Assistant to george w. Bush. Scott, let me start with you, were there echos of the axis of evil speech that president bush spoke about before the war against Saddam Hussein in 2003 . This definitely had shades of that remark and im glad to see that because during the campaign, donald trump ran as something of an isolationist and if you watched todays speech, he took you on a World Tour Of American Priorities and american engagement. If you were expecting donald trump the isolationist you did not get that today. It was a firm and measured speech today, he spoke in clear terms. I was proud to see him call out the programs on petfar and malaria that the United States has invested in. I think he hit all the right notes for his american audience. I think his base will love it. I think a lot of americans agree with his message on reforming the u. N. And some gallup polling conducted earlier this year, only 37 of americans felt the u. N. Was doing a good job and
60 thought it was doing a bad
pursuit of death and destruction. all right. certainly sounds like he s getting ready to walk away from that iran nuclear deal. but what was your reaction? i thought that was one of many examples of how intellectually confused, if not outright incoherent, the speech was. in one breath he was urging the world to come together and collectively confront the threat of north korea and in the next breath he is chiding the world over the last time it came together and did rally as an international community to stop a nuclear iran. he s also withdrawn from the paris agreement. he s gone around criticizing the united nations as a body. this is a guy who goes around thumbing his nose at international entities and international attempts to confront global challenges, and so what moral standing does he have to call on the world to act collectively against north korea? if you think about it, he gave a whole tribute in the beginning of the speech to this idea of sovereignty, basicallying may an