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And from all ive heard from president trump so far, you cannot be sure hes taking a stance that is actually helpful from a european perspective. >> ann, the point she makes is an important one. when we think about europes problems with trump, we often think of western european countries, britain, france, germany. but the real nervousness i sense is in eastern europe. poland, the baltic republics. they face a considerable new threat from russia, ever since the annexation of crimea and ukraine. wh...

Column for this week. and lets get started. ♪ lets get right into the discussion of trumps trip to nato and the uk. joining me now are a brit, a frenchman, a german, and an american. the editor in chief of bloomberg. a french writer and philosopher. the former editor in chief of a german newspaper. and a columnist for "the washington post." ann, youre an american who spent many, many years in london, and you have a house in poland. what do you think -- you know, whats the headline from trump...

Balm. column knit within kim dozier cnn global affairs analyst. ann, welcome. good to see you kim. the official response from the whus and the president doesnt even mention russia let alone condemn russias actions. and do you think thats strategic in some which because of the upcoming summit? >> look, trump has been denying that russia had any responsibility or any role in the election from the beginning. he denied it during the campaign even as he was asking russia for help openly. we saw him d...

If im channelling trump officials ive spoken to and some supporters they say he does this with people he thinks are adversaries, whether the chinese premiere in his first year in office, or the north korean leader. he flatters them. he wines and dines them. he has a warm conversation with them and then the tough talk comes later. just like any business negotiation. to take counterpoint, some of the nato and european officials ive spoken to are really going to be studying this closely. because th...

Combination, joan lundon and david hartman. >> i liked everything shes done. somebody else we love, mike barnacle. we do. and his wife ann. national correspondent for "the washington post" phillip bump. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst on day 18 straight up working. editor chief of law fair and msnbc legal analyst and legal affairs correspondent for npr joins us. good to have you all on board this morning. >> by the way, barnacle, i got to give you mad props earlier, off air you...

Really get dressed up and pull in that corset and just wear tons of makeup and great big, huge hair. >> you had to have that sexy kind of thing, you know. im coming out of a gold mold, ann has a welding iron and shes like this amazon welder woman or something. >> we felt lost in the theater of it. it got to the point where the videos were more important than the songs. >> it did feel like, i cant steer the ship anymore. where is it going, you know. where are we headed? >> i think heavy metal is ...

Was out to get trump and get mueller. >> im sure whatever he says behind closed doors republicans will come out and say it supports their the way they lead up to the hearing. ann this case, two weeks ago strzoks attorney said my client is happy to come of it freely either publicly or privately and the committee sent a subpoena and getting a bunch of headlines. s they ultimately withdrew the subpoena. i think they want a punching bag, they dont want the truth. they will drag peter strzok up there...

Thought four years meant four years. mitch mcconnell turned that into a three-year term when it came to the supreme court. >> i also think one of the things thats problematic is this -- is making the supreme court political. there have been challenges with the court forever but it does set the law of the land. we now follow trump versus hawaii and it is critically important when you think about people playing politics with it and deeply disturbing. >> dangerous territory. ann and jeffrey, thank ...

Administrations toy with this idea and call it too inhumane, too heartless. you look at laura bush. how many times did we hear from her when she was the first lady of the united states when it came to policy issues? this is a matter that crosses party lines and needs to be addressed immediately. this is not america. >> ann, the former new jersey attorney general, our legal analyst right now. you heard the secretary of homeland security say their hands are tied. what does the law actually say? >>...

Lying angela merkel. shes got enough problems, destabilized europe, rejected the german people and now has her own coalition partners and open revolt over immigration. no wonder shes scowling. all right, quick final thoughts around the table. ann? >> you know im sad were not talking about the i.g.s report, i want to mention the funnest thing in the report is because the fbi was trying protect hillary, thats what caed all the problems. they didnt look at her e-mails on weiners laptop, because wel...