himself as a congressman. a roll up your sleeve, do a good job kind of congressman, low profile after scandal and all that stuff. now he faces an opponent that is totally willing to go there. shes willing to go after him on andal, shes willing to call him out for the times that hes been critical of president trump and shes hoping that in...

Pattern for donald trump and he bullies sometimes, but he likes to bully with a distance. he doesnt like to do it face to face with the people hes trying to bully. >> you mentioned at the top of the show, too, looking at that picture of angela merkel and the other lead erdos surrounding the president, that sort of dark, almost angry look on his face and how that could potentially differ from -- it certainly already differs from him receiving the letter from the north koreans, you remember in the...

Hes in the room with you, whether its, you know, a fellow foreign leader or even just a journalist for an interview, he wants you to like him. he wants to try to create a level of warmth there. he wants to -- he doesnt usually confront people face to face. and then the meeting is over and he goes off on twitter as he did aboard air force one from canada en route to singapore. i mean, this is just a familiar pattern for donald trump and he bullies sometimes, but he likes to bully with a distance....

As far as donald trump is concerned, i think it is clear he doesnt like our allies. that he finds them annoying. he findshem -- tha do take advantage of us in some fashion. he doesnt understand trade so he thinks that we are losing money to them in some fashion or another. he looks upon mexico as a threat because they send us their rapists and their murderers, remember that one? and by contrast the dictators have learned to play the game. they know hes vain, narcissistic, they roll out the red c...

Rapists and their murderers, remember that one? and by contrast the dictators have learned to play the game. they know hes vain, narcissist you can, they role out the red carpet, flatter him, he has an adds my ration for strong men so, of course, he gets along better with them. they are authoritarian they hate their press. so in some sense it is a bizarre affinity he does find for dictators around the world. and as far as human rights, democracy, doesnt really care. >> i dont know what youre tal...

They know hes vain, narcissist you can, they role out the red carpet, flatter him, he has an adds my ration for strong men so, of course, he gets along better with them. they are authoritarian they hate their press. so in some sense it is a bizarre affinity he does find for dictators around the world. and as far as human rights, democracy, doesnt really care. >> i dont know what youre talking about, donald trump today said hes a big fan of the first amendment. and i totally believe him. >> you f...

Coming up here from new orleans and stop by -- >> you have to come back to new orleans. >> oh, believe me. >> you are a hero there. >> oh, thank you. thank you. back at you. well come down and do it right. walter isaacson, its a pleasure. coming up for us, scott pruitts affinity for hotel-related products continues. first it was a used trump hotel mattress. now his quest reportedly includes a particular hotel moisturizer. what were we just saying about norms? more on all of it when we come bac...