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Frexit, taking france out of the european union, which is what she wants and many of the french people seem to be leaning more in that direction. in terms of donald trump, you know, le pen was a strong supporter of trump all along and he of her. in fact, macron has lined up on the side of obama. obama has lined up on his side. but its interesting about le pen. she actually showed up in trump tower seven days before he was inaugurated as president. so they seem to have a real affinity of interest...

>> just as he did through the campaign, you know, tipping his hat to people even like kim jong-un or putin in russia, anyone he saw as ruthless as wiping out their enemies as taking a harsh hand and really being a spear point of a dark, nasty, cancerous hyper nationalism around the country. donald trump is applauding that. and it is very scary. >> indeed from the washington post on thursdays, it was not until trump moved to relations with egypt on april 3rd, he pubically hailed his leader hip as...

Leaders as well. i want to turn to the french election. this is what president trump told the associated press about the french election. marie la penn is the strongest on boarders and the strongest on whats been going on in france. whoever is the tough oeest on radical islam ic terrorists, will do well in the election. thats about this? >> it is not an endorsement, but a huge mistake. la penn victory, which is possible, she is one of the final four, we dont know how it will turn out. it would b...

Escape after he killed the police officer and shot three other people. out to tumbled from his body we learned from the french authorities today after he was shot a note in which he had words of praise for daesh, or isis as we call it here. this was a terrorist event, greg. >> greg: is it likely that isis claim something after the fact that -- they had not executed this, they had inspired it? >> right. that serves their propaganda purposes. weve seen that in the number of cases where isis claime...

Leaders, but also israeli leaders as well. i want to turn to the french election. this is what president trump told the associated press about the french election. marie la penn is the strongest on boarders and the strongest on whats been going on in france. whoever is the tough oeest on radical islam ic terrorists, will do well in the election. thats about this? >> it is not an endorsement, but a huge mistake. la penn victory, which is possible, she is one of the final four, we dont know how it...

Where senior members of the administration seem to be not just reading off a different script but having a entirely different geopolitical world view than the president himself. ambassador nikki haley condemning russias complisancy with the weapons attacks in syria and contrast that with some of the tweets and your ror struggling to come to an explanation. i think this is invite more of the insidious conspiracy minded theorist about the ties to russia. and for instance theres this theory he has ...

Radicalism, this is very much the post tour he has with the egyptian president sisi overseeing a breath taking crack down in egypt of historic proportions. rolled out the red carpet for him at the white house and said nothing publicly about human rights and democracy. the concern in the white house is if you try to make a fuss over democracy, i jeopardize the alliance that these people are offering us against terrorists. and different presidents find the balance their own way, barack obama reall...

Whats his deal with the affinity towards strong men, michael? >> katy, i think this is just part of who donald trump is. you came up with great examples and another one i like to remind people of, he said this a long time in an interview with "playboy", spoke of the chinese crackdown in tiananmen square in 1989. he over and over has talked about these authoritarian iron fisted tactics and admiring terms, he sort of admires the zee sisive tough exercise of power and thinks its a kind of virtue in...

But rather theyre making decisions based on the national security interests of the united states and the long-term safety and security of the american people. >> betsy, what is your reporting tell you about that kind of concer whether its founded? >> you know, i think there is certainly a widespread sense that the president is incredibly sensitive to optics. perhaps more than any other leader weve had in this country. he understands the power of visuals, the power of television, the power of cab...

President, his affinity for bomb blasts, for theatrics, visuals, its something really unique to him and i think it makes a lot of people quite nervous. >> your most recent cartoon, and well put it up on the screen speaks to this point. this is what they call on-the-job training. whats going on here? >> well, thats president xi of china can. and he is laying out the complexities of the china-korea relationship and the president is sitting back a school kid learning something new saying sheesh, yo...