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>> i want to read you something that trump said to the financial times. i am not the united states of the past where we tell you where we are going to hit in the middle east. or they say, i used it in the speeches. we will be attack mosul in four months. a month later, well be attack in three months, in two months, inne month. why are they talking? he ran on this idea that he would be unpredictable. they parroted when it you interviewed them. does that bori does that work in the world stage? unp...

When, where or how the united states was coming. just listen to the president. >> im not going to tell you anything about what response i do. i dont talk about military response. i dont say im going into mosul in four months. we are going to attack mosul in four months. then three months later, were going to attack mosul in one month. next week we are going to attack mosul. >> barbara starr is live at the pentagon. he said that throughout the campaign. criticized his political opponents for talk...

Donald trumps cabinet is saying, it is all very comforting to our allies. if donald trump could just get in line with his own policy and show a little bit of discipline -- im dead serious! the rest of the world would be much better off this morning than it is. >> there you go. there is the key phrase right there. "our allies." that clip we just played of president trump talking about he is not going to give up his secret plans, you know, to invite mo invade mosul. we are not invading moosshiple....

Mosul. in one week, one week we are going to attack mosul. mosul is very, very difficult. you know why? i dont talk about military and certain other things. >> so the commander in chief says never talk about the plans in advance and then, yesterday, u.s. central command announced the beginning of this long anticipated operation to retake mos mosul. the commander of the u.s. led attack said it will be a tough fight for any army in the world. youll recall that during the campaign, president trump ...

Could actually violate the geneva convention. a number of concerns have been raised with it. again, this comes at a critical moment in the fight against isis and, also, as u.s. -- iraqi troops try to reclaim mosul. defense secretary james mattis making that unannounced visit to baghdad and trying to reassure the u.s. allies there that this is not a tactic that americans are going to take, but, of course, the president has said over and over again, he is not going to signal and preview his strate...

Is completely contradicted the next day by somebody on his staff. talk about the mosul contradiction this weekend. i could list a hundred of them starting with the press and trump and mattis. but lets just talk about mosul right now. >> this is a seemingly pretty big contradiction and involves something seriously which is how donald trump will conduct himself at commander in chief. iraqi forces have the latest effort to expel the islamic state. it comes as whether information should be revealed ...

Exact same statements and hasnt tried to fill that knowledge vacuum at all. he just has absolutely no curiosity about these operations, where we have substantial number of american forces helping iraqi forces on the ground there. >> but john heilemann, again, the trump smoke screens, the trump distractions, whether youre talking about the press, we are talking about the press instead of an fbi investigation. here, we are talking about what trump says about mosul that is not accurate. and, yet, t...

Because we want to get the leaders of isis. okay. well, in the meantime the following day, they are out of there. >> look at mosul. for years ive heard that is where the isis leaders are. they are staying at mosul. so what do we do? instead of element of surprise, what do we do? what a disaster! but why cant we do it like secretly, right? why cant we do this quietly? ive been reading about we are going to attack mosul now and you have to, for three months. and im saying, you know, the element of...

Joe." mark halpern and john heilemann, if youre like me, you have spent this presidents day weekend, obviously, in mourning, listening to abbott gold. i know i have. and watching old beta max tapes of bjorn borg. we need to be in solidarity with our sweden brothers? >> i bought something this weekend from ikea. >> there are so many contradictions in this administration and actually i think right now the biggest problem, mark, the right hand doesnt know what the left hand is ever doing. donald tr...

Response. i dont say im going in mosul in four months. "we are going to attack mosul in four months." then three months later, "we are going to attack mosul in one month." "next week, we are going to attack mosul." in the meantime, mosul is very very difficult. you know why? because i dont talk about military, and i dont talk about certain other things. youre going to be surprised to hear that. and, by the way, my whole campaign, id say that, so i dont have to tell you. >> reporter: right, so th...